Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Rome from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Rome
Wine Spectator awards in our guide run from a Grand Award cellar in Monte Mario to Best of Award of Excellence lists in Ponte and Campo Marzio. Il Pagliaccio, Imàgo, Il Convivio Troiani and Achilli al Parlamento each keep a large cellar.
La Pergola in Monte Mario holds three Michelin stars and the Wine Spectator Grand Award, both for 2026. Heinz Beck runs the kitchen and sommelier Marco Reitano runs the wine programme. The restaurant serves a tasting menu and a la carte in the Roma Cavalieri hotel. The list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Il Pagliaccio in Ponte holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and the wine list runs to approximately 1,750 selections with a cellar of around 10,000 bottles. Anthony Genovese's tasting menus draw on Italian regional cooking and Japanese reference points. The list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Imàgo in Campo Marzio holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The list holds 1,450 selections and 22,000 bottles, with particular depth in Piedmont, Tuscany and Burgundy. Chef Andrea Antonini runs the tasting menus in Hassler Roma. The list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Il Convivio Troiani in Ponte holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and a cellar of 3,600 labels, including vertical collections poured by the glass via Coravin. Angelo Troiani cooks, with Giuseppe and Massimo Troiani in the dining room. The formats are a tasting menu and a prix fixe. Star Wine List recognised it for 2026.
Achilli al Parlamento in Campo Marzio holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and lists over 4,000 wine labels. The restaurant has operated as an enoteca since 1972 and now serves tasting menus with Campania influences, plus a wide selection of wines by the glass. The list is extensive.
Tasting menus are the main format among starred restaurants in our guide. La Pergola in Monte Mario holds three Michelin stars, and Il Pagliaccio in Ponte, Acquolina in Campo Marzio and Enoteca La Torre in Della Vittoria each hold two.
Acquolina in Campo Marzio holds two Michelin stars for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Chef Daniele Lippi's tasting menus are built around seafood and selective meat courses. The wine list runs to roughly a thousand labels and is sommelier-led.
Enoteca La Torre in Della Vittoria holds two Michelin stars for 2026. Chef Domenico Stile cooks modern Italian food in Villa Laetitia, on a tasting menu and a la carte. Wine pairings accompany the menus, and the list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Idylio by Apreda in San Eustachio holds a Michelin star for 2026. Chef Francesco Apreda serves three tasting menus of Mediterranean food with Asian spices, umami and technique, and also offers a la carte. The dining room seats 25. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Pipero Roma in Parione holds a Michelin star for 2026. Chef Ciro Scamardella's tasting menu draws on Campanian roots and Mediterranean technique, with seasonal Roman dishes. Opinionated About Dining ranked it 197th among Classical restaurants in Europe for 2025. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Aroma in Monti holds a Michelin star for 2026. Chef Giuseppe Di Iorio serves four tasting menus of modern Roman cooking, including a vegetarian menu, from a rooftop with views of the Colosseum. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led.
Campo Marzio holds 86 venues in our guide, the largest neighbourhood count in Rome. Wine in that neighbourhood runs from natural-wine counters to a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence list and hotel bars.
Retrovino in Campo Marzio pours natural wine on an extensive list, with tasting menus, a la carte and small plates. Star Wine List recognised it for 2026. Opinionated About Dining ranked it 312th in Casual in Europe for 2025. It serves at communal counters.
San Baylon in Campo Marzio holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a Michelin Plate, both for 2026. It occupies a former monastery refectory inside Palazzo Ripetta and serves tasting menus and a la carte. The wine list is sommelier-led, and craft cocktails are poured as well.
Adelaide in Campo Marzio, inside Hotel Vilòn, holds a Michelin Plate for 2026. Chef Gabriele Muro serves tasting menus and a la carte that move between Roman pasta and Campanian produce. The wine list is extensive, and craft cocktails are also poured. We're Smart World awarded three radishes in 2025.
Bulgari Bar in Campo Marzio is the rooftop bar of Bulgari Hotel Roma, pouring classic and craft cocktails with a wine list. Top 500 Bars ranked it 366th in 2026. The outlook takes in the Spanish Steps, the Tiber and Villa Medici.
