Rocco's Cucina and Bar
up to8%Italian · $$$ · North End
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Upside2%Bilt Dining1x
115 Italian restaurants in Boston that earn more on your cards
Boston has 115 Italian restaurants in our listings: 81 take a dining program and 41 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: North End (24), North End Boston (7), and Back Bay (5).
115 restaurants
Serafina Back Bay
up to8%Italian · $$ · Back Bay
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Bilt Dining1xTeresa's Grille "19"
up to8%American · $$$ · Merrimack Valley
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreTeresa's Italian Prime
up to8%Italian · $$$ · Merrimack Valley
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 moreTonino
up to6%Italian · $$ · Jamaica Plain
American Express Gold Card
Resy creditGlobal Dining Access by ResyItalian · $ · Natick Center
American Express Gold Card
Resy creditItalian · $ · Newtonville
American Express Gold Card
Resy credit
- Restaurants
- 115
- Neighborhoods
- 60
- Cuisines
- 14
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 41
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Boston
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Bilt Dining (46 restaurants) and MileagePlus Dining (41) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 115 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 38 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 3 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
14 dining programs that pay in Boston
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Bilt Dining46 restaurants1 point per $1
- MileagePlus Dining41 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- AAdvantage Dining40 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- Eat Around Town40 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining40 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn40 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining39 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham39 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Rakuten Dining36 restaurants5% back
- Atmos Rewards Dining34 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining33 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- Upside31 restaurantsUp to 14% back
- TrueBlue Dining29 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- inKind22 restaurants20% back
13 cuisines in Boston
Italian in 60 Boston neighborhoods
- North End24
- North End Boston7
- Back Bay5
- North Shore5
- Beacon Hill3
- Downtown3
- Belmont2
- Boston2
- Burlington2
- Cambridge2
- East Boston2
- Lexington2
- Merrimack Valley2
- Newton2
- Newtonville2
- South Boston2
- South End2
- Wellesley2
- Weymouth2
- Woburn2
- Allston1
- Bank Square1
- Brookline1
- Central Square1
- Copley Place1
- Dorchester1
- Downtown Crossing1
- Downtown Watertown1
- Harvard1
- Hyde Park1
- Jamaica Plain1
- Lynn1
- Marblehead1
- Marina Bay1
- Medford1
- MIT1
- Natick Center1
- Needham1
- Needham Heights1
- Newton Center1
- Northend1
- Norwood Centre1
- Park Avenue and the Hills1
- Peabody1
- Roxbury1
- Somerville1
- South Boston Waterfront1
- South Medford1
- South Shore1
- South Side1
- Stoneham1
- Stoughton1
- Swampscott1
- Teele Square1
- Union Square1
- Wakefield1
- Waltham1
- West Roxbury1
- Wilmington1
- Winchester1
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