57 editor picks in Rome.
57 italian places in Rome we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Rome | Italian across every city.
This is the heartland: cucina romana built on cacio e pepe, carbonara and amatriciana, plus the offal-led cooking of the old Testaccio slaughterhouse quarter. Felice a Testaccio and Flavio al Velavevodetto keep the neighbourhood classics, while Da Enzo al 29 anchors the trattoria tradition in Trastevere. The Jewish Ghetto adds its own canon at Ba'Ghetto and Nonna Betta, and at the top end La Pergola in Monte Mario carries Rome's fine-dining flag.
Roscioli in Rome's Centro Storico runs deli, restaurant and wine cellar as one room. Kitchen leans roman, salumeria. At Via dei Giubbonari 21.
OrderThe carbonara, the burrata with anchovies, and any cheese flight from the counter.
TipBook three weeks ahead for dinner. Lunch is the easier seating and the same kitchen runs both services.
Armando al Pantheon in Rome has cooked the four Roman pastas and the quinto quarto canon since 1961, a few steps from the Pantheon. Located in Centro Storico.
OrderCacio e pepe, coda alla vaccinara, and the abbacchio when it's on the carte.
TipBookings open exactly two months ahead on the website. Walk-up tables exist but only for lone diners and only at 12:30.
Felice a Testaccio in Rome has served the Testaccio working-quarter cucina since 1936. Kitchen leans roman trattoria. At Via Mastro Giorgio 29.
OrderThe tonnarelli cacio e pepe tossed at the table, then saltimbocca alla romana and tiramisu.
TipBook a fortnight ahead on the website. Lunch is calmer; the 21:00 dinner sitting is the longest wait.
Flavio al Velavevodetto in Rome's Testaccio is built into Monte dei Cocci, the ancient amphora mound. Priced at €€. Kitchen leans roman trattoria.
OrderThe rigatoni alla gricia, polpette al sugo and a half-litre of Cesanese del Piglio.
TipThe amphora-walled back rooms are the spot to ask for; the terrace fills up first in summer.
Da Enzo al 29 in Rome's Trastevere is the 30-seat trattoria with the longest queue in town. Kitchen leans roman trattoria. At Via dei Vascellari 29.
OrderCarbonara, carciofo alla giudia in season (March to May), tiramisu to finish.
TipNo bookings for parties under four. Queue from 18:45 for a 19:00 seating or you will wait an hour.
Trattoria Pennestri in Rome's Ostiense, opened 2017 by Tommaso Pennestri, runs the Roman canon with farmer-named meat sourcing. Priced at €€.
OrderThe rigatoni alla gricia, pajata when it's on, and any seasonal antipasto from the chalkboard.
TipClosed Monday all day, Sunday dinner. Lunch is much easier to book than the 20:30 dinner seating.
Sarah Cicolini's Santo Palato in Rome reads the quinto quarto offal grammar as modern technique. Located in Esquilino. Kitchen leans modern roman.
OrderThe trippa alla romana, tonnarelli cacio e pepe, and a glass of Cesanese.
TipBook three weeks ahead; the room has 35 covers. Lunch is the calmer service.
Da Cesare al Casaletto in Rome's western Trastevere edge, run by Leonardo Vignoli, is the locals' Sunday trattoria. Kitchen leans roman trattoria.
OrderThe fried cacio e pepe cup, polpette di bollito, and a quartino of house red.
TipTake tram 8 from Trastevere to the end of the line. Book a week ahead for Sunday lunch.
Checchino dal 1887 in Rome's Testaccio is the dynastic temple of the quinto quarto. Kitchen leans roman, offal cuisine. At Via di Monte Testaccio 30.
OrderRigatoni con la pajata, coda alla vaccinara, animelle and a glass from the historic Lazio cellar.
TipThe cellar tour before lunch is worth booking. Closed Sunday and Monday all day.
Piatto Romano in Rome's Testaccio is the small-room trattoria where the Cocco family cooks the four Roman pastas exactly as the rulebook says.
OrderThe four Roman pastas tasting if it's offered, otherwise the gricia and cacio e pepe.
TipClosed Wednesday all day. Book a week ahead; the dining room holds 30 covers.
Ba'Ghetto in Rome's Jewish Ghetto serves the cucina giudaico-romanesca canon under kosher supervision. Priced at €€. Kitchen leans roman-jewish.
OrderCarciofo alla giudia, aliciotti con l'indivia and the spaghetti with anchovies.
TipKosher kitchen; closed Friday evening through Saturday lunch. Book ahead for Sunday lunch.
Nonna Betta in Rome's Jewish Ghetto runs the giudaico-romanesca menu with a wider modern carte than the strictly-kosher houses. Priced at €€.
OrderCarciofo alla giudia, concia di zucchine and the spaghetti with bottarga.