Stravinskij Bar in Campo Marzio is the bar of Rocco Forte Hotel de Russie, with craft cocktails, classic cocktails and a wine list. Top 500 Bars ranked it 94th in 2025. The bar uses the hotel's garden terrace and Secret Garden.
Traditional Roman trattoria cooking is the largest cuisine group in our guide, with 39 venues. Roman rooms such as Roscioli in Regola, Antica Pesa in Trastevere and Armando al Pantheon in San Eustachio sit beside the Italian lists at Rimessa Roscioli in Regola and Cul de Sac in Parione.
Roscioli in Regola is a salumeria and trattoria for traditional Roman pasta, with an extensive wine list. It holds a Michelin Plate, and Food & Wine placed it 8th among Global Tastemakers restaurants, both for 2026. The formats are a la carte and small plates.
Rimessa Roscioli in Regola is the wine-led sister of Roscioli, with over 400 Italian wines. The list includes natural wine and is sommelier-led, with tasting menus and a la carte. Star Wine List recognised it for 2026, and Falstaff includes it as a wine bar for that year.
Antica Pesa in Trastevere holds a Michelin Plate and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, both for 2026. The wine list runs to 240 selections, weighted toward Tuscany and Italy. The kitchen cooks Roman dishes in a former Papal grain storehouse, a la carte.
Cul de Sac in Parione keeps over 1500 Italian wines, with house-made pâtés, a la carte dishes and small plates. Falstaff scored it 90 points as a wine bar for 2026. Star Wine List recognised the list for that year too.
Armando al Pantheon in San Eustachio holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and an extensive, sommelier-led wine list beside traditional Roman cooking. The Gargioli family, in place since 1961, cooks Roman and Lazian dishes, including offal, lamb and anchovies. Opinionated About Dining ranked it 146th in Casual in Europe that year.
Star Wine List recognition in our bar set includes La Mescita in Ostiense, Vigneto in Prenestino-Labicano and Il Sorpasso in Prati. The lists split between natural and organic Italian bottles and conventional wine.
La Mescita in Ostiense pours natural and organic Italian wines, with conventional wine and craft beer alongside. Falstaff scored it 88 points as a wine bar for 2026, and Star Wine List recognised it that year. Small plates are slow-cooked Italian food, with sommelier-led curation.
Vigneto in Prenestino-Labicano is a wine bar whose long list focuses on producers from Italy and France. Falstaff scored it 90 points as a wine bar for 2026, and Star Wine List recognised it that year.
Il Sorpasso in Prati holds a Star Wine List award for 2026 and works as a wine bar and a trattoria. Its wine list accompanies meats cured in-house and a selection of cheeses.
Campo Marzio has the most venues in our Rome guide, with 86. That figure covers hotels, restaurants and bars in the neighbourhood, including Hassler Roma among the hotels. The restaurants and bars there include Imàgo, Acquolina, Achilli al Parlamento, Retrovino and San Baylon.
Our Rome guide includes 23 Michelin-starred restaurants in the city. La Pergola in Monte Mario holds three Michelin stars. The restaurants with two Michelin stars are Il Pagliaccio in Ponte, Acquolina in Campo Marzio and Enoteca La Torre in Della Vittoria.
La Pergola in Monte Mario holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award, and nine restaurants hold a Best of Award of Excellence. San Baylon in Campo Marzio holds the Award of Excellence. Best of Award of Excellence holders include Il Pagliaccio in Ponte, Imàgo and Acquolina in Campo Marzio, Il Convivio Troiani in Ponte and Ristorante del Lago in +Bagno di Romagna.
Il Pagliaccio in Ponte, Acquolina and Imàgo in Campo Marzio, and Pipero Roma in Parione serve tasting menus in our guide. La Pergola in Monte Mario and Enoteca La Torre in Della Vittoria offer tasting menus and a la carte. Mater Terrae in Ponte also offers both formats, with an organic vegetarian tasting menu.
