Italy has 382 Michelin-starred restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Italy 2027. That breaks down into 13 three-star restaurants, 40 two-star restaurants, and 329 one-star restaurants. The total is down from 394 in the 2026 edition. The headline changes sit at the very top. There is no new three-star restaurant this year, Uliassi in Senigallia drops from three stars to two, and Quattro Passi in Nerano is listed as closed. I went through the official list region by region and turned it into something you can actually plan a trip with. Below you’ll find what changed, every three-star and two-star address, the full one-star list for all 20 regions, and the areas where you can reach several starred tables from one base.

Michelin Guide Italy 2027 in Numbers

The 2027 guide is smaller at the top and smaller overall. Two three-star restaurants left the top tier. Two-star restaurants went up by two. One-star restaurants fell by 12.

Category	2026 edition	2027 edition	Change
Three stars ★★★	15	13	−2
Two stars ★★	38	40	+2
One star ★	341	329	−12
Total starred restaurants	394	382	−12

Lombardy is Italy’s most starred region in 2027, with 59 restaurants. Campania follows with 48 and Tuscany with 39. At the other end, Molise and Basilicata have one starred restaurant each.

Here’s the twist. Rome now has more starred restaurants than Milan: 23 against 19. Turin and Florence have seven each. Venice has six, counting Venissa on Burano.

Michelin-Starred Restaurants by Region in Italy (2027)

Region	★★★	★★	★	Total
Lombardy	3	6	50	59
Campania	–	7	41	48
Tuscany	1	4	34	39
Piedmont	3	2	29	34
Lazio	1	5	27	33
Veneto	2	4	26	32
Trentino-Alto Adige	1	2	26	29
Emilia-Romagna	1	2	21	24
Sicily	–	4	18	22
Liguria	–	–	9	9
Marche	–	2	7	9
Apulia	–	–	9	9
Friuli Venezia Giulia	–	2	5	7
Sardinia	–	–	7	7
Abruzzo	1	–	5	6
Calabria	–	–	5	5
Aosta Valley	–	–	4	4
Umbria	–	–	4	4
Molise	–	–	1	1
Basilicata	–	–	1	1

What Changed in the 2027 Michelin Guide Italy

No New Three-Star Restaurants

The three-star club shrank from 15 to 13. Uliassi in Senigallia drops to two stars, and Quattro Passi in Nerano appears on the list of closed restaurants. Which means: Campania no longer has a three-star restaurant. For a region with 48 starred tables, that is a real gap at the top.

Three New Two-Star Restaurants

Three restaurants climbed to two stars in 2027. Al Gatto Verde in Modena gives the city a full set: Osteria Francescana at three stars, Al Gatto Verde at two, and L’Erba del Re at one. Pascucci al Porticciolo in Fiumicino and Orma Roma in Rome take Lazio to five two-star restaurants. Only one restaurant went the other way: San Domenico in Imola drops from two stars to one.

24 New One-Star Restaurants in Italy

Twenty-four restaurants earned their first star this year. Rome alone has two of them, and Sardinia picks up three on a single list.

Restaurant	Town	Region
Visione Restaurant & Living	Barbaresco	Piedmont
Strattoria	Montrigiasco	Piedmont
Akoya	Turin	Piedmont
La Limonia	Turin	Piedmont
Casa Romano	Alzano Lombardo	Lombardy
Autem	Milan	Lombardy
Téa del Kosmo	Livigno	Lombardy
1224 Restaurant	Cortina d’Ampezzo	Veneto
Locanda Baggio	Asolo	Veneto
Mamesa	Burgusio	Trentino-Alto Adige
Casa Rapisarda	Numana	Marche
Baldo Vino	Pistoia	Tuscany
Tosca	Casole d’Elsa	Tuscany
Nomos Ante	Rome	Lazio
Quid	Rome	Lazio
N’uovo Vino e Cucina	Sutri	Lazio
Maxi	Vico Equense	Campania
Osteria Arbustico	Paestum	Campania
Casanova	Polignano a Mare	Apulia
Bros’	Martina Franca	Apulia
Charleston by Giovanni Solofra	Palermo	Sicily
Amanõ	Cagliari	Sardinia
Ulìa	Arzachena	Sardinia
La Spigola	Golfo Aranci	Sardinia

Lost Stars and Closures

Sixteen restaurants lost their star in 2027. The list includes long-standing names such as Paolo e Barbara in Sanremo, La Pineta in Marina di Bibbona, and Il Fagiano in Fasano del Garda. In Turin, both Carignano and Cannavacciuolo Bistrot lost their star.

