What to taste in Rome

Roman cooking is mainly dominated by the earthy cooking of the working class. The tradition of Roman food is of course based also on pasta with dishes as Carbonara, Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe (This one is more connected to the traditions of the surroundings of Rome in the region of Lazio), but the most famous surely are Coda alla Vaccinara, Carciofi alla Giudea, Fiori di Zucca, Abbacchio al Forno.

Why don't you try to cook one of these dishes? Just ask us the best market to buy all the necessary and enjoy one of the specialities of Rome directly at home. All the holiday apartments available in Rome have a kitchen fully equipped allowing you to directly cook at home. Contact us for the culin recipe and we will provide you with all the details and also with some secrets that only roman people (actually not all) know.

1 - Pasta alla Carbonara : Pasta with beaten eggs, bacon and pecorino cheese.

2 - Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe : Pasta, Pepper and Roman pecorino (it is mandatory) cheese.

3 - Carciofi alla Giudea and Fiori di Zucca : Flattened artichockes and courgette flowers, both deep fried in batter

4 - Coda alla Vaccinara : Oxtail stewed with tomato and celery

5 - Abbacchio al Forno : Lamb roasted to tender perfection with rosemary, sage and garlic.

Pizza in Rome is instead something different. It is not part of the cooking traditions of the city (borns in Naples), but it has been revisited with a style difficult to find in the rest of Italy: the base of the Pizza is really thinner and crispier than you will find elsewhere in the country.

Where to eat in Rome

Here is a list of Rome restaurants in the vicinity of our holiday apartments. Each of the central areas of the city where we are present is characterized by its own traditions and typical restaurants / pizzerias. Make sure to try these restaurants and trattorias during your visit in Rome...We think good food makes traveling even more enjoyable!

Rome Typical Rome food, picture of one the most famous restaurants in Rome

1) Trastevere Restaurants

2) Testaccio Restaurants

3) Prati / Vatican Restaurants

4) San Lorenzo Restaurants and trendy Pizzerias

Some General Suggestions to eat in Rome:

1) Do not trust the restaurants with people outside inviting to enter.It never happens with the traditional restaurants of Rome where it is usually the opposite, if you do not book or waitoften at least 30 minutes there is no chance to sit and eat.

2)The menu should be in italian. It happens sometimes to get translations also in good restaurants, but the real roman trattoria or pizzeria do not have menu in other languages .Probably there will be more problems in choosing, but the food will be for sure good and typical.

3)Pane e Coperto charge is not anymore allowed in the bill in Rome. Every price should be fully included in the Menu.