Pub Coliseum

Pub Coliseum: cool aperitifs next to the Coliseum

Pub Coliseum: cool aperitifs next to the Coliseum

The Coliseum has been a place of entertainment in Rome since it was built and today you can find the right bars and restaurants where you can have drink, eat at a bistro, sit  at a wine bar, and brouse wine shops which offer Italian and Mediterranean flavors, all in the shadow of this extraordinary wonder of the ancient world. If you want to spend your time relaxing after trudging around Rome all day for work or pleasure, or before beginning your night out , here there are some suggestions to follow to have the perfect drink near the Coliseum.

Pub Coliseum: Café Café
Just in front of the Coliseum in Via De' S.S. Quattro, Café Café offers calm, cozy, and sophisticated rooms to tourists or locals who are looking for a place where they can take a break from the metropolitan frenzy. It opens at 11 in the morning and offers delicious dishes. In the afternoon Café Café offers the service of a coffee bar and a tea room where famous personalities such as the actor Riccardo Scamarcio, journalists, or jet set stars relax. When the weather is nice, you can sit at the tables outside. In the bar you can also taste good aperitifs combined with a very good cuisine specialized in Mediterranean ethnic dishes (from Greek to Spanish cuisine). So you can transform your aperitif into a good dinner matching wine and food. There is room for selected jazz music from the 30’s and 40’s. There is also a good range of liquors such as Torcolato or the sweet Dindarello. So, a place where you can talk, meet people, read, and taste something good near the Anfiteatro Flavio, better known as the Coliseum.

Cafe' Cafe' Info
cafè-bistrot
Open 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Via De' S.S. Quattro, 44

Pub Coliseum: Divin Ostilia
Divin Ostilia gives you the possibility of relaxing, sipping a good wine near to the Coliseum, the symbol of Rome. Divin Ostilia is on Via Ostilia, and it is a cozy wine bar where the informal service of Stefano, an up-to-date sommelier, and Palma combines with a varied menu of  wonderfully prepared dishes. In this wine bar there is a range of 300 available wines, you can drink high quality wines at a good price such as Pino di Biserno or the production of local wines of Piano di Montevergine. The wine list includes national specialties. As according to the aperitif tradition, appetizers are included when you order a glass of wine. There are also tasty cold dishes such as Sicilian cheeses and cured meats from southern and central Italy. From 6:00 p.m. you can take advantage of the happy hour, a particular cheap offer which coincides with the aperitif time. Instead at night you may order alcoholic drinks. In summer at Divin Ostilia you can find liquors and cigars. A wine bar which matches calm with its friendly owners and a wide range of wines.

Divin Ostilia Info
Closed on Sunday at lunch
Open Monday to Saturday 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Via Ostilia, 4

Pub Coliseum: Kottabos Wine Bar
Kottabos is a wine bar where you may taste delicious Italian grape products with special attention to wonderful products that the Lazio region has to offer. At the wine shop you can order bottles chosen from a selection of 300 labels. At Kottabos you can combine glasses with tasty dishes, toasted bread, cous cous, cornmeal porridge, finely sliced raw beef with oil, lemon and slivers of Parmesan cheese. At Kottabos there are good aperitifs, too. The bar organizes themed evenings, offering wine and food from specific Italian regions. There is also excellent attention paid to the value for money ratio of the products offered.

Kottabos Wine Bar Info
Open 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. daily
Via Celimontana, 32

 

Print, send by e-mail, recommend in your social networks: share and enjoy



Leave a comment on this page

Name (Required)
E-mail (Required)
    Retype the letters