Nineteen previously starred restaurants are listed as closed. Beyond Quattro Passi, that includes Cracco Portofino, Don Alfonso 1890 San Barbato in Lavello, La Trattoria Enrico Bartolini in Castiglione della Pescaia, and Peter Brunel in Arco. If an older guide or blog sent you to one of these, cross it off.

New Chefs and New Addresses

Eight restaurants kept their star under a new chef: San Giorgio in Genoa, Luca’s by Paulo Airaudo in Florence, Iyo Kaiseki in Milan, Re Santi e Leoni in Nola, Cannavacciuolo Vineyard in Casanova di Terricciola, Il Visibilio in Castelnuovo Berardenga, Stube Hermitage in Madonna di Campiglio, and Del Cambio in Turin. Important: if you loved a meal there before, expect a different menu now.

Two starred restaurants changed towns. Torre del Saracino moved from Vico Equense to Sorrento and keeps its two stars. Il Patio moved from Biella to Pollone and keeps its one star.

Italy’s 13 Three-Michelin-Star Restaurants

Three stars means a restaurant is worth a special journey. Lombardy and Piedmont have three each, and Veneto has two. Piedmont’s trio is the easiest to combine. Piazza Duomo in Alba and La Rei Natura in Serralunga d’Alba both sit in the Langhe wine hills, and Villa Crespi is on Lake Orta.

Restaurant	Town	Region
Piazza Duomo	Alba	Piedmont
La Rei Natura by Michelangelo Mammoliti	Serralunga d’Alba	Piedmont
Villa Crespi	Orta San Giulio	Piedmont
Da Vittorio	Brusaporto	Lombardy
Enrico Bartolini al Mudec	Milan	Lombardy
Dal Pescatore	Runate (Canneto sull’Oglio)	Lombardy
Le Calandre	Rubano	Veneto
Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli	Verona	Veneto
Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler	Brunico	Trentino-Alto Adige
Osteria Francescana	Modena	Emilia-Romagna
Enoteca Pinchiorri	Florence	Tuscany
La Pergola	Rome	Lazio
Reale	Castel di Sangro	Abruzzo

Italy’s 40 Two-Michelin-Star Restaurants

Campania has seven two-star restaurants, more than any other region. Four of them are on islands or the coast: L’Olivo on Capri, daní maison on Ischia, Piazzetta Milù in Castellammare di Stabia, and Torre del Saracino in Sorrento. Lombardy has six, and Lazio has five. Rome holds four of Lazio’s five.

Restaurant	Town	Region
Locanda del Sant’Uffizio – Enrico Bartolini	Penango	Piedmont
Antica Corona Reale – Da Renzo	Cervere	Piedmont
Villa Elena	Bergamo	Lombardy
Villa Feltrinelli	Gargnano	Lombardy
D’O	Cornaredo	Lombardy
Andrea Aprea	Milan	Lombardy
Seta by Antonio Guida	Milan	Lombardy
Verso Capitaneo	Milan	Lombardy
Antica Osteria Cera	Lughetto (Campagna Lupia)	Veneto
Glam Enrico Bartolini	Venice	Veneto
La Peca	Lonigo	Veneto
Famiglia Rana	Oppeano	Veneto
Terra The Magic Place	Sarentino	Trentino-Alto Adige
Castel Fine Dining	Tirolo	Trentino-Alto Adige
Harry’s Piccolo	Trieste	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Agli Amici	Udine	Friuli Venezia Giulia
Magnolia	Longiano	Emilia-Romagna
Al Gatto Verde (New 2027)	Modena	Emilia-Romagna
Uliassi	Senigallia	Marche
Madonnina del Pescatore	Marzocca (Senigallia)	Marche
Caino	Montemerano	Tuscany
Il Piccolo Principe	Viareggio	Tuscany
Arnolfo	Colle di Val d’Elsa	Tuscany
Campo del Drago	Castiglion del Bosco (Montalcino)	Tuscany
Pascucci al Porticciolo (New 2027)	Fiumicino	Lazio
Acquolina \| Nuova Cucina Mediterranea	Rome	Lazio
Enoteca la Torre	Rome	Lazio
Il Pagliaccio	Rome	Lazio
Orma Roma (New 2027)	Rome	Lazio
Krèsios	Telese Terme	Campania
Taverna Estia	Brusciano	Campania
L’Olivo	Anacapri (Capri)	Campania
Piazzetta Milù	Castellammare di Stabia	Campania
daní maison	Ischia (Ischia)	Campania
George Restaurant	Naples	Campania
Torre del Saracino	Sorrento	Campania
La Madia	Licata	Sicily
I Tenerumi	Vulcano	Sicily
St. George by Heinz Beck	Taormina	Sicily
Duomo	Ragusa	Sicily

