If you’re looking for quirky or fun venues for a different night out, check out these places around town. Here are some ideas for planning a birthday, after-dinner or just a dinner with good company. Rome offers opportunities to experience new flavors and discover out-of-the-ordinary restaurants. Which one do you like best?
1. Ice Club Rome
If you suffer from the cold, this may not be the right pub for you. In this particular pub in Rome, you can drink tasty cocktails among ice furniture and dim lights. Even the cocktail glass is made of ice! In short, a fun experience to try in the city. Admission costs 15 euros: includes a drink and a thermal blanket.
Where: via della Madonna dei Monti, 18/19, Rome.
2. Cencio la parolaccia
One of the most fun clubs in town, if you’re not touchy of course! Downtown at Cencio la Parolaccia you’ll get your fair share of insults. More than a dinner, it’s a cabaret show, amidst tasty dishes that make you discover the Roman culinary tradition. The venue is in the rustic style of the 1940s and is very quaint.
Where: Vicolo del Cinque, 3, Rome.
3. The chandelier place
It is called Lumière and the name was not chosen at random. In the Prati area of Rome we find this particular bistro with many chandeliers and paintings. The place is open from morning to evening and allows you to have breakfast, lunch, aperitif, dinner and after dinner.
Where: Via Cicerone, 25, 00193 Rome.
4. Le Carré Français
How about a delightful little French restaurant? Le Carré Français, a short walk from the Ara Pacis Museum, offers brunches, aperitifs and dinners with French delicacies in a chic and intimate venue. We recommend you try the Picon beer aperitif, cocktails made with French liqueurs, wines by the glass or glasses of Champagne. To accompany your drinks you can choose the pork charcuterie selection, vegetarian tray, Rillettes de sardines or savory pastries.
Where: Via Vittoria Colonna, 30, 00193.
5. Städlin
Want to eat next to cute pandas? At Städlin’s you’ll find big stuffed animals, special cocktails, and burgers in a modern, youthful eatery. The place is open daily from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. and features pleasant background music.
Where: via Antonio Pacinotti, 83, 00146 Rome.
6. Buddha Smile
There is an exotic atmosphere in this extravagant establishment in southern Rome. The garden is really landscaped with wooden structures for outdoor dining, the aperitif area with colorful poufs and sand, and the indoor part for quiet winter dining. Dishes are plentiful and there are vegetarian alternatives on the menu. You can choose from the pizza and meat menu, burgers or other special dishes. The cocktails are also worth trying, perhaps for an after-dinner drink! Good value for money.
Where: via di Passo Lombardo, 262, 00133 Rome.
7. The hidden glitter bar
For lovers of pink, candy and astrology. In fact, at this pink candy cocktail bar in Pigneto you can order glitter cocktails dedicated to the zodiac signs. To get there, just enter Uncle Pizzeria and take the elevator up…
Where: 72/A Fanfulla da Lodi Street.
8. Sushi with robots.
Did you know that there is a sushi place in Rome where there are robot waiters? We are not in a science fiction movie, but right in the capital. At Sushi Sun in fact, robots bring the orders to the table! Sushi Sun is located in the Nomentana and Magliana areas. You can choose the all you can eat formula for both lunch and dinner.
Where: Via della Magliana, 82/A; Piazza Alessandria, 11. Other locations are in the Tiburtina, Casilina and Pomezia areas.
9. Roman sushi
In Rome’s Appio Latino neighborhood is the distinctive Jappo Romano restaurant. Here Roman cuisine meets Japanese cuisine and the result is incredible. If you are a lover of sushi and Capitoline cuisine, you cannot fail to try this place. The Roman spirit will accompany the well-crafted and sublimely flavored dishes.
Where: Via Latina, 80, 00179 Rome.
10. The restaurant with swings
Want to eat on a swing? You can do it at Filologico. We are in Frascati, a charming town in the Castelli Romani not far from Rome. At Termini there is a train that takes you there in 20 minutes, go figure! The dishes are seafood, you’ll find sushi, octopus and buffalo burger, grilled salmon with teriaky sauce and more.
Where: Via Giacomo Matteotti, 46, Frascati.