Looking for a great Italian restaurant name for your new business to impress potential customers? This list has hundreds of name ideas — funny, cool and unique — for all types of Italian dishes — fancy fine dining cuisine, casual neighborhood Italian food, and pizzerias.
Plus an Italian restaurant name generator link, with tips on how to create your best new restaurant name, along with my tests and a list of names generated with this tool. Let’s get cooking Italian – Andiamo!
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Al Dente | Vecchio | Rigatone |
Sapori | La Bella Cucina | Fatti a Mano |
Bella Vita | Biancheria | Vecchia Nonna |
The Etruscan Table | The Pope’s Pantry | Neapolitan Nights |
Twelve Tables | Ribollita | Cibo Appassionato |
Pappardelle | Gorgonzola | all’Arrabbiata |
The Butcher’s Ragũ | The Sardinian Sage |
Trattoria Cafe | Osteria | Antony and Cleopatra |
Il Mercante di Venezia | Golositá | The Tuscan Tomato |
Mussolini’s Table | Chiacchierare | Caesar’s Ghost |
Goodfellas |
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Pasticceria | Tavola Calda | Paninoteca |
Paninaro | La Dolce Vita | Dolce |
Torta | La Torta del Topo | Avaro della Torta |
Crostata |
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Taverna | Enoteca | In Vino Veritas |
Barbaresco | Brunello | The Killer Bs |
Tannin and Table | Cork’d | The Sommelier |
Port of Call |
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Non Ti Pago – I don’t pay you! | L’Utima Cena – Last Supper | The Tasty Tortellini |
Spicy Meatballs and More | Eat Some Ziti! | Pasta Maniac |
Hot Tomatoes | Twisted Pasta | P’spghetti |
Lasagna Flats | Saucy Girls | Devilish Pies |
Kiss Me Garlic Bread | Earth, Wind and Flour |
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All Around Pizza | American Pie | Angry Pan Pizza |
Dishy Pizza | Eatalian Pizza | Firehouse Pizza Shop |
Fingerlicking Pies | Happytown Pizza | Hotline Pizza |
Mad Toppings | Mission Pizza | Pie Makers |
Pizza Peddler |
Get 325 more pizzeria restaurant name ideas on my list here
This is a restaurant name generator I tested to create the list of name suggestions below – https://businessnamegenerator.com/restaurants-business-name-generator-ideas/
I tested it by using these keywords related to Italian cuisine (pasta, cheese, olives, pizza, Italy). Get the best results by first brainstorming a list of keywords. These are words and phrases (2 or more words) that relate to your company’s service and products. They do not have to be necessarily the ones that will be contained in your final restaurant name.
An easy way to brainstorm keywords to use in name generators is to use Google. Put in your restaurant type (Italian food) plus “keywords”. Scroll through pages such as these and pick up related words. I found these additional keywords = mozzarella, oregano, basil, pepperoni, Frutta, Pesce, vino, pomodoro. You get the idea.[/callout]
Italian Restaurant Name Ideas Generated – with added improvements by me 🙂
Pizza Bit | Italy Desire | Pizza Grove |
Italyio | Pizza Feast | Italynetic |
Pizzaly | Pizza Crave | Pizzasy |
Italy Juicy | Italypad | Italy Chop |
Italy Wagon | Pizza Superior | Italy Roll |
Pizza Hole | Italy Cantina | Pizza You |
Italyorama | Crave Olive | Uptown Olive |
Olivehut | Chow Olive | Crisp Olive |
Oliveex | Oliveio | Smash Olive |
Herbed Olive | Feast Pomodoro | Pomodorosy |
Citron and Pomodoro | Pomodorio | Binge Pomodoro |
The Dashing Pomodoro | Secret Pomodoro | Pomodorowind |
Presto Pomodoro | Pomordor Served | Sizzling Pomodoro |
Pomorodorhaven | Dished Pomodoros |
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The restaurant pros at Forketers.com created a fun list of name ideas all in authentic Italian. Here are a few below, read the full list here
LA FESTA IN CUCINA. “The Kitchen Party” | PRIMAVERA. “Spring” | ORTAGGIO. “The Vegetable” |
GUSTOSO. “Tasty” | BOCCA FELICE. “Happy Mouth” | A MANO. “Made by Hand” |
LA PENTOLA. “The Pot” | LA BOTTARGA. “The Bottarga” | IL GIARDINO DEI PIACERI. “The Garden of the Pleasures” |
CASA NOSTRA. “Our House” | COLTELLO E FORCHETTA. “Knife and Fork” | IL MESTOLO. “The Ladle” |
ZUPPA ITALIANA. “Italian Soup” | PRIMI PIATTI. “Main Dishes” | PESCE FRESCO. “Fresh Fish” |
CHE BUONO. “What Good” | PIATTO CALDO. “Hot Plate” | COME A CASA. “Like at Home” |
LA CASA. “The House” | LA MENSA. “The Cookhouse” | AL DENTE. “Underdone” |
SAPORI D’ITALIA. “Tastes of Italy” | SORRISO. “Smile” |
L’Etoile d’Or (Catania, Italy) | Gusta Pizza (Florence, Italy) | La Madia (Licata, Italy) |
Masseria Barbera (Puglia, Italy) | Da Vittorio (Brusaporto, Italy) | Alle Testiere (Venice, Italy) |
Il Pellicano (Porto Ercole, Italy) | Madonnina del Pescatore (Senigallia, Italy) | La Ciau del Tornavento (Treiso, Italy) |
Enoteca Pinchiorri (Florence, Italy) | La Rosetta (Rome) | Acquolina (Rome) |
Don Alfonso 1890 (Sant’Agata Sui Due Golfi, Italy) |
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