🍕 Best Italian & Pizza in San Diego
106 italian & pizza spots in San Diego, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Italian & Pizza Spots
1
Buona Forchetta
Matteo Cattaneo's South Park Neapolitan pizzeria — AVPN-certified, wood-fired oven imported from Naples, and lines down Beech St every weekend night. The Sophia Loren (truffle cream + prosciutto + mus...
91
2
Vinarius Wine Bar & Restaurant
Vinarius is a wine bar and Italian kitchen on India Street in Little Italy, and the near-perfect regard is earned over homemade pasta and a serious list. The menu runs deep — antipasti, lasagna bologn...
91
3
Fortuna Ristorante Italiano
A family Italian restaurant on Park Boulevard, born from three immigrants — Giuseppe, Gabriele, and Salvatore — who carried their ancestors' recipes to San Diego. The kitchen works traditional dishes ...
91
4
Monzu Fresh Pasta
A Downtown spot on Tenth Avenue making fresh pasta and ravioli from scratch in San Diego, built around organic Californian ingredients. Dinner is served nightly with reservations, plus takeout through...
90
5
Cucina Urbana
Tracy Borkum's Bankers Hill Italian-modern kitchen — the restaurant-plus-wine-shop hybrid that has defined San Diego casual-but-serious dining since 2009. Handmade pasta, wood-fired chicken, and a ret...
89
6
Cesarina
Chef Cesarina Mezzoni's Point Loma Italian — a Voltaire St courtyard, a pasta-first menu that reads directly from Rome, and a reservation book that turned a Point Loma neighborhood into a pasta-destin...
89
7
Marisi
La Jolla Village's contemporary Italian — a pasta program benchmarked against the best of modern Italian openings, a wood-fired kitchen, and the kind of reservation book that tells you Marisi has quic...
89
8
Tribute Pizza
North Park pizzeria built around sourdough Neapolitan-style crust and local-produce toppings. Chef Matt Lyons's format — a converted 1914 post office building, 72-hour fermented dough, and a tight men...
88
9
La Pizzeria Arrivederci
La Pizzeria Arrivederci is an Italian pizzeria in Hillcrest, San Diego. It serves pizza and Italian dishes in the neighborhood.
88
10
Valentina
Valentina is an Italian restaurant in Encinitas. It serves Italian dishes in the neighborhood.
88
All 106 Italian & Pizza Spots in San Diego
Carbon Angela's Kitchen
88
Cucina Basilico
88
AMICIBAR Caffè + Heritage House
88
Caffè di Talya
88
Davanti Enoteca
87
Civico 1845
87
Ambrogio15
87
Blind Lady Ale House
87
Caffe Calabria
87
Cucina Enoteca — Del Mar
87
CUCINA sorella
87
Trattoria Acqua
87
Catania
86
Monello
86
Crust Pizzeria Napoletana
86
Pappalecco
86
Encontro North Park
86
Ciccia Osteria
86
Allmine
86
Cori Pastificio Trattoria
86
The Friendly
86
Elvira
86
SONO
86
Arrivederci Italian Restaurant
86
Maurizio Trattoria Italiana
86
Trattoria I Trulli
86
The Godfather
86
Operacaffe
86
Pomodoro Ristorante Italiano
86
RoVino Restaurant + Bar
86
il giardino di Lilli
86
Tavola Nostra Pizzeria e Cucina
86
Mia Trattoria
86
Lupi Italian Restaurant
86
Piatti La Jolla
85
Solare Ristorante
85
Bencotto Italian Kitchen
85
Basic Bar + Pizza
85
Barbusa
85
Blue Ribbon Pizzeria
85
Bronx Pizza
85
Filippi's Pizza Grotto
85
Piacere Mio
85
Acqua al 2
85
Primavera Ristorante
85
Officine Buona Forchetta
85
Pizza Port Solana Beach
84
Soda & Swine
84
Napizza — Little Italy
84
Buon Appetito
84
Nolita Hall
84
The Haven Pizzeria
84
North Italia — Fashion Valley
84
Mona Lisa Italian Foods
84
The Venetian
84
Lefty's Chicago Pizzeria — North Park
84
Privateer Coal Fire Pizza
84
Manhattan of La Jolla
84
Cafe Bella Italia
84
Odie's Pizza Co.
84
Vincenzo
84
Piedra Santa
84
Firenze Trattoria
84
Vigilucci's Trattoria Italiana
84
Jack & Giulio's
84
Mimmo's Italian Village
83
Vigilucci's Pizzeria Trattoria
83
Pizza Port — Ocean Beach
83
Luigi's At the Beach
83
Osteria Panevino
83
Old Venice
83
The Sicilian Thing Pizza
83
Pizza Nova — Point Loma
83
Pizza Port — Carlsbad Village
83
Bice Ristorante San Diego
83
Mr. Moto Pizza House
82
Village Pizzeria — Coronado
82
Sammy's Woodfired Pizza & Grill — La Jolla
82
Newport Pizza & Ale House
82
Oggi's Pizza & Brewing — Del Mar
82
Siamo Napoli
82
Nado Republic
82
Il Fornaio Coronado
82
Parma Cucina Italiana
82
Nonna+Zucchero
82
Far Corner
82
Roman Wolves
81
Cicciotti's
81
Il Fornaio — Del Mar
80
Rusticucina
80
Trattoria Positano
80
Leucadia Pizzeria & Italian
80
Allegro Restaurant and Bar
80
Ristorante Illando
80
Lala
78
Mrkt Space
76
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