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The choice of restaurants and the opinions expressed are purely driven by personal taste and should be taken as such.

• Restaurants

• Pizzerie

• Ethnic Food

• Outside Rome

  • Castel Gandolfo

  • Florence

  • Naples
    

  • San Gimignano

  • Siena

  • Viterbo

Price guide (€)

Price indications reflect the latest experience and may be incorrect.

• Restaurants

  
  

  Average meal cost per person (First course + Second course + Desert + Wine + Water)

  • Low = Under 20 €

  • Moderate = 20-40 €

  • Elegant = over 50 €

• Pizzerie

  
  

  A meal at a pizzeria (pizza, beer, desert) will usually cost 10-20 € per person, depending on the type of pizza ordered

Restaurants

• Ristorante "Lo Scarpone"
  Via S. Pancrazio, 15
  06 58 14 094
  Closed Mondays
  A pleasant restaurant on the Janiculum hill, with a nice garden and friendly staff.
  € Moderate





• Grappolo d'Oro Zampanò
  Piazza Cancelleria 80/84
  06 689 7080
  Near Campo de' Fiori
  Great food and friendly staff
  € Moderate





• Taverna Angelica
  Piazza A. Capponi 6
  06 687 4514
  www.tavernaangelica.it
  Open every evening and Sunday lunch
  Near St. Peter's
  Creative Italian food, great environment
  € Moderate





• L'Enoteca Antica di Via della Croce
  Via della Croce, 76/b
  Tel: 06 679 0896
  Fax: 06 679 7544
  





• Trattoria "Taverna dei Quaranta"
  Via Claudia, 24
  06 700 0550
  Near the Colosseum
  € Low

Pizzerie

• Angeli a Borgo
  Borgo Angelico 28-30
  Tel: 06 686 9674
  near St. Peter's





• Acchiappafantasmi
  Via dei Cappellari, 66
  Tel: 06 687 3462
  www.acchiappafantasmi.it
  info@acchiappafamtasmi.it
  Near Chiesa Nuova
  Calabrian-style pizza





• Il Brillo Parlante
  Via della Fontanelle, 12
  Tel: 06 324 3334
  Near Piazza del Popolo
  Ultra-thin pizzas

Ethnic Food

• Surya Mahal
  Piazza Trilussa, 50
  Tel: 06 589 4554
  Fax: 06 581 0281
  Closed Sundays
  Indian food at the Ponte Sisto, Trastevere





• Himalaya's Kashmir
  Via Principe Amedeo, 325/327
  Tel: 06 446 1072
  Indian food, reputed to be excellent





• O'Connor's
  Via dei Cartari, 7
  Tel: 06 6830 7161
  Irish pub food, next to Chiesa Nuova





• Hamasei
  Via della Mercede, 35/36
  Tel: 06 679 2134
  Closed Mondays
  Most prestigious Japanese restaurant in Rome, with prices to match





• Hasekura
  Via dei Serpenti, 27
  Tel: 06 648 3648
  Another elegant, also pricey, Japanese restaurant





• Ristorante Giapponese Seba Zuru
  Piazza Risorgimento 46/A
  Tel: 06 683 3953
  Sushi: a rarity in Rome, moderately good





• Sawasdee
  Viale XXI Aprile, 13
  Tel: 06 861 1036
  One of the few Thai restaurants in Rome, flourishes next to the Thai embassy to the east of the city center





• Ristorante Cinese Asia
  Via Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 1
  Next to the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme





• La Limeña
  Ristorante Italo-Peruviano
  Via Flaminia, 34
  Tel: 06 3265 2802
  www.luelpi.com
  luelpi@alice.it

Outside Rome

• Castel Gandolfo

  • Ristorante Bucci
    Via dei Zecchini, 31
    Tel: 06 932 3334

  
  
  

• Florence

  • Ristorante "Otello"
    Via degli Orti Oricellari, 36r
    Tel: 055 215 819
    Tel: 055 216 517
    Tel: 349 076 2096

  
  
  

  • Ristorante Paoli
    Via de' Tavolini, 12r.
    Tel: 055 216 215

  
  
  

  • Il Sasso di Dante
    Piazza delle Pallottole, 6r (al Duomo)
    50122 Firenze
    Tel: 055 282 113

  
  
  

  • Ristorante Pizzeria Tira...baralla
    Via della Scala, 28r
    Tel: 055 218 418
    Fax: 055 267 9368

  
  
  

• Naples

  • Pizzeria Trianon Chiaia
    Parco Margeherita, 27 (Piazza Amedeo)
    Tel: 081 414 678
    www.trianonchiaia.it

  
  
  

• San Gimignano

  • Enoteca Antica Latteria
    Via San Matteo, 19
    53037 San Gimignano
    Tel/fax: 0577 941 952
    enoantlat@valdelsa.net

  
  
  

  • Boboli
    Via S. Giovanni, 30/32
    53037 San Gimignano
    Tel/fax: 0577 940 691

  
  
  

• Siena

  • La Taverna del Capitano
    Via del Capitano, 6-8
    53100 Siena
    Tel: 0577 288 094

  
  
  

• Viterbo

  • Taverna Etrusca
    Via Annio 8/10
    01100 Viterbo
    Tel: 0761 226 694
    Good food, friendly staff
    Closed Sundays

  
  
  

  • Tre Re
    Via Macel Gattesco 3
    Viterbo
    Tel: 0761 304 619
    Closed Thursdays
    Viterbo's oldest restaurant

  
  
  

  • Enoteca La Torre
    Via della Torre 5
    Viterbo
    Tel: 0761 226 467
    Closed Sundays

  
  
  

  • La Spigola
    Via della Pace 40
    01100 Viterbo
    0761 30349
    closed Wednesdays

  
  
  

  • Il Portico
    Piazza Don Mario Gargiuli 11
    01100 Viterbo
    0761 329 021
    closed Mondays
    regional food; rustic rooms in an ancient palazzo; outside the city on the northwest