Esquilino
Ristoranti Close to the Apartments
This is in hipster Monti, and it doesn't disappoint. Locally sourced food with an extra zing – like three types of pepper on the cacio e pepe pasta – it also does take-out pasta (or freshly rolled, if you're staying in an apartment). Reservations recommended.
89 locals recommend
Urbana 47
47 Via UrbanaThis is in hipster Monti, and it doesn't disappoint. Locally sourced food with an extra zing – like three types of pepper on the cacio e pepe pasta – it also does take-out pasta (or freshly rolled, if you're staying in an apartment). Reservations recommended.
A wonderful and authentic trattoria ristorante managed by the Camerucci brothers; the food, from Marche, is generally excellent but the place is expecially well know for fresh (filled) pasta. Reservation reccomended.
123 locals recommend
Trattoria Monti
13 Via di S. VitoA wonderful and authentic trattoria ristorante managed by the Camerucci brothers; the food, from Marche, is generally excellent but the place is expecially well know for fresh (filled) pasta. Reservation reccomended.
An excellent restaurant with one michelin star but offering food from early morning to the evening. Wonderful breakfast and easy to have small dishes for a quick lunch
Moma
42 Via di S. BasilioAn excellent restaurant with one michelin star but offering food from early morning to the evening. Wonderful breakfast and easy to have small dishes for a quick lunch
One of the most succesful place in the neighborhood; drinks, good food, nice athmosphere
23 locals recommend
Casadante
8 Piazza DanteOne of the most succesful place in the neighborhood; drinks, good food, nice athmosphere
One of the most succesfull cinese restaurants in Rome; Sonia became a star and her food is excellent and cheap
59 locals recommend
Hang Zhou
82 Via Principe EugenioOne of the most succesfull cinese restaurants in Rome; Sonia became a star and her food is excellent and cheap
With its mediterranean cousine and a well stocked cellar, Salotto Caronte is a place to eat and meet people
63 locals recommend
Salotto Caronte
23 Via MachiavelliWith its mediterranean cousine and a well stocked cellar, Salotto Caronte is a place to eat and meet people
Mercato Centrale is a very succesful format replicated in a number of Italian cities offering in one location many different local excellences from otherwise well know "names" in the food business .... you may eat but also shop.
Dont miss bread and pizza from Bonci, the Trapizzino, the excellent meat of Fausto Savigni, the excellent Gelato from Günther Rohregger, la Pizza di Marco Quintili. You may have breakfast in the morning, buy sweets, wine, cheese ......
164 locals recommend
Mercato Centrale Roma
36 Via Giovanni GiolittiMercato Centrale is a very succesful format replicated in a number of Italian cities offering in one location many different local excellences from otherwise well know "names" in the food business .... you may eat but also shop.
Dont miss bread and pizza from Bonci, the Trapizzino, the excellent meat of Fausto Savigni, the excellent Gelato from Günther Rohregger, la Pizza di Marco Quintili. You may have breakfast in the morning, buy sweets, wine, cheese ......
Indian Restaurant Krishna13
13 Via FoscoloOne of the best Indian restaurants in Rome
One of the traditional roman trattoria with traditional Roman food like carbonara, abbacchio a scottadito, rigatoni with oxtail etc
73 locals recommend
Trattoria Da Danilo
13 Via PetrarcaOne of the traditional roman trattoria with traditional Roman food like carbonara, abbacchio a scottadito, rigatoni with oxtail etc
Janta - Indian Fast Food
11 Via MamianiAnother excellent Indian food place
Bistrot and caffee quite popular in the neigbhrohood facing the Piazza Vittorio Gardens
66 locals recommend
Gatsby Cafè
106 P.za Vittorio Emanuele IIBistrot and caffee quite popular in the neigbhrohood facing the Piazza Vittorio Gardens
An excellent traditional Italian restaurant founded in 1870 and quite popular with musicians and artists playing at the nearby Opera Theatre
16 locals recommend
La Matriciana dal 1870
44 Via del ViminaleAn excellent traditional Italian restaurant founded in 1870 and quite popular with musicians and artists playing at the nearby Opera Theatre
Offerta gastronomica
A modern bakery with a Scandinavian feeling, excellent bread, pizza and sweets with also the possibility of a quick bite
Forno Conti & Co.
18 Via GiustiA modern bakery with a Scandinavian feeling, excellent bread, pizza and sweets with also the possibility of a quick bite
A vary famous bakery that is also a bar for a very good coffee or cappuccino and a well stocked food shop. You may have ice cream and have a bite in the nicely organized dehor
305 locals recommend
Pasticceria Panificio Panella Roma
54 Via MerulanaA vary famous bakery that is also a bar for a very good coffee or cappuccino and a well stocked food shop. You may have ice cream and have a bite in the nicely organized dehor
Regoli is one of the best sweet shop in Rome, during the week end people queue outside the small shop to be able to buy on of the many wonderful pastries and cakes produced by the Regoli family, among my favourites the best strawberry tart in the world and woderful bignets.
Not to be missed !
