Best Italian Restaurants in Brisbane: Trattorias, Pizza and Handmade Pasta

Brisbane's Italian restaurant scene has matured significantly, with contemporary Italian restaurants featuring fresh pasta programs, imported Italian wines and modern Italian regional cooking complementing the established Italian-Australian trattorias. South Bank and Grey Street have contemporary Italian operations. Racecourse Road in Ascot has a concentration of Italian restaurants serving the northern Brisbane community. New Farm's restaurant strip on Brunswick Street has several Italian options with loyal neighbourhood followings. Paddington and Given Terrace in the inner west has neighbourhood Italian restaurants. Brisbane's Italian community has produced a network of specialty food stores and delis that support the broader food culture. Queensland's Italian heritage runs deep, with significant Italian settlement in the Far North Queensland sugar industry from the 1890s creating one of Australia's earliest Italian-Australian communities outside the capital cities.