City Consensus · Charleston, SC
Italian in Charleston, SC
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Charleston, SC below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Italian in Charleston
Charleston Italian — cross-referenced from the MICHELIN Guide American South 2025, the Charleston City Paper Top 50 fall 2025, and Garden & Gun's must-eat-dishes list.
- #1
Sorelle
Downtown
“MICHELIN Recommended 2025 and Resy's '10 that defined Charleston 2025.' Michael Mina/Beemok's two-story 1700s-building Italian; Chef Nick Dugan's 'Pillows of Gold' ricotta tortelloni is a house signature.”
- #2
Renzo
North Central
“Garden & Gun's must-eat agnolotti pick — 'cheese-filled pasta with Orangeburg-County eggs and roasted muscadines.' Erik and Nayda Hutson's naturally-leavened wood-fired kitchen with a natural-wine program.”
- #3
Wild Olive Restaurant - Johns Island, SC
Johns Island
“Charleston City Paper Top 50 fall 2025. Chef Jacques Larson's 2009-opened Johns Island Italian — farm-driven pasta and wood-fired entrees — and Best of Charleston 2025 Best Italian.”
- #4
The Obstinate Daughter
Sullivan's Island
“MICHELIN Recommended 2025. Jacques Larson's second-story Sullivan's Island kitchen — Italian-leaning pasta and wood-fired pizza with a Lowcountry raw bar.”
- #5
Le Farfalle
Cannonborough-Elliotborough
“Chef Michael Toscano's modern Italian on Beaufain Street — a rotating pasta program and the patio every Charleston diner has a photo of. One of the downtown 'go-to' Italians of the last decade.”