City Consensus · Las Vegas
Italian in Las Vegas
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Italian in Las Vegas below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Italian in Las Vegas
Vegas's Italian picks — cross-referenced from The Infatuation's 13 Best Italian guide, their 24 Best Restaurants list, and Las Vegas Weekly's 2025 Best Pasta / Best Pasta Palace awards.
- #1
Esther's Kitchen
Arts District
“The Infatuation calls it 'the best Italian restaurant in Las Vegas.' Las Vegas Weekly's 2025 Readers' Choice Best Pasta — James Trees's Downtown flagship whose sourdough and meatballs set the template the city now imitates.”
- #2
Mother Wolf Las Vegas
The Strip
“Las Vegas Weekly's 2025 Best Pasta Palace — Evan Funke's Roman import at Fontainebleau, beloved by The Infatuation for the fried ricotta squash blossoms and cacio e pepe.”
- #3
Carbone Riviera
The Strip
“The Infatuation's 13 Best Italian pick — Major Food Group's theatrical red-sauce monster at Aria; the spicy rigatoni vodka remains one of the most-ordered pastas in town.”
- #4
La Strega
Summerlin
“The Infatuation's 24 Best Restaurants and 13 Best Italian pick — Gina Marinelli's ever-changing Summerlin menu, pulling from her Lake Como and Sicilian family traditions.”
- #5
Piero's Italian Cuisine
Convention Center
“The Infatuation's 24 Best Restaurants and 13 Best Italian pick — the 1982 Vegas-lifer trattoria with oversized leather booths, a Hall of Fame entry on LVRJ's Top 100 2025.”