The long lists in our guide are often sommelier-led and deep in Italian regions, with a smaller set of natural-wine bars. Imàgo in Campo Marzio spans 1,450 selections, with particular depth in Piedmont, Tuscany and Burgundy. Cul de Sac in Parione has over 1500 Italian wines. La Mescita in Ostiense pours natural and organic Italian wines.
Our guide includes five wineries: Pallini in Tiburtina, Molinari in Frascati, Tenuta Principe Alberico in Appia Antica / Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica, Tenuta di Fiorano in Appia Antica / Via di Fioranello, and Paolo e Noemia D'Amico in Tuscia. Molinari carries more than 2,000 labels. Pallini is Rome's only active distillery, with limoncello and anise liqueurs. Falstaff includes Tenuta Principe Alberico, Tenuta di Fiorano and Paolo e Noemia D'Amico for 2026.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Rome.
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Rome's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, La Pergola sits atop the Roma Cavalieri hotel on Monte Mario hill, where chef Heinz Beck has held the kitchen since 1994 and sommelier Marco Reitano commands one of Italy's most decorated wine programs. Recognised by La Liste (96.5 points in 2025) and Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it occupies a tier of its own in the Italian capital's fine dining hierarchy.
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On Via dei Banchi Vecchi, Il Pagliaccio holds two Michelin stars and a place in the La Liste global top tier, where Anthony Genovese's tasting menus move fluidly between Italian regional technique and Japanese reference points. The wine list runs to approximately 1,750 selections with a cellar of around 10,000 bottles. Dinner runs Tuesday through Friday, with Saturday lunch and dinner service available.
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Perched atop the Spanish Steps inside the Hassler Hotel, Imàgo holds a Michelin star, a World's Best Wine Lists 3-Star Accreditation, and a La Liste score of 86.5 points. Chef Andrea Antonini runs two tasting menus across a dining room where floor-to-ceiling windows frame Rome's skyline from Trinità dei Monti to the Capitol. The wine list spans 1,450 selections across 22,000 bottles, with particular depth in Piedmont, Tuscany, and Burgundy.
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Inside The First Roma Arte hotel near Piazza del Popolo, Acquolina holds two Michelin stars and an 85-point La Liste score for 2026, placing it among Rome's most recognised creative tables. Chef Daniele Lippi runs two tasting menus built around seafood and selective meat courses, backed by a wine list that runs to roughly a thousand labels. This is where serious Roman fine dining meets genuine generosity of portion and spirit.
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Two-Michelin-starred Enoteca La Torre occupies the magnificent Villa Laetitia in Rome, where Chef Domenico Stile's innovative Italian cuisine unfolds within Renaissance-era dining rooms adorned with frescoes and Art Nouveau details, creating the city's most architecturally dramatic fine dining experience.
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Michelin-starred Idylio by Apreda elevates Rome fine dining through Chef Francesco Apreda's sophisticated fusion of Neapolitan tradition and global influences. Located steps from the Pantheon, this intimate 25-seat restaurant showcases three innovative tasting menus within an elegant dining room of black marble and crystal chandeliers.
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Ranked #197 among Classical European restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding a Michelin star, Pipero Roma operates at the sharper end of Rome's creative fine dining tier. Chef Ciro Scamardella's seasonal menu draws on Campanian roots and Mediterranean technique, while front-of-house precision under Achille Sardiello places it among the city's most composed dining rooms on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.
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A Michelin-starred address a short walk from Piazza Navona, Il Convivio Troiani has anchored Rome's fine-dining scene since the early 1990s. The Troiani brothers, Angelo in the kitchen, Giuseppe and Massimo in the dining room, built their reputation on personalised contemporary Italian cooking that honours regional tradition without being bound by it. A wine cellar of 3,600 labels, including vertical collections accessible by the glass via Coravin, makes it a serious destination for wine-focused diners.
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On a quiet street behind Trastevere's tourist corridor, Zia holds a Michelin star and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 100 European restaurants for 2025. Chef Antonio Ziantoni's cooking is creative but measured, grounded in classical technique and built around full, rounded flavours. At a €€€ price point, it sits a tier below Rome's grand dining rooms while matching them in precision.
