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 - the only problem...
Piazza Augusto Imperatore 9The splendid location is really this hotel's selling point. Twenty of its 25 rooms have breathtaking views of the Pantheon, and all are outfitted in rich yellow and emerald...
Piazza della Rotonda 69The 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 eateries are springing...
Via Luigi Orlando 2You 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 Roman to its marrow,...
Piazza Farnese 102Armando 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 Pantheon, it has all the...
Salita de' Crescenzi 31This Japanese restaurant on via Ostiense is well placed for visitors to the collection of antique statues in the adjacent Centrale Montemartini. Though the food is classic...
Via Ostiense 110BThis 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 operated as a...
Via Ripetta 19-20Hidden behind a gated entrance in a peaceful part of the Trastevere neighbourhood, this ex-convent is no ordinary B&B. Fashion designer-turned-artist Luisa Longo's three rooms...
Via Garibaldi 83This 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 but spot-on, and...
Piazza Sallustio 12Wine 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 of Palazzo Medici...
Via del Teatro Valle 48-49Casa Howard (Howard's End) offers beautifully decorated residenza accommodation in two locations a stone's throw from the Spanish Steps, with all rooms individually designed....
Via Capo le Case 18 & via Sistina 149A 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. Prices are...
Via Cavour 313Rome's first ever wine bar, the Cul de Sac was founded in 1968. Looking very traditional nowadays, it's cramped inside and out, with long pine benches and tables, and decidedly...
Piazza Pasquino 73This 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 keep reserved signs...
Via Mastro Giorgio 29Accept no imitations: Da Francesco is the genuine centro storico pizzeria article. You can try booking but your reservation is all too likely to be forgotten. Get there before...
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