Plekken in Rome

Thirty-year sister-run enoteca and restaurant off Piazza Trilussa

1936 osteria famed for tableside cacio e pepe

A true Japanese izakaya, sake-only list, no sushi-roll tourism

Europe's first amaro bar with a full Roman osteria

Live-fire contemporary bistrot at the edge of Parioli-Flaminio

Barreca and Baccanelli's cult micro-restaurant of new-wave cucina romana

Contemporary osteria inside San Lorenzo's oldest pasta factory

Owner-chefs' minimalist lab a step from the Pantheon

Book-bar and cocktail salon facing the Temple of Hadrian

Deli, wine cellar and serious kitchen in one room near Campo de' Fiori

Listening-bar osteria from De Maio and Franciosi