One-Michelin-Star Restaurants in Italy by Region

Italy has 329 one-star restaurants in 2027. This is where regional cooking shows up best, and where most of us will actually book. The regions run north to south. Restaurants marked New 2027 earned their first star this year.

Aosta Valley: 4 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Aosta	Vecchio Ristoro
Aosta	Paolo Griffa al Caffè Nazionale
Breuil Cervinia	Wood
Cogne	Le Petit Bellevue

Liguria: 9 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Cavi di Lavagna	Impronta D’Acqua
Genoa	Il Marin
Genoa	San Giorgio
Sestri Levante	Rezzano Cucina e vino
Dolcedo	Equilibrio
Imperia	Sarri
Ventimiglia	Casa Buono
Alassio	Nove
Noli	Il Vescovado

Piedmont: 29 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Asti	Cannavacciuolo Le Cattedrali by Laqua
Tigliole	Ca’ Vittoria
Pollone	Il Patio
Alba	Locanda del Pilone
Barbaresco	Visione Restaurant & Living	New 2027
Canale	All’Enoteca
La Morra	Massimo Camia
Monforte d’Alba	Borgo Sant’Anna
Monforte d’Alba	Fre
Priocca	Il Centro
Santo Stefano Belbo	Il Ristorante di Guido da Costigliole
Serralunga d’Alba	Guidoristorante
Treiso	La Ciau del Tornavento
Vernante	Nazionale
Pettenasco	Cannavacciuolo by the Lake
Orta San Giulio	Andrea Monesi-Locanda di Orta
Montrigiasco	Strattoria	New 2027
Soriso	Al Sorriso
Pinerolo	Trattoria Zappatori
San Maurizio Canavese	La Credenza
Turin	Akoya	New 2027
Turin	Andrea Larossa
Turin	Condividere
Turin	Del Cambio
Turin	La Limonia	New 2027
Turin	Piano 35
Turin	Vintage 1997
Venaria Reale	Dolce Stil Novo alla Reggia
Domodossola	Atelier

Lombardy: 50 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Alzano Lombardo	Casa Romano	New 2027
Cavernago	Il Saraceno
Oltressenda Alta	Contrada Bricconi
Ponte San Pietro	Cucina Cereda
Sorisole	Assonica
Trescore Balneario	LoRo
Treviglio	San Martino
Villa d’Almè	Osteria della Brughiera
Borgonato	Due Colombe
Calvisano	Al Gambero
Concesio	Miramonti l’Altro
Gargnano	La Tortuga
Limone del Garda	Senso Lake Garda Alfio Ghezzi
Manerba del Garda	Capriccio
Puegnago sul Garda	Casa Leali
Pralboino	Leon d’Oro
Sirmione	La Rucola 2.0
Sirmione	La Speranzina Restaurant & Relais
Sirmione	Tancredi
Albavilla	Il Cantuccio
Cernobbio	Materia
Como	Kitchen
Lomazzo	Trattoria Contemporanea
Torno	Il Sereno Al Lago
Cornaredo	Olmo
Milan	Abba
Milan	Anima
Milan	Autem	New 2027
Milan	Berton
Milan	Contraste
Milan	Cracco in Galleria
Milan	Horto
Milan	Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia
Milan	Iyo
Milan	Iyo Kaiseki
Milan	Joia
Milan	Moebius Sperimentale
Milan	Procaccini
Milan	Sadler
Milan	Sine by Pinto
Albiate	Grow Restaurant
Torrazza Coste	Villa Naj
Livigno	Téa del Kosmo	New 2027
Madesimo	Il Cantinone e Sport Hotel Alpina
Mantello	La Preséf
Villa di Chiavenna	Lanterna Verde
Fagnano Olona	Acquerello
Origgio	Olio
Olgiate Olona	Acqua
Saronno	Sui generis