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A Michelin-starred creative restaurant in Rome's Trastevere neighbourhood, Glass Hostaria operates Wednesday through Sunday evenings (plus weekend lunches) from a converted carriage workshop on Vicolo del Cinque. Chef Fabio Cappiello leads tasting menus, including a vegetarian option, that reference Lazio tradition while moving firmly in a contemporary direction. La Liste scored it 84 points in 2025 and 82 in 2026.
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Between Porta Portese and Trastevere, Seu Pizza Illuminati has become one of the sharpest addresses in Rome's contemporary pizza conversation. Ranked #29 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2023 before climbing to #65 in 2025 with a wider field, Pier Daniele Seu and Valeria Zuppardo run an operation that treats dough, dessert, and wine list with equal seriousness. Open every evening from 7pm to midnight.
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A Michelin-starred address on a quiet lane near Campo dei Fiori, Per Me Giulio Terrinoni delivers fish and seafood cooking in a precise, ingredient-led register that sits outside Rome's louder, more theatrical fine-dining circuit. Ranked #314 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list for 2024 and holding a White Star from Star Wine List, it combines serious kitchen credentials with a room that remains genuinely calm and unhurried.
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Tasting menus draw on traditional Italian foundations with Campania influences, while a vast selection of wines by the glass and a walk-in boutique reflect the establishment's origins as an enoteca.
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A Michelin-starred address in the Apennine hills above Romagna, Ristorante del Lago operates from the village of Acquapartita at nearly 800 metres, where the Bravaccini brothers build tightly regional menus around mushrooms, trout, game, and wild boar. The wine list runs to almost 1,600 labels across two volumes, earning recognition from Star Wine List in 2024. Open Wednesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner, it sits in a different competitive register from Rome's urban fine-dining circuit.
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All'Oro holds a Michelin star and an OAD Classical Europe ranking (№459, 2025) for creative reinterpretations of Roman and Italian tradition. Chef Riccardo Di Giacinto, a JRE member, works from a basement dining room in Prati, close to Piazza del Popolo, transforming dishes like carbonara and tiramisù into something recognisable yet unexpected. A dedicated plant-based menu runs alongside the main offering.
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A one-Michelin-star restaurant on Viale Aventino, Marco Martini Chef occupies the first floor of a period palazzo that reads like a winter garden, with greenery, natural light, and decorative floor tiles framing creative cuisine rooted in Roman flavour intensity. Ranked #441 in Opinionated About Dining's Top European Restaurants for 2025, it sits in a mid-tier creative bracket well below Rome's €€€€ flagships, making it one of the more accessible starred options in the capital.
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On Via dei Giubbonari in Rome's Campo de' Fiori quarter, Roscioli operates as both a deli counter and a sit-down trattoria, drawing on a pantry of carefully sourced Roman staples. Ranked #9 in Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in Europe for 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it represents the kind of ingredient-led Roman dining that resists the city's drift toward theatrical tasting menus.
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Orma Roma holds a Michelin star and occupies a distinct position among Rome's fine-dining addresses: a fusion-led kitchen on Via Boncompagni where South American and Asian culinary traditions shape the menu alongside Italian produce.
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A Michelin-starred rooftop above the Colosseum, Aroma delivers Chef Giuseppe Di Iorio's modern Roman cooking across four tasting menus, including a vegetarian option, with views stretching from the ancient amphitheatre to the Vittoriano. The terrace is covered in winter, keeping the setting accessible year-round. Lunch and dinner services run on different days, making the meal choice a genuine strategic decision.
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Set inside a medieval palace in Tivoli, Al Madrigale positions itself within Italy's growing rural-contemporary movement, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 for Gian Marco Bianchi's approach to Lazio's pastoral larder. The format offers a tasting menu or four-course structure built around regional ingredients, from sheep's ricotta ravioli to grilled lamb with cacio e ovo zabaglione, paired with local sparkling malvasia aged 36 months on the lees.
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A Michelin one-star restaurant in a converted hay barn in Borgonato, at the heart of Franciacorta wine country. Due Colombe holds to the agricultural cooking traditions of northern Lombardy, slow-cooked meats, local polenta, and Lake Iseo fish, across three tasting menus, with a wine programme drawing on producers from the surrounding DOCG region.
