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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.
€€€€Roman TrattoriaCentro Storico
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
€€€€Modern RomanCentro Storico
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.
€€€€Roman TrattoriaCentro Storico
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.
€€€€Roman TrattoriaCentro Storico
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.
€€€€ItalianCentro Storico
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.
€€€€Roman TrattoriaCentro Storico
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.
€€€€Roman TrattoriaCentro Storico
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.