The best Italian restaurants in River North, Chicago — 3 ranked picks with ratings and must-try dishes.
3 picksRiver North has 3 Italian restaurants we would send anyone to, ranked here by rating and review depth. Ciccio Mio sits at the top with 4.5 stars. If you only order one thing, make it the burrata with fougasse at Ciccio Mio. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. 1 of the 3 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.
River North is a Italian-leaning pocket of Chicago where the 3 restaurants we track average 4.4 stars.
Italian in River North — 4.5 across 3,708 diner reviews
Must-try: Burrata with Fougasse, Crispy Chicken Parmesan, Pasta
📍 226 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Italian in River North — 4.5 across 1,575 diner reviews
Must-try: Half-and-Half Pizza, Squid Ink Linguine with Lobster
📍 51 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Italian in River North — 4.1 across 2,759 diner reviews
Must-try: Bone-In Ribeye, Handmade Pasta
📍 52 W Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60654
Ciccio Mio — 4.5 stars across 3,708 reviews, the highest on this list. Italian in River North — 4.5 across 3,708 diner reviews.
1 of the 3 book online — Ciccio Mio. The rest are walk-in or phone-only. Each card here shows live availability for tonight where the restaurant publishes it.
The burrata with fougasse at Ciccio Mio, the half-and-half pizza at Siena Tavern and the bone-in ribeye at RPM Italian. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.