Italian restaurants in Scottsdale, from neighborhood pasta spots to wood-fired pizza and steakhouse-style Italian.
We start from Google's results for Italian food in Scottsdale and keep the places diners rate highest.
Updated October 20, 2026 · 13 places · ratings from Google
Calabrian chef Giovanni Scorzo, a 2022 James Beard finalist, runs this antique-filled Italian market and restaurant on Vía Linda. Order grilled calamari, the Cafone sandwich on house focaccia or orecchiette with broccoli and homemade sausage, then shop the imported groceries. There are no reservations: seating is first come, first served.
Fine-aged steaks, house-made pastas and Mediterranean seafood come out of an open kitchen at this modern Italian steakhouse, alongside ice-cold martinis. Peter McQuaid is executive chef, and Tell Your Friends, an underground cocktail and live music lounge, sits beneath the restaurant. Three private rooms seat 10 to 30 guests, and happy hour runs Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Melissa Maggiore opened this North Scottsdale Italian restaurant in April 2021 to honor her late father, Chef Tomaso Maggiore. Handcrafted pastas lead the menu, including his signature lasagna, alongside Roman thin-crust pinsa and fresh seafood. Live music fills the piano lounge seven nights a week, and happy hour runs daily from 2 to 10 p.m.
Fabio, the fourth son of Puglia-born Lucia, cooks from her family recipes at this Bell Road Italian spot. Gnocchi is made fresh daily, and the signature trio pairs carbonara, amatriciana and cacio e pepe. Happy hour runs Tuesday through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m., and a private event room hosts parties.
Founded by the Armetta family in 2013, this southern Italian bistro on Poinsettia Drive turns out pizzas, calzones, pastas and subs. The namesake B&G pasta tosses linguini and garlic shrimp in house pesto cream, and the Boscaiola pairs sausage and mushrooms with brandy cream. It is BYOB, with a corkage fee for your own wine.
Every pasta here is made fresh from semolina and water, from pappardelle to rigatoni, and the rolls are baked each morning. Dark woods and burgundy decor fill the dining room, and the servers known as the Brioni Boyz even have their own calendar. Happy hour runs from 4:30 to 6 Thursday through Saturday and all night Sunday through Wednesday.
Chef Joey Maggiore's Italian spot on Shea Boulevard carries on a family that has served Italian food in Arizona for over 40 years. Pasta is made in house, and the lounge menu adds rigatoni alla vodka, Nonna's meatballs in Sunday sauce and a tiramisù espresso martini. Happy hour runs daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the bar and lounge.
Wood-fired pizza, bruschetta and homemade pasta anchor this North Scottsdale Italian kitchen from the creator of Stone & Vine Urban Italian. The expansive patio sits at the base of the McDowell Mountains and can be booked for up to 155 guests. Happy hour runs weekdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Chef Nina Vincenti's original recipes drive this white-tablecloth Italian dining room, owned by Leo Zacchino, who once ran a restaurant in San Remo. Ravioli and tortellini are made daily, and the pasta trio pairs Nina's ravioli with spinach gnocchi and walnut-sauced tortellini. Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. nightly, with happy hour Monday to Thursday until 5:30.
Started by an Italian immigrant family, this Southern Italian restaurant on Thunderbird Road has served Amalfi-style cooking in Scottsdale since 1996. Dinner brings homemade fettuccine Alfredo, chicken scallopini in lemon sauce and braised veal ossobuco. The lunch menu adds panini on homemade bread and spaghetti vongole with fresh clams.
This Hilton Village trattoria opened in October 1997, and chef Massino Brunelli, who is from Venice, has cooked there since. Venetian dishes lead the menu, including baccala mantecato on grilled polenta, calf liver with golden onions, and house-made pastas, gnocchi and risottos. Lunch and dinner run Monday through Saturday, and reservations are recommended for the shaded patio.
Family owned since 1989, this strip-mall Italian spot is cash only and BYOB, with no corkage fee. Pastas come with house-made Neapolitan-style tomato sauce, from baked ziti to stuffed shells, alongside eggplant parmigiana and a soup that changes daily. The sons work the floor, and Rica makes the desserts, including tiramisu and cannoli.