Artfully arranged bamboo? Tick. Pastel armchairs? Tick. The Capo d'Africa's hotel-design-by-numbers lobby may set the tone for the rather uninspiring decor throughout, but the...

In this long-running standby in the Ghetto, a troop of old-fashioned waiters serves up plentiful helpings of decent versions of cucina ebraica (Jewish cuisine) classics like...

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 spill over into the...

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 traditional fare...

A bit out of the way, beyond the Vatican, the Franklin has a polished modern feel and its rooms are light and airy, if not particularly spacious. Every room has a...

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

Once the palazzo of the wealthy Venetian Palottini family, the Hotel Ponte Sisto offers pleasant rooms - some overlooking the gardens of Palazzo Spada, others facing the...

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 prime piece of real...

Some rooms at the International Wine Academy's 19th-century Palazzetto are on the flouncy side; others are more elegant (room 2 is stylishly decked out in cream and black); all...

The people behind 'Gusto opened this modernised take on a traditional Italian osteria just down the road from the mothership. The place seats well over a hundred, on two...

Heinz Beck is, without a doubt, the most talented chef in Rome right now. But it's not just his technical dexterity and unerring instinct for taste and texture combinations...

It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this relative newcomer has three things going for it: decent, creative home cooking, served up in huge portions; the friendly,...

A friendly, good-value osteria in the southern suburbs near a former cycling stadium - hence the name. Inside is one small room with eight tables; in summer a few more are...

The lively residential neighbourhood around piazza Alessandria, just outside Porta Pia, is on the up and up: there's the MACRO art gallery, due for completion sometime in 2008,...