This born-again family restaurant under the towering walls of the Quirinal palace is one of the few really reliable addresses in the menu turistico...

The charming 1920s workers' suburb of Garbatella has started to take some of the spillover from the new nightlife axis along via Ostiense, and clubs and...

The reputation of this restaurant is stuck in the same 1960s time warp as the decor. But Alberto Ciarla is still one of Rome's best fish restaurants - and a...

Trastevere has its fair share of traditional, family-run trattorias, but the cheap and cheerful Alle Fratte has got to be one of the best. It does honest...

This long-standing centro storico birreria - which was here decades before all those lookalike Irish pubs - is the perfect place for a quick lunch or...

A January 2007 refit has given the Antico Arco a smart new interior, minimalist but warm, and the cuisine has perked up, too, after a period of stasis. On a...

You don't need to pay the inflated prices charged by other restaurants around here for a ringside view of piazza Farnese. Humbler than the competition, and...

Armando is a simple, no-frills trattoria of the kind that is very rare to find just a few yards from an A-league tourist attraction. But, right by the...

Don Alfonso (in Sant'Agata dei due Golfi, on the Amalfi Coast), with its two Michelin stars, is one of Italy's great gourmet stopovers, and this is its...

This historic osteria at the piazza del Popolo end of via di Ripetta began life in the 18th century as a carriage garage for local aristocrats. For years it...

This high-quality trattoria is always packed, lunch and dinner, and it's easy to see why: the cooking (from the Marches, on Italy's Adriatic side) is simple...

Wine merchant Anacleto Bleve and his wife Tina pushed the boat out in 2003 when they opened what must be Rome's most elegant wine bar, on the ground floor...

A friendly atmosphere (despite the gloomy dark-wood decor), a serious cellar and good snacks explain the eternal popularity of this wine bar near the Forum....

Nestling among the trendy bars and clubs opposite Testaccio's former slaughterhouse (Il Mattatoio), the Mariani family's historic restaurant is Rome's...