Venues similar to Retrobottega

Live-fire contemporary bistrot at the edge of Parioli-Flaminio

Antonio Ziantoni's measured, classically-grounded one-star tucked behind Trastevere

One-star seafood from chef Giulio Terrinoni

Cristina Bowerman's Michelin-starred creative kitchen in a Trastevere backstreet

Pier Daniele Seu's contemporary-pizza laboratory on the Trastevere fringe

Third-generation Roman trattoria a few metres from the Pantheon

Deli, wine cellar and serious kitchen in one room near Campo de' Fiori

Italo-French cooking in an intimate set of rooms off the Pantheon

The quinto-quarto cathedral carved into Monte Testaccio

1936 osteria famed for tableside cacio e pepe

Arcangelo Dandini's elevated Roman bistrot

Barreca and Baccanelli's cult micro-restaurant of new-wave cucina romana

Catalani family taberna reviving ancient Roman recipes in old Trastevere

Family-run Marche kitchen, a Monti institution since the 1970s

Listening-bar osteria from De Maio and Franciosi

Contemporary osteria inside San Lorenzo's oldest pasta factory

Old-money Parioli dining with a Marche soul since 1968

Sarah Cicolini's offal-forward Roman trattoria, nose-to-tail and serious

A true Japanese izakaya, sake-only list, no sushi-roll tourism

Anthony Genovese's two-star Italo-Asian fine dining