Ceiling in the apse of the Santa Maria in Trastevere basilica in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Ristorante Aventina

AventinoRome

8.6

On the Aventine's hushed slope, a dining room that refines the Roman canon without betraying it — a deconstructed amatriciana that somehow deepens the original, lamb scottadito with anchovy butter, a Lazio-first wine cellar. The tasting menu runs three hours at a stately pace; book the earlier seating unless midnight desserts suit you. Splurge-priced for Rome, but the cooking holds up its end of the bill.

Order this

  • Amatriciana rivisitata
  • Lamb scottadito
  • Ricotta and sour cherry crostata

The dishes reviewers keep coming back for. Ordering off-list is on you.

The practical bit

Getting a table

Book ahead or cry — the door list is real

Dietary

vegetarian (tasting available)

Neighborhood

Aventino, Rome

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