Rome is simply a paradise for those who keep kosher. How convenient is it to be able to travel to Rome without worrying about kosher food? In the Jewish quarter of Rome, there are kosher restaurants where you can try local foods without having to worry about dietary restrictions. Many of the dishes are similar, but it’s a more enriching experience when you can enjoy the local cuisine without the need to think about specific dietary guidelines.
The Jewish community in Rome includes approximately 12,000 Italian citizens, so there is a fairly large selection of kosher restaurants and shops in Rome.
The Chabad house is not located in the city center, but it hosts many travelers for a nominal sum for meals throughout the year, like every Friday and on holidays, to finance its continued existence in Rome.
You can eat kosher Friday or Shabbat meals in Rome also in the Jewish Quarter area, you must make arrangements in advance with the restaurants that hold feasts and pay them in advance (about 35 Euros per person)
Some of the kosher restaurants in Rome, particularly in the Jewish quarter, offer a mix of pasta and hummus, resulting in a somewhat unbalanced menu. The service can be inconsistent, varying from one visit to another. It seems to be a matter of luck. In the following list we tried to make it easier for you to choose, we indicate the well-known restaurants, many of which are located next to each other or in another area of the city
This is why we do not have a kosher culinary tour in Rome: the entire street extends for about 300 meters, and kosher eaters will probably already visit all the restaurants independently anyway during the trip. We prefer to give added value with a tour of the Jewish Quarter, the Jewish Museum and the Great Synagogue.
Link to the kosher website in Europe
Link to Chabad’s website in Rome
Kosher food in Rome – what should you look for on menus?
- At least once in your life, you should try carciofo alla giudia, a whole fried artichoke – crispy and delicious. (You might experience a little heartburn later, but it’s worth it.)
- At the burnt bakery (just a nickname) try the crostata ricotta a Vishula, ricotta, and cherry Vishula cake
- Roasted lamb chops with rosemary and potatoes
- Those who desired carbonara, then discovered substitutes in kosher restaurants for this obviously non-kosher dish, and you can taste it (specifically at Da Renato restaurant).
- Let’s go back to the artichoke—artichoke alla Romana. This is actually the dish you were looking for—delicious! Especially in the season of the artichoke that grows here in our district, in Lazio.
- The Roman fish and chips – fried cod fish, when it’s done well, it has no competitors
Kosher restaurants in Rome recommendations:
Great restaurant! It’s our favorite kosher restaurant by far. It’s worth making the effort and going there. An Italian restaurant whose owners are lovely people.
A kosher dairy shop in the southern part of the Trastevere neighborhood, near the Doria Pampilia Park.
Address: via Ettore Roli 29/31
Opening hours: 08:30-15:00 then 17:00-21:30. Friday until 3:00 p.m
(does Shabbat meals)
Next to the Great Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. A meat restaurant. You will find both Israeli and Italian food there.
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia, 53
Opening hours: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday until 3:00 p.m. and Shabbat until midnight
(The restaurant holds Shabbat meals, you can register on the website)
Mainly Italian food, generally courteous service, overall good quality.
is near most of the kosher restaurants, in the Jewish Quarter
Opening hours: 12:00-23:00
Friday until 3:00 p.m. (according to Saturday entry)
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia 5
Yotvata – Yotvata
A strictly kosher restaurant located in the Jewish Quarter, they also hold kosher cooking workshops
And you can buy kosher dairy products and good kosher cheeses from them. They also conduct kosher cooking workshops.
Address: Piazza Cenci 70
Opening hours: 12:00-15:00 then 18:30-23:00
(Holdes Shabbat meals)
A meat restaurant with two branches, in the Jewish quarter and also near Piazza Bologna.
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia 57 – in the Jewish quarter
via Livorno 8/10 – near Piazza Bologna
Opening hours: 11:00-23:00
A dairy restaurant serves pizza, pastas and salads
Address: Via del Portico D’Ottavia, 2/a
Opening hours: 11:00-23:00
A restaurant, also for breakfast in the Jewish Quarter, including meat.
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia 1c
Opening hours: 09:30-23:00, Friday until 15:00
It is a wonderful al Taglio pizzeria. note that you are in a branch in the Jewish Quarter, which is the only one that is kosher. Pizza whose price is determined by the weight of the pizza, or as it is called, pizza al taglio, is available in this branch. We recommend taking a few thin strips and tasting a few pizzas.
