Pecorino
Pecorino fries carciofi alla giudia, the Jewish-style fried artichokes that Annie Replogle of The Infatuation says crackle with every bite.
Why go
Replogle sends people here for artichokes, Rome's most prized vegetable
(The Infatuation, 2025). After the fried ones, she orders the maltagliati con carciofi, irregularly-shaped flat pasta tossed with garlicky, oily artichokes and pecorino
(The Infatuation, 2024). If you still have room, she recommends artichokes stuffed with garlic and wild mint, then gently braised in olive oil
and thin veal cutlets in the same sauce (The Infatuation, 2025). Romeing's writers praised the amatriciana and the abbacchio scottadito (lamb chops) in 2023 (Romeing). Replogle's dessert is the zabaione cake, light and fluffy
and sweet and eggy in the best way
(The Infatuation, 2024).
Tiziano Palucci, the chef of Barred, named this Testaccio trattoria in 2022 as one of the three unmissable addresses
in his city, beside Retrobottega and Roscioli (Gambero Rosso). Alfredo Lucarini founded it. Its produce is bought daily at the neighborhood market (Roma Capitale tourism register).
Replogle wrote in 2024 of the waiters in their white button-downs: you can tell they've been working here since they were teenagers, particularly because of how sarcastic and decisive they are
(The Infatuation). A Sunday lunch here, she wrote, has the vibe of your long-lost cousin's home who has old family pictures hanging on the wall of relatives you've never met or even heard of before.
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Order this / avoid
- Order: the carciofi alla giudia, Replogle's first course (2025).2
- Order: the maltagliati con carciofi, from the same writer in 2024 and 2025.1
- Order: the carbonara, creamy for Replogle in 2024.1
- Order: the amatriciana,
great
to Romeing in 2023.4 - Order: the zabaione cake (Replogle, 2024).1
What locals & experts say
- Romeing (2023):
This trattoria in Testaccio is very quaint, with courteous, fast service and excellent classic dishes.
4 - The Infatuation (February 2026): Replogle keeps Pecorino on her list of the best restaurants in Testaccio.3
Good to know
- When: lunch and dinner every day, per Romeing in 2023.
- Booking: call 06 5725 0539.
- Where: Via Galvani 64 in Testaccio.
Verdict
could-visit — Go to Pecorino in Testaccio for Sunday lunch and eat the artichokes three ways: fried, folded through maltagliati and braised with garlic and mint. Tiziano Palucci of Barred counts it among his city's three unmissable rooms. Expect sarcasm from the waiters.