Il Premio
Italian restaurant · Atlanta
800 Rankin St NE 1st Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308
Highlights
Italian steakhouse with pasta, raw bar, and fine wines
Italian steakhouse with pasta, raw bar, and fine wines
"Il Premio in O4W’s Forth Hotel is made for grown-up nights that feel just a little indulgent. From the cocktail lounge with a grand piano and velvet couches to the low lighting and dancing flames in the open kitchen, the Italian steakhouse throws you the biggest alley-oop if you're trying to impress a dinner companion. Sure, you could order a steak or pasta, but the move here is to get an item in every menu category. Start with oysters and finely sliced crudo. Then move to pasta (we like the rigatoni all’astice, loaded with buttery lobster and San Marzano tomatoes) before the beautifully marbled Japanese wagyu arrives to your table like a Cynthia Erivo high note. Pair it with a bottle of Italian wine or a velvety martini, made with gin, vodka, and olive oil for a smooth finish." - nina reeder, juli horsford, demarco williams
"Il Premio, in Old Fourth Ward's Forth Hotel, is the kind of restaurant that works in any scenario. Take your out-of-town bosses to impress them with fantastic steaks like the perfectly marbled Japanese wagyu. Or for a spontaneous date night, walk into Il Premio's grand piano lounge, where you can sip olive oil-accented dirty martinis while canoodling on a velvet couch. And you can officially reschedule that catch-up with friends over plates of pastas like the bucatini all'amatriciana with salty pork cheek. Plus, the wine list is 86% Italian (we did the math), so this is the place to order a bottle and settle in for an unrushed dinner." - nina reeder, jacinta howard, juli horsford
"An occasional burst of flame from the open kitchen adds to Il Premio’s already sultry dinner setting. Whether you grab a seat in the cocktail lounge (complete with a grand piano and printed velvet couches) or slide into a curved booth in the low-lit dining room, this O4W Italian Steakhouse is meant for a big, indulgent night out. There are nine cuts of steak on the menu, including a perfectly marbled $150 Japanese wagyu. We recommend getting a pasta course, too (we like the rigatoni all’astice with buttery lobster and bright San Marzano tomatoes). Add a bottle of Italian wine or a velvety martini, made with gin, vodka, and olive oil for a smooth finish." - nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard
"Pastas, steak, and seafood make up the menu at this new restaurant inside the Forth Hotel in Old Fourth Ward." - juli horsford, jacinta howard
"The swanky steakhouse in the new FORTH Hotel is an impressive dinner destination, but the salon between the bar and the restaurant is the sweet spot: “The couches by thepiano loungeare perfect for that cuddle-up and people-watching moment,” assistant director of food and beverage Devan Johnson says. The maximalist patterns, lush textiles, and intimate lighting “leaves couples ready for more,” he shares — so much so that he remembers one “particularly cute couple” turning their third date into a staycation, while plenty of others migrate to the rooftop lounge for skyline-backdrop first kisses." - Su-Jit Lin