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia, 7
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00, Friday until 16:00
Great hamburger sandwiches and salads,
Maybe this is the place you will enjoy the most because it does its own thing and doesn’t try to follow others.
Address: Via di S. Maria del Pianto, 13 – in the Jewish quarter
Via Catanzaro, 33 – in the Bologna Square area
Opening hours: 12:00-23:00
Falafel, shawarma and the like with an Italian interpretation. favorite.
Address:
Via di Santa Maria del pianto 65
Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday: 12/15-19/23
Friday: 12-15
A kosher dairy restaurant & bakery near Bologna Square where you will find challah for Shabbat,
Baked goods all day, and you can also sit and eat hot meals there. All in all a sufficient place,
Don’t come with high expectations, especially if you are far away. Make sure you come during the hours when food is served; otherwise, you will have to make do with the leftovers in the display case.
Address: Via Padova 78
Opening hours: 07:00-23:00 on Friday until 15:00
A homely meat restaurant, characterized by Tripolitanian food, kosher Glatt near the Bologna square.
You can borrow a Shabbat hot plate from them. Good people, simple restaurant.
A new, more impressive branch is opening soon. We will update.
Address: Via Polesine, 16
Opening hours: 19:30-23:00. Closed on Fridays
IL Boccione-Antico Forno Del Ghetto
A kosher bakery and patisserie in the Jewish Quarter, it’s worth visiting to experience one of the iconic landmarks of the Jewish community. You can try a pastry called a Jewish pizza, which features dried fruits, or a crostata with ricotta cheese and cherries, as well as Vishula, which are the pastries most associated with this place. Take a small amount; it’s not something you’ll connect to easily. 🙂 And yes, the lines there are always long.
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia, 1
Another bakery
A kosher bakery in the Jewish quarter – only the bread in it is kosher
Address: Piazza Costaguti, 30
Cremeria Romana
Kosher ice cream parlor in the district
Address: Via Portico d’Ottavia 1/b
Opening hours: 09:00-21:30, Friday until 16:00
Daruma Sushi Kosher – Portico D’ottavia
Kosher sushi, reasonable
Address: Via del Portico d’Ottavia 14
Opening hours: 12:00-15:00 then 17:30-22:00
Japanese Brazilian sushi, Sushi Fusion, is in the Piazza Bologna area, It is nice and not cheap.
Address:
Via Ignazio Giorgi, 65
Opening Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 12:00 – 15:00 / 18:00 – 23:30
Friday: 12:00 – 15:00
Saturday: 19:00 – 23:30
Sunday: 12:00 – 15:00 / 18:00 – 23:30
A bakery in the Jewish quarter, younger, you can order birthday cakes from there
Address: Piazza Costaguti 21
Opening hours: 09:30-19:30
Shops for kosher products in Rome:
Butcher :
Babani Ben David – in Bologna Square
Address: Via Lorenzo il Magnifico, 70
Kosher grocery products:
Da Zakino – in Bologna square, an old-fashioned grocery store, where you can find bargains that you forgot existed in the world, a little neglected store, but if you get stuck and have to then go there.
Address: Via Cremona 48a
Kosher supermarket in Rome (grocery store):
Kosher Delight – in the Jewish Quarter and Bologna Square
Address: Via Portico d’Ottavia, 11 – in the district
Via Giacomo Boni, 18 – in Bologna square
Bet Kosher minimarket – in the Trastevere area, an excellent store in terms of variety
Address: via Cesare Pascarella, 36
Opening hours: 08:30-20:00
Please note that there are restaurants in the Jewish ghetto area of Rome that are not kosher but write that the menu is “Kosher style,” i.e., they do not mix milk with meat, no pork, etc.
There is a cafe called TOTO where the pastries are kosher, but the place is not kosher and is also open on Saturdays. It is on the main street of the ghetto.
If you don’t feel like going out to a restaurant, and you want to order takeaway to your hotel, check the delivery sites:
If the restaurant you have chosen works with them, or if not, there is a service from the GLOVO company that does errands for almost anything in the city—one of the most convenient things!
Looking for special attractions without tourists around? Go to the next article
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