rome recs

[cheekywife]

please share your favorite restaurants and cocktail bars in rome. we don't like aperol but love other spritzes and apertivo drinks.

we haven't been to rome since our belated honeymoon in 2008.

we're considering a food tour too so i welcome any of those suggestions too.

TIA

[Pibs]

We stumbled upon this charcuterie place on our first night just outside Piazza Navona and it was fantastic: www.instagram.com/ipizzicaroli.roma/?hl=en

The chef at our favorite restaurant in Portland recommended this place to us and it was great. The tiramisu was sooo good and the limoncello was the best we had on our trip. Her other suggestion was to just wander around Trastevere and find a place off of the main streets because you pretty much can't go wrong:
www.instagram.com/explore/locations/528606995/bacco-in-trastevere/?hl=en

We're going back this fall with plans to eat at Armando al Pantheon -- we ate there last time and were lucky enough to be able to walk in at opening, but apparently it's a Stanley Tucci recommended place so reservations are happening this time just in case. We're also going to check out these two places, recommended by a local food tour guide that also takes people to Italy and Georgia, because cheese and wine are my happy things: www.instagram.com/beppeeisuoiformaggi/?hl=en and www.instagram.com/langolo_divino_roma/

[cheekywife]

thanks, Pibs! we stayed in trastevere in 2008 so we're definitely going back there for a few dinners. one of the food tours i'm looking at is in trastevere.

[mrsukyankee]

We did a drinks tour and it was fabulous. Don't remember the tour company but it was called something like Drunken History.

[majesty318]

Pietro al Pantheon is my favorite restaurant in Rome - definitely book as it's small and we couldn't get in the last time. I also like Virginiae and Antonio al Pantheon. I personally didn't love Armando al Pantheon.

La Panetteria for lunch - they have a fixed price menu

Bar San Calisto - super traditional in Trastevere

Food tour - Devour Tours (I used them in Rome and in a bunch of other places)

Not a restaurant, but among my favorite sites are A the Vatican Scavi tour (you have to email for a reservation well in advance) and the Domus Aurea

[cheekywife]

mrsukyankee , that sounds fun!

majesty318 , devour is exactly the tour i was looking at. we are definitely doing the vatican this time. i did it when i studied abroad but H hasn't yet. both my past trips to rome were non-stop, so i'm really only planning on 2-3 big activities for the whole trip. then it's about wandering, apertivo, food, and gelato!

[mrsd2006]

This is the food tour we did, it was great

www.eatingeurope.com/rome/twilight-trastevere/

There are several rooftop bars. I can't remember the name of the one we went to though.

We also did a cocktail tour= I booked it thru Air BnB Experiences. It was fun.

[cheekywife]

mrsd2006, that tour goes to one of the restaurants we went to on our honeymoon in rome!

i found an amaro bar i'm really excited about too!

[mrsd2006]

Jul 10, 2024 20:17:03 GMT -5 cheekywife said:

mrsd2006, that tour goes to one of the restaurants we went to on our honeymoon in rome!

i found an amaro bar i'm really excited about too!

Cool!! Which one??

[cheekywife]

Jul 10, 2024 20:20:32 GMT -5 mrsd2006 said:

Jul 10, 2024 20:17:03 GMT -5 cheekywife said:

mrsd2006 , that tour goes to one of the restaurants we went to on our honeymoon in rome!

i found an amaro bar i'm really excited about too!

Cool!! Which one??

spirito di vino! looks like it may be under new ownership but we have very fond memories of the owner and his son telling us about each dish.