Must see restaurants in Rome

With an array of colourful, artfully crafted cakes, tarts and pastries, this pasticceria-cafe puts on a great display. Leave the crowds at the Bocca della…

A mini-supermarket opposite Trevi Fountain, this busy place has a well-stocked deli where you can choose a filling for your freshly baked panino or pizza…

Spend time in Rome and sooner or later you'll eat at Montecarlo, a popular pizzeria just off Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Not the place for a romantic…

The gelato-licking hordes outside make this artisanal gelateria easy to spot. It only does a few strictly seasonal flavours, but they're created to…

This fine old-school neighbourhood pizzeria has been slinging out thin, crispy Roman pizzas for as long as most locals can remember. Little has changed…

Rome’s most famous gelateria, Giolitti has been welcoming visitors for more than a century and continues to impress with its fresh, creamy flavours…

All sunny yellow ceramics, hungry lunch crowds and tantalising deep-fried snacks, this bustling small takeaway brings a little corner of Sicily to Rome…

A neighbourhood veteran, Ivo’s has been slinging pizzas for over four decades, and still the hungry come. With football on the TV in the corner and the…

The oldest and most picturesque – also the most expensive – of Rome's neighbourhood markets. Each weekday morning, shoppers mix with tourists and visitors…

A perennially popular wine bar just off Piazza Navona, with an always-busy terrace and narrow, bottle-lined interior. Choose your tipple first – the list…

This hole-in-the-wall chain pizza al taglio (by the slice) place is busy with local workers, lured in by an enticing range of toppings that proffer…

For a taste of Roman-style fish and chips, search out this spartan joint on a tiny piazza off Via dei Giubbonari. A classic Roman friggitoria (shop…

This neighbourhood trattoria is the sort of place that's busy on a wet Wednesday lunch in November. It's far from refined with its dated decor and brusque…

This old-school trattoria near the Colosseum doesn't do frills, but if you’re in the market for a traditional no-nonsense meal, it'll do the job. Join the…

On a quiet side street just off the main route from Ottaviano-San Pietro metro station to St Peter's, this brassy pizzeria-cum-restaurant draws a mainly…

The Trastevere branch of the Vatican original is right on the main tourist track and is designed to milk passersby like the cows supplying the key gelato…

Step in under the faded gilt-and-mirrored sign and you’ll feel as though you’ve gone back in time. Once a coach house, then a tavern, this building became…

The original for gourmet flavours like ginger and cinnamon, ricotta, whisky or light-as-air chocolate meringue, this gelateria near the Trevi Fountain is…

Join the lunchtime crowds at Enoteca Corsi, a genuine old-style osteria (casual tavern). The look is no-frills – paper tablecloths, fading framed prints,…

Named after the historic fig tree on the piazza outside, this fashionably retro bar is open from breakfast through to dinner. The shabby chic decor –…