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Positioned on the architecturally arresting Piazza della Repubblica, INEO brings an internationally inflected kitchen to one of Rome's grandest addresses. Chef Heros De Agostinis draws on experience across restaurants worldwide, producing a menu that moves between European technique and global ingredients. Recognised by the Michelin Guide with a Plate distinction and ranked 137th in the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Classical Europe list, it occupies a specific niche in Rome's fine-dining tier.
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Moma occupies a deliberate position inside Rome's modern Italian dining tier: creative cooking that moves away from the city's traditional canon, served across two distinct formats under the same roof. Ranked #258 in the Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe list for 2025, it draws a crowd that prefers invention over repetition, with a split-level format that works equally well for a working lunch or a considered evening meal.
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In Rome's residential Prati district, Pulejo operates at the quieter end of the city's contemporary Italian scene, with a subtly lit dining room, attentive service, and a kitchen that draws on Lazio's larder while reaching beyond regional boundaries.The restaurant opens for dinner Tuesday through Saturday, with Friday and Saturday lunch service also available.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Rome.
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Housed in a 17th-century Palazzo Borghese townhouse steps from the Spanish Steps, JK Place Roma holds a Michelin 2 Keys rating (2024) and La Liste Top Hotels recognition at 96 points (2026). Rates start at approximately $951 per night.
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Fourteen suites above the Salvatore Ferragamo men's store on Via Condotti, Portrait Roma occupies among the more deliberate addresses in the Italian capital. Awarded a Michelin Key in 2024 and scoring 95 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking, it sits at the tighter, more personal end of Rome's luxury hotel market, where the design language is fashion-house restraint rather than palatial grandeur.
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Perched at the summit of the Spanish Steps, Hassler Roma has anchored Rome's upper luxury tier since the 1890s, operating under six generations of the same Swiss family. Its 84 rooms and suites combine period craftsmanship with Michelin-starred dining at Imàgo, earning a La Liste score of 97.5 points in 2026 and Michelin's one-key designation in 2024.
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Orient Express La Minerva opened in April 2025 on Piazza della Minerva, steps from the Pantheon, marking the storied travel brand's first hotel. Housed in a 17th-century mansion restored by designer Hugo Toro, the 93-room property blends original marble statues and Murano chandeliers with Art Deco detailing. Rates are available on request, and the rooftop restaurant offers Mediterranean cuisine with direct views across the Roman skyline.
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Opened in 2023 on Piazza Augusto Imperatore in Rome's Campo Marzio district, Bulgari Hotel Roma holds a Michelin Key and ranks 22nd on the World's 50 Best Hotels list for 2025. The 110-room property pairs architect Antonio Citterio's composed interiors with a dining programme anchored by Il Ristorante - Niko Romito. Rates from $2,672 per night position it at the summit of Rome's luxury tier.
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Designed by film director Luca Guadagnino, Palazzo Talìa occupies a converted sixteenth-century palace steps from the Trevi Fountain. Twenty-six rooms and suites blend period architecture with custom contemporary furniture, while the in-house restaurant Tramae and a Roman bath-inspired spa round out a small-scale property that competes on design credentials rather than room count.
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Built in 1818 and awarded a Michelin Key in 2024, the Hotel de Russie occupies a rare position on Via del Babuino, steps from the Spanish Steps, facing Piazza del Popolo, and concealing a 0.7-acre garden behind its understated façade. La Liste ranked it at 96 points in 2026. Across 122 rooms, the property delivers the kind of quietly confident hospitality that Rome's most informed addresses have long made their signature.
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A 16th-century house annexed to Palazzo Borghese, Hotel Vilòn holds just 18 rooms and carries both Michelin 2 Keys recognition and a 93.5-point score from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. The calm inside is almost jarring given how close the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps sit. Adelaide Ristorante & Salotto anchors the dining program with seasonal Roman cuisine served across a dining room, terrace, and bar.
