Barbieri 23 is the kind of restaurant I love. It’s perfect for those in-between nights, when you would like to share a good bottle of wine and some excellent food, but you’d prefer to graze informally, rather than raise your cutlery across acres of starched table cloth beside equally stiff waiters. The brain-child of chef…
Fornace Stella is a brand new restaurant and pizzeria in the Piazza Bologna / Policlinico area which brings smart, modern surroundings to a classic take on the neighbourhood pizzeria and trattoria concept. The baby of Enrico Mercatili and Roberto Priora, former colleagues, friends and now partners in the business, Fornace Stella is an easy eatery…
Review of Valentyne Restaurant Rome at Hotel Valadier You know you’re onto something special when a downtown hotel boasts one of the best cocktail bars in the centre of Rome and perhaps its most sensational rooftop restaurant. Hotel Valadier in Rome is one of those iconic properties which has left an indelible mark on the…
All great nights out should end or begin with getting lost in Rome’s crooked, cobble-covered streets. Just steps away from the bustle of Piazza Navona, there’s a timeless neighbourhood which still hits the spot in high season. Turn the corner beyond the bustle of piazza del Fico and find Coromandel, a restaurant which has reigned supreme…
Pretty Piazza Alessandria behind Porta Pia, in central north Rome, has become something of a trendy dining district in recent times. Here, post-industrial cool meets modern aesthetics, with plenty of bars and restaurants fashioned from the remains of the former Peroni Beer factory, which sprawled across this site at the turn of the last century….
If you’re looking for the best restaurants near the Vatican, Passpartout Roma in Borgo Pio is a good choice. Open for coffee, lunch, light bites, cocktails and dinner, Passpartout also has a small store selling pasta sauces and condiments for the perfect souvenir of your stay in Rome. More on that later. Borgo Pio is one…
Stop the press – I may well have found the best American breakfast in Rome (you can thank me later) which also serves tarts, cakes and brownies that would make a Bake Off judge weep with joy. Bakery House is an all-Italian project inspired by a love of American delis and breakfast bars, with a…
Review: l’Apulia, Rome’s latest osteria specialising in food from Puglia Those of you that follow my Instagram account will know that I’m a huge fan of Puglia or Apulia, one of Italy’s southernmost regions, and home in fact to the boot-shaped peninsula’s recognisable spur and heel. Thanks to my Puglia fam I spend a lot…
Il Maritozzo Rosso Bistrot is a new restaurant in Rome’s Trastevere district, revisiting some classics of Roman cuisine in fun, informal surroundings. Trastevere is one of Rome’s most compelling neighbourhoods, and a must for an evening stroll any time of the year. The usual dilemma, however, is where to eat: there is a concentration of…
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