TipOpen Saturday lunch; not strictly kosher but recipes follow the Roman-Jewish tradition.
Trecca in Rome reads the Lazio mountain cucina through a young-kitchen lens. Closed Tuesday; dinner only Mon, Wed-Sun. Book a week ahead; small front room.
OrderTortelli of ricotta and cicoria, polpette al sugo, and a glass of Cesanese.
TipClosed Tuesday; dinner only Mon, Wed-Sun. Book a week ahead; small front room.
Pianostrada in Rome's Regola district is the all-female kitchen behind the focaccia di Pianostrada (rosemary, mortadella, stracciatella) and the modern Roman.
OrderThe mortadella-and-stracciatella focaccia and the tagliolini cacio e pepe.
TipThe garden seats book six weeks out for summer. Closed Monday all day.
Trattoria Monti in Rome reads the Marchigiano kitchen, the Camerano family's home region, through a Roman lens. Kitchen leans le marche / roman.
OrderThe tortino di carciofi, the coniglio in porchetta, and an Offida Pecorino white.
TipClosed Sunday dinner and Monday all day. Book three weeks out; 30 seats only.
Marco Martini's Aventino-edge room holds a Michelin star for the chef's modern reading of Roman pastas, with a tasting menu that runs both omnivore.
OrderThe carbonara reinterpreted with smoked egg, then any of the seasonal pigeon courses.
TipLunch tasting is €95 vs €150 dinner. The vegetarian carte runs the same number of courses.
La Tavernaccia da Bruno in Rome's western Trastevere edge has a wood-fire spit roasting porchetta and a Thursday-only lasagna that locals book three weeks.
OrderThe Thursday lasagna if you can land a table, otherwise the porchetta and tonnarelli cacio e pepe.
TipThursday lasagna sells out by 14:00 and books up two weeks ahead. Closed Wednesday.
Perilli in Rome's Testaccio has cooked the rigatoni con la pajata and the bucatini all'amatriciana since 1911. Kitchen leans roman trattoria.
OrderRigatoni con la pajata (the dish of the house), bucatini all'amatriciana and a glass of Frascati.
TipClosed Wednesday all day. Cash and card; cover charge is €2 per head.
Antico Arco on Rome's Gianicolo hill is the modern-Roman dining room with a panoramic terrace. Located in Trastevere. Kitchen leans modern italian.
OrderThe carbonara, filetto al Barolo, and the molten chocolate tortino with vanilla gelato.
TipBook a sunset table on the terrace three weeks out. Tram 8 from Trastevere drops at the foot of the hill.
Rimessa Roscioli in Rome is the wine-tasting dinner format from the Roscioli family. Located in Centro Storico. Kitchen leans italian, wine-led.
OrderThe full tasting dinner; the wine flights are the experience, not optional add-ons.
TipSingle seating at 20:00. Reserve a fortnight ahead; the salumi flight alone is worth the ticket.
Osteria Fernanda in Rome's southern Trastevere edge is Davide Del Duca's modern-Italian tasting room. Priced at €€€. Kitchen leans modern italian.
OrderThe carte blanche tasting if you have three hours; otherwise the weekday lunch set.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday all day. The €80 lunch tasting is the steal vs €110 dinner.
Spazio Niko Romito in Rome's Parioli is the Abruzzo chef's all-day bar and kitchen on Piazza Verdi, running from Italian breakfast to lunch and afternoon tea.
OrderThe fried chicken, the dish the place is known for, with a filled bomba to finish.
TipOpen 07:30-17:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 at weekends, so this is a breakfast and lunch stop, not a dinner booking.
UMA in Rome's Ostiense is the 2024 tasting-menu room of chefs Matteo Taccini and Luigi Senese, built on charcoal, fermentation and single-ingredient plates.
OrderThe nine-course Unico Zar at 85 euros; the seven-course vegetarian menu is 60 euros.
TipDinner only, closed Tuesday; the online booking takes tables from 20:00. The room is small and the menus are set.
I Goliardi in Rome's Ludovisi quarter is a Piedmontese trattoria on Via Sardegna, a street off Via Veneto, putting the northern region's tradition first.
OrderWork through the Piedmontese antipasti before the fresh pasta: the menu belongs to Piedmont rather than to Rome.
TipOpen daily; Tuesday is dinner only. Mid-priced for the Via Veneto area, which is the point of coming here.
Osteria Da Fortunata in Rome's Centro Storico is the pasta-by-hand trattoria where you watch the pasta makers roll fettuccine in the window from a long.
OrderFettuccine al ragu, cacio e pepe rolled fresh in the window, and a quartino of house white.
TipNo bookings; queue from 19:00. Three locations across the centre; the Via del Pellegrino is the original.
Trattoria Da Teo in Rome's Trastevere is the family-run pasta-and-pizza room with a piazza-side terrace, classic Roman primi and a quiet wine list of Lazio.
