Italian restaurants in Scottsdale for a proper dinner out, from white-tablecloth rooms in Old Town to coastal Italian at Fashion Square.
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Updated October 21, 2026 · 11 places · ratings from Google
Giada De Laurentiis, who learned Italian cooking in her grandfather's restaurant kitchen, shapes the menu around her Roman heritage with California influences. The dining room sits on the first floor of Caesars Republic Scottsdale beside Fashion Square, and al fresco tables look toward Camelback Mountain. Aperitivo hour runs daily with lobster arancini and pizzette, and a private dining room seats 14.
Fine-aged steaks, house-made pastas and Mediterranean seafood come out of an open kitchen at this modern Italian steakhouse, alongside ice-cold martinis. Peter McQuaid is executive chef, and Tell Your Friends, an underground cocktail and live music lounge, sits beneath the restaurant. Three private rooms seat 10 to 30 guests, and happy hour runs Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Handmade pastas share the menu with Mediterranean seafood and imported wild game at this Old Town dining room on Stetson Drive, run by Chef Marcellino Verzino and his wife Sima. It celebrated its 24th anniversary in October 2026. Look for scialatielli with Manila clams or porcini-infused fettuccine with lobster and white truffle. Service is European in style, and live music plays Saturdays.
Chef Nina Vincenti's original recipes drive this white-tablecloth Italian dining room, owned by Leo Zacchino, who once ran a restaurant in San Remo. Ravioli and tortellini are made daily, and the pasta trio pairs Nina's ravioli with spinach gnocchi and walnut-sauced tortellini. Dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. nightly, with happy hour Monday to Thursday until 5:30.
White tablecloths and a seasonal Italian menu set the tone at this north Scottsdale restaurant on Pinnacle Peak Road. An intimate dining room sits on one side and a lively bar on the other. Antipasti, pasta, entrees and desserts change with the market, and aperitivo runs Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 6 at the bar. It opened in September 2026.
Dinner is served from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily at this locally owned Italian restaurant in the heart of Old Town. Of EVO's two Scottsdale locations, this is the intimate, high-energy one at the center of the nightlife scene, built around craft cocktails and a lounge setting. Happy hour runs 4 to 6, and semi-private spaces take group gatherings.
Phoenix-born chef-owner Matt Carter puts modern spins on regional Italian classics in a room that pairs Tuscan comfort with a sleek Milan feel. Pasta is extruded and sheeted in-house, and the kitchen runs a pecan wood-fired grill. Recent menus carried garganelli with black truffle butter and a 40-ounce porterhouse for two to four. Aperitivo hour runs daily from 3:30 to 6:30.
Espresso martinis come in flights of three, the draft list runs to spritzes and slushies, and cocktails can be ordered as punch bowls. A DJ plays Thursdays from 6 to 8. Nick Mathers' Wish You Were Here Group is behind this coastal southern Italian restaurant at Scottsdale Fashion Square, inspired by Pantelleria and the Aeolian Islands. Wood-fired pizzas and house-made pastas anchor the menu.
A family that moved from Sorrento in 1993 runs this North Scottsdale dining room just off Shea Boulevard, open since 1999. Pasta is handmade in house, including linguine with Manila clams and spaghetti with Sardinian mullet roe, and lamb chops get a balsamic reduction. Produce is local and organic, beef is grass-fed, and the wine list sticks to Italian bottles.
After 20 years at Scottsdale Road and Frank Lloyd Wright, this Italian dining room reopened in Centennial Marketplace at FLW and 100th Street with nine tables and a full bar. Executive chef Socorro Resendez's menu runs to butternut squash ravioli in rosa sauce, veal marsala, lasagna and Hawaiian sun fish Milanese. The wine list ranges from Italy and France to South Africa.
Fresh pastas, seafood and steaks meet an extensive wine selection at this candlelit Italian kitchen and bar in Old Town. Look for pappardelle in a veal, beef and pork Bolognese, hazelnut risotto with truffle oil, and salmon glazed in honey and blackberry. Happy hour runs 4 to 6 at the bar, and a private dining room seats up to 50.