Roscioli
Salumeria and restaurant in one; famous for cacio e pepe.
Dining & food
Where to eat, city by city
Hand-picked from our city guides. We don't take restaurant bookings yet — ask us and a person will try to arrange a table.
Needs for the table — we don't hold this data for each restaurant yet, so these are passed to the person arranging it, who checks with the restaurant:
Rome, Italy
Full city guideDa Enzo al 29
Tiny Trastevere trattoria, Roman classics, always a queue.
Pizzarium
A bakery near the Vatican known for pizza al taglio.
Armando al Pantheon
A longstanding family trattoria near the Pantheon.
Cul de Sac
A longstanding wine bar near Piazza Navona.
Naples, Italy
Full city guideL'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
Two pizzas on the menu. Take a ticket and wait.
Gino e Toto Sorbillo
Via dei Tribunali institution.
Trattoria da Nennella
A lively Spanish Quarter trattoria serving Neapolitan cooking.
Gran Caffè Gambrinus
A historic café near Piazza del Plebiscito.
Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba
A historic pizzeria near Piazza Dante.
Barcelona, Spain
Full city guideQuimet & Quimet
Standing-room-only montaditos bar in Poble-sec.
La Boqueria market
Go early, eat at the back counters, skip the front stalls.
Can Culleretes
A historic restaurant serving traditional Catalan cooking.
Cal Pep
A longstanding counter-seating tapas bar near El Born.
El Xampanyet
A traditional cava and tapas bar near the Picasso Museum.
Lisbon, Portugal
Full city guideCervejaria Ramiro
Seafood and beer; finish with a steak sandwich.
Time Out Market
Many kitchens under one roof — good for mixed groups.
Pastéis de Belém
The historic bakery associated with Lisbon's custard tarts.
A Ginjinha
A tiny longstanding shop serving ginja cherry liqueur.
Confeitaria Nacional
A historic pastry shop on Praça da Figueira.
Athens, Greece
Full city guideKaramanlidika
Deli and meze house near the central market.
Diporto
A decades-old taverna near the Central Market.
Klimataria
A traditional taverna serving Greek home cooking.
To Kafeneio
A small café-restaurant in Plaka serving Greek plates.
Melilotos
A family-run taverna near Monastiraki.
Nice, France
Full city guideChez Pipo
Socca specialist near the port, cash-friendly and plain.
Chez Acchiardo
A family-run bistro serving traditional Niçoise dishes.
La Merenda
A small old-town bistro focused on Niçoise cooking.
Fenocchio
A longstanding ice-cream parlour in Old Nice.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Full city guideNautika
Formal seafood restaurant right outside the Pile gate.
Lokanda Peskarija
A longstanding harbourside seafood restaurant.
Nishta
An Old Town restaurant specialising in vegetarian cooking.
Kopun
Traditional Dubrovnik recipes inside the Old Town.
London, United Kingdom
Full city guideBorough Market
Lunch, not dinner. Closed some days — check before you go.
St. JOHN
Plain room, British cooking, famous bone marrow.
Rules
A historic restaurant known for traditional British cooking.
The Ivy
A longstanding West End restaurant near Covent Garden.
Poppie's Fish & Chips
A traditional fish-and-chip shop in Spitalfields.
Paris, France
Full city guideBouillon Chartier
Grand 1896 dining hall, quick and cheap, no bookings.
Le Comptoir du Relais
Odéon bistro; lunch is far easier to get than dinner.
Le Procope
One of Paris's oldest cafés, in Saint-Germain.
Café de Flore
A historic Left Bank café associated with writers and artists.
Marché des Enfants Rouges
Paris's oldest covered food market.
Madrid, Spain
Full city guideSobrino de Botín
Roast suckling pig in a very old dining room.
Mercado de San Miguel
Snack stalls; busy, central, easy with a group.
Casa Lucio
A longstanding La Latina restaurant serving Madrid classics.
Casa Alberto
A traditional tavern in the Huertas district.
Taberna La Bola
A family-run tavern known for cocido madrileño.