The Best Seafood Near Degli Angeli, by the Record
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Rank 1. La Trota
Freshwater Seafood
The Santa Susanna canal runs right outside the door, and on good days you eat on a wooden bridge above it, which is only appropriate given that trout, tench, pike, and freshwater crayfish are the whole point here. This one-Michelin-star country restaurant in the Lazio hills has been around forever, treating freshwater fish with the seriousness usually reserved for the sea. They send you home with wild herbs to steep.
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Rank 2. San Lorenzo
Seafood
Black truffles turn up with genuine generosity here, which tells you something about how this family-run restaurant in Spoleto's historic center operates. It sits inside the Clitunno hotel, but the mood is its own: an intimate, recently refurbished dining room with seasonal meat and fish, and a terrace on the small square for warmer nights. Park outside the restricted zone and walk in; the stroll through the old town is half the point.
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Rank 3. Per Me Giulio Terrinoni
Seafood
A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant tucked into a narrow lane just off Via Giulia, where the chef has spent years refining a style that trusts the fish rather than the flourish. The room is intimate and the cooking is classic, with a quiet confidence that doesn't need to announce itself. Two counter seats face the open kitchen if you want the chef's more improvisational menu and a front-row view of how it all comes together.
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Rank 4. Il Sanlorenzo
Mediterranean Seafood
A fish counter greets you at the door, which sets the tone for everything that follows at this polished seafood restaurant a short walk from Campo de' Fiori. The room is elegant, the service is quietly professional, and the wine list is enormous in a way that rewards browsing. The crowd trends toward Rome's discreet moneyed set, and the staff seems constitutionally allergic to fuss. Ranked fifth among Italy's fish restaurants by 50 Top Italy.
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Rank 5. Acciuga
Seafood
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Rank 6. Pepe Nero
Modern Seafood
A small, modern seafood restaurant on the western shore of Lake Bolsena, where the terrace puts you close enough to the water to feel the logic of eating fish here. The menu leans almost entirely toward the sea, which takes a little faith this far inland, but the kitchen commits to it. You can follow a themed tasting menu or pick your way through the carte, choosing at least two dishes and letting the quiet, unhurried service do the rest.
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Rank 7. Pirò
Seafood
A short walk from Piazza Navona in a city where proximity to a landmark usually means a tourist tax, this seafood restaurant holds its own with a menu built around crudo and whatever the day's catch makes possible. The room is modern and intimate, service reads your mood without hovering, and the team brings real experience to Rome's notoriously competitive dining scene. Go when the evening quiets the neighborhood down.
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Rank 8. Dogma
Grilled Seafood
Charcoal smoke threads through almost every course here, including dessert, which tells you immediately what kind of cooks run this small seafood restaurant near piazza Zama. A husband-and-wife team, him cooking and her running the room, they bring real technique and the occasional Basque detour to Rome. Tables fill fast on evenings, so book ahead.
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Rank 9. Pascucci al Porticciolo
Mediterranean Seafood
Gianfranco Pascucci's Michelin-starred seafood restaurant sits near the marina at Fiumicino, the kind of address that sounds like an afterthought until the food arrives. The menu language is understated, but the kitchen's precision with local catch is anything but, evoking the sea with an intensity that fills the simply elegant, aquatic-toned room. Vanessa Melis runs the floor with real warmth, making the whole thing feel less like a performance and more like a very good invitation.
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Rank 10. Ottavi Mare
Seafood
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Rank 11. L'Osteria dell'Orologio
Creative Seafood
A seafood osteria just outside Rome where the kitchen leans hard on tradition but plates it with an elegance that would embarrass most trattorias. The cooking is rooted in classic coastal flavors, no reinvention for its own sake, just sharper execution year after year. The wine list skews generous on price, and the spirits selection runs to around eighty bottles if the night calls for it.
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Rank 12. QuarantunoDodici
Mediterranean Seafood
The name is the naval coordinates of the spot, which sits a few metres from the Tiber with moored boats in view and a shipyard for a neighbour. This is a casual, relaxed seafood trattoria where Lele Usai, the chef behind the Michelin-starred Il Tino upstairs, keeps things deliberately simple: spaghetti alle vongole lupini, grilled fish, whatever came off the best boats. The outdoor tables tip the whole thing into something close to a holiday.
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Rank 13. MARE Bistrot
Mediterranean Seafood
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Rank 14. Ruris
Seafood