City Consensus · Buffalo
Italian in Buffalo
Community consensus
The consensus is still forming.
Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Buffalo below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 3 Italian in Buffalo
Buffalo's Italian shortlist — cross-referenced from Buffalo Spree's Best of WNY Food & Drink 2023, 2024 and 2025 readers polls.
- #1
The Mulberry | Italian Ristorante
Lackawanna
“Buffalo Spree's 2025 Italian Restaurant winner and 2023–2024 co-winner — a Jackson Avenue room in Lackawanna that has defended the title three years running.”
- #2
Lombardo
North Buffalo
“Buffalo Spree's 2024 Best Dining Experience winner — the Hertel Avenue institution that anchors North Buffalo's Italian fine-dining scene.”
- #3
DITONDO
Lower West Side
“Buffalo Spree's 2024 Italian Restaurant co-winner — a fourth-generation family room on Seneca Street, opened by a Di Tondo immigrant in 1904 and reopened in 2021 after a deep restoration.”