Best Italian Restaurants in Lebanon

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Appetito Trattoria spreads across the villa's ground floor—warm stone walls, wine glasses clinking, tables spilling onto a jasmine-scented terrace. The kitchen nails Italian classics and Lebanese twists both. Wood-fired pizzas arrive with blistered crusts. Seafood pasta incorporates sumac without feeling forced. Book the terrace for sunset. Mountain air turns crisp. Skip the indoor tables—they feel corporate under fluorescent lighting.

Broumana Villa, Ground Floor، Broummana, Lebanon

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Un basilico's courtyard wraps you in jasmine vines and the soft clink of wine glasses under string lights. Their handmade tagliatelle arrives tangled with porcini mushrooms that taste like forest floors after rain. Request the corner table farthest from the kitchen door for the quietest evening.

Chouf- Baakline Slayeb main road, بعقلين 0000, Lebanon

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Appetito Trattoria Hazmieh echoes with animated Lebanese-Italian conversations over sizzling cast-iron skillets of seafood risotto. The burrata arrives still chilled, oozing cream that mingles with sun-dried tomatoes. Park in the back lot—street parking disappears by 8pm sharp.

Hazmieh, Lebanon

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Verona Resto's mirrored walls reflect golden light from Murano glass chandeliers while espresso machines hiss in counterpoint. Their osso buco falls from the bone into saffron risotto that tastes like Milan in autumn. Book the window table facing the street for prime people-watching.

Al Shouf Al Shouf, Samqaniyeh, Lebanon

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Italian Stories fills with the yeasty aroma of focaccia baking in clay ovens while Sinatra croons overhead. The carbonara arrives properly silky with guanciale crackling between teeth. Skip weekends unless you enjoy 90-minute waits—Tuesday evenings offer relaxed service and lingering conversations.

facing Moulin d’or, Zouq Mosbeh, Lebanon

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Arrive before 7. The stone walls of Appetito Trattoria Rayfoun glow amber—pendant lights, Lebanese families leaning over tables thick with garlic and wood smoke. Their wood-fired pizzas draw crowds, but the daily chalkboard specials vanish first. Beat the Rayfoun rush, then linger until the espresso lands thick and bitter-sweet.

Municipality of, Lebanon

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