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Inaugurated in 1894 by Cesar Ritz with a dinner crafted by Auguste Escoffier, The St. Regis Rome has operated as one of the city's foremost grand hotel addresses for 130 years. A 2024 Michelin Key and a 92.5-point score in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking confirm its sustained critical standing. The 161-room property sits just off Piazza della Repubblica, within a short walk of the Baths of Diocletian and the city's main railway hub.
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At Via del Vantaggio 14, The First Arte occupies a quiet side street between the Via del Corso and the Tiber, positioning 26 rooms as a private gallery within a five-star boutique hotel. Acquolina, the in-house restaurant, holds two Michelin stars, while the rooftop lounge Acquaroof completes the offer with open-sky views over central Rome. Rates from $819 per night reflect the property's placement at the art-hotel tier of the Roman market.
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A 17th-century palace on Via del Corso, Palazzo Roma opened in 2023 as a 39-room luxury hotel with original marble staircases, coffered ceilings, and four-poster beds. Member of Leading Hotels of the World since 2025, with rates from $687 per night. Architect Giampiero Panepinto led the restoration, preserving the building's Baroque fabric while adding contemporary comfort throughout.
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Operating from a 1925 Art Nouveau building on Via della Penna, Hotel Locarno is one of Rome's most atmospheric small hotels, with 49 rooms, a Michelin Key, and a 91-point La Liste ranking. Its layered history, celebrated bar, and proximity to Piazza del Popolo place it in a distinct tier among the city's design-led independents.
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Perched above the Spanish Steps on Via Sistina, Rocco Forte Hotel De La Ville holds a Michelin Key (2024) and 104 rooms designed around the aesthetic logic of the 18th-century Grand Tour.
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Six Senses Rome occupies the 15th-century Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, steps from historic landmarks, with 96 rooms designed by Patricia Urquiola, a Michelin-keyed restaurant program, and a spa conceived around ancient Roman bathing culture. At rates from $1,162 per night, it sits at the upper tier of Rome's palace-hotel category, distinguished by a sustainability focus that sets it apart from the city's more traditional luxury addresses.
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Umiltà 36 is a 47-room Michelin Key-awarded boutique hotel on a quiet side street minutes from the Trevi Fountain, rated 4.9 on Google across 220 reviews. Interiors move between Art Deco, modernist, and contemporary art references, while dining splits between the all-day Dandy Café and the seafood-focused Aquamarina. Nightly rates from $951 position it firmly in Rome's premium boutique tier.
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Open since 1889, Hotel Eden holds a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating and a 2024 Michelin Key, with 98 rooms on Via Ludovisi in Rome's Via Veneto quarter. Rates from approximately $1,304 per night. La Terrazza, the rooftop restaurant, ranks among the city's most competitive dinner reservations, and the hotel's position four minutes from Villa Borghese makes it one of Rome's better-located luxury addresses.
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Housed in the former residence of opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, Maalot Roma compresses 30 rooms, a Michelin Key-awarded restaurant, and one of Rome's most central addresses into a boutique property that reads as art deco cabinet of curiosities rather than traditional luxury hotel.
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Set within the historic grounds of the ancient Villa Agrippina on the Janiculum Hill, this Gran Meliá property sits five minutes on foot from St. Peter's Basilica. A Leading Hotels of the World member rated 91 points by La Liste (2026), it combines 1920s-style garden architecture, a Clarins spa, and 14 room categories with views across Vatican and Rome skyline.
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Among Rome's small luxury hotels, Villa Spalletti Trivelli operates at a different register from the city's grand establishments: 15 rooms and suites in a restored aristocratic palazzo near the Quirinale, scored 95 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Family portraits, complimentary spirits, and a library recognized by Italy's Ministry of National Heritage distinguish it from properties where heritage is merely decorative.
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A 32-room Art Deco palazzo on Via Alessandro Specchi, the Singer Palace Hotel occupies the building the sewing-machine company constructed at the height of its commercial reach. Awarded a Michelin Key in 2024 and part of the Ace Hotel Group, it combines period architecture with contemporary Roman interiors, parquet bedroom floors, marble bathrooms, and a rooftop restaurant serving breakfast through dinner above the city's shopping corridor.
