Best Italian Restaurants in Naples
Naples, Florida — updated August 22, 2026
Three Naples Italian kitchens with the review records to back them up, from a Fifth Avenue South steak-and-pasta room to a Tamiami Trail pizzeria selling slices at lunch.
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Naples spreads its Italian cooking across three very different corridors: the walkable Fifth Avenue South strip downtown, the strip-mall stretch of Tamiami Trail north of the city, and the Immokalee Road run out toward North Naples. The gap between them is not just geography but format, since one is a reservation dinner room and the others are lunch-counter and neighborhood operations. Ranked below by how convincingly the ratings hold up against the number of people who left them.
1. Tulia Italian Steak
This is the most thoroughly tested Italian kitchen on the list: 4.6 stars across more than 1,200 reviews, a figure large enough that the score is settled rather than promising. The address, 365 5th Ave S, puts it in the middle of downtown Naples, which means walk-up traffic in season and a dinner rush that arrives with it. The name signals the split focus, steak alongside Italian cooking, so it reads more as an evening restaurant than a casual pasta stop. Reserve ahead during the winter months, when Fifth Avenue South fills earliest.
2. Bruno's Italian House & Pizzeria
The highest-rated of the three at 4.8, though from 249 reviews rather than four figures, so treat it as strong but less settled than Tulia. What earns it the placement is the daily structure: lunch specials run 11am to 3pm, pizza by the slice is sold daily, and dinner specials are limited to Thursday through Saturday from 4pm to close. Lasagna is among the dishes it is known for. Find it at 4910 Tamiami Trl N, Suite 124, in the Tamiami Trail retail corridor north of downtown, with Monday hours listed as 11am to 9pm.
3. Joey D's Italian Restaurant
The lowest rating here at 4.4, but built on 797 reviews, which makes it a more durable number than a high score from a few dozen diners. That combination reads as a consistent neighborhood restaurant rather than a special-occasion room. It sits at 2356 Immokalee Rd in North Naples, well away from the Fifth Avenue crowds, which makes it the more practical option if you are staying north of the city or want a table without competing for downtown parking.
What we left off
Two frozen-dessert chains that appeared in earlier versions of this guide, Jeremiah's Italian Ice and Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, are out on both counts: they are chain operations, and Italian ice is not an Italian restaurant. Mercato Italiano on Tamiami Trail N holds a 4.8 rating from 175 reviews, but it is listed as a coffee shop rather than a sit-down Italian kitchen, so it falls outside the premise of this list.