Getting to know our neighborhood
Our advice for the best bars and restaurants nearby
Getting to know our neighborhood
Our advice for the best bars and restaurants nearby
Historical trattoria that serves very traditional italian cuisine. The restaurant and the warm hospitality of the old owner Emilio make a dinner in this place an experience of other times. For those who want to try roman cuisine and other traditional italian plates this place is a must. WE HIGHLY RECOMEND TO RESERVE A TABLE IN ADVANCE!
Open from Monday to Friday from 12.30-3pm and from 7.30-10pm
Via Alessandria 189 2 min
Another excellent place where to enjoy a lunch, an apertivo or a dinner is Caprera right on Piazza Caprera, down on the street where the house is.
Here you will find very nice italian cuisine, in a cool and modern space and most of all an unique outdoor space on one of Rome’s most beautiful and intimate
Open 7/7 from 11am to 12am
In the wonderful location of Villa Torlonia (the big park a few minutes away from our house) you can find a great option to enjoy a coffee, aperitvo, pizza, or lunch surrounded by greenery.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8am to 7pm
Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 1/A 5 min
A great osteria with typical roman food in a cool place with vintage furniture and an attractive athmosphere. I recommend it if you want to try roman cuisine in a less rustic enviroment.
Open 7/7 from 1-3pm and from 8-11.30pm
Via Agri 25 12 min
Here you can buy and eat excellent fish. You can taste many italian fish specialties both cooked and raw.
You can also go there for a fish apertif, before 8pm, and enjoy a plate of fish carpaccio and a glass of wine.
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 08.30am to 11.30pm
Via Agri 9 12 min
This place is a real gem! It is an awarded bakery in Rome, where you can find excellent pizza, bread, pastries, and also a great cuisine.
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30am to 11pm, on Mondays from 07.30am to 3pm and on Sundays from 8am to 3pm
Here you can have a lovely breakfast, bothsweet and salty, with a variety of treats that will open your appetite! Also an aperitivo, lunch or dinner here is highly recommended. Via Tirso 107
Elegant fish restaurant right next to our house. If you are looking for a fish dinner in a classic restaurant this place will do for you.
The service and the food is very good, but the dinner will be a bit expensive.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 12.30 - 3.30pm and from 7.30-11.30pm
Corso Trieste 23 1 min
Here you can try excellent tuscan food. The selection of pasta, meat and wines is excellent.
Higlhy recommended if you want to taste a great pasta dish or some italian meat.
Open from Monday to Friday from 12.30-3pm and from 7.30-11pm, and on Saturday only from 7.30-11pm
Via Ancona 17 12 min
Excellent restaurant and pizzeria that only uses local products, of the region of Lazio.
Here you can eat a variety of food, all very good. In particular, if you are curious to taste some cheese and cold cuts from our region, you must try Pro Loco Pinciano!
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 12.30-3pm and from 7.30-11pm.
Via Bergamo 18 13 min
If you want to try the delicious cuisine of another italian region, famous for its food, you can try this Apulian restaurant.
Here you can try traditional dishes reinterpreted in a modern way, in a very small and cozy place.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 12.30-3pm and from 6-23pm and on Sunday from 12.30-2pm and
Via Mantova 12 10 min
Great italian restaurant, where you can find very well cooked fish and meat, and excellent pasta dishes.
The restaurant is quite elegant and formal, if you are looking for something refined, this place will do for you. Be prepare to spend a little bit more than others italian “osterias”.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 12.15-3pm and from 7.15-11.30pm
Via Mantova 38 11 min
Here is a suggestion for those who are looking for a very typical roman pizza and pizzeria. This restaurant is very simple and has a very familiar atmosphere, it is one on the few authentic roman pizzerias left. So if you are looking for a typical experience, try this place and their pizza (it’s definitely my favourite in the neighborhood!)
PLEASE NOTE: There are two Pizzeria San Marino close to each other. The one we recommend is in Via San Marino 52!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 7pm to 12am
Pizzeria Belcastro offers a good choice of gourmet pizza. Here you will find Neapolitan pizza with dressing of excellent qualities.
Also the fries and appetizers are absolutely tasteful and jummy, and we recommend you to try the pizzetta fritta (fried pizza).
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 7.15pm to 00am.
Via Ajaccio 47/49 6 min
This place is an excellent choice if you want to try the neapolitan style pizza very close to our house.
Open from Monday to Sunday from 12.30pm to 2.30 pm and from 7pm to 11pm.
Via Alessandria 139 5 min
Excellent pizzeria made with natural ingredients and mother dough.
This pizza has therfore a special dough and dressing, and the place itself is very nice too!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 12.30 -2.30pm and from 7-11.30pm.
This place is an institution in the neighborhood. Here you can find a good roman pizza and many other dishes of roman cuisine and meat. So it’s a perfect choice if you want to put together different requests!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 7pm to 12am.
Via Alessandria 43 10 min
Nicest bar in the neighborhood, right on the wonderful Piazza Caprera. Here you can enjoy a very good breakfast laying in the sun and enjoying the calm and the beauty of this very beautiful little corner of Rome.
Many roman people come here for this bar and it’s unique scenario, for you it’s right down the street so enjoy it!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 10am to 00:30am.