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Opened in 1963 as Waldorf Astoria's first European property, Rome Cavalieri occupies 15 acres of Mediterranean parkland on Monte Mario, with panoramic views across the city. It is the only hotel in Italy housing a three-Michelin-star restaurant, La Pergola, and maintains a private art collection spanning four centuries across all 370 rooms. La Liste ranked it 90 points in 2026.
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A 19th-century crescent palazzo on Piazza della Repubblica, Anantara Palazzo Naiadi positions itself in Rome's upper tier of grand-hotel addresses, carrying La Liste Top Hotels recognition (90.5 points, 2026) and Leading Hotels of the World membership. Its 232 rooms and suites sit above the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian, with rooftop terraces looking out across the city's northeastern skyline.
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A Liberty-era palazzo on Via Veneto, Baglioni Hotel Regina has occupied one of Rome's most storied addresses since 1904. The Brunello Lounge and Restaurant brings Mediterranean technique to Italian regional produce, while Murano glass chandeliers, Sicilian marble, and leopard-print chairs create an interior that rewards attention.
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Palazzo Ripetta sits on Via di Ripetta in Rome's historic centro storico, a short walk from the Spanish Steps and the Tiber. The property holds a One MICHELIN Key distinction for 2025, placing it among Rome's recognised addresses for hospitality quality. For guests who return season after season, the appeal is less spectacle and more the kind of quiet, well-positioned continuity that Rome's most address-literate travellers understand.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Rome.
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Drink Kong has held a position on the World's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2020, placing it in the upper tier of Rome's bar scene and among Italy's most globally recognized cocktail programs. Set across multiple rooms in Celio, the bar runs nightly from 18:30 with a menu format that guides guests by sensation rather than category. A serious destination for those who treat cocktails as a discipline.
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Ranked #37 in Top 500 Bars and #58 in the World's 50 Best Bars for 2025, Freni e Frizioni has become one of Rome's most consistently recognised drinking destinations. Set in Trastevere, it draws a loyal nightly crowd from aperitivo hour through to the early morning. Its trajectory across three consecutive years in the 50 Best rankings signals a bar that has moved well past cult-local status.
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One of Rome's most awarded cocktail bars, Jerry Thomas Speakeasy has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars since 2013, peaking at number 19 before settling into a consistent presence in global rankings. Its speakeasy format, tucked into a narrow alley off Campo de' Fiori, represents the pre-theatrical era of the genre before the city's bar scene moved toward more transparent technical programs..
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The Court occupies a significant address on Via Labicana, in the shadow of the Colosseum, placing it within one of Rome's most historically charged dining corridors. The setting frames a meal in a way few city-centre restaurants can match, where the weight of the surrounding archaeology shapes the pace and register of the experience. It belongs to a tier of Roman dining where context and craft operate together.
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Ranked #255 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Bulgari Bar on Via di Ripetta sits at the formal end of Rome's cocktail circuit. Positioned inside the Bulgari Hotel along the Tiber-facing stretch of the historic centre, it operates where fashion-house hospitality meets serious bar culture. For summer evenings or the December hotel bar season, it answers a specific brief: composed, unhurried, and credentialed.
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One of Rome's most recognised cocktail addresses, Boeme sits on Via degli Zingari in the Monti neighbourhood and earned a place at number 47 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2010, a credential that still anchors its reputation among the city's serious drinking circuit.
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Enoteca Grado is a wine-focused bar in central Rome that anchors its offering around Italian regional bottles and lighter aperitivo-style drinking. The venue operates within the city's dense network of enoteca-bar hybrids, where wine selection defines the format more than cocktail technique or craft spirits.
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A few steps from Vatican City, Il Sorpasso occupies a particular position in Rome's all-day drinking and eating culture: part wine bar, part trattoria, part neighbourhood anchor. The name references overtaking, movement, a crossing of thresholds, and the place delivers on that promise with a format that resists easy categorisation and rewards those who stay longer than planned.
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The bar occupies a stretch of central Rome where aperitivo culture meets European cocktail craft, placing it in a different competitive register than the city's speakeasy tier. For visitors already moving through the Tridente, it functions as a precision stop rather than a destination journey.
