Drink Kong in Rome's Monti district runs the city's latest cocktail-and-ramen kitchen to 04:00, with Patrick Pistolesi's Tokyo-style highballs and the after-midnight ramen carte.
Tip: Open daily 19:00 to 04:00. Ramen kitchen runs from 22:00; book the cocktail bar four days ahead.
Address: Piazza di San Martino ai Monti 8, 00184 Roma, Rome
Ai Tre Scalini in Rome's Monti district runs the kitchen and the wine bar to midnight with polpette al sugo, the polpette di bollito and a 200-bottle Italian regional list.
Try: Polpette al sugo, wine, aperitivo
Tip: Open daily 12:30 to 24:00. Reservations after 19:00 for groups of four or more.
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 for Trastevere walks.
Try: Maritozzo con la panna
Tip: Open daily 06:30 to 21:00. The 19:00 maritozzo restock is the freshest of the day for 4 euros.
Ai Tre Scalini in Rome's Monti district runs the kitchen and the wine bar to midnight with polpette al sugo, the polpette di bollito and a 200-bottle Italian regional list.
Try: Polpette al sugo, wine, aperitivo
Tip: Open daily 12:30 to 24:00. Reservations after 19:00 for groups of four or more.
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 late-night classes.
Try: Craft beer, burgers, fried plates
Tip: Open daily 12:00 to 02:00. The flight tasting at 12 euros for four taps is the late-night order.
Maccheroni in Rome's Centro Storico runs the kitchen to 23:30 with Roman pasta classics, a piazza terrace and a wine carafe list, the late-bistro alternative to the queueing trattorias.
Try: Roman pasta classics, salumi
Tip: Open daily 12:30 to 23:30. Book the piazza terrace seats a week ahead for May to September.
Pizzeria Da Baffetto in Rome's Centro Storico has cooked the canonical paper-thin Roman pizza since 1962, with the late-night seatings running to 00:30 and a queue moving fast.
Try: Roman pizza, suppli, fritti
Tip: Cash only. No bookings; queue from 21:30 for the 22:00 seating. Closed Tuesday all day.
Pizzeria La Montecarlo in Rome's Centro Storico is the late-night Roman pizza room that grew out of Da Baffetto's overflow crowd, with seating to 00:30 and the same paper-thin pizza grammar.
Try: Roman pizza, suppli, fritti
Tip: Open daily 12:00 to 15:00 and 18:30 to 00:30. The 22:00 seating is the easier slot vs Da Baffetto next door.
