Agata e Romeo

Via Carlo Alberto, 45, Rome, 00185 Italy

A refined, elegant place run by one family: Maria Antoinetta, who serves in the dining room; the expert maitre-sommelier, Romeo; and Agata, who is an excellent chef. The menu is seasonal: bass and mushroom ravioli, salmon roulade with a citrus mousse, salad with rabbit, pomegranate and radicchio, and the house speciality of pasta and broccoli in Brodo di Arzilla are just some of the dishes created by Agata. The desserts are delicious.
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Open Hours: Midday-3pm, 7.30pm-midnight Mon-Sat

L'Archetto
Via dell'Archetto, 26, Rome, 00187 Italy

This spaghetti house is close to the Trevi fountain and Piazza Venezia. Romans know it for its excellent spaghetti and superb sauces, and the variously prepared 'bruschette' are also very good. The large variety of spaghetti dishes means they are divided into different categories with condiments such as pecorara, stuffed courgette flowers, clams, capers, white wine, fish etc. The Scozzese pizza is made with sausage and mushrooms, the Catanese with aubergines and there is also one made with ricotta cheese. Tourists tend to sit at tables outside in the shade, beside the fairly quiet street. Romans, on the other hand, prefer to eat inside. Go downstairs and you will find a cool and rustic basement with lots of tables.
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Open Hours: midday-3pm, 7pm-midnight daily

Ristorante Tre Scalini
Piazza Navona, 8, Rome, 00186 Italy

This restaurant, in one of the loveliest areas of the city, is in a building that has been used as an inn since 1815. The menu offers excellent Roman dishes alongside classic Italian recipes including risottos, porcini mushrooms, different types of pasta, both fish and meat dishes and cooked vegetables. The speciality of the restaurant is the truffle ice cream, which was created in 1946 by the head of the Ciampini family and is still served with the same recipe. The restaurant is loved by both Romans and tourists for its typical Roman food in a rustic setting.
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Open Hours: 12.30pm-2.30pm, 7.30pm-10.30pm Mon, Tue, Thu-Sun

Il Picchio Rosso
Via I. Piccagli, 101, Rome, 00189 Italy

Creative cuisine inside an old farmhouse with an elegant atmosphere, men must wear jacket and tie.

Home-made pasta, fish specialities, meat and a wide variety of grilled vegetables. Home-made desserts. Good wine list. Booking is advisable.
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Open Hours: 6.30pm-11.00pm Mon-Sat

Bistrot L'Huitre

Via Pinturicchio, 40, Rome, 00196 Italy

This small restaurant is both elegant and friendly, owned by Yves from Nice and his Roman wife Alberta.

The menu is mainly fish with a French influence. The Breton oysters, fish fondue, and 'bouillabaisse' are among some of the best dishes. At lunchtime, there are speciality menus that you can try (approx EUR 25.82); a takeaway service is also available. Booking is advisable.
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Open Hours: midday-3pm, 7.30pm-11.30pm Mon-Fri; 7.30pm-11.30 Sat-Sun.

Il Cardinale
Via delle Carceri, 6, Rome, 00186 Italy
A restaurant well known for its pleasant atmosphere and excellent, light Roman cooking. There are some really special dishes on the menu, like gnocchetti with green tomatoes or vermicelli pasta with beans and peas. For those watching their weight there are excellent salads, which don't lack flavour, like the salad with ovoli and truffles. The pie with anchovies and potatoes is recommended, as are the beef rolls stuffed with mushrooms (served in season). Desserts include cinnamon or ginger ice-cream. There is a wide selection of wines: over 200 vintages.
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Open Hours: 12.30-2.30pm, 7-11.30pm Mon-Sat (in Summer evenings only)
 

La Corte dei Volsci
Via dei Volsci, 103/107, Rome, 00185 Italy

Teachers and students from the nearby university department of psychology frequent this restaurant. The cuisine is quite creative - ravioli di spigola with white truffles or with crab for example. The speciality on Thursdays is gnocchi cooked directly in tomato sauce and made without flour. In winter, meat dishes are cooked over coals and there is plenty of polenta on offer. The desserts are made on the premises and are as good as everything else. The interior is attractive, created in an old warehouse. The restaurant offers a peaceful and quiet ambience.
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Open Hours: 12.30pm-2.30pm, 7.30pm-11.30pm Mon-Sat
 

Relais le Jardin de l'Hotel Lord Byron
Via G. De Notaris, 5, Rome, 00197 Italy

This restaurant is the only Relais & Chateaux in Rome. An elegant setting with two original rooms, one is the reconstruction of a winter garden, the other is smaller and more intimate. The service is high-class and the chef, Luigi Sforzelli, is meticulous in the presentation of his food, giving it the typical flavour of Trento.

The cuisine is good, and the menu varies according to the season. We can mention the edible boletus mushrooms seasoned with parsley-root, sea bream escalopes on a bed of boletus mushrooms with crispy algae and leek, and the roast red partridge with pine needles, accompanied by a timbale of barley and bilberries wrapped in gold leaf.
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Open Hours: 12.30pm-3pm, 7.30pm-11.30pm. Mon-Sat