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The 5 best Italian restaurants in the Myrtle Beach area for 2023, from Google reviews

Pasta dish at Ciao Italian Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, SC. Provided photo.
Pasta dish at Ciao Italian Restaurant in Myrtle Beach, SC. Provided photo. Eleanor Nash

From fettuccine alfredo and veal marsala to calamari and cannolis, who can resist a delicious Italian meal?

With over 2,000 full-service restaurants in the Myrtle Beach area, there are many eateries on the Grand Strand where you can get your fill.

Whether you want to dine near Broadway at the Beach, Coastal Grande Mall or Family Kingdom, there’s an Italian restaurant for you.

Here are the highest-rated Italian restaurants in Myrtle Beach, according to Google reviews.

Villa Romana

    • Location: 707 S. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach

    • Rating: 4.7/5 with 2,461 Google reviews

Since 1985, Villa Romana has served Roman-style dishes. Located near Family Kingdom, the restaurant uses family recipes. If you’re lucky, you might be serenaded by the house accordion player.

Solé Italian Restaurant

    • Location: 3401 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach

    • Rating: 4.6/5 with 1,007 Google reviews

Plan a date night at Solé Italian Restaurant, an upscale spot near Broadway at the Beach. Google reviewers recommended the fiocchi appetizer – pear-stuffed pasta with a cream sauce. “It was out of this world. The pear and cheeses really went together,” one diner wrote this summer.

Ciao Italian Restaurant

    • Location: 5223 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach

    • Rating: 4.6/5 with 1,126 Google reviews

For over 15 years, diners have enjoyed from-scratch Italian dishes at Ciao. Some unusual dishes on the menu include the spinach and walnut ravioli – which one reviewer described as “scrumptious” – and the grouper francaise, served over with a lemon-wine sauce over pasta. Each entree comes with fresh bread and a walnut pesto dipping sauce.

Maggi D’s

Pasta at Maggi D’s. File photo
Pasta at Maggi D’s. File photo
    • Location: 385 Seaboard St., Myrtle Beach

    • Rating: 4.5/5 with 984 Google reviews

    Fill your appetite for Italian food all day long at Maggi D’s, near the Coastal Grande Mall. Order a sandwich or classic soup for lunch and check Facebook page for dinner specials. Don’t forget dessert – Google reviewers recommend the cheesecake and cannolis.

Little Italy

    • Location: 3001 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach

    • Rating: 4.6/5 with 803 Google reviews

Choose between New York-style pizza and Italian favorites at Little Italy. The thin-crust pizzas are cooked in a brick oven. On weeknights, stop by for a happy hour, with discounted appetizers and drinks from 4-7 p.m.

Eleanor Nash
The Sun News
Eleanor Nash is the Service Journalism Reporter at The Sun News. She answers the burning questions of Grand Strand residents. Send your Myrtle Beach mysteries to enash@thesunnews.com.
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