🍕 Best Italian & Pizza in New Orleans
41 italian & pizza spots in New Orleans, scored and ranked for 2026.
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1
Pulcinella!
A homestyle Sicilian-Italian room in the Seventh Ward, steps from the French Quarter, where chef Matty Hayes cooks his family's recipes. Seafood cannelloni, eggplant parmesan, and a meatball that got ...
91
2
Francolini's
An Italian-style deli on Tchoupitoulas in the Riverside stretch of Uptown, modeled on the New Jersey sandwich shops the owners grew up on. Bread is baked fresh each morning, so sandwiches and cutlets ...
90
3
Mosca's Restaurant
A family-run Italian-Creole roadhouse out past the Westwego line on Highway 90, run by the same family since 1946. The food comes family-style and built around garlic: Oysters Mosca, spaghetti bordela...
89
4
Evviva
Evviva opened quietly in the Marigny in 2025 and landed on Ian McNulty's top-five new restaurants of the year, with chefs Rebecca Wilcomb and Marcus Jacobs running a coastal Italian menu that shifts w...
88
5
St. Pizza
A walk-up slice window on Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District that the NYT named one of the country's best pizzerias the year it opened. The slices are sourdough-based, foldable, East Coast i...
88
6
Paladar 511
A corner room at Marigny and Decatur turning out housemade pastas, blistered wood-fired pizzas, and Gulf seafood against seasonal local produce. The high-ceilinged space pulls a date-night crowd, and ...
88
7
Gianna
Gianna is an Italian restaurant in the Warehouse District at Magazine and Girod streets, from the Donald Link Restaurant Group. The kitchen serves house-made pastas, wood-fired pizzas, antipasti, and ...
88
8
Margot's
A small sourdough-pizza spot in the 7th Ward pouring natural wine and Italian-tinged cocktails on Frenchmen Street. It's a tight, no-reservations operation open Thursday through Monday evenings, the k...
88
9
Aquila Bistro & Cafe
Aquila Bistro & Cafe serves breakfast, lunch, bakery items, and Italian specialty dishes alongside specialty coffee from its Prytania Street storefront. A small grocery section stocks snacks and b...
88
10
Mandina's Restaurant
The Canal Street Creole-Italian room that's been feeding Mid-City since the family turned a pool hall into a restaurant in 1932. Come for turtle soup, shrimp remoulade, and an Italian meatball sandwic...
87
All 41 Italian & Pizza Spots in New Orleans
Pizza Domenica
87
TANA
87
Nighthawk Napoletana
86
Katie's Restaurant & Bar
86
Liuzza's Restaurant & Bar
86
Sofia
86
Arabella Casa Di Pasta
86
Pepperoni Ray's Cafe
86
R&O's Restaurant
85
Vincent's Italian Cuisine
85
Lilette
84
Pascal's Manale
84
Pizza Delicious
84
Forbidden Pizza
84
Two Tony's Restaurant
84
Theo's Neighborhood Pizza
84
Fico Cucina
84
Venezia
84
Osteria Lupo
84
Rizzuto's Ristorante & Chop House
84
San Lorenzo at Hotel Saint Vincent
84
Mona Lisa
84
JB's Fuel Dock
84
Louisiana Pizza Kitchen
83
Irene's
82
The Midway
82
Adolfo's
82
San Lorenzo
82
Mid City Pizza
80
The Italian Barrel
80
The Original Italian Pie
76
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