2. Carmine's
7.6
1043 N Rush St (btwn Cedar St & Bellevue Pl), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · Gold Coast · 78 tips and reviews
Marc Wigler: Great food!!! The birthday treat was amazing - Fresh Fruit & Granola - delicious!!! Loved the seared scallop salad, linguine w/clams, & chicken Marsala
Carol: HUGE portions, but the chicken Marsala is fantastic. Just your standard Italian food
Jennifer Ashton: Excellent linguine with clam sauce (I have only tried the white sauce, not the red), pasta e fagioli soup, and steaks -- all around prime comfort food destination!
3. Italian Village
8.1
71 W Monroe St (btwn Dearborn St & Clark St), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · The Loop · 86 tips and reviews
Elizabeth Ladin-Gross: We love this place! You must eat upstairs feels like a summer day in Italy! The chicken Marsala, the Alfredo and the tiramisu are the best of any Italian place we have ever been.
Karolina 🦖: There were 3 different types of pasta in my lasagna - all handmade and delicious. Great service too, and big plus for classy semi booths.
Joshua Hernandez: You'll feel like you have walked on the set of the Soprano's good food.
4. Cafe Bionda
7.9
1924 S State St, Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · South Loop · 30 tips and reviews
Ashton Bartlett: Chicken Marsala is flame! Substitute the pasta for spinach. C'est Bon!!!!! Say I put you on!
Nate Bartlett: Large portions! The Chicken Marsala is great.
Lan Le: best meal I’ve ever had; wonderful service, amazing and flavorful food and very nice interior. I got the stuffed ricotta shells, eggplant rotolo, and chocolate lava cake. All were incredible.
5. Mario's Table
7.9
21 W Goethe St (at N Dearborn Pkwy), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · Gold Coast · 39 tips and reviews
C Rolando: Chicken Marsala and Grilled Portabella Mushroom both were delicious. However, I ordered a margarita and it was awful and our cannoli was not fully stuffed but tasted good.
Wendy: Delightful. Great marinara, wonderful wine selection.
Leyla Arsan: He gold diggers, I know you think that rich Gold Coast men. Hang out a few blocks south, but those are just suburbanite posers. Looking for real Gold Coast dudes, Mario's is the spot.
6. Ignotz Ristorante
8.7
2421 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · Heart of Chicago · 11 tips and reviews
Margo Andrews: Lasagna, clam sauce, and gnocchi were awesome! As well as the bread and more importantly, the service!
Jeff Willinger: The best advise I can give is to go to another place. UNLESS you have 2-3 hours for dinner in a non-A/C place, go somewhere else.
Sly Gam: Very good food and wonderful service!
8. La Villa
8.6
3638 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · Old Irving Park · 37 tips and reviews
Kristeena Sarver: The bruschetta is to die for! Veal parmesan and eggplant parmesan are fantastic. Huge portions. Friendly staff (that's an understatement). Jose at the bar is awesome.
Kirb Torres: Some of my favorite Chicago deep dish pizza. Try the spinach and sausage thin crust or deep dish.
Nicole P: Best Italian food in Chicago. Homemade and made to order, you can't go wrong. Come with a full stomach, portions are huge and service is wonderul!
9. Pinstripes
8.3
435 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL
Bowling Alley · Streeterville · 31 tips and reviews
Cassie Grafström: Good drink options and bocce bask was fun! Enjoyed the apple pear bread pudding
Ashley Staker: HUGE riverfront patio with fire pit. Great ambiance! Delicious food...big GF menu with good prices. Definitely a great addition to the streeterville / river east neighborhood.
Redeye Chicago: The brunch buffet at this Streeterville restaurant/bocce court/bowling alley combo includes made-to-order waffles topped with bananas foster and carving stations serving prime rib and roasted turkey. Read more.
12. Basil Leaf Cafe
8.1
2465 N Clark St (at W Roslyn Pl), Chicago, IL
Italian Restaurant · Park West · 26 tips and reviews
Valarie Johnson: If I lived near here, I would come by and drink their water, eat their bread, and have a big bowl of butternut squash soup every day. Van Gogh cocktails on special occasions. It would be heaven!
Stephanie Davis: Best. Water. Ever.
Ramsen: Their butternut squash soup has been consistently awesome for years.
13. Grand Lux Café
8.3
600 N Michigan Ave (at Ontario St), Chicago, IL
American Restaurant · Streeterville · 349 tips and reviews
Mary Gazze: Portions huge, chicken Marsala is delish, all desserts, wonderful. All the smoothie-type drinks are good. Long, long wait on weekends. Make reservations if you can.
Liz: The Chicken Royal is amazing! And the Creme Brûlée is what keeps us coning back every time!
Ron Willis: You can never go wrong here because the menu is so vast! Make sure you asked to be seated in the "rotunda room" with a window seat of Michigan Ave