Settimo Roman Cuisine and Terrace is a rooftop bar in Centro Storico, Rome.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Bar service runs through the dinner hours; if you only want a drink, ask for the lounge terrace rather than a dining table. The Villa Borghese gardens are a short walk after.
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Address: Via Lombardia 47, 00187 Roma, Rome
Cielo runs across two floors on top of the Rocco Forte Hotel de la Ville at the head of the Spanish Steps, with the sixth-floor bar handling cocktails, DJ sets and light bites under red-and-white striped umbrellas and the seventh-floor restaurant taking dinner service.
TipSunset DJ sets on the sixth floor are the reason locals queue; arrive 18:00 if you want a table on the terrace edge. Cocktails run around 25 euros so this is a one-drink stop for most.
Aroma occupies the top floor of Palazzo Manfredi with a 28-seat dining room and a covered terrace pointed directly at the Colosseum, where chef Giuseppe Di Iorio runs a Michelin-starred kitchen alongside a 600-label cellar weighted toward champagne.
TipThe Colosseum view is the entire point; reserve a terrace table at sunset for the strongest light on the arches. A short aperitivo at the bar without dinner is sometimes possible.
Cielo runs across two floors on top of the Rocco Forte Hotel de la Ville at the head of the Spanish Steps, with the sixth-floor bar handling cocktails, DJ sets and light bites under red-and-white striped umbrellas and the seventh-floor restaurant taking dinner service.
TipSunset DJ sets on the sixth floor are the reason locals queue; arrive 18:00 if you want a table on the terrace edge. Cocktails run around 25 euros so this is a one-drink stop for most.
Terrazza Mirador opens for the warm months on the grounds of Villa Agrippina at the foot of the Gianicolo, with palm-shaded loungers, a Balearic-inflected cocktail list and a Japanese-leaning fusion menu run by Kobe-trained chef Koji Nakai.
TipOpen from May through September only; reservations after 19:00 are essential on weekends. The view picks up Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican walls from the upper terrace.
La Terrazza crowns the Dorchester Collection's Hotel Eden with a Michelin-starred dining room and a wraparound bar terrace pointed across Villa Medici, the Spanish Steps and St Peter's, with a cocktail programme that runs alongside chef Salvatore Bianco's Mediterranean kitchen.
TipDrinks at the bar terrace are sometimes available without a dining reservation if you arrive at 18:00, but the dinner crowd takes over after 19:30. Cocktails sit around 23 euros.
The Court sits on the ground-level terrace of Palazzo Manfredi directly above the Ludus Magnus excavations, where bar manager Matteo Zed runs a cocktail programme inspired by Rome's fountains with the Colosseum filling the sightline beyond the rail.
TipCocktails here are 27 euros but include a Prosecco welcome and a long passed-bite list, so it works as a one-drink Colosseum sit. Book a terrace seat well ahead.
The Jerry Thomas Project hides behind an unmarked door on Vicolo Cellini and has been Rome's canonical speakeasy since 2010, with bartender Antonio Parlapiano's classic cocktail programme placing the room on the World's 50 Best Bars list six times.
TipReservation is required and the day's password comes with it, plus a five euro membership at the door. Tuesday to Saturday only, room holds maybe 30.