Veneto: 26 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Cortina d’Ampezzo	1224 Restaurant	New 2027
Cortina d’Ampezzo	SanBrite
Cortina d’Ampezzo	Tivoli
Pieve d’Alpago	Dolada
Puos d’Alpago	Locanda San Lorenzo
Borgoricco	Storie d’Amore
Pontelongo	Lazzaro 1915
Asolo	Locanda Baggio	New 2027
Oderzo	Gellius
Scorzè	San Martino
Venice	Local
Venice	Oro Restaurant
Venice	Quadri
Venice	Wistèria
Burano (Venice)	Venissa
Altissimo	Casin del Gamba
Arzignano	Damini Macelleria & Affini
Asiago	La Tana Gourmet
Barbarano Vicentino	Aqua Crua
Malo	La Favellina
Schio	Spinechile
Brenzone sul Garda	NIN
Cavaion Veronese	Oseleta
Malcesine	Vecchia Malcesine
Verona	Il Desco
Verona	Iris Ristorante

Trentino-Alto Adige: 26 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Badia	Porcino
Bressanone	Apostelstube
Burgusio	Mamesa	New 2027
Castelbello Ciardes	Kuppelrain
Corvara in Badia	La Stüa de Michil
Dobbiaco	Tilia
Molini (Falzes)	Schöneck
Lagundo	Luisl Stube
Merano	In Viaggio-Claudio Melis
Merano	Sissi
Freiberg (Merano)	Prezioso
Mules	Gourmetstube Einhorn
Nova Levante	Johannesstube
Ortisei	Anna Stuben
San Martino in Passiria	Quellenhof Gourmetstube 1897
San Michele	Osteria Acquarol
San Michele	Zur Rose
Selva di Val Gardena	Alpenroyal Gourmet
Selva di Val Gardena	Suinsom
Cavalese	El Molin
Madonna di Campiglio	Dolomieu
Madonna di Campiglio	Il Gallo Cedrone
Madonna di Campiglio	Stube Hermitage
Moena	Malga Panna
Pinzolo	Grual
Ravina (Trento)	Locanda Margon

Friuli Venezia Giulia: 5 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Cormons	Trattoria al Cacciatore-La Subida
Vencò (Dolegna del Collio)	L’Argine a Vencò
San Quirino	La Primula
Ruda	Osteria Altran
Sappada	Laite

Emilia-Romagna: 21 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Bologna	I Portici
Castel Maggiore	Iacobucci
Imola	San Domenico
Sasso Marconi	Casa Mazzucchelli
Savigno	Trattoria da Amerigo
Bagno di Romagna	Ristorante del Lago
Cesenatico	La Buca
Cesenatico	Ancòra
San Piero in Bagno	Da Gorini
Fiorano Modenese	Alto
Maranello	Cavallino
Modena	L’Erba del Re
Borgonovo Val Tidone	La Palta
Parma	Inkiostro
Polesine Parmense	Antica Corte Pallavicina
Rubbianino (Quattro Castella)	Ca’ Matilde
Rubiera	Osteria del Viandante
Pennabilli	Il Piastrino
Rimini	Abocar Due Cucine
Rimini	Da Lucio
Miramare (Rimini)	Guido

Marche: 7 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Loreto	Andreina
Numana	Casa Rapisarda	New 2027
Porto San Giorgio	Retroscena
Recanati	Casa Bertini
Gabicce Monte	Dalla Gioconda
Montemonaco	Il Tiglio
Pesaro	Nostrano

