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Felice a Testaccio

At Felice the waiter brings a bowl of tonnarelli under a hill of pecorino and pepper, and turns it into cacio e pepe in front of you.

A bowl of pasta cacio e pepe, the dish Felice is known for. Not photographed at the restaurant.
The dish, not the restaurant. Markx89, CC BY-SA 4.0
What it is
Trattoria
Opened
1936
Area
Testaccio
Nearest museum
Capitoline Museums, 1.6 km

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    What Felice a Testaccio is known for

    1. Cacio e pepe at the table

      Pasta, sheep's cheese, black pepper and a little of the cooking water, mixed until it becomes a cream. Nothing else goes in.

    2. The calendar

      The menu follows the old Roman week: gnocchi on Thursday, fish on Friday, tripe on Saturday.

    3. Testaccio

      The district south of the Aventine, built for the workers of the slaughterhouse and the river port, and still the place for the city's own food.

    What to know

    • Opened in 1936
    • Book well ahead: it is always full
    • Fifteen minutes on foot from the Aventine keyhole

    Where Felice a Testaccio is

    Address

    Via Mastro Giorgio 29
    00153 Rome, Italy

    Nearest station

    Piramide, on line B

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    Felice's rules

    Felice Trivelloni opened his osteria in 1936 and ran it for decades by his own rules: he was known for sending away customers whose faces he did not like. His family has it still, and is friendlier.

    Felice a Testaccio: common questions

    Where is Felice a Testaccio?
    At Via Mastro Giorgio 29, in the Testaccio district of Rome. The nearest station is Piramide, on line B.
    Which museums and sights are near Felice a Testaccio?
    Capitoline Museums is 1.6 km away, Colosseum is 1.8 km away, Pantheon is 2.2 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is Felice a Testaccio known for?
    Cacio e pepe at the table, The calendar, Testaccio. The Testaccio trattoria whose cacio e pepe is finished at your table, with a different Roman dish for each day of the week.
    When did Felice a Testaccio open?
    In 1936. Opened in 1936.

    What visitors say about Felice a Testaccio

    Rating from Google

    4.3

    9,370 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 6 October 2026.

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