Today after a tour at the Colosseum, some clients asked me what the best restaurants in the city were. I get this question a lot and my answers constantly change, but right now, in this moment, these are some favorites. Discuss.
Cucina Romana
Checcchino dal 1887 (Testaccio)
Augustarello (Testaccio)
Pizzeria
Addo’ Masto (Ostiense)
Ai Marmi (Trastevere)
Alle Carrette (Monti)
Kosher
Nonna Betta (Ghetto)
Yotava (Ghetto)
Regional
Colline Emiliane (Bolognese, Trevi)
Al Ceppo (Marchegiano, Parioli)
Addo’ Masto (Neapolitan, Ostiense)
Dal Toscano (Tuscan, Prati)
Ethnic
Bistro By Linda (Mexican, Piazza Bologna)
La Cucaracha (Mexican, Prati)
Shawarma Station (Middle Eastern, Esquilino)
Enqutatash (Ethiopian, Prenestina)
Maharajah (Indian, Monti)
Enoteca
Casa Bleve (Pantheon)
Cul de Sac (Navona)
Al Vino Al Vino (Monti)
Cavour 313 (Monti)
L’Angolo Divino (Campo de’ Fiori)
La Vecchia Bottega (Ghetto)
Your turn.
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My additions are:
Enoteca: il Gocetto, via Banchi Vecchi!
Pizzeria: I am partial to Monte Carlo (vicolo Savelli) thin pizza, cute waiter with green-blue eyes
I love Colline Emiliane, so happy to see it made the list.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:07 pmYes! Montecarlo is a favorite of mine as well. I recently posted about it here. Il Goccetto is great as well. They have a stellar wines by the glass list. I wish it wasnt so far from my house!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 4:12 pmMy partner Jim and I really like Colline Emiliane. We went there on our first trip to Rome and have been back a few times since. Although the atmosphere is nothing to write home about and the service can be abrupt at times, the food is always good and satisfying.
Like many other restaurants in Rome, I feel Colline Emiliane is a restaurant where Americans have to “prove” themselves. The first time we were there we were given the choice of the usual dolce at the end of the meal; nothing I hadn’t had before. Throughout the whole meal though, I was eying what I knew was a bavarese in a refrigerated case. After the waiter recited the usual suspects of dolce to us, I meandered over to the refrigerated case to make sure it was actually a bavarese I spied. I then went back to my table and asked the waiter, “What about those desserts,” and pointed to the case, asking about the bavarese in particular. You would have though I told the waiter I was his long lost son! He immediately warmed up to us, brought me the Bavarese, and I believe we even got “due bicchieri di digestivi complimenti della casa!” I live for these kinds of experiences!
May 11th, 2009 at 4:17 pmOMG For the best pizza, how could you leave out La Renella bakery on via del moro in Trastevere?
May 11th, 2009 at 6:01 pmI’m still dreaming about that pizza there – with anchovies and olives, with potatoes and sausage and squash blossoms, etc. etc.
@Tom that was exactly my impression when I started going to CE at first. Then I realized they treat everyone who is not a regular that way. The only way to get “in” with them is to eat there at least once a week. Im working on it…
@ciaochowlinda i like Renella for bread but their pizza is pretty weak recently. For pizza by the slice in centro I go to Roscioli.
May 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pmI’m putting in a second vote for Il Goccetto. For ethnic I would say Sahara for Ethiopian and Sala Thai (via Topino 33 – off of Corso Trieste). Montecarlo is good pizza. Bisteak either on the via Pietralata or near Piramide is the best steak I’ve had while here. (I know that’s not one of your categories but I don’t care).
May 11th, 2009 at 8:33 pmTwo of my favorites: the pizza at Gusto, at Piazza Augusto Imperatore, and La Scalla, at Vialle Parioli.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:02 pm@jessica Since you have begun a steak category, I am going to throw in Dal Toscano and Lucifero
Go Thai near the Caffarella wasnt bad…we should try it someday
@Marcie Gusto…hmmm…no comment
May 11th, 2009 at 11:36 pmhere my favourites for you. you can find the others on my blog puntarella rossa. Ciao! Buon Appetito!
PESCE – FISH
Mamma Angelina – Quartiere Trieste
Osteria della Gensola – Piazza della Gensola – Trastevere
TRATTORIE ROMANE CHEAP
Da Enzo – Via Ostiense
Quinto Quarto – zona ponte Milvio
RISTORANTI ROMANI
Da Danilo – via Petrarca (zona Merulana)
Taverna Trilussa – Trastevere
REGIONALI
Trattoria Monti (marchigiano) – via di San Vito (Esquilino)
PIZZERIE
Sforno – Cinecittà
Pizzarium – Via della Meloria – Trionfale
CUCINA CREATIVA
Le Tre Zucche (Portuense)
Giuda Ballerino – Tuscolano (expensive)
L’arcangelo – Prati (expensive)
VEGETARIANO
Locanda dell’Interprete (Pigneto)
IN CENTRO – DOWNTOWN
Da Renato e Luisa – Largo di Torre Argentina
Grappolo D’Oro – Campo De Fiori
Ditirambo – Campo de Fiori
ROMANTICI
Antico Arco – Gianicolo
WINE BAR ENOTECHE
Roscioli – Campo de Fiori
Trimani – via Goito
I tre scalini – via Panisperna – Monti
PER APERITIVI
May 12th, 2009 at 1:04 pmBaretto – via Garibaldi – Trastevere
@puntarella rossa great list thanks! id throw in Tempio di Iside for fish. It is simply the best. I was torn over Trattoria Monti because, while they have amazing antipasti and primi, their meat and game bird second courses are always so dry!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pmI agree 100% with…
PIZZERIE
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pmSforno – Cinecittà
Pizzarium – Via della Meloria – Trionfale
After 2 very good meals last week at La Gensola, its at the top of my list for fish.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:13 pmI like Cantina Cantarini for seafood Thurs-Sun on Piazza Sallustio, right below P.za Fiume. Perfectly fried fritto misto.
I also love Kilimanjaro for Ethiopian food, Via Calatafimi right above Termini.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:06 pmI havent tried either of these. I’ll check them out. thanks!
November 1st, 2009 at 11:41 pm