Tuscany: 34 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
San Martino (Cortona)	Il Falconiere
Fiesole	Serrae Villa Fiesole
Florence	Atto di Vito Mollica
Florence	Borgo San Jacopo
Florence	Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura
Florence	Il Palagio
Florence	Luca’s by Paulo Airaudo
Florence	Saporium Firenze
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa	La Torre
Passignano (Tavarnelle Val di Pesa)	Osteria di Passignano
Ghirlanda (Massa Marittima)	Bracali
Porto Ercole	Il Pellicano
Seggiano	Silene
Forte dei Marmi	Bistrot
Forte dei Marmi	La Magnolia
Forte dei Marmi	Lux Lucis
Forte dei Marmi	Sciabola
Lucca	Butterfly
Viareggio	Lunasia
Viareggio	Romano
Fosdinovo	Locanda de Banchieri
Casanova di Terricciola	Cannavacciuolo Vineyard
Prato	Paca
Pistoia	Baldo Vino	New 2027
Casole d’Elsa	Tosca	New 2027
Castelnuovo Berardenga	Contrada
Castelnuovo Berardenga	Il Visibilio
Castelnuovo Berardenga	L’Asinello
Castelnuovo Berardenga	Poggio Rosso
Chiusdino	Saporium
Gaiole in Chianti	Il Pievano
Poggio alle Mura (Montalcino)	Sala dei Grappoli
Montepulciano	Osmosi
San Gimignano	Linfa

Umbria: 4 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Capodacqua	UNE
Norcia	Vespasia
Perugia	Ada
Torgiano	Elementi

Lazio: 27 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Pontinia	Materiaprima (Mater1apr1ma)
Ponza	Acqua Pazza
Rivodutri	La Trota
Ariccia	Sintesi
Fiumicino	Il Tino
Genazzano	Marco Bottega Ristorante
Labico	Antonello Colonna Labico
Rome	Achilli al Parlamento
Rome	All’Oro
Rome	Aroma
Rome	Glass Hostaria
Rome	Idylio by Apreda
Rome	Il Convivio Troiani
Rome	Imàgo
Rome	Ineo
Rome	La Terrazza
Rome	Marco Martini Restaurant
Rome	Moma
Rome	Nomos Ante	New 2027
Rome	Per Me Giulio Terrinoni
Rome	Pipero Roma
Rome	Pulejo
Rome	Quid	New 2027
Rome	Zia
Tivoli	Al Madrigale
Sutri	N’uovo Vino e Cucina	New 2027
Trevinano	La Parolina

Campania: 41 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Ariano Irpino	Maeba Restaurant
Vallesaccarda	Oasis – Sapori Antichi
Telese Terme	La Locanda del Borgo
Squille	Marotta
Bacoli	Caracol
Capri (Capri)	Le Monzù
Gragnano	O me o il mare
Forio (Ischia)	Umberto a Mare
Lacco Ameno (Ischia)	Indaco
Massa Lubrense	Relais Blu
Naples	Aria
Naples	Il Ristorante Alain Ducasse Napoli
Naples	Veritas
Nerano	Taverna del Capitano
Nola	Re Santi e Leoni
Pompei	President
Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi	Don Alfonso 1890
Sant’Agnello	Don Geppi
Sorrento	Il Buco
Sorrento	Lorelei
Sorrento	Terrazza Bosquet
Vico Equense	Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa
Ticciano (Vico Equense)	Cannavacciuolo Countryside
Vico Equense	Maxi	New 2027
Amalfi	Alici
Amalfi	Glicine
Amalfi	La Caravella dal 1959
Amalfi	Sensi
Baronissi	Cetarìa
Conca dei Marini	Il Refettorio
Eboli	Il Papavero
Furore	Bluh Furore
Paestum	Le Trabe
Paestum	Osteria Arbustico	New 2027
Paestum	Tre Olivi
Positano	Li Galli
Positano	Zass
Praiano	Un Piano nel Cielo
Ravello	Il Flauto di Pan
Ravello	Rossellinis
Vietri sul Mare	Volta del Fluenti by Michele De Blasio

Abruzzo: 5 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Guardiagrele	Villa Maiella
San Salvo Marina	Al Metrò
Civitella Casanova	La Bandiera
Civitella del Tronto	Zunica 1880 a Villa Corallo
Montepagano	D. One Restaurant

Molise: 1 One-Star Restaurant

Town	Restaurant	Note
Agnone	Locanda Mammì

Apulia (Puglia): 9 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Conversano	Pashà
Polignano a Mare	Casanova	New 2027
Putignano	Angelo Sabatelli
Carovigno	Dissapore di Andrea Catalano
Savelletri	Due Camini
Trani	Casa Sgarra
Trani	Quintessenza
Lecce	Primo Restaurant
Martina Franca	Bros’	New 2027