195 locals recommend
Pasticceria Regoli
60 Via dello StatutoRegoli is one of the best sweet shop in Rome, during the week end people queue outside the small shop to be able to buy on of the many wonderful pastries and cakes produced by the Regoli family, among my favourites the best strawberry tart in the world and woderful bignets.
Not to be missed !
The best delicatessen in the neighborhood and one of the best in town: you will find everything from prosciutto to the best local salami, from Parmigiano to Mortadella .... wonderful panini made over the counter and also some ready to eat food
22 locals recommend
Norcineria e Gastronomia Cecchini
85 Via MerulanaThe best delicatessen in the neighborhood and one of the best in town: you will find everything from prosciutto to the best local salami, from Parmigiano to Mortadella .... wonderful panini made over the counter and also some ready to eat food
Ciamei Caffè Srl
57 Via Emanuele FilibertoA famous coffee rosting selling a variety of different coffees
Amodei
7/B Via Principe Amedeoexcellent local food shop also serving food
An institution in Rome offering Sicilian pastries and cakes but also selling excellent Sicilian wines and serving food for lunch
19 locals recommend
Dagnino Pastry Shop and Café
75 Via Vittorio Emanuele OrlandoAn institution in Rome offering Sicilian pastries and cakes but also selling excellent Sicilian wines and serving food for lunch
Selli is well know all over Rome for its selection of international food and spieces
Selli International Food Store
28/30 Via dello StatutoSelli is well know all over Rome for its selection of international food and spieces
One of the best wine shops in town, Trimani offers also excellent food in a bistrot kind of place built around the infinite wine selection
16 locals recommend
Trimani Enoteca
20 Via GoitoOne of the best wine shops in town, Trimani offers also excellent food in a bistrot kind of place built around the infinite wine selection
Said Since 1923
135 Via TiburtinaA famous and quite wonderful chocolate factory worth the visit
Visite turistiche
One of the most important catholic churces in Rome and one of the most beautiful
424 locals recommend
Cappella Sistina di Santa Maria Maggiore
Piazza di Santa Maria MaggioreOne of the most important catholic churces in Rome and one of the most beautiful
The largest square in Rome with newly refurbished gardens; perfect for a nice stroll and for the children to play
126 locals recommend
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
1 P.za Vittorio Emanuele IIThe largest square in Rome with newly refurbished gardens; perfect for a nice stroll and for the children to play
One of the oldest churches in Rome and a very beautiful one
292 locals recommend
Basilica of San Clemente
95 Via LabicanaOne of the oldest churches in Rome and a very beautiful one
One of the biggest collection of Classical Art in the world and a beautiful museum on the Roman Art; very close to the Apartments and not to be missed
101 locals recommend
Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
2 Largo di Villa PerettiOne of the biggest collection of Classical Art in the world and a beautiful museum on the Roman Art; very close to the Apartments and not to be missed
One of the most important churches in Rome
806 locals recommend
Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
4 Piazza di S. Giovanni in LateranoOne of the most important churches in Rome
Palazzo Merulana houses a collection composed mainly of works of the Roman school and the Italian twentieth century, but with a momentum towards the contemporary.
The exhibition path which includes more than 90 works, on a surface of 1800 square meters, is divided into four floors.
Palazzo Merulana welcomes its visitors in a porch too, free of charge, with a bookshop and a cafè to enjoy a pleasant break between different sculptures by Antonietta Raphael, Lucio Fontana, Pericle Fazzini, Giuseppe Penone, and many other artists.
In a free and relaxed mood, guests could enact a peculiar and unconventional intimacy with the artworks. The peaceful atmosphere is conveyed also by the lovely urban garden, far from the daily hustle and bustle of Via Merulana.
22 locals recommend
Palazzo Merulana
121 Via MerulanaPalazzo Merulana houses a collection composed mainly of works of the Roman school and the Italian twentieth century, but with a momentum towards the contemporary.
The exhibition path which includes more than 90 works, on a surface of 1800 square meters, is divided into four floors.
Palazzo Merulana welcomes its visitors in a porch too, free of charge, with a bookshop and a cafè to enjoy a pleasant break between different sculptures by Antonietta Raphael, Lucio Fontana, Pericle Fazzini, Giuseppe Penone, and many other artists.
In a free and relaxed mood, guests could enact a peculiar and unconventional intimacy with the artworks. The peaceful atmosphere is conveyed also by the lovely urban garden, far from the daily hustle and bustle of Via Merulana.
A beautiful park with a wonderfull view over the colosseum for a nice stroll quite close to the Aprtments
288 locals recommend
Parco di Colle Oppio
Viale del Monte OppioA beautiful park with a wonderfull view over the colosseum for a nice stroll quite close to the Aprtments
Another wonderful park close to the Apartments for a nice stroll maybe on the way back from a visit to the Colosseum
268 locals recommend
Villa Celimontana
Another wonderful park close to the Apartments for a nice stroll maybe on the way back from a visit to the Colosseum
City advice
Don't miss
Esquilino much more than you may think
Quite recently one of my guests commented that the Apartments were wonderfull but the quarter was drab ! While Esquilino may not be compared with the Old Center of the city it would be a mistake to consider it drab as it has much to offer as I hope to be able to convey this idea with the selection I have put together