Piazza Caprera 8 2 min
If you are looking for an excellent italian breakfast this patisserie will satisfy you for sure. It is in fact one of the most awarded patisseries in Italy and it is only 10 minutes away walking.
Here in the morning you will find all types of “cornetti” and many other desserts all through the day.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 7am to 9pm.
V.le Regina Margherita 95 10 min
This place is a real gem! It is an awarded bakery in Rome, where you can find excellent pizza, bread, pastries, and also a great cuisine.
Here you can have a lovely breakfast, both sweet and salty, with a variety of sweet pastries or slices of pizza and focaccia.
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30am to 23pm, on Mondays from 07.30am to 3pm and on Sundays from 8am to 3pm
Via Tirso 107 12 min
An historic bar in the neighborhood, which has always been famous for their cornetti, which are delicious.
The bar is pretty old and has never been renovated so you will find a “vintage” atmosphere.
I recommend it if you are fond of the italian traditional breakfast!
Open from Monday to Sunday from 6am to 6pm.
Via Benaco 13 16 min
This place is a bit further from home than the others but it’s on the way for the city center, so if you are having a walk to Piazza di Spagna o Villa Borghese you can consider stopping by.
This place is specialized in breakfasts and coffee. They have an excellent production of coffee and pastries. And it’s a very renowed place for brunch and international breakfast.
Open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm,on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
Via Piave 55 15 min
If you want to breathe the atmosphere of an authentic italian enoteca (wine shop) Enoteca Dorio is the perfect place. This shop is a family business that has been in this neigheborhood since the beginning of the 1900s. The atmsophere is informal but the service is great and the owners will help you to find the right wine or prosecco for you. The food is delicious too if you want to have a bite while you taste the wine. Around 7pm it gets very crowded, but it is a nice way to dive into an authentic roman atmosphere.
Open from Monday to Friday from 09am to 00am, and on Saturdays from 09.30am to 9.30pm
Nicest bar in the neighborhood, right on the wonderful Piazza Caprera. Here you can enjoy a very nice apertivo enjoying the calm and the beauty of this very beautiful little corner of Rome.
Many roman people come here for this bar and it’s unique scenario, for you it’s right down the street so
Open from Monday to Sunday from 10 to 00:30am. Via Piave 55
min
In the wonderful location of Villa Torlonia (the big park a few minutes away from our house) you can find a great option to enjoy a nice aperitivo in the greenery of this huge park.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8am to 7.30pm (during spring and summer they close later, I recommend to check the opening hours online)
Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 1/A 5 min
If you want to try some pizza by the slice, in the middle of the day or maybe in the evening together with a beer or a spritz, stop by Agostino! This is an institution in the neighborhood and not only. Their pizza is very famous and considered one of the best in Rome, especially their pizza with potaoes, a real must!
It is opened all through the day and is very nice also to have breakfast here, you will find very good homemade croissants and typical roman “maritozzi con la panna”.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 7am to 10pm
Corso Trieste 66/70 5 min
This bakery is for me one of the best in Rome.
I highly recomend a stop by Panis, where you will find excellent bread of all types, incredibly good pizza by the slice and most of all their delicious “linguette”, very small pizzas with tomato (as you see in the picture). I am sure once you will try one of those it will be very impossible to stop eating.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 7am to 10pm Via Tagliamento 62 8 min
This place is a real gem! It is an awarded bakery in Rome, where you can find excellent pizza, bread, pastries, and also a great cuisine.
Here you can have a lovely breakfast, both sweet and salty, with a variety of treats that will open your appetite! Also an aperitivo, lunch or dinner here is highly recommended.
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30am to 23pm, on Mondays from 07.30am to 3pm and on Sundays from 8am to 3pm
Tirso 107 12 min
Small shop, in the direction of the city center, where I suggest you to stop by if you want to try the real roman “pizza al taglio” (pizza by the slice).
Here you will find an huge selection of pizza of different flavours, baked continously throughout the day. Also, you can taste supplì, croquettes and other typical fries.
Open from Monday to Saturday from 9am to 9pm
If you are looking for a creamy icecream or a gelato cake/dessert this gelateria will do for you. It’s at 100m from home and very close to Villa Paganini. So you can get your gelato and enjoy it in the park!
Unfortunately during summer it can get very crowded and you may find a long cue..
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm to 00am Via Nomentana 267
Excellent gelateria, one of the best in Rome, where you can find a real artisanal gelato.
Their pistachio, hazelnut, gianduia, chocolate, cream flavours are excellent, and the fresh fruit one as well.
If you are looking for a good gelato nearby this is for sure a good option!
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 09am to 11pm
Via Bisagno 19 12 min
To conquer yourself a cremolato you will have to walk a little bit more from home (20 minutes) but I absolutely recommend it. Here the specialty is a sort of icecream but made mainly of fresh fruit. I can garantee it is a real rarity here in Rome and you can really taste the flavour of fruit. You will also find pistachio/almond/chocolate/coffee cremolato, so not only fruit!
During the right season (between June and
Open from Monday to Sunday from 07am to 11pm
Via di Priscilla 18 20 min