Where to eat in Rome

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Rome, Italy that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Armando al Pantheon — Roman trattoria, Pantheon (2). Order the Spaghetti cacio e pepe. Family-run since 1961, steps from the Pantheon and untouched by it.
Pizzarium (Bonci) — Pizza al taglio, Prati (1). Order the Pizza al taglio assortment. Gabriele Bonci's cult slices by weight near the Vatican.
Trapizzino — Street food, Testaccio (1). Order the Trapizzino al pollo alla cacciatora. The pizza-pocket invention that conquered Rome.
Trattoria Da Danilo — Roman trattoria, Esquilino (2). Order the Cacio e pepe nella forma. Old-school room famous for cacio e pepe finished in the wheel.
Da Enzo al 29 — Roman trattoria, Trastevere (2). Order the Rigatoni alla gricia + carciofo. Tiny, honest, and rightly mobbed — classic Roman fourth-quarter cooking.
Giolitti — Gelato, Pantheon (1). Order the Pistachio + crema in a cone. The 1900 gelateria of presidents and pilgrims alike.
I Supplì — Fried snacks, Trastevere (1). Order the Supplì classico. The supplì window Trastevere has queued at since 1979.
Roscioli — Salumeria / Roman, Campo de' Fiori (3). Order the Carbonara + burrata. Deli-meets-restaurant; the carbonara benchmark for many Romans.
Felice a Testaccio — Roman trattoria, Testaccio (2). Order the Tonnarelli cacio e pepe. The tableside-tossed cacio e pepe of legend, since 1936.
Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè — Coffee, Sant'Eustachio (1). Order the Gran caffè. Rome's most famous gran caffè, whipped to secrecy since 1938.