Best restaurants in Rome 2026: 15 tables worth booking

The best restaurants in Rome in 2026 come down to 15 tables, from Heinz Beck's three-star dining room above Monte Mario to trattorie where a plate of carbonara costs €12 to €14, checked against the Michelin Guide Italia 2026 and this month's 50 Top Pizza World ranking. If you book only one, make it La Pergola: it is still the only restaurant in the city with three Michelin stars.

Best restaurants in Rome: how this list works

The 71st Michelin Guide Italia, presented in Parma on 19 November 2025, gives stars to 20 restaurants in Rome: one with three, three with two and 16 with one, two of them new (Ineo and La Terrazza at Hotel Eden). This list keeps eight of those dining rooms and adds the trattorie and the pizzeria that Romans actually queue for, because the capital eats best at both ends of the bill.

Rome eats best at both ends of the bill: a €350 tasting menu and a €12 carbonara.

Prices are per person in euros, before wine, taken from restaurant menus and recent reviews. For the dishes behind these kitchens, from gricia to carciofi alla giudia, start with our guide to what to eat in Rome. The next stars arrive soon: the Michelin Guide Italy holds its 2027 ceremony on 12 November in Piacenza, and this list will be updated after it.

La Pergola, Monte Mario

Heinz Beck has cooked on the top floor of the Rome Cavalieri, Via Alberto Cadlolo 101, since 1994, and La Pergola holds three Michelin stars; in the 2026 guide Beck also received Michelin's Chef Mentor Award. The room was renovated at the end of 2024, and the terrace looks across the whole city.

Tasting menus cost €295 to €350. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday; book through the hotel's online system or by phone, weeks ahead.

Il Pagliaccio, Centro Storico

Anthony Genovese's two-star restaurant on Via dei Banchi Vecchi works Mediterranean produce through ideas picked up across Asia, backed by a cellar of around 2,000 labels. There is no à la carte: Intermezzo (four courses) costs €180, Scintille (six) €230 and Circus (nine) €270.

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner, plus Saturday lunch; closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Enoteca La Torre, Prati

Inside Villa Laetitia, a Liberty-style villa on Lungotevere delle Armi, Domenico Stile has run the kitchen since 2016 and holds two Michelin stars for cooking with a clear Mediterranean character. Choose two dishes for €200, or the six-course Un viaggio a occhi chiusi (€230) or the eight-course Remuage (€260). It opens Wednesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner.

Acquolina, Tridente

Two Michelin stars on the ground floor of The First Roma Arte, Via del Vantaggio 14, a few steps from Piazza del Popolo. Daniele Lippi serves two tasting menus: Periplo, built on fish and shellfish, and Anabasi Catabasi, which brings in meat, from about €240. Bookings are taken online only.

Aroma, Colosseo

The rooftop of Palazzo Manfredi faces the Colosseum at eye level, and Giuseppe Di Iorio, head chef since 2010, has held a Michelin star here since 2014. Tasting menus run from €120 to €250, with an à la carte option, which makes it the most flexible of the view restaurants. Ask for a terrace table when you book.

Pipero, Parione

Alessandro Pipero runs the room and Ciro Scamardella the kitchen at Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 246, one Michelin star. Menus of six, eight or ten courses cost €150, €170 and €200, with wine pairings from €70. Unusually for this level it serves lunch from Tuesday to Friday; closed on Sundays.

Ineo, Piazza della Repubblica

New to the stars in the 2026 guide, Ineo opened in 2023 in the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi, Piazza della Repubblica 46. Heros De Agostinis, who grew up around Piazza Vittorio and worked for Heinz Beck and Joël Robuchon, cooks spice-led dishes for 28 seats. Five courses cost €155 and the full menu €175. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday, booked online.

Glass Hostaria, Trastevere

Cristina Bowerman's restaurant on Vicolo del Cinque 58 kept its Michelin star in 2026 and remains the most reliable serious table in Trastevere. The six-course vegetarian Verde menu costs €90; on the third Thursday of each month diners under 25 get 25% off. Dinner Wednesday to Sunday, lunch at weekends.

Seu Pizza Illuminati, Trastevere

At the 50 Top Pizza World awards in Naples on 19 September 2026, Pier Daniele Seu's pizzeria on Via Angelo Bargoni tied for fourth in the world and took Pizza of the Year with its Assoluto di Melanzane. Tasting menus cost €35, €45 and €60 to €65; most people spend €25 to €40. Book, especially at weekends.

Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina, Regola

In 2002 the Roscioli family put tables beside the counter of their deli on Via dei Giubbonari 21, and the result became one of the most requested carbonaras in Rome. Cured meats, cheeses and a long wine list fill the rest of the menu. Expect around €50 to €70 a head with a glass or two; book online well ahead.

Armando al Pantheon, Pantheon

Armando Gargioli opened this trattoria on Salita de' Crescenzi 31 in 1961, and his family still runs it. Gricia, amatriciana and offal share the menu with a well-kept cellar; the average bill is about €50 before wine. Reservations are online only; closed on Saturday evenings and Sundays.

Da Enzo al 29, Trastevere

A small family trattoria on Via dei Vascellari 29 with a handful of tables and a permanent queue. Carbonara costs €14, meatballs in tomato sauce €13, and two courses with wine land between €25 and €40. Arrive before opening; bookings are limited. Closed on Sundays.

Da Cesare al Casaletto, Monteverde

A trattoria since the early 1950s, taken over in 2009 by Leonardo Vignoli and Maria Pia Cicconi, at the end of the number 8 tram line, Via del Casaletto 45. Carbonara costs €12, the fried polpette di bollito are the order, and a full meal with wine stays around €40 to €50. Book by phone; closed on Wednesdays.

Trattoria Pennestri, Ostiense

Tommaso Pennestri and Valeria Payero opened this Bib Gourmand trattoria on Via Giovanni da Empoli 5 in 2017. Roman classics sit next to a few more personal dishes, with pasta around €11 and mains up to €15, so dinner comes to €30 to €40. Bookings by phone only; closed on Mondays.

SantoPalato, San Giovanni

Sarah Cicolini opened SantoPalato in 2017 and in March 2025 moved it to Via Gallia 28, a larger room with a kitchen three times the size. Offal, Roman-Jewish recipes and more than 1,200 wines; the bill averages €40 to €50. Book through the website, and expect to leave a card guarantee.

Best restaurants in Rome: frequently asked questions

Which restaurant in Rome has the most Michelin stars? La Pergola, the only three-star restaurant in the city. Il Pagliaccio, Enoteca La Torre and Acquolina hold two stars each in the 2026 guide.

How far ahead should I book the best restaurants in Rome? Four to six weeks for La Pergola and the two-star rooms, two to three weeks for Roscioli, Armando and the one-star restaurants. Da Enzo al 29 is mostly walk-in: arrive before opening.

Can I eat well in Rome on a small budget? Yes. Carbonara costs €12 at Da Cesare and €14 at Da Enzo, dinner at Pennestri stays under €40, and a tasting menu at the world's joint fourth-best pizzeria starts at €35.

When does the next Michelin Guide Italy come out? The 2027 edition will be presented on 12 November 2026 in Piacenza. We will update this list of the best restaurants in Rome after the ceremony.

How we chose

To pick the best restaurants in Rome, we started from the Michelin Guide Italia 2026 and the 50 Top Pizza 2026 rankings, then checked menus, prices, opening days and recent reviews, keeping room for the trattorie that define Roman cooking. Newcomers such as Locanda Bucarelli are too new to judge. Every address was checked as open, with its prices, on 29 September 2026.