Our favourite trattorias in Rome. Authentic food, reasonably priced, and very very good
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
So Called “Prati” district, the residential area around the Vatican. Local shops, local restaurants, and the most expensive neighborhood to live in in Rome. Central but at the same time quiet, airy, well served by the metro, and walking distance from everywhere.
LA PRATOLINA
If you want to try the PINZA, the thicker dew pizza, with long levitation, this is the place. High quality ingredients, friendly staff: always busy. Reservation mandatory or try to go sharp at 7:00 pm, as soon as it opens
Via degli Scipioni, 248,
Tel.: 06 3600 4409 – closed on Sunday
IL RAGNO D’ORO
One of the best known local restaurant in the area. Always very good feedback from our guests. To find a free table, go there between 7:00 and 7:15 pm
Via Silla, 26, 00192 Roma
Tel.: 06 321 2362 – closed on Sunday
LUMA BISTRO
A small bistro style restaurant just around the corner. Not a full menu, but a few very good quality dishes of the Italian tradition
Via Otranto, 27/29
Tel.: 06 8379 3195 – closed on Sunday
VITO & DINA
Simple and very good Roman food in this strictly family run restaurant
Via degli Scipioni, 50
Tel.: 06 3972 3293 – closed on Tuesday
PIAZZA NAVONA AREA
One of the nicest of the city This area around Piazza Navona is full of antique shops, small restaurants, pubs … a charming atmosphere during the day and at night
DA FRANCESCO
This is “the” trattoria of Piazza Navona. A very well-known one, very good food, fast and basic but good service … don’t expect a cozy and intimate atmosphere … but a really good home style restaurant of Rome….in a definitely nice location
Piazza del Fico, 29
Tel.: 06 686 4009 – Always open
EST ARTIGIANI DEL GUSTO
A very nice and cozy small restaurant. Very friendly and excellent food. If you like a cozy, small, and welcoming restaurant this is the one. Reservation (for dinner) is preferable (special on week-ends)
Vicolo della Cancelleria, 11
Tel.: 06 6880 3332 – closed on Sunday
CAMPO DEI FIORI AREA
Next to the Jewish quarter, Campo dei Fiori is known as the homeland of roman cuisine … antique shops, small restaurants, pubs … a charming atmosphere during the day and at night
SETTIMIO
Some people love it, some people find it too basic. For sure it is a real basic Trattoria where “Home style” cooking is just “Home Style Cooking”. If you don’t expect anything more than a traditional very Roman Restaurant, than you should experience Settimio.
Via del Pellegrino, 117
Tel.: 06 6880 1978
TRASTEVERE
THE roman neighborhood: nowhere else so many restaurants. Small middle age streets, cozy, a bit crowded at night (but there is a reason for it)
TRATTORIA DA AUGUSTO
A few tables in a small square in the heart of Trastevere: basic service and a few dishes of the Roman Tradition: this is DA AUGUSTO. Open just from 8:00 PM, this restaurant doesn’t accept reservations: go there, be patient, and wait for a free table. A must in Trastevere
Piazza dè Renzi, 15
Tel.: 06 580 3798 – always open
IL DUCA
Our favorite restaurant in Trastevere. If Trastevere is the must to go for dining outside in Rome, this is a must to try. Open only for dinner. Opens at 7:00 PM, better to go as soon as it opens to avoid the crowd.
Vicolo Dè Cinque, 52 56,
Tel.: 06 581 7706 – closed on Monday
JEWISH QUARTER
NONNA BETTA – CUCINA KOSHER STYLE
In the Jewish Quarter, the place to eat the CUCINA GUIDAICO ROMANESCA: a must try to eat the famous “Carciofo Alla Giudia”, the fried artichoke very famous in the Roman – Jewish Tradition
Via del Portico d’Ottavia, 16
Tel.: 06 6880 6263 – closed on Tuesday
TESTACCIO
FELICE A TESTACCIO
For sure the most famous Trattoria in Rome. If you wish to make a reservation, you should do it days in advance, or else be ready to eat very late (after 10:00 pm) or very early (sharp at 7:00 pm). It is homeland of the Traditional Roman Cuisine
Via Mastro Giorgio, 29
Tel.: 06 574 6800 – Always open
FLAVIO AL VELAVEVODETTO
If Testaccio is the homeland of the Roman Traditional Restaurants, Flavio al Velavevodetto is one of the best known and a really good one. Just Roman Traditional cuisine, but really good.
Via di Monte Testaccio, 97
Tel.: 06 574 4194 – always open
BARBERINI / VIA VENETO AREA
RISTORANTE ANNI CINQUANTA
Naples in Rome: Naples with all its sounds, happiness, fantastic dishes and … the real pizza. Anni ’50 is the “Temple” of Naples in Rome. If you like to eat the real Pizza Napoletana, the mother of all Pizzas, then this is the place to go.
Via Flavia, 3
06 4201 0460 – always open
SPANISH STEPS / TREVI AREA
THAT’S AMORE
A cozy, small, and wonderfully located restaurant, just behind the Trevi Fountain. Very good quality, a few tables, and reasonable prices. Book of go there early, if for dinner. It open at 7:00 PM
Via in Arcione, 115
Tel.: 06 679 0302 – always open
ALLA RAMPA
A well known “Trattoria” in a special location, right next to the Spanish Steps. Slightly higher prices, but still reasonable and definitely good quality food. Roman Tradition
Piazza Mignanelli, 18,
Tel.: 06 678 2621 – always open
BORGO (BY ST’. PETER’S SQUARE)
DA BENITO E GILBERTO
Fish lovers will find in this restaurant a few meters from St. Peter’s square a very good place. Local, not touristy, and well known in Rome for fish
Via del Falco, 19, 00193
Tel.: 06 686 7769 – closed on Sunday and Monday
A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THE CENTER
Pizzeria Formula 1 (San Lorenzo – University La Sapienza Area)
This is the absolute must for those who want to try the real “Roman Pizza” … thin, crispy and sometimes over burned … definitely out of the tourists routes, in San Lorenzo, a University and students district, eat this cheap and good pizza … don’t expect to find English speaking waiters … but this is part of the game!
Via degli Equi, 13Tel.: 06 445 3866 – only dinner – closed on Monday
