Bars for aperitifs in Rome

Nice places in Rome to have aperitivo, Italian aperitif, often dinner. See also below the map of Rome with the bars listed here.

Il Goccetto

BAR / APERITIVO / WINE
L’Enoteca il Goccetto is a small and friendly wine bar, which also offers cheeses and cold cuts.
Via dei Banchi Vecchi, 14, 00186 Roma

Achilli al Parlamento

BAR/ APERITIVO/ WINE/ RESTAURANT
Enoteca al Parlamento Achilli is a quality wine bar and restaurant, which is very popular with tourists. Quite expensive, but good food.
Via dei Prefetti, 15, 00186 Roma – achilli.restaurant

Caffè Perù

BAR / CAFE / APERITIVO
Caffè Perù is one of the cafés of Rome that has kept its authenticity, nice as well for the coffee break.
Via di Monserrato, 46, 00186 Roma

Bar del Fico

BAR / APERITIVO
Not far from Piazza Navona, there is a small square where grows a fig tree (fico in Italian) in front of the bar del fico.
Via Della Pace, 34 – Piazza del Fico, Roma

Freni e Frizioni

APERITIVO / BAR
Trendy cocktail bar in Trastevere with a lot of atmosphere in the evening.
Via del Politeama, 4/6 – Roma – www.freniefrizioni.com

Bar Linari

PASTRY/ BAR/ APERITIVO
Good bar and pastries in the heart of the Testaccio district
Via Nicola Zabaglia, 9, 00153 Roma – www.pasticcerialinari.com

Salotto42

BAR / APERITIVO
Facing the beautiful antique columns of Piazza Pietra, this chic bar has a good choice of cocktails for the aperitif accompanied by a small buffet (about 12 €). The cocktails are very good and original, among the best in the city.
Piazza di Pietra, 42, 00186 Roma – salotto42.superbexperience.com

Hotel Minerva Rooftop bar

BAR/ RESTAURANT/ APERITIVO
On the terrace of the Minerva Hotel just next to the Pantheon, the setting is remarkable for having an aperitif (or dinner) in this elegant establishment, with its cocktail bar.
Hotel Minerva Rooftop bar – Piazza della Minerva, 69, 00186 Roma – TEMPORARILY CLOSED (actual. at 02/02/24)

Ciao

BAR/ STREET-FOOD/ APERITIVO/ WINE
Small premises recently opened near the Tiber and the Ponte Sant’Angelo. Offers natural wines, organic, and craft beers, cocktail, sandwiches, pizza cut and street food. Nice for a street aperitivo.
Vicolo di San Celso, 8, 00186 Roma

Santa Maria Bistrot & Old Pub

BAR / APERITIVO
The Bistrot Santa Maria is a nice cocktail bar and pub with a good atmosphere and relaxing music, in the center of Rome near the ghetto. It is a good place for aperitif with choice of wine, cold meats, cheeses and fresh toast.
Via Arenula, 20/a, 00186 Roma – santamariabistrot.com

Dal Francese All’Alberone

WINE/ BAR/ APERITIVO
Wine bar that has everything from a good wine bar in a French city, Dal Francese All’Alberone (in the French of the big tree in French) offers more than 50 wines from France, but also from elsewhere, charcuterie and cheeses from France, etc.
Via Cesare Baronio, 141, 00179 Roma

Ercoli

BAR / BISTROT / RESTAURANT
There are three Ercoli addresses in Rome, including Trastevere, Prati and Parioli.
It is a bistro that is a bit of a delicatessen, with restaurant and bar, not bad for the aperitif, offering beautiful plates of cold cuts, cheeses and nice dishes, while offering many Italian and French wines.
Ercoli Trastevere, via Zanazzo Giggi, 4 – Ercoli 1928 Prati, via Montello, 26 – ercoli1928.com

Fischio

WINE/ BAR/ APERITIVO
Fischio is a newsstand in the Prati district converted into a friendly bar with its terrace, offers cocktails, beers, wines and food for the aperitivo, and even later with atmosphere until 2am.
Fischio, Piazzale degli Eroi, 00136 Roma

Pub Ombre Rosse

BAR/ APERITIVO/ RESTAURANT
Beautiful place in Trastevere on the way to Janiculum, with its shaded terrace. Nice restaurant but also nice pub-bar for aperitif, with good pizzettas, nice music, etc
Pub Ombre Rosse – Via Garibaldi, 27/G, 00153 Roma – ombrerosseintrastevere.it

Moggio Vineria

WINE/ BAR/ APERITIVO
A little far from the center near viale Tuscolana, Moggio is a vineria recommended for its wines, including natural wines, which can be accompanied to the aperitif beautiful boards of charcuterie, cheeses, and other snacks, sandwiches, etc
Moggio Vineria – Via dei Quintili, 51, 00175 Roma – moggiovineria.business.site

Necci dal 1924

CAFE/ BAR/ RESTAURANT/ APERITIVO
In the district of Pigneto, a lively area in the evening for some time, rather young and artistic, the local of Necci has a beautiful terrace serves all day, from breakfast with coffee and pastries, until dinner with its restaurant, through the aperitivo with its boards
Necci del 1924 – Via Fanfulla da Lodi, 68, 00176 Roma – www.necci1924.com

Magnebevo e sto al Pigneto

BAR / APERITIVO
Another nice place to have an aperitivo in the Pigneto district with its buffet between 7pm and 9pm and its craft beers.
Magnebevo e sto al Pigneto – Via Macerata, 3, Via del Pigneto, 93, 00176 Roma – magnebevo.com

VinALLEGRO

WINE/ BAR/ APERITIVO
Nice little wine bar in Trastevere, where you can accompany your glass from 5pm with a small snack.
VinALLEGRO – Piazza Giuditta Tavani Arquati, 114, 00153 Roma – www.vinallegro.com

Scholar’s Lounge

BAR / APERITIVO
An Irish pub right in the centre of Rome, where many English speakers (but not only) visit or live in Rome. What an aperitif accompanied by a Guinness!
Open until 3:30 am
Scholars Lounge Irish Pub – Via del Plebiscito, 101B, 00186 Roma – www.scholarsloungerome.com

Il Siciliano

BAR / PATISSERIE / APERITIVO
Simple bar, without fuss but friendly on the popular San Cosimato square in Trastevere where the children of the neighborhood come to play, a little away from the masses of tourists. Very good for aperitif with small snacks.
Il Siciliano – Piazza di S. Cosimato, 61, 00153 Roma

Map with bars for aperitif