The 7 Best Pasta Restaurants Near Berkeley

Updated: October 6, 2021

Pining for penne piled with ragu or smothered in arrabbiata sauce? These are our top Berkeley picks for great pasta. We found the best pasta restaurants by analyzing top restaurant review sites, expert rankings, and food blogs. Get ready to twirl your forks around the best carbonara and linguinis in Berkeley available at these top eateries.

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How did we curate this list?

Selecting the right restaurant can be really difficult, especially when you would like to find a new one. The restaurants in this list rose to the top after we analyzed the Yelp and Google ratings for 28808 restaurants in Berkeley, 3104661 restaurant reviews, and exactly 1901 lists and articles from experts at Zagat and Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life and more. All with some boam magic. Don’t bother looking for Zagat - Hottest Restaurants and Bars in Oakland and Berkeley, Gayot: The Guide to the Good Life - Authentic Italian Food in SF's East Bay and Zagat - Best Italian in Oakland/Berkeley – we’ve already done so for you and included all you need to know. Our engine uses real-time data to only show restaurants that are open and their updated available services, so you can actually enjoy the food we show. Every restaurant shown earned its spot fair and square. With boam, money never makes the list. Don’t sleep on the restaurants in this list.

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