11 July 2026 · CineFood Italia Editorial Team
Rome on screen: 6 film restaurants and cafés in the capital
The restaurants and cafés of Rome made famous by cinema: from The Great Beauty to Eat Pray Love, from An American in Rome to La Dolce Vita. A guide to the capital's film venues and where to eat.
No city has been on the big screen quite like Rome. Among historic trattorias, elegant cafés and dreamlike terraces, the capital is an open-air set. Here are six Roman venues linked to cinema, with the film that made them famous and what to order.
1. La Veranda dell’Hotel Columbus — The Great Beauty
In the frescoed hall of Palazzo della Rovere, Jep Gambardella dines in Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning film. Pure elegance, a stone’s throw from St Peter’s. → La Veranda dell’Hotel Columbus
2. Trattoria Santa Lucia — Eat Pray Love
Near Piazza Navona, it is one of the Roman locations where Julia Roberts rediscovers the pleasure of Italian food. → Trattoria Santa Lucia
3. Da Pancrazio — Eat Pray Love
A historic restaurant built over the remains of the Theatre of Pompey: the lower rooms, among Roman arches and columns, are an experience. → Da Pancrazio
4. Trattoria del Biscione — An American in Rome
Authentic Roman cuisine in the heart of the historic centre, the working-class atmosphere of Alberto Sordi’s Rome and his macaroni. → Trattoria del Biscione
5. Caffè di Piazza Navona
Among Bernini’s fountains, the perfect café for a break in the capital’s Baroque living room, often a backdrop of cinema filmed in Rome. → Caffè di Piazza Navona
6. Café de Paris — La Dolce Vita
On Via Veneto, a symbol of Fellini’s high-society Rome (now closed, but a piece of cultural history). → Café de Paris
Rome is the city with the most food locations on our site: discover them all on the Rome page and browse the films that made it immortal.
