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Rome’s Best Seafood Restaurants

8 Restaurants

Rome’s food scene features a variety of traditional dishes emphasizing both meat and vegetable flavors, from suckling lamb to Jewish-style artichokes. Yet seafood also holds an important place in the city’s cuisine, as you can experience firsthand at the restaurants listed below.

Updated on 03 April 2026

Acquolina

via del Vantaggio 14, 00186 Rome

€€€€ · Creative

Chef Daniele Lippi employs exceptional ingredients and skilled techniques to create high-quality, inventive dishes full of character. His tasting menus showcase courses inspired by the Mediterranean’s diverse regions and highlighting the sea’s bounty — from harissa-spiced scorpion fish to spaghetti with artichoke and langoustine.

Imàgo

piazza Trinità dei Monti 6, 00187 Rome

€€€€ · Italian Contemporary

Situated on the terrace at the Hassler Roma hotel, with its unbeatable views of the city and the Spanish Steps, Imàgo serves a selection of delicious meat and fish dishes. Prepared in contemporary style, the cuisine here includes exciting dishes such as scampi and turnip tops in ravioli and “lamb-style turbot” with mushrooms, potatoes, and truffles. The restaurant is currently undergoing renovations and is therefore closed temporarily.

Per Me Giulio Terrinoni

vicolo del Malpasso 9, 00186 Rome

€€€€ · Seafood

At his restaurant in the historic city center, you can reserve one of two counter seats facing the open kitchen to watch Chef Giulio Terrinoni craft delicate fish dishes that fuse traditional recipes with distinct flavors. The must-try? Scampi carpaccio with foie gras and pink onion gel, which pays tribute to the sea’s influences beyond Italy.

Acciuga

via Vodice 25, 00195 Rome

€€€ · Seafood

Growing up by the sea in Italy’s Marche region shaped Chef Federico Delmonte’s culinary style. He uses high-quality seafood, primarily sourced daily from small boats and prepared using traditional methods. Many dishes on his menu, such as brodetto alla fanese — a fish stew from Fano — are inspired by traditional Adriatic recipes.

Dogma

piazza Zama 34, 00183 Rome

€€ · Seafood

This isn’t your typical fish restaurant. Almost everything, from main courses to desserts, is grilled barbecue-style. For example, you might enjoy the grilled catch of the day with tandoori pasta, radicchio and plenty of yogurt, or try the charcoal-dusted tuna with smoked potatoes and saba sauce. This place is tiny, so reservations are essential.

Livello 1

via Duccio di Buoninsegna 25, 00142 Rome

€€€ · Seafood

Situated off the beaten path near the EUR district, this trendy seafood restaurant, spanning a fishmonger and a cocktail bar next door, offers a modern menu of beautifully prepared, unusual dishes featuring top-quality ingredients. The offering changes frequently, but the raw fish and tapas are popular choices.

Il Sanlorenzo

via dei Chiavari 4/5, 00186 Rome

€€€€ · Seafood

His search for the best fish possible led the chef at this restaurant to the splendid island of Ponza, as well as to the fish auctions in Anzio and Civitavecchia. The raw fish dishes on the menu here are superb, as is the dried pasta sourced from top-quality, small-scale producers, while the main courses feature traditionally cooked recipes such as fish soup, fried and Catalan-style fish, and fish baked in salt, all of which have been reinterpreted with a light, modern touch.

Trattoria del Pesce

via Folco Portinari 27, 00151 Rome

€€ · Seafood

According to local legend, the owner of this restaurant — located in the residential Montaverde area — frequently travels miles to Monte Argentario to buy live fish, insisting it’s as fresh as it gets. The mostly local clientele flock here for the wide selection of generously portioned sea urchins, oysters, fish and homemade pasta. Booking ahead is a must.

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Copyright from top to bottom: Acquolina, Acquolina, Imàgo, Imàgo, Brambilla Serrani/Per Me Giulio Terrinoni, permegiulioterrinoni/Instagram, Flaminia Lera/Acciuga, Flaminia Lera/Acciuga, Andrea Di Lorenzo/Dogma, Andrea Di Lorenzo/Dogma, Alberto Blasetti/Livello 1, Alberto Blasetti/Livello 1, Paola/Il Sanlorenzo, Paola Romaniello/Il Sanlorenzo, Catalana di Crostacei/Trattoria del Pesce, Federico/Trattoria del Pesce