How to book Armando al Pantheon

Armando al Pantheon is a family trattoria on Salita de' Crescenzi, a few steps from the Pantheon in Rome's historic centre. Armando Gargioli took over an old, struggling restaurant at number 31 in 1961 and reopened it as a "bottiglieria con cucina", a wine shop with a kitchen, which soon became known for its cooking^1,2. In the 1970s his sons joined him: Claudio worked beside his father in the kitchen and Fabrizio ran the dining room and the cellar^2,7.

In 2020 the brothers handed the business to the third generation. Fabiana Gargioli, a trained sommelier, looks after the wine list and the room together with her cousin Flavio, while Graziano Roscioli and Mario Rinaldi lead the kitchen with Claudia Gargioli as chef de partie^2,7. Fabiana keeps wines from Lazio, such as Cesanese, on the list by the glass⁷.

The menu sticks to Roman classics, and the dishes change with the seasons to follow fresh, locally sourced produce^3,7. The MICHELIN Guide lists it for Roman and classic cooking and names offal, spring lamb, fresh anchovies and a sour-cherry tart among its specialities⁴. Recent press points to rigatoni all'amatriciana, cacio e pepe, saltimbocca, tripe and abbacchio scottadito^5,7.

The room is small, and booking is online only, through ResDiary. Tables open every day at midnight for the following 30 days, parties are capped at six, and each sitting lasts two hours, with two sittings an evening³. It opens for lunch and, Monday to Friday, for dinner, and is closed on Saturday evening and Sunday¹. The family has also added a terrace with a view of the Pantheon and a small private room².