Diners' Choice: Italian restaurants in Queens

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Updated December 05, 2024

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Patrizia's of Maspeth

4.8

4.8 (122)

$31 to $50

Italian

Douglaston

About the restaurant

PATRIZIA’S GROUP OF RESTAURANTS ARE SERVING UP YOUR TRADITIONAL HOMEMADE ITALIAN COOKING. JUST LIKE A SUNDAY LUNCH AT YOUR ITALIAN GRANDMAS HOUSE!
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We welcome you to enjoy our family style tasting menu which includes seasonally inspired dishes from our homemade breads, cheeses and pastas to our selected meats, seafood, wines and desserts. Your enjoyment of our food and restaurant is very important to us. We strive to make everyone feel like family.

For parties of 20 or more please call the restaurant at 718-779-2083.

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Michael

Dined on Dec 14, 2024

Service was fantastic, food was great, you will enjoy, especially the wood-fired pizza

Il Toscano - Douglaston

4.8

4.8 (1546)

$31 to $50

Italian

Douglaston

About the restaurant

Il Toscano is open for outdoor dining in our heated cedar gazebos and Curbside Pickup and Delivery *Wednesday Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday 4:00pm to 9:30pm! Please call 718-631-0300 after 2 pm to place your order.

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For almost three decades, Il Toscano has been known for taking fresh, seasonal ingredients and preparing sumptuous Northern Italian style cuisine.

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AmyVIP

Dined 3 days ago

While the food is almost fantastic, the valet parking situation is less than spectacular and our server wasn't the greatest. Tables packed in too close together and this time we sat next to a bunch of cackling very loud women. Not going back anytime soon!

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Popular dish

Caesar Salad

Dee's

4.8

4.8 (890)

$31 to $50

Italian

Forest Hills

About the restaurant

DEE’S
An Italian Dinner House with an American Twist

Offering a relaxed and upscale dining experience in Forest Hills, DEE’S is your casual neighborhood restaurant with a New York City feel.

Relaxed luxury comes together with our family friendly menu, white-table cloth service and upscale decor creating an inviting and affordable respite from the everyday hustle.

Whether your looking to share a wood-fired pizza or savor a three-course meal, DEE’S is your urban familiar escape to joyfully gather with friends and family.

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LoriVIP

Dined 4 days ago

The food was delicious and the service wonderful, as always. However, I was a bit disappointed that they were out of a few items that we usually order. We always start with the mussels frites, but not this time. They were out of them. Instead we ordered the calamari, which was delicious and tender, but not what we were planning on and looking forward to. For the main course we all ordered pizzas, which were delicious and the main reason we come. For dessert we would have ordered 3 tartufos, but they only had 2, which is what our waiter told us they had started the evening with, so I guess we were lucky to get those. They were also out of tiramisu. We also had an order of chocolate chip cookies and our waiter was nice and added a couple of extras to the plate so that there were enough for everyone to share. We would definitely return here, but it would be nice if they weren’t out if so many of our favorite menu items.

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Popular dish

Nutella Pizza

Villaggio Ristorante

4.8

4.8 (356)

$30 and under

Italian

Whitestone

About the restaurant

Our earliest childhood memories include making homemade tomato sauce in our Nonna’s driveway located in Corona, Queens. Being apart of five children, we all had our jobs. From cleaning bushels of raw tomatoes to jarring the sauce with fresh basil there was always enough made so you never left Sunday dinner hungry. Made at our family owned restaurant, Villaggio, you can now enjoy our family recipes. It’s the closest thing to our Nonnas driveway. “Come to Villaggio, where your treated like family” - Bon Apetito! The Loccisano Family

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Anna

Dined on Dec 7, 2024

The service was very good food was delish. Drinks were very good as well

VIA VAI - Astoria

4.9

4.9 (274)

$31 to $50

Italian

Astoria

About the restaurant

VIA VAI is a Chef-Owner run restaurant, serving contemporary and authentic Italian food that one would find in the best restaurants and trattorie in today's Italy.

The restaurant is rustic cozy and charming, with a slate and marble top bar serving only select Italian wines, and local and imported tap and bottled beer, that pair perfectly with the artisanal food prepared every day on the premises, and the brick oven roman-style (thin crust) pizza cooked in the imported Italian oven.