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In Garbatella, one of Rome's most characterful southern neighbourhoods, La Mescita has established itself as a serious address for minimal intervention wines poured in an unhurried, convivial setting. The name translates simply to 'the pouring', which is as accurate a summary of the philosophy as any. For natural wine drinkers looking beyond the city centre, it represents a significant stop on the Roman scene.
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Ranked #194 in the 2025 Top 500 Bars, La Punta Expendio de Agave occupies a quiet address in Trastevere and has built Rome's most serious agave-spirits program around mezcal, tequila, and allied distillates from across Mexico. In a city whose cocktail bars typically default to Aperol and amari, it functions as a specialist counter where the spirit category itself is the organizing principle.
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Ranked #467 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Nite Kong sits in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood on Piazza di San Martino ai Monti, a square that moves at a slower pace than the city's more trafficked drinking circuits. The bar occupies a position in Rome's growing cohort of internationally recognised cocktail addresses, alongside names like Drink Kong and Jerry Thomas Speakeasy, bringing ranked credibility to a corner of the city that rewards deliberate exploration.
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Punch Room at Edition Rome holds a place in the World's 500 Best Bars at number 369 for 2025, positioning it among Rome's most formally recognised cocktail programs. Housed within the Edition hotel on Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino, the bar brings the Punch Room format to the Italian capital with a focus on refined punch-led drinking in a composed, hotel-bar register.
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Salotto42 occupies a terrace table opposite the Temple of Hadrian on Piazza di Pietra, drawing a loyal crowd of journalists, diplomats, and Rome regulars who treat it less as a café-bar and more as a standing appointment. The appeal is the combination of a serious Scandinavian design interior, a thoughtful drinks list, and among the more architecturally loaded outdoor settings in the city.
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Inside the Hotel de Russie on Via del Babuino, Stravinskij Bar occupies one of Rome's most recognisable hotel garden terraces. Ranked #94 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), it draws a consistent local and international crowd to the northern edge of the Spanish Steps quarter. The bar operates at the intersection of old-world hotel tradition and contemporary cocktail standards.
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Trastevere is one of Rome's most characterful neighbourhoods for evening drinking, where cobbled lanes and medieval courtyards set the scene for everything from natural wine bars to craft cocktail programs. The area draws a mix of locals and travellers who treat the rione as a destination in itself rather than a stop on the way somewhere else. Bars here tend to run late and reward those who stay past the tourist hour.
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A wine bar in Rome's Pigneto neighbourhood, Vigneto takes its name from a wordplay on the area itself, 'vigneto' meaning vineyard in Italian. Set in a young, multicultural quarter popular with students and locals, it sits at the more accessible end of Rome's bar scene, where neighbourhood character matters as much as what's in the glass.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Rome.
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Molinari sits in Frascati, the volcanic hill town southeast of Rome that has defined central Italy's white wine tradition for centuries. For anyone tracing the Castelli Romani wine circuit from Rome, it belongs on the itinerary.
Rome, Italy
Sparse practical details in the public record make advance research advisable before visiting.
Rome, Italy
Paolo e Noemia D'Amico is a Tuscia wine estate framed by vineyards, contemporary sculpture, and a cellar cut from tufo rock. Its strongest argument is terroir: organic vineyards on volcanic soils, French varieties interpreted through central Italy, and guided tastings that treat architecture and landscape as part of the wine experience.
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Tenuta di Fiorano is a Roman wine estate shaped by volcanic soil, old-cellar ageing, and an unusually compact portfolio of Lazio IGT reds and whites. Its appeal is not scale but continuity: hand-worked fruit, organic principles, historic buildings, and a vineyard setting that puts serious estate wine within Rome’s orbit.
Rome, Italy
Tenuta Principe Alberico gives Rome a rare wine-estate story: volcanic soils, Appian Way history, and a small Lazio IGT portfolio shaped by organic-minded farming. Its interest lies less in conventional cellar-door spectacle than in how international varieties planted from 1946 onward were made to speak from a Roman site with aristocratic and Antinori family continuity.
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