Il Sanlorenzo in Rome's Centro Storico is the Michelin-starred seafood-only room. The crudi platter and the spaghettone alle vongole set the city's seafood pasta benchmark for 2026.
Signature dishes: Crudi di mare, Spaghettone alle vongole, Scampi
Must order: The crudi platter and the spaghettone alle vongole with the daily catch.
Tip: The €85 lunch tasting is the more accessible entry; dinner runs €150 carte. Book a fortnight ahead.
Address: Via dei Chiavari 4/5, 00186 Roma, Rome
Rimessa Roscioli in Rome is the wine-tasting dinner format from the Roscioli family. The €95 four-hour set includes salumi, cacio e pepe, carbonara and seven wines across Italian regions.
Signature: Wine tasting dinner, Salumi flight, Pasta carbonara
Order: The full tasting dinner; the wine flights are the experience, not optional add-ons.
Tip: Single seating at 20:00. Reserve a fortnight ahead; the salumi flight alone is worth the ticket.
Roscioli in Rome's Centro Storico runs deli, restaurant and wine cellar as one room. The carbonara and the buffalo mozzarella with Cantabrian anchovies still set the city benchmark in 2026.
Signature: Carbonara, Cacio e pepe, Burrata with anchovies
Order: The carbonara, the burrata with anchovies, and any cheese flight from the counter.
Tip: Book three weeks ahead for dinner. Lunch is the easier seating and the same kitchen runs both services.
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 ahead for in 2026.
Signature: Lasagna del giovedi, Porchetta, Tonnarelli cacio e pepe
Order: The Thursday lasagna if you can land a table, otherwise the porchetta and tonnarelli cacio e pepe.
Tip: Thursday 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. The pajata is the dish that defines the room and the quarter.
Signature: Rigatoni con la pajata, Bucatini all'amatriciana, Coda alla vaccinara
Order: Rigatoni con la pajata (the dish of the house), bucatini all'amatriciana and a glass of Frascati.
Tip: Closed 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. The carbonara and the chocolate tortino have been on the menu since 1996.
Signature: Carbonara, Filetto al Barolo, Tortino al cioccolato
Order: The carbonara, filetto al Barolo, and the molten chocolate tortino with vanilla gelato.
Tip: Book 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. The €95 four-hour set includes salumi, cacio e pepe, carbonara and seven wines across Italian regions.
Signature: Wine tasting dinner, Salumi flight, Pasta carbonara
Order: The full tasting dinner; the wine flights are the experience, not optional add-ons.
Tip: Single 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. The €80 weekday lunch is the easier price-point entry to the kitchen.
Signature: Tasting menu, Risotto, Pigeon
Order: The carte blanche tasting if you have three hours; otherwise the weekday lunch set.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday all day. The €80 lunch tasting is the steal vs €110 dinner.
Roscioli in Rome's Centro Storico runs deli, restaurant and wine cellar as one room. The carbonara and the buffalo mozzarella with Cantabrian anchovies still set the city benchmark in 2026.
Signature: Carbonara, Cacio e pepe, Burrata with anchovies
Order: The carbonara, the burrata with anchovies, and any cheese flight from the counter.
Tip: Book three weeks ahead for dinner. Lunch is the easier seating and the same kitchen runs both services.
