Many locals consider this casual Italian restaurant on the Costera Alemán in Acapulco's "Golden Zone" to offer the best pasta and northern Italian cuisine in town. In the fine "trattoria" tradition of some of Italy's best eateries, Forza d'Italia offers a complete menu, including antipasto, soups, salads, pasta dishes, main dishes, breads and deserts. Everything is made on the premises. Pizzas are made in traditional ovens. The owner, Franco, is the omnipresent maitre'd and cordial greeter. The prices are very accessible, and, considering the quality of the fare and the service, it is one of Acapulco's best restaurant values.

Daily, close at 11p

Forza Italia
Costera Miguel Alemán 82
(Club Deportivo, across from the Calinda Beach Hotel)
39690 Acapulco, Gro., México. +52 744 484-8877

Ediotr's review

I find it hard to be objective about Forza Italia, but then a restaurant critic is a subjective beast at the best of times. I have eaten there at least 30 times and it is always the restaurant of choice when I am after something good without having to hit the ATM. So if that’s not a recommendation in itself you might as well stop reading my reviews.

The food is as close to the genuine thing as you can get in Mexico, the pasta always perfectly cooked and the sauces are tasty. Try the Fettuccini Carbonara, always prepared to order and a treat. I am also partial to their pizzas, again, as they should be, prepared to order and you can invent your own from a long list of ingredients. The house wine is drinkable and also inexpensive.

I think the worst pizza I ever ate was in Venice (not the one in California), but some of the most delicious food in the world is to be found in the little trattorias tucked away in the villages of Tuscany.

Franco, the boss, is an effusive and attentive host.