Diners' Choice: Italian restaurants in Queens

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Updated April 05, 2025

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Vetro by Russo's on the Bay

4.9

4.9 (1592)

$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.

Top review

Bernice

Dined 4 days ago

Always the best delicious food and impeccable service

Il Toscano - Douglaston

4.9

4.9 (1609)

$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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MichaelVIP

Dined 4 days ago

Everything was excellent. Food great. Service great. Atmosphere awesome, prices very reasonable.

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Popular dish

Caesar Salad

Il Falco Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (478)

$31 to $50

Italian

Long Island City

About the restaurant

II Falco looks to serve you with the most delicious and finest Italian cuisine in the area. Inspired by the original owners of II Mulino, Gino and Fernando Masci, Bolivar acquired the love for the Italian kitchen. This has given them the experience in creating and mastering familiar pastas such as the wild porcini mushroom ravioli with black truffle cream sauce. From the sea we have branzino cooked in sea salt, as well as fresh seafood with angel hair. For meat lovers we have a choice of delicious veal chops to rack of lamb to PorterHouse Steak. We look forward to providing you with outstanding service and make you feel just like home.

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MarnieVIP

Dined on Apr 12, 2025

We were meeting family in the Long Island City area because it was a halfway point. I found Il Falco on Open Table and it was a wonderful experience. The servers were professional, attentive, and friendly and didn’t rush us. The food was delicious. We really enjoyed our appetizers and meals. The atmosphere was lively but not too loud. I wish we lived closer because we would love to go again.

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Experience

Thursdays are now BYOB at Il Falco

Experience

Mothers Day

Botte Bar

4.8

4.8 (47)

$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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Maria

Dined 5 days ago

Great service, good food, lovely little neighborhood spot!

C Kew Gardens

4.8

4.8 (119)

$30 and under

Italian

Kew Gardens

About the restaurant

Ciao! In our 21st Century, The brainchild of restauranteur and entrepreneur I Charlie Balmacoon welcome you to my journey as i eat my way around italy. Unfolding the finest food and the most regional classics while sharing my impluse for the italian culinary arts! Established in 2020 in Kew Gardens during the pandemic i brought a modern twist on italian history by introducing C Restaurant, Lounge and Bar.

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RichardVIP

Dined on Apr 19, 2025

Always excellent service and food at C Lounge in Kew Gardens. Excellent off menu specials this weekend. Enjoyable evening.

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Live Singer Sundays & Thursdays

Il Poeta

4.8

4.8 (47)

$31 to $50

Italian

Forest Hills

About the restaurant

Il Poeta is an Italian restaurant with a Northern Italian cuisine. Chef and co-owner Mario Di Chiara has over 20 years experience in the most famous Italian restaurant in Venice and NYC with 10 years work experience in Cipriani’s restaurant. In summer 2011 the Italian Government award Il Poeta with "Ospiutalita Italiana nel Mondo" meaning that it is a truly authentic Italian restaurant (so far we are the only Italian restaurant in all Queens to have this award from the Italian Government).

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Diana VitaVIP

Dined on Apr 20, 2025

My only disappointment was that my gift card from Opentable was not accepted.

Patrizia's of Maspeth

4.7

4.7 (136)

$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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Nancy

Dined on Apr 20, 2025

Other than a slight issue with seating/reservation (table wasn’t available so we were initially offered one right at the entrance - we opted to wait for a different one) we had a great time. We chose the Family Style dinner as it never disappoints. Unfortunately we didn’t get our server’s name, but she was wonderful!

Dee's

4.8

4.8 (916)

$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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Bob

Dined on Apr 15, 2025

We visited with our 6 year old grandson. The staff were so friendly with him. He thoroughly enjoyed the mussels and fries, my wife a wonderful shrimp pasta dish and I had broccoli rabe with sausage. We come here weekly and enjoy the food, the cocktails, the staff, and the atmosphere. Also we enjoy their brunch- yummy!

Papazzio Italian Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (407)

$31 to $50

Italian

Bayside

About the restaurant

Papazzio is a neighborhood restaurant. The atmosphere is casual but the cuisine and service are top notch. It's the perfect meeting place for friends and family from the all around the tri-state area.

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AandFVIP

Dined 5 days ago

Everything was delicious and our waitress pointed out that we could enjoy the Happy Hour appies which was a great deal!

Villaggio Ristorante

4.7

4.7 (369)

$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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Liz

Dined on Apr 19, 2025

Had family come to Queens from Upstate to have an early Easter dinner. They were very pleased and enjoyed their meals. The restaurant was accommodating with the four children and various food and drink requests. Thank you Bobby for making our dinner a great experience.

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