OrderCacio e pepe, saltimbocca alla romana and a half-litre of house wine.
TipBook a fortnight ahead for the piazza terrace. Closed Sunday all day.
Spirito Divino in Rome's Trastevere is the cellared-bistro with a 700-bottle wine list, the maialino al miele (honey-glazed pork) and the cellar tour.
OrderThe maialino al miele, spaghettoni cacio e pepe, and a glass from the historic Lazio cellar.
TipClosed Sunday all day. The €60 four-course set with paired wine is the value entry.
Matricianella in Rome's Centro Storico runs the canonical Roman trattoria carte: amatriciana the dish that named the house, saltimbocca alla romana.
OrderBucatini all'amatriciana and saltimbocca alla romana, with a quartino of house Frascati.
TipClosed Sunday all day. Book a week ahead for the courtyard terrace; the indoor room is calmer.
Volpetti in Rome's Testaccio is the 1973-founded salumeria counter with 300 Italian cheeses, a salumi case stocked from every region and a takeaway pasta.
OrderThe cheese flight tasting at the counter and a salumi board with prosciutto di Parma.
TipOpen Mon to Sat 08:00-14:00 and 16:30-20:15. Closed Sunday. Cheese tour by request.
Doppio Zeroo in Rome's Ostiense district is the all-day pizza-and-aperitivo room with a long deli counter, the city's most generous aperitivo bar at 19:00.
OrderThe aperitivo buffet from 19:00 with a glass of Lazio white, plus slices of pizza al taglio.
TipOpen daily 07:00-02:00. The 19:00 aperitivo is the value entry; book the rooftop in summer.
Trattoria Dal Cavalier Gino in Rome's Centro Storico is the politicians' lunch room near the Parliament, with frescoed walls and the coniglio alla cacciatora.
OrderThe tonnarelli cacio e pepe, coniglio alla cacciatora, and a half-litre of house Frascati.
TipClosed Sunday. Book a week ahead; the back-room frescoed alcoves are the ask.
Antica Pesa in Rome's Trastevere is the 1922-founded trattoria with a hidden walled garden, the celebrity-spot lunch room and the cacio e pepe that critics.
OrderCacio e pepe, tagliata di manzo, and the carciofi alla giudia in season.
TipBook the walled garden three weeks ahead for May to September. Closed Sunday all day.
Trattoria Dal Cordaro in Rome's Trastevere edge is the Dori family's 1922 Roman trattoria at Porta Portese, with chef Maurizio Villa and a summer garden.
OrderStay with the Roman canon here, the pastas and the seasonal secondi the kitchen has cooked since 1922.
TipLunch 12:30-15:00 and dinner 19:30-22:30. Ask for the garden in summer; it sits a few steps from the Porta Portese market.
Da Francesco in Rome's Centro Storico is the Piazza del Fico trattoria Francesco Boni and Amalia Tognoloni took over in 1957, cooking Roman classics all day.
OrderCarbonara or amatriciana, the fried oxtail cubes if they are on, and fettuccine ai carciofi in season.
TipOpen daily 12:00-23:30 without a break. The piazza tables fill by 20:00; the upstairs Da Francesco Su is a separate fusion room.
Heinz Beck's La Pergola on Monte Mario holds three Michelin stars and the only rooftop terrace overlooking St Peter's at this level in Rome.
TipBook exactly 60 days ahead via the hotel; jacket required. The €290 nine-course menu runs 3.5 hours.
Cristina Bowerman's Glass Hostaria in Rome's Trastevere holds one Michelin star for the modern Roman tasting menu with the city's strongest representation.
TipClosed Monday all day. The €95 vegetarian tasting runs the same length as the omnivore carte.
Giuseppe Di Iorio's Aroma at the Palazzo Manfredi in Rome holds one Michelin star and the rooftop view directly onto the Colosseum from every table.
TipThe €120 lunch tasting is the value entry; dinner runs €175 for seven courses with the same view at sunset.
The Troiani brothers' Il Convivio in Rome's Centro Storico holds one Michelin star for the modern Italian carte they have cooked since 1988.
TipClosed Sunday all day. The €95 weekday lunch tasting is the easier entry; cellar tour by request.
Andrea Antonini's Imago at the Hassler Hotel in Rome holds one Michelin star for the modern Italian tasting menu and the rooftop view across the Piazza di.
TipThe €120 vegetarian tasting runs at the same seven-course length. Sunset bookings sell out four weeks ahead.
Giulio Terrinoni's Per Me in Rome's Centro Storico holds one Michelin star for the chef's seafood-led modern Italian, with both a tasting carte.
TipThe tipico dei tappi small-plate carte lets you build a tasting at your own pace. Closed Sunday.
Stefano Callegari's Trapizzino in Rome's Trastevere runs the late-night counter to midnight with the namesake pizza-pocket sandwiches, suppli and Italian.
