Gemelli

Gemelli is an excellent destination for Italian food in West Asheville. Not only do they have an excellent, upscale dinner service, but they also serve a casual breakfast and lunch.

For dinner, we recommend the burrata and housemade focaccia for a divine start to your meal. After that, choose from a handful of housemade pastas, as well as risotto and pizza. The signature Gemelli pasta with lamb sausage and lamb-anchovy butter is bursting with flavor. It’s excellent when paired with their Caesar salad.

Of course, you can’t go to an Italian restaurant without dessert, and Gemelli delivers here too! We love their bombolini donut holes, the NY cheesecake and the blueberry lemon panna cotta.

Gemelli is just over the 240 bridge from downtown in the Westgate shopping center. It’s kind of an interesting place because it’s located in a strip mall anchored by EarthFare but inside has a very elevated, fine dining feel. Breakfast and lunch are ordered at the counter, but you’ll be waited on for dinner.