Stylish interiors - including a bar 50m (165ft) long that wends its way through the whole club - make BarBar a design jewel, one popular with a young label-clad crowd. On...

A restaurant, cocktail bar and disco (generally, but not always, on Fridays and Saturdays), Bloom is cooler than ice. A fashionable crowd hangs out in its designer interiors....

What used to be the best-run of the city's centri sociali - and the Roman beacon for hosting the best electronic musicians and DJs in Europe - is now on a decline, and it's not...

This is one of the oldest clubs in the Testaccio area, offering a choice of live music and DJs, ranging from jazz to ethnic, Latin American to funky. If you don't feel like...

This is Rome's most popular venue for small- and medium-scale bands from international alternative music circuits. (Inexplicably, the owners still haven't sorted out the patchy...

This former factory space in super-hip Ostiense comprises three rooms, often offering three different acts simultaneously. The whole thing faces on to a courtyard, which is...

In trendy Ostiense, this is one of the best of Rome's fashionable clubs. Goa marries iron and steel with curvy, 1960s-style whites. The quality of its Italian and international...

An oasis in a post-industrial landscape, this club housed in a former farm has good concerts and DJ sets. The schedule is eclectic, though jazz-focused; you might also catch...

While retaining its vocation for poetry and literature, the Lettere Caffè has bounced back cooler and stronger with new management and a choice of live concerts and DJ sets....

Linux is a club, a bar, a cultural association and an internet point, committed to the promotion of Linux, other open-source software and the not-for-profit sector in general....

With its sleek design and mix of red brick and steel, the Living Room gives itself airs but does not quite live up to its aspirations. Still, it's very lively, and has DJs and...

This friendly, unpretentious venue in the buzzing San Lorenzo neighbourhood hosts an array of events ranging from concerts and DJ acts to theatrical performances. It may open...

This inexpensive, friendly little club plays host to international DJs from well-known labels, along with several of Rome's home-grown best, pulling in an alternative crowd....

Some might be put off by the makeover that has turned this interesting space (a cellar with red-brick vaults) into an impractical venue with a small dance floor and a stage...