OrderTrapizzino, suppli, beer
TipOpen 12:00-24:00 daily. The pollo alla cacciatora trapizzino and a glass of craft beer is the late-night order.
Necci dal 1924 in Rome's Pigneto district runs the late-night terrace to 02:00 with aperitivo plates, pasta, the natural-wine list and the Pasolini-era piano.
OrderAperitivo plates, pasta, natural wine
TipOpen daily 07:00-02:00. The kitchen runs to 24:00; aperitivo and bar to 02:00.
Pasticceria Innocenti in Rome's Trastevere stays open to 21:00 (late for a Roman pasticceria), with the evening maritozzo restock the late-night sweet ritual.
OrderMaritozzo con la panna
TipOpen daily 06:30-21:00. The 19:00 maritozzo restock is the freshest of the day for 4 euros.
Open Baladin in Rome's Campo de' Fiori district runs the kitchen and the 40 craft taps to 02:00 with burger plates, fries and Italian craft beer alongside.
OrderCraft beer, burgers, fried plates
TipOpen daily 12:00-02:00. The flight tasting at 12 euros for four taps is the late-night order.
Da Cesare al Casaletto (Italian) in Rome: Book a week ahead for Sunday lunch. Tram 8 from Trastevere terminates 200m from the door; cab back is 12 euros.
TipBook a week ahead for Sunday lunch. Tram 8 from Trastevere terminates 200m from the door; cab back is 12 euros.
Trattoria Pennestri is a italian room in Ostiense. Closed Monday all day, Sunday dinner. Lunch is the calmer service. Book ten days ahead for dinner.
TipClosed Monday all day, Sunday dinner. Lunch is the calmer service. Book ten days ahead for dinner.
Piatto Romano in Rome: Small-room Testaccio trattoria where the Cocco family cooks the four Roman pastas to the rulebook with zero menu twists.
TipClosed Wednesday all day. Book a week ahead; the dining room holds 30 covers.
180g Pizzeria Romana is a italian room in Centocelle. Closed Monday. Book a week ahead. Metro C to Pigneto then 10 min walk; or 12 euros cab from centre.
TipClosed Monday. Book a week ahead. Metro C to Pigneto then 10 min walk; or 12 euros cab from centre.
Trecca is off the tor pignattara axis, trecca's small-room trattoria has run the lazio mountain cucina canon since 2020 under most tourists' notice.
TipClosed Tuesday; dinner only Mon, Wed-Sun. Book a week ahead; small front room.
Sarah Cicolini's San Giovanni trattoria from 2017, Abruzzese cooking forequarters and offal; trippa alla romana, NYT-praised; moved to bigger room in 2025.
TipClosed Sunday all day, Monday dinner. Book three weeks ahead for the 35-cover room.
Trattoria Monti is off the termini-edge san vito axis, the camerano family cooks le marche regional dishes alongside the roman pasta canon for 30 covers only.
TipClosed Sunday dinner and Monday all day. Book three weeks ahead.
La Tavernaccia da Bruno is on the western trastevere edge with its wood-fire spit roasting porchetta, this trattoria's thursday lasagna books two weeks ahead.
TipThursday lasagna sells out by 14:00 and books up two weeks ahead. Closed Wednesday all day.
Mordi e Vai in the Mercato di Testaccio in Rome sells Sergio Esposito's slow-braised allesso di scottona (beef shoulder) sandwich for €5, the city's defining.
OrderRoman braised-meat sandwich
TipClosed Sunday all day. The allesso di scottona with chicory is 5 euros; queue forms 12:30 onward.
Arcangelo Dandini's Supplizio in Rome's Centro Storico is the specialist suppli counter at €3 each. Two suppli and a glass of wine runs under €10 for a quick.
OrderSuppli al telefono
TipOpen Tue-Sun 12:00-22:00; closed Monday. Cash and card Cash is faster than card.
Pinsere in Rome's Castro Pretorio district is the pinsa Romana counter, serving the ancient crisp flatbread topped with mortadella, mozzarella or simple.
OrderPinsa Romana (ancient Roman flatbread)
TipClosed Sat and Sun. The lunch crowd peaks 13:00-14:00; cash and card.
Enoteca Corsi in Rome's Centro Storico has been a working-day lunch trattoria with retail wine shelves since 1937. At Via del Gesu 87. Booking recommended.
OrderRoman trattoria lunch with house wine
TipCash only. Open lunch only; no dinner; closed Sunday. The 12:30 seating is the busiest.
I Suppli in Rome's Trastevere sells suppli, fiori di zucca and potato croquettes by weight from €3 to €8 per portion, with the 19:00 fryer batch the freshest.
OrderSuppli, fritti misti
TipCash only. Open 11:00-22:00; standing room only. Mixed fritti box is €8 for two to share.
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