Our selection brings together 46 verified places around the world to try exceptional mozzarella, burrata or stracciatella: from Naples, the historic birthplace of mozzarella di bufala, to Tokyo, Singapore or Montreal. This is an editorial pick by the Mozza Lovers team — not an official third-party ranking — organized country by country for travelling cheese lovers. Already been to one of these places, or did we miss your favorite spot? Tell us in the comments below and we’ll add it to the list.
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🇫🇷 France
Four addresses, from Paris to Marseille, for anyone who doesn’t want to wait for their next flight to Italy.
Nanina — Paris (11th arrondissement) An artisan mozzarella di bufala workshop right in the heart of Paris, with Naples-style production on site and daily demonstrations of the cheese being hand-pulled in front of customers.
La Mozzarelle — Lyon (2nd arrondissement) A mozza bar whose burrata, mozzarella di bufala and stracciatella are delivered fresh from Italy every week. The house specialty: truffle burrata, plus “all-you-can-eat burrata” nights said to be unique in Lyon.
Mozzato — Lyon (Cordeliers) The city’s first “100% mozzarella” concept: build your own plate around the cheese — pasta, focaccia and gnocchi, all generously topped with mozzarella or burrata.
Da Claudia — Marseille (6th arrondissement, Vauban) Marseille’s first burrata bar, opened in 2022. A whole menu of burratas served as sharing antipasti, with ingredients imported from Italy and a Neapolitan chef in the kitchen.
🇮🇹 Italy
The birthplace of mozzarella deserves ten addresses — from Rome to Milan, via Campania and Puglia, the historic homelands of the water buffalo.
Obicà Mozzarella Bar — Rome (Campo de’ Fiori) The world’s very first “mozzarella bar,” opened in 2004, built on a simple, radical idea: showcase Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, served fresh, wine-bar style.
È Solo Una Bufala — Rome (Nomentano) A restaurant entirely devoted to buffalo dairy: mozzarella up to 1kg, burrata and stracciatella, under a name that playfully riffs on the Italian expression for “that’s a hoax.”
Fratelli La Bufala — Naples (origin), Milan and international Born in Naples, this chain built its whole concept around the water buffalo: up to six DOP mozzarella varieties served, from Aversa, Battipaglia and Caserta.
50 Kalò di Ciro Salvo — Naples A landmark Neapolitan pizzeria, a member of AVPN (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana), known for using an exceptionally high-quality fior di latte, especially on its Margherita.
Tenuta Vannulo — Capaccio-Paestum (Salerno) An organic buffalo farm with its own dairy and tasting space on site — a must-stop on the Paestum “mozzarella road.”
Tenuta Doria — Battipaglia (Salerno) A dairy-restaurant where the mozzarella is entirely hand-worked, made from the milk of the farm’s own buffalo herd.
CasaBufala — Battipaglia (Salerno) A deli-restaurant famous for its local mozzarella variety nicknamed “zizzona,” to enjoy on site or take away.
Mini Caseificio Costanzo — Aversa (Caserta) A “resto-dairy” concept — part cheesemaker, part restaurant — run by a chef who trained at Michelin-starred Don Alfonso, producing mozzarella considered among the best on the market.
Masseria La Lunghiera — Turi (Bari, Puglia) A farm-agriturismo where burrata is served “twenty minutes after it’s born,” made with organic milk from Brown Alpine cows raised on site, using the traditional whey-starter method.
Cantina della Vetra — Milan A Milanese restaurant repeatedly cited by regulars as serving the city’s best burrata — and best stracciatella di burrata.
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🇪🇸 Spain
Four addresses that prove burrata culture has well and truly crossed the Pyrenees.
Burro Canaglia — Bilbao One of the city’s best Italian restaurants, known for its signature “Margherita Di Burrata” pizza and its Italian cured meat board with water buffalo burrata, just steps from the Guggenheim.
Pizzeria La Bufala — Valencia (Benimaclet) A wood-fired Neapolitan pizzeria known for its buffalo mozzarella caprese salad and ingredients imported directly from Italy.
Santa Chiara — Palma de Mallorca Widely considered the city’s best Neapolitan pizzeria, with a signature pizza made with Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, San Marzano tomatoes and fresh basil.
Inclán Brutal Bar — Madrid Its burrata (basil emulsion, marinated strawberries) is regularly named “Madrid’s best burrata” by the press — over 400 servings a day.
🇬🇧 England
Four addresses, from London to Birmingham, for mozzarella lovers across the Channel.
Pulia — London (Borough Market) A Puglia-focused deli-restaurant where burrata is one of the star products, sold and served on site.
Obicà Mozzarella Bar — London (Soho, Canary Wharf, St Paul’s) The London outpost of the Italian chain, entirely built around mozzarella di bufala Campana, imported directly from its region of origin.
Mozzarella & More — London (Chelsea) The only place in the city making its own mozzarella on site: a mozzarella bar offering eight varieties, from burrata to scamorza.
La Bellezza (Big Mamma) — Birmingham Serves a 250g “Puglian Burrata” with Sardinian flatbread and basil pesto — the Big Mamma group sources directly from Italian suppliers.
🇺🇸 United States
Five addresses, from New York to Miami, where imported mozzarella has found a second home.
Obicà Mozzarella Bar — New York, NY Four varieties of mozzarella di bufala imported from Italy, handmade from buffalo milk.
Antico Pizza Napoletana — Atlanta, GA A Neapolitan pizzeria awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand, known for its DOP-certified mozzarella di bufala imported from Italy.
Monteverde — Chicago, IL A James Beard Award-winning restaurant whose “ham e burrata” starter — burrata, prosciutto, tigelle and mostarda — is often cited by critics as stealing the show from the housemade pasta.
