Best pizzas in Rome – our top 5
Do you know where to find the best pizzas in Rome?
Every traveler, tourist and food lover comes to Italy to try the fantastic plates that our country offers. One of the most representative, loved and eaten in the whole world is precisely PIZZA.
How many of you don’t eat pizza at least once in a week?
Pizza is one of the world’s most loved food and can be found everywhere, from Budapest to Cape Town, but nothing beats the experience of having a pizza right in the nation which gave birth to this delicious food, Italy.
We are going to talk about Italy’s Capital, our beloved Rome. Even if the original Pizza comes from Naples, Rome has cultivated this gastronomic tradition for centuries and offers plenty of excellent pizzerias, from the neapolitan ones, passing through the roman typology or “pizza al taglio” (by slice pizza). We are going to list down our personal top five, trying to choose different kinds of Pizzas, for all tastes and styles.
Top 5 pizza restaurants in Rome: Trapizzino
Via Giovanni Branca 88
Let’s start from a pizza-by-the-slice mecca, located just near Piazza Santa Maria Liberatrice in Testaccio. It proposes excellent toppings and Roman traditional food-pizza combinations: try for instance “pizza in bocca” (prosciutto, sage, and mozzarella). This place is also home to the “trapizzino”, a triangular pocket of fluffy dough stuffed with typical Roman ingredients, such as tripe or oxtail.(Street food in Rome)
Top 5 pizza restaurants in Rome: Pizzarium
Via della Meloria 43.
It is owned by Gabriele Bonci, another alternative street food artist and one of Rome’s most famous pizzaiolos. An ever-changing menu to showcase what is seasonal, organic stone ground flour, sourdough starter, prolonged leavening and very creative toppings such as: rabbit, raisins, fennel greens, but you can savor as well the classic “pizza alle patate” (with potato and mozzarella) and “pizza rossa” (with a rich tomato sauce).
Top 5 pizza restaurants in Rome: Opulentia
Via Ascoli Piceno 44, opulentia.it
Definitely one of the best stuffed Pizza in Rome, right in the heart of the arty Pigneto Neighborhood. Boasting an excellent price/quality ratio, this little store offers a great variety and original stuffings combinations. In addition, a long and natural leaving (from 48 to 72 hours) makes the dough very tasty to eat and easy to digest. We recommend to try also the “tramezzini”, fresh and enjoyable.
Top 5 pizza restaurants in Rome: O’ Sole e Napule
Via Olevano Romano 67 / Via Aosta 17-21 O’ Sole e Napule
When it comes to the proper Neapolitan Pizza, if you want a sure hit, you have to go to “O Sole e Napule. Three venues for a genuine product and the atmosphere you can breathe only in Naples. A thick but at the same time light dough dressed with tasty, fresh and original ingredients, create the perfect Margherita, at only 4,50€. A good value for money and unusual for Rome, maybe one of the few places in town where you can have a great dinner with just 10-15€. We suggest also the “Panuozzo” di Gragnano, a sort of stuffed pizza from the city of Salerno. You will find also high-quality traditional Campanian “fritti” and desserts.
Top 5 pizza restaurants in Rome: Panattoni
Viale di Trastevere 53-59
This popular pizzeria located in the centre of Trastevere area is one of the best when it comes to serving up the perfect Roman pizza type. Its light, thin and crispy crust creates a unique flavor, preferred by many rather than the Neapolitan one. It’s extremely appreciated not only by tourists, but by locals themselves. For years Romans have been calling this pizza joint “l’obitorio” (the morgue) and “ai marmi” because of its characteristic long marble table tops. Here you can find the classic roman toppings as anchovies and capers, an institution in Rome.
Link: Pizza Hut vs Italian People
references: agrodolce.it
