Here is the map of our favorite places in Rome, where you can enjoy genuine Roman experiences. Whether you’re looking for a good Italian coffee, a tasty meal based on traditional Roman cuisine, or an authentic pizza, you’ll find quality addresses here. If you have a sweet tooth, you can enjoy artisanal gelato or take a relaxing break over a glass of wine.
This section brings together all these must-visit places in Rome, including:
Selection of bakeries and pastry shops, where you can enjoy sweet treats, viennoiseries, and handcrafted pastries — ideal with a coffee in the morning or afternoon.
Selection of bars and coffee, where the Italian coffee culture is highlighted. These spots also offer a variety of refreshing drinks and small bites to enjoy on the go.
The Forno Roscioli is a renowned bakery-delicatessen founded in 1972 and prized for its delicious Roman takeaway pizzas, with fine and crispy dough, which often require queuing at lunchtime. Well, of course there is a good bread, pastries and also biscuits.
Fatamorgana is a Roman glacier awarded 3 cones by the Italian guide of Gambero Rosso, whose shops can be found in several places in Rome: near Campo dei Fiori, in Trastevere, in Re di Roma, Monti, Via del Corso
Good to know: the menu is divided into four main parts: antipasto, primo, secondo and dolce. Or respectively, the aperitif, the first course (pasta, rice, gnocchi), the second course (meat, fish), and the dessert. However it is rare to consume all four, a primo may even be enough in case of small hunger, or for a
Not far from the Trevi Fountain, theHostaria Romana is a very good trattoria with an excellent quality/price ratio to savor local and regional cuisine in an authentic atmosphere.
l'Enoteca il Goccetto is a friendly wine bar, which also offers plates of cheese and cold cuts, all of quality. Large selection of wines from many countries.
In the Salustianoneighborhood, a very beautiful pizza oven, which makes good Neapolitan pizzas! But also, quality Roman cuisine, including classic fried foods.
From simple espresso, to coffee granita, it’s hard to find better in Rome than at the historic Caffé Sant'Eustachio, a Roman institution for coffee lovers.
The Pizzeria Baffetto has become a classic of Rome, where pizzas are simple and good, with thin dough typical of the Roman piazza. There is sometimes crowding, it is preferable to arrive early or late, and on weekdays.
In the Trastevere district and near the Ponte Sisto, a bar with atmosphere in the evening. A buffet is offered there for the aperitivo. Freni e Frizioni literally brakes and clutches, wear that name because it was a former auto mechanic shop.
Freni e frizioni Via del Politeama, 4/6 – Roma Open until to 2:00
The Caffè Greco is a famous and oldest café in Rome, close to the Spanish Steps, founded in 1760, where the interior decoration evokes the 19th century when it was frequented by famous artists and writers.
SAID is an artisanal chocolaterie since 1923, located in a small street in the student district of San Lorenzo, one can comfortably settle, to enjoy for example a hot chocolate (ciocolata calda).
SAID Via Tiburtina, 135 – Roma Monday: 19:30-0:30 ; From Tuesday to Thursday : 10:00-0:30 ; Friday and Saturday : 10:00-1:30 ; Sunday : 10:00-0:00 ...
The Tazza d'Oro is a famous historic Roman café, close to the Pantheon. You can of course enjoy the excellent espresso from this roaster, but also one of the specialties like coffee granita to cool off in case of slight heat.
Fiordiluna is a good ice cream shop in the Trastevere district, Via della Lungaretta, with homemade ice creams and sorbets with natural ingredients, but also Tiramisu and others.
The very pretty cloister of Bramante welcomes under its loggia on the first floor a bar bistro with terraced tables. It is an ideal place to relax in peace by having a drink or a coffee.
Giolitti is a historic Roman glacier and pastry chef, founded in 1890. Its ice creams are renowned, offering beyond the classic perfumes, originals like ricotta, champagne, marsala, rice, etc.
Here, good suppli to takeaway (breaded rice balls with tomato and cheese) and other specialties as Roman fries. The Pizza al taglio (sliced pizza) is also good.
Suppli, pizzeria Via di S. Francesco a Ripa, 137 Open until to 22:00, closed on sunday
Located in Campo de' Fiori, this antique Forno of the eponymous square, besides bread and pastry, offers very good pizzas with a cut and focaccia, including pizza bianca, pizza rossa or margherita.
In the Trastevere district, Da Augusto is a family trattoria of Roman cuisine like made at home, with pasta (including traditional “rigatoni cacio e pepe” with peccorino cheese and pepper or the “amatriciana”), traditional Roman dishes of meat (“Abbacchio alla cacciatora” : lamb of the hunter, etc). Simple and efficient. No possibility to reserve. Better sometimes arrive early and sit ...
Near Piazza Navona, the family trattoria Da Tonino offers typical Roman cuisine, including good pasta (including traditional “pasta” alla gricia” with guanciale and peccorino and cheese, the “amatriciana”,” cacio e pepe ” with peccorino and pepper, etc.), traditional meat dishes of Rome (“Coniglio alla cacciatora” rabbit hunter, “tripe alla romana“: Roman tripe, “coda di manzo” : oxtail, etc).
The San Callisto is a simple and affordable bar, well known in the lively Trastevere district. They serve excellent ice creams and hot chocolate. The coffee is of quality, and the prices for a beer or a glass of wine are attractive.
Not far from Piazza Navona, is a small square where a fig tree grows (fico in Italian). It is just in front of the Bar del Fico, who brings a lot of people in the evening, especially on weekends. You are guaranteed not to feel alone! In the early evening aperitivo offers glass with buffet.
Maccheroni is a good restaurant in the Pantheon district, right in the heart of the city’s historic centre, which serves Italian cuisine, including its famous carbonara pasta, lasagne, cannelloni, etc.
There are three addresses in Rome of Castroni, a delicatessen with local, Italian and international specialties of quality, sweet and savory, from artisanal pasta to coffee, through chocolates or wine. It also offers a service at the bar.
Located between the Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, the Pizza Zazà is discreet but surely offers one of the best cut pizzas in the center of Rome, light and crispy, with fresh and quality ingredients.
Not only la Campana is the oldest restaurant in Rome with more than 500 years, not far from Piazza Navona, but its local and typical cuisine is very good, with reasonable prices, specialties such as artichoke à la romaine or à la juive, fried foods, lamb, the piglet, and also the desserts.
Nannarella is one of the emblematic restaurants in Trastevere, which appeals a lot to tourists who can taste the Roman gastronomy there, including the famous pasta with generous portions, but also meats, in a lively setting.
Near the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Merulana Cafè is a very nice pub-restaurant, whose reception and atmosphere are pleasant, and open until 4am in general. Both for a drink and to eat.
The Palazzo del Freddo is a historic ice cream shop in the Esquilino district not far from Termini station, founded in 1880, which still makes artisanal ice creams and also coffee and pastries.
The Forno Roscioli is a renowned bakery-delicatessen founded in 1972 and prized for its delicious Roman takeaway pizzas, with fine and crispy dough, which often require queuing at lunchtime. Well, of course there is a good bread, pastries and also biscuits.
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