Fratelli La Bufala — Miami Beach, FL The American branch of the Neapolitan chain, whose name says it all: pizzas built entirely around mozzarella di bufala sourced directly from southern Italy.
Kesté Pizza & Vino — New York, NY A Neapolitan pizzeria known for an ultra-fresh burrata, regularly ranked among the best in the world.
🇧🇪🇳🇱 Benelux
Four addresses between Brussels, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Volta Supper Club — Ixelles, Brussels (Belgium) A genuine “mozzarella bar”: nodini, burrata, stracciatella and ricotta made in-house, with a lactose-free option.
Barracuda (Big Mamma) — Ixelles, Brussels (Belgium) A hugely popular Brussels Italian restaurant, whose truffle-cream burrata and stracciatella-topped aubergines are cited as house classics.
Fikissimo — Amsterdam-West (Netherlands) Run by an Italian-Dutch couple who import their burrata — and olive oil — directly from Puglia through their own distribution company.
La Mozza — Rotterdam (Netherlands) A place built entirely around fresh mozzarella, named by customer reviews as the city’s best.
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🇷🇪 Réunion Island
Mozzarella Bar — La Saline-les-Bains, Saint-Paul 10 Route de Trou d’Eau. Fior di latte, mozzarella di bufala, mozzarella pearls, burrata, “métisse” fior di latte — a true paradise for every Mozza Lover on the island.
🇩🇪 Germany
Four addresses between Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt.
Mozzarella Bar & Bottega — Berlin (Mitte) A boutique restaurant devoted entirely to fresh Italian cheeses, where mozzarella and burrata come with a wide choice of toppings and antipasti.
Mozzamo — Munich (Maxvorstadt) A mozzarella bar offering up to six varieties — bufala, burrata, affumicata, treccia — produced weekly in southern Italy and delivered exclusively to the restaurant.
Teigfabrik – Pizzeria meets Burrata-Bar — Hamburg (Ottensen) Combines stone-oven pizzas with a genuine “Burrata Bar,” its signature Crispy Burrata served with basil pesto over tomato sugo.
Lella Mozzarella — Frankfurt am Main Mozzarella as the whole point of the place, right down to its name: big balls of fresh mozzarella as the star dish.
🌏 Asia
Five addresses, from Singapore to Bangkok, for mozzarella lovers travelling across Asia.
Latteria Mozzarella Bar — Singapore Burrata and fresh mozzarella flown in from Puglia twice a week; signature dish, the burratina al tartufo.
Mozzarella e Vino — Shanghai (China) A cheese-and-wine cellar restaurant built entirely around the concept — its name literally means “mozzarella and wine” — with a whole page of the menu devoted to burrata.
Shibuya Cheese Stand — Tokyo (Japan) Mozzarella made fresh every day on site, in an artisan workshop inspired by Italian tradition, awarded bronze at the 2016 Natural Cheese Contest Japan.
Eataly Dubai — Dubai (United Arab Emirates) The Italian Eataly group’s outpost, known for its fresh buffalo mozzarella and burrata, inside its market-restaurant.
Peppina — Bangkok (Thailand) A Neapolitan pizzeria ranked 9th in the 2021 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains by 50 Top Pizza, honored with the “Latteria Sorrentina Award.”
🇨🇦 Canada
Five addresses, from Montreal to Vancouver, for North American Mozza Lovers.
Impasto — Montreal (Little Italy) A well-known Italian restaurant in the neighborhood, whose burrata — served with rapini, anchovies and prosciutto — is cited among the city’s best.
Pizzeria Libretto — Toronto One of the first Toronto restaurants certified VPN (Vera Pizza Napoletana), a label requiring authentic fior di latte or bufala mozzarella.
Burrata Pizzeria — Vancouver (Kerrisdale) Burrata at the heart of the restaurant’s identity, right down to its name: authentic Neapolitan pizzas, made by the book.
Buffo — Calgary The house’s signature dish: “The Buffo,” a minimalist Neapolitan pizza crowned with a whole ball of burrata imported from Italy.
Orto Trattoria — Ottawa (Glebe) Restaurant of chef René Rodriguez (Top Chef Canada winner), known for its burrata served with soffritto, semi-dried tomatoes and grilled sourdough.
Conclusion
This list will keep growing with your input. Already been to one of these places? Know a mozzarella gem in your city that we missed? Tell us in the comments — the best suggestions will make it into the next update of this article, with credit to you.
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FAQ
Is this ranking of 46 restaurants an official list?
No, it’s an editorial selection by the Mozza Lovers team, built from verified research (food press, guides, documented reviews) — not a ranking certified by a third-party organization.
Which country is known for the best mozzarella in the world?
Italy, and specifically Campania (the Naples, Caserta, Salerno and Paestum area), the historic birthplace of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, remains the world reference.
What is a “mozzarella bar”?
A restaurant concept built entirely around tasting fresh mozzarella, often paired with cured meats and antipasti, wine-bar style. The first of its kind, Obicà, opened in Rome in 2004.
What’s the difference between mozzarella, burrata and stracciatella?
Mozzarella is a solid pasta filata cheese; burrata is a pouch of mozzarella filled with cream and shreds of pasta filata (the famous stracciatella); stracciatella, served on its own, refers to that creamy, shredded filling.
How do you recognize good mozzarella di bufala?
It carries the DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) label, has a thin, glossy skin, a slightly stringy core, and an elastic texture that releases a little milky liquid when cut.
How can I suggest a place for the next update of this list?
In the comments right below this article — with the restaurant’s name, city, and what makes it a great mozzarella spot in your opinion.