WHERE THE ROMANS EAT

TOP FIVE TRATTORIE ACCORDING TO A ROMAN

Five roman trattorie, all characterized by typical roman cooking, rustic atmosphere and

good prices.

When you are in a new city, for job or pleasure, you usually do not know where to eat and

you likely end up going to the most central and touristic places.

Even if the centre of Rome offers good restaurants it is a pity not exploring what it is out of

the center to reach for an authentic roman dinner.

Here you have a selection of the best five trattorie of Rome, offering typical recipes from

the roman cooking tradition and sometimes new experimentations.

L'”Osteria Bonelli”: a true trattoria..

True Tarattorie still exist and one of them is in Tor

Pignattara, right in the most multi etnic area of the city.

Try here some gricia1, carbonara2 and all the traditional

roman dishes, and do not worries, even for the most

demanding ones: menu is quite various and changes

often. Waiters are really kind and the service is sober

but flawless, as the interior decoration.

The only black spot, if it really is, is that you need to reserve your table at least two days

before.

Menù advices: tonnarelli alla gricia.

Wine advices: nice house wine.

That something about it: true homemade cooking and fair prices.

Osteria Bonelli, Viale dell'acquedotto alessandrino 172-174

Phone +39 329 8633077

Open lunch and dinner.

20/30 euros

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Osteria-Bonelli/427233444051834

1 Tonnarelli alla gricia: fresh pasta with bacon, roman pecorino (sheep's milk cheese) and black pepper.2 Carbonara: eggs and bacon pasta with parmesan cheese and black pepper

Trattoria “Da Cesare”: let’s move to Monteverde,

another nice area to discover, maybe just thanks to this

Restaurant’s good coking.

Here you can find typical roman dishes prepared with

care and refinement.

Atmosphere is friendly and sometimes chaotic in the

weekends.

The musts are costine di abbacchio impanate3, gricia, spezzatino alla cacciatora4 and coda

alla vaccinara5, but you can also have a good pizza and a wonderful crema catalana.

Menu advice: Brodo di arzilla e broccoli6 and polpette di bollito7.

Wine advice: House wine won’t let you down.

That something about it: lovely pastries and the possibility to eat in the garden if the

weather permits.

Trattoria Da Cesare,

Via del Casaletto 45.

+39 06 536015Open lunch and dinner.

30/40 euros.

“Li scalini de Marisa”, it is impossible not to mention

this nice trattoria in Garbatella.

Among the many other that animate this area I choose

Marisa not only for the cooking but also because it

remained faithful to the roman cooking tradition and,

above all, to its cheap prices, without taking advantage

of the fact that Garbatella has become a trendy district.

It is a family owned restaurant and this is its strength, the king of its dishes is of course the

pasta amatriciana8, and after dinner you can walk around Garbatella, a beautiful district

with a peculiar architecture in the south of Rome. In these streets you will still find a true

roman atmosphere mixed with new contaminations.3 Costine di abbacchio impanate: breaded lamb ribs, pan or deep fried4 Spezzatino alla cacciatora: beef stew.5 Coda alla vaccinara: oxtail in tomato sauce6 Brodo di arzilla e broccoli: thornback and broccoli soup.7 Polpette di bollito: boiled beef metballs.8 Amatriciana: bacon and tomato pasta.

Menu advice: baccalà fritto .

Wine advice: red house wine.

That something about it: family owned

“Li scalini de Marisa”, Via Roberto De Nobili, 17.

+39 06 51601969

20/30 euros

“Infernotto” it's a small, charming restaurant in the

heart of Pigneto, Rome's ultimate night life district. In

1988 it was the first to open in this district that at that

time was far to be the most favourite destination of the

alternative scene. There is a familiar-chic atmosphere

and the interior design is accurately chosen.

Chef Dario Santilli always proposes new dishes, where he mixes typical roman cooking

with an ethnic taste. Here you will find a really good winery and even the cheapest bottle is

incredibly good and of course coming from bio farms.

Menu advices: don't miss the lasagnette al cardo9!

Wines advices: try the red Cesanese and you won't regret it.That something about it: perfect for those who want to continue the evening having a

drink in Pigneto's bars..

Infernotto, Via del Pigneto 31-33

Open only for dinner

http://www.infernotto.net

20/30 euros

9 Lasagnette al cardo: thistle lasagna.

“Da Oio a casa mia”: last but not least!We are now in Testaccio, another roman district you

can't miss, a re-qualified popular neigh borough, such

as Pigneto, converted to be one of most lively district of

the city. Time changes but a good Trattoria remains, and

“Da Oio a casa mia” keeps up the good name of roman

cooking. This is an old fashioned trattoria, with simple

tasty dishes, the menu is not so various compared to the others four but not less good.

Menu advice: tonnarelli cacio e pepe10.

Wine advice: red house wine.

That something about it: Testaccio to explore.

“Da Oio a casa mia”, Via Luigi Galvani, 43.

+39 06 578 2680

20/30 euros

Special mention to “Quattro monete”.Being a restaurant and not a trattoria, I couldn't

put the “Quattro monete” in our top five but I had

to give it a special mention. This hidden

restaurant, in a peripheral but interesting area

called Centocelle, makes excellent fish dishes.

Waitress and waiters are nice and competent,

you can absolutely trust their advices about

dishes and wines. Fish is always fresh and

cooked in the most particulars ways. The check here would be a little bit more expensive

but fair considering the dishes' ingredients quality.

Menu advice: fish ravioli.

Wine advice: listen to the waitress, but ask for the price before choosing!

That something about it: perfectly cooked fresh fish.

10 Tonnarelli cacio e pepe: typical roman cheese and black pepper fresh pasta.

“Quattro Monete”, Via dei gelsi, 24

+39 06 21807884

40/50 euros

Before our farewell one last place to visit before leaving Rome.....

Filetti di baccalà, fish and chip close to Campo de' fiori.

An unforgettable experience in a place where time seems

to stand still.

Filetti di baccalà11 and other friends to eat in or take away,

many romans will tell you that many years ago was much

better but it is still a place to be, try to believe.

“Filetti di baccalà”, Largo dei Librari.

06 6864018

And of course from may to october you can always eat delicious italian dishes on our roof garden restaurant and enjoy a “tasty” view of Rome!

11 Filetti di baccalà: fried salted codfish fillets.