Where to eat and drink in Trastevere: restaurants, trattorie, bars

As a guest in a Bed&Breakfast in Trastevere, you have to fear no hunger: Trastevere could be one of the neighbourhoods in Rome with the biggest amount of restaurants and bars. Here is a selection of the food-and-drink offer of the neighbourhood, sorted by the kind of meal you have in mind,

For a quick lunch

If you are thinking about a quick meal to eat on the fly, Via San Francesco a Ripa – where the Bed & Breakfast is located – is a great starting point: here you will find Sandwich House “Fame Nera”, several pizzerias and the Antica Caciara, a store with cheeses, hams and other specialties where you can get gorgeous sandwiches.

Just around the corner – in  Via Natale del Grande – you will find another “norcineria” (cheese and ham shop), Iacozzilli, as well as Planet Kebab, maybe one of the best kebab houses in Trastevere.

For a typical roman meal

Trastevere abounds with tipical restaurants and trattorie, often family run, esssential to the eye but absolutely genuine when it comes to the flavors. Two of these restaurants are located in Piazza de Renzi, few steps from Vicolo del Moro and 5 minutes from Via San Francesco a Ripa: Corrado and Augusto. In both these placese you will find a very simple aestethics, but a rich cuisine. It’s adviceable to show up early, as queues form quickly here.

Not far from Piazza De Renzi, in Vicolo del Moro 53 you will find Mario’s, another trattoria where you will taste the best of roman cuisine, alongside with a nice rosetta bread.

For an ethnic meal

Even though Trastevere is a strongly roman neighbourhood, it has its share of ethnic cuisine. If sushi is tickling  your fantasy, then head for TakeSushi (Viale Trastevere, 4), not far from Via San Francesco a Ripa. Otherwise you can enjoy a dinner in Miyabi 2, serving japanese cuisine (also kaiten) as well as vietnamese.

Strolling on Via Francesco a Ripa you will first find yourselves in India, with the indian restauran Jaipur (Via San Francesco a Ripa, 66), then in Greece with greek restaurant Akropolis.

For an aperitif

Trastevere offers you a wide choice for the aperitif, too. First of all, it is definitely worth to take a short walk to Freni e Frizioni (Via del Politeama, 4), one of the most loved bars for the aperitif people.

Ombre Rosse, with its tables in the very pictoresque Piazza Sant’Egidio, is another favourite of Trastevere’s people.

Plus, for the pub lovers: choose Big Hilda, Vicolo del Cinque, 33.