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Checchino dal 1887 The
premier restaurant of Testaccio since 1887 boasts Rome’s largest wine
cellar. Working-class dishes – this is the place that invented coda alla vaccinara – and more elegant fare are prepared divinely, with the best selection of Italian and French cheeses in town .
Checchino dal 1887
Terrace, Checchino dal 1887
Agata e Romeo Romeo
Caraccio runs the dining room in this Liberty-style temple to creative
Roman cuisine near Santa Maria Maggiore. His wife Agata Parisella reigns
in the kitchen, preparing rich and highly original concoctions of meat,
fish and fresh vegetables. Don’t miss her heavenly desserts, including
the millefoglie – puff pastry filled with cream . Alberto Ciarla The
quality of the cooking at Trastevere’s famed fish restaurant has gone
up and down over the years, but when it’s good it can be outstanding.
Prices are stratospheric, even for simple seafood, and the darkened
atmosphere of the modern rooms is somewhat overbearing, but it has loyal
fans. Sabatini One
of Rome’s most famed restaurants, favoured by the likes of Fellini in
the days before it became too hyped for its own good. Killer location on
the piazza, but terribly steep prices. The cuisine is refined Roman and
seafood . Sapori del Lord Byron The
location, inside one of Rome’s most exclusive small hotels, and the
chef’s renowned ability to turn both Italian classics and inventive new
dishes into works of art, keeps this elegant restaurant on the A-list –
and makes it a great place for celebrity-spotting. Da Cesaretto Also known as Fiaschetteria Beltramme, little has changed since this osteria opened in 1886. Prices are relatively low and dishes are solid Roman specialities. There is no phone and no reservations so come early. The tables are shared. Via della Croce 39 Closed Sun No credit cards
Piperno The
best Roman Jewish cooking in the Ghetto since 1856 (although also the
priciest). Hosts of TV shows have been seen sneaking in to try and
unlock the chef’s secrets. Service can be slightly off-hand, but the
artichokes can’t be beat .
Piperno
Da Augusto Archetypal Trastevere trattoria.
Block-style wooden tables and butchers’ paper mats form the decor; the
menu is recited by the busily indifferent waiters rather than printed.
Good table wine and the food comprises excellent, simple traditional
dishes. In fine weather there is seating on the tiny piazza-cum-car park
out front. ‘Gusto The
latest see-and be-seen restaurant, kitschily installed in one of
Mussolini’s pompous travertine buildings lining the piazza. Glass walls
and outdoor tables overlook Augustus’s Mausoleum . Several dining choices, each excellent: cucina
creativa is served in the restaurant proper, and there’s a pizzeria
(open until 1am), and a wine bar (open 11am to 2am) serving Thai
cuisine. Booking is recommended .
‘Gusto
Birreria Peroni Local
businessmen regularly take their lunchtime discussions to this 1906
beer hall sponsored by Italy’s biggest brewery. The buffet snacks and
scrumptious main dishes cross Roman and Germanic influences, and the Art
Deco murals feature cherubs playing sports and promising “He who drinks
beer lives to 100”.
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