Chef-owner Antonio Morichini is Roman born and bred. He did his culinary education and training in Italy, working in some of the best Michelin-starred restaurants in Rome. His food is loyal to tradition, but forward looking.

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Bella

Dined on Nov 29, 2024

I absolutely LOVED the food. Estella was amazing, beef ravioli was delicious. I will definitely comeback to eat here.

Vetro by Russo's on the Bay

4.8

4.8 (1567)

$31 to $50

Italian

Howard Beach

About the restaurant

From exquisite cuisine, expansive wine cellar, cocktail lounge and exemplary service. Vetro expands Russo's fine culinary tradition into an elegant restaurant completely distinct from your private occasion. Restaurant, Dine in wine cellar, special occasions.

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Louis

Dined 2 days ago

My wife and I had a great evening celebrating our Anniversary at Vetro. Mario was an outstanding waiter and Tele as well as Bure along with all the staff ensured that our experience was second to none!

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4.7

4.7 (26)

$30 and under

Italian

Long Island City

About the restaurant

Terrone - Italian Farm to American Table. We look forward to serving you!

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MarinaVIP

Dined on Oct 19, 2024

Loved this place! We sat outside and the kiddos got to make their own pizza which came with little chefs hats!

Maiella - LIC

4.6

4.6 (2446)

$31 to $50

Italian

Long Island City

About the restaurant

Maiella, a casually elegant restaurant located in the picturesque waterfront section of Long Island City, serves authentic Italian dishes with a modern flare and the freshest ingredients. Maiella sits at the base of the iconic Pepsi sign in Gantry State Park, and features spectacular city views. Designed by a leading New York City Architecture firm, Bluarch, the rustic space features seating for up to 180 guests inside and almost 100 guests in the outdoor terrace. The terrace faces Manhattan and Gantry State Park with views of the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the 80 foot tall Pepsi Sign. Inquire about our private dining rooms as well as larger parties.

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Sasha

Dined 2 days ago

I love this place! The guys who run the restaurant are really nice and the staff are thoughtful. They really pay attention. The food is so delicious! My friends and I have made this our celebration restaurant. Only one thing, I left my camera accidentally and called them within the hour and they said they had it so I could come back for it. I thought it was strange that they didn’t call me to tell me that I left it because they had my number from the reservation. When I collected it the next day I realized someone took pictures with the camera of the decorations in the restaurant which is strange but I did get my camera back.

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4.7

4.7 (43)

$30 and under

Italian

Astoria

About the restaurant

Welcome to Botte Bar, a cozy small size Italian restaurant specializing in Roman cuisine and traditional Italian cocktails located at 25-07 Broadway in Astoria, Queens. It is our pleasure to serve you delicious, inspired Italian dishes from Rome.

We offer a selection of cicchetti (small plates), and a large selection of pastas, appetizers, salads, seafood and meat dishes and a selection of rotating specials. We handpicked our selections of Italian wine to complement our menu.

We have a full bar with a signature cocktail menu, where you can also enjoy a full dinner.

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Christine

Dined on Dec 14, 2024

Great food and service was 10/10. Would recommend!

Botte Ditmars

4.7

4.7 (19)

$31 to $50

Italian

Ditmars Steinway

About the restaurant

With the same fire that burned in the culinary belly of Ancient Rome, Francesco and Valerio embarked on a dream to open a cozy, authentic Italian restaurant in New York.

From homemade pasta, a time-honored tribute to their Nonna's lasagna sheets hanging on a drying rack on Sundays, to wood-fired pizza Romana, a thin-crust pizza, classic recipes like carbonara, cacio e pepe, carciofi fritti, and suppli, a Roman rice ball street food, you can eat like a Roman at Botte without booking an expensive flight to Roma. Then again, traveling to Italy is always a fun adventure.

There is a sense of Italian Famiglia, family, and kinship within the Botte group. Chef Antonio Costa opened the first Botte Bar and has returned to enhance his Roman family recipes from generations ago.

There is a table for everyone at Botte. Whether you are a regular or a first-time customer, patrons from all walks of life are welcome to dine in a Roman-Italian Trattoria casual atmosphere at Botte Ditmars.

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Barbara

Dined 2 days ago

Been here a few times. Always delicious. Great cocktails! Wonderful wait staff! See you soon!

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