Location: Athens
Top Restaurants in Athens
Where to eat Italian food in Athens: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Find out what Italian restaurants to try in Athens. In the sweltering Georgia heat, no place is as cool as Athens. This hip college town is home to the University of Georgia, Pulitzer Prize winning authors and famous rock musicians. Explore the downtown area, where Victorian buildings are filled with an eclectic combination of independent coffee shops, restaurants and boutiques. Named "Live Music Central," Athens' busy music venues are known around the world. Check out The 40 Watt Club, where The B-52s and R.E.M got their start.
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10. DePalma's Italian Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By sometrip
Several lunches and dinners here over the years and Never disappointed. Service and foodAlways great and prices reasonable.Good wine list. Nice specials that vary.
9. Your Pie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 34 reviews
Your Pie is the world's originator of the fast casual, brick-oven, customized personal pizza category. Founded by Drew French in 2008, the Your Pie concept was inspired by family recipes from the Italian island of Ischia. Your Pie uses hand-tossed dough,
Reviewed By gafood
Your Pie makes your pizza, calzone, or panini fresh, right in front of you. The ingredients are fresh and they are very generous with the toppings. The service was good and the restaurant was very clean. There are booths and longer tables. We enjoyed it and will go back.
8. Peppino's Pizzeria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By Keith L
I have been eating at Peppino's ever since they were located in downtown Athens. It's a little weird that they are located out in the middle of nowhere, but who cares. The great tasting food will make you drive to this place. My favorite pizza is a large ham and mushroom. If you live in the area, you have to try this pizza at least once. The place is a little pricey, but that old saying goes "you get what you pay for" definitely applies here. I don't mind paying the extra amount for a good quality pizza every once and awhile. Give it a try, you will not be sorry.
7. Little Italy
Overall Ratings
4 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By Speechdr7
You shouldn't really expect to get "authentic" NY style pizza in Georgia anyway, right? But it takes nothing away from this place for being inexpensive pizza that's a lot better than anything a chain sells. Guys at the counter were friendly and down to earth and the atmosphere was charming in that pizza parlor sort of way.
6. DePalma's Italian Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By Peepye
Stuffed mushrooms were a good appetizer. The chicken sausage and tortellini was ok, but the sausage pieces were small and could have had more. Chicken scaloppini, which my wife had, was good. Will go back, but will try something other than the tortellini next time.
5. Carrabba's Italian Grill
Overall Ratings
4 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By FredL757
We visited around noon on Sunday. Parking was plentiful and we were seated immediately. Drinks were provided quickly with our orders being taken at the same time. The server was very knowledgeable of the menu. Salads were crisp and entrees were hot. Service was very good. The restaurant was clean and inviting. We will go back.
4. Your Pie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 34 reviews
Your Pie is the world's originator of the fast casual, brick-oven, customized personal pizza category. Founded by Drew French in 2008, the Your Pie concept was inspired by family recipes from the Italian island of Ischia. Your Pie uses hand-tossed dough,
Reviewed By gafood
Your Pie makes your pizza, calzone, or panini fresh, right in front of you. The ingredients are fresh and they are very generous with the toppings. The service was good and the restaurant was very clean. There are booths and longer tables. We enjoyed it and will go back.
3. Teds Most Best
Overall Ratings
4 based on 167 reviews
Reviewed By Cchamelion
Went on a Saturday at around 6:30 and it was very crowded and full of kids. The line to order was out the door. All this makes you think that the food is really good but I was dissapointed. I have eaten there a few times before and the food has been ok. Nothing amazing just food. This time I ordered a Caesar salad and the focaccia bread. The salad had several black pieces of lettuce that were old/dried out and was fairly small for the "full salad" price. The focaccia which I imagined would be really great since this is a pizza place looked like crusted white bread that was toasted. It tasted awful. I did take a bite to confirm and it was awful. I took it back to the servers and they argued that it was focaccia...no way not ever!!! and offered no apologies. So this was a disappointing meal. With the hundreds of other places to eat in Athens why bother to go here? The only plus is their outdoor seating.
2. De Palma's Italian Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 457 reviews
Reviewed By MARY W
The good was amazing and so was our server. We were early enough to be seated quickly, even though there were 6 of us. Our appetizers came out pretty quickly but it took a very long time for our main dishes to be ready. The Housemade Focaccia Bread is so good for an appetizer. Our attentive waiter came by often and apologized for the long wait. I had pasta and my husband had the scallops. Both were so good. We chalked it up to there being more people for dinner than the restaurant expected for a week night for the long wait so this would not stop us from coming here, again, because the food was so good.
1. Your Pie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 34 reviews
Your Pie is the world's originator of the fast casual, brick-oven, customized personal pizza category. Founded by Drew French in 2008, the Your Pie concept was inspired by family recipes from the Italian island of Ischia. Your Pie uses hand-tossed dough,
Reviewed By gafood
Your Pie makes your pizza, calzone, or panini fresh, right in front of you. The ingredients are fresh and they are very generous with the toppings. The service was good and the restaurant was very clean. There are booths and longer tables. We enjoyed it and will go back.
