Best Italian Restaurants in Canberra: Trattorias, Pizza and Pasta

Canberra has a well-developed Italian restaurant scene rooted in the large Italian-Australian community that settled in the ACT and Queanbeyan during the post-war era. The Braddon dining precinct has contemporary Italian restaurants including handmade pasta operations using local ingredients and imported Italian products. Manuka on Franklin Street includes Italian options among the suburb's most consistent fine dining. Kingston Foreshore has Italian-influenced restaurants in the lakeside precinct. Dickson's multicultural dining scene includes Italian alongside its better-known Asian offerings. The Belconnen and Tuggeranong town centres have Italian family restaurants serving the outer districts. Italian wine from southern Italian regions including Puglia and Campania features prominently at Canberra's better Italian restaurants. The Italian Embassy, the Italian Institute of Culture and the Dante Alighieri Society support events and dining experiences that reflect genuine Italian regional cuisine for the diplomatic community and the public.