This formerly basic trattoria in the heart of trendy Testaccio used to be best known for being almost impossible to get into - Felice, the owner, liked to...

Accept no imitations: Da Francesco is the genuine centro storico pizzeria article. You can try booking but your reservation is all too likely to be...

Dar Poeta does a better-quality pizza, based on an innovative slow-rise dough. Creative assemblages include the house pizza (with courgettes, sausage and...

This historic Prati bottle shop expanded into a wine-bar annexe a few years back, and has since built up a loyal local following. Of an evening, tables...

This funky trattoria located around the corner from campo de' Fiori serves up good-value food based on fresh, mainly organic ingredients. They specialise in...

This 1940s wine shop was the first in Rome to begin serving lunch, and is now more trattoria than enoteca. The daily-changing menu is written up on the...

This wine bar with culinary pretensions is a real warren of a place, with tables on three levels and a lovely back garden for fair-weather dining. The two...

In a hard-to-find lane around the back of the parliament building, off piazza del Parlamento, this rustic neighbourhood osteria with its Arcadian murals is...

Despite being ultra-modern and kicking against the trad Trastevere dining scene, Glass Hostaria offers surprisingly warm service, a very interesting wine...

This multipurpose, split-level pizzeria, restaurant and wine bar, with a kitchen shop and bookshop next door, is the granddaddy of the Roman design bunch -...

With its red-check tablecloths and brick vaulted ceilings, this trattoria within a slingshot's range of the Colosseum looks like it's been around for...

The three Troiani brothers run a high-class act in this temple of foodie excellence just north of piazza Navona, and seem entirely unfazed by the proximity...

This little bakery does the best takeaway sliced pizza in the campo de' Fiori area by far. Their plain pizza bianca base, dressed with extra-virgin olive...

Well-heeled and a tad snobbish, the clientele of this artsy diner is not what one generally associates with veggie restaurants. But Il Margutta occupies a...