Basilicata: 1 One-Star Restaurant

Town	Restaurant	Note
Matera	Vitantonio Lombardo

Calabria: 5 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
San Giovanni in Fiore	Hyle
Lamezia Terme	Abbruzzino Oltre
Strongoli	Dattilo
Marina di Gioiosa Jonica	Gambero Rosso
Santa Cristina d’Aspromonte	Qafiz

Sicily: 18 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Catania	Coria
Catania	Sapio
Linguaglossa	Shalai
Archi (Riposto)	Zash
Salina	Signum
Taormina	La Capinera
Taormina	Otto Geleng
Taormina	Principe Cerami
Taormina	Vineria Modì
Bagheria	I Pupi
Bagheria	Līmū
Palermo	Charleston by Giovanni Solofra	New 2027
Palermo	MEC Restaurant
Terrasini	Il Bavaglino
Marina di Ragusa	VotaVota
Noto	Crocifisso
Ragusa	Locanda Don Serafino
Syracuse	Cortile Santo Spirito

Sardinia: 7 One-Star Restaurants

Town	Restaurant	Note
Cagliari	Amanõ	New 2027
Pula	Fradis Minoris
Arzachena	Ulìa	New 2027
Baia Sardinia	Capogiro
Golfo Aranci	La Spigola	New 2027
Porto Cervo	Italo Bassi ConFusion restaurant
San Pantaleo	Il Fuoco Sacro

Where Michelin Stars Cluster: The Best Italian Regions for a Food Trip

A list of 382 restaurants is only useful if you know where they bunch together. Some small areas pack in more starred tables than entire regions. For example: Castelnuovo Berardenga, a village in the Chianti hills, has four one-star restaurants. That is as many as the city of Naples.

Area	Starred restaurants	Why go
Rome (city)	23	La Pergola at three stars, four two-stars, and two new one-stars.
South Tyrol (Alto Adige)	22	Atelier Moessmer, two two-stars, and mountain stube dining rooms.
Amalfi Coast	12	Amalfi alone has four one-stars. Positano and Ravello have two each.
Langhe and Roero	13	Two three-stars, plus wine country between Alba and Barbaresco.
Siena province	12	Chianti, Montalcino, and Montepulciano, with two two-stars.
Sorrento Peninsula	11	Torre del Saracino, Don Alfonso 1890, and three in Vico Equense.
Lake Garda	10	Villa Feltrinelli at two stars, plus three one-stars in Sirmione.
Versilia coast	7	Four in Forte dei Marmi and three in Viareggio.

My honest take: don’t plan around the three-stars alone. A three-star dinner is one evening. A cluster gives you a week of eating well, with a starred lunch one day and a trattoria the next. The Amalfi Coast and the Sorrento Peninsula together hold 23 starred restaurants within a short stretch of coastline.

The quieter regions deserve a look too. Vitantonio Lombardo in Matera is Basilicata’s only starred restaurant, and Locanda Mammì in Agnone is the only one in Molise. Pair either with a visit to the town, and you get a regional meal very few travellers plan for.

How to Use This Michelin List to Plan Your Trip to Italy

Pick the region first. Use the region table above to see where the density is. Then choose a base that puts three or four restaurants within driving distance.
Book the hardest table first. Three-star and two-star restaurants fill up well ahead, especially on weekends. Lock that date, then build the rest of the trip around it.
Check the season. Many restaurants in the Dolomites, on Capri and Ischia, along the Amalfi Coast, and on Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda open only for part of the year. Check opening months before you plan a winter trip.
Look at lunch. Many starred restaurants in Italy offer a shorter lunch menu. It is often the most affordable way to try a kitchen you’re curious about.
Confirm the chef and the address. Eight restaurants changed chef this year, and some moved. Check the restaurant’s own site before you book, not an old review.

Pick the Region First, Then the Star

Italy changes every 100 kilometres, and so does its cooking. The best Michelin trip here is a region you eat your way through. Choose one area from this list, book one big table, and let the one-stars fill the rest of the week.

Michelin Star Restaurants in Italy 2027: The Complete List by Region