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Rome Restaurants - Finding Good Eats in Rome, Italy

Rome has many fine restaurants, but separating the good ones from tourist dreck can be difficult. Here are some recommended Rome restaurants and recommendations from other sources for good eats in Rome.

Trattoria Checchino dal 1887

Trattoria Checchino is the place to go for quintessential Roman cuisine. It's in the Testaccio, an old Roman neighborhood of long-gone meat slaughtering houses known for the mountain of pottery sherds left on the banks of the Tiber from broken amphore. The food is top notch, and the Checchino is often mentioned as one of the top restaurants in Rome.

Antica Osteria da Giovanni

Cheap and good? In ROME? Well, yes, this Osteria will astound you with its value.

Il Drappo Restaurant - Rome

Il Drappo is a Sardinian Restaurant located in the Alley of the Malpasso, a crossroad of Street Giulia, near the Farnese Plaza.

RomaGift Rome Dining Guide

A text list of favorite restaurants.

Rome Dining

Short restaurant reviews by Alan Zeleznikar.

Rome - Finding a Ristorante Tipico

Here is a list of restaurants that have "obtained the trademark of “typicality” that certifies their attention to ingredients, the use of local products, respect for authentic traditional recipes and the offer of wines from Lazio on the wine list."

Rome Restaurants from Housing Italy

Restaurants indexed by location within Rome.

Rome Restaurants from OMH.com

Each restaurant link leads to a short review and links to the restaurant's web page, if there is one.

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