Il Pagliaccio
Italy
Il Pagliaccio reflects the varied culinary world of Anthony Genovese. His cooking brings Italian foundations into conversation with influences shaped by France and Asia, producing a style that is difficult to reduce to a single geographical label. The tasting-menu format gives those connections room to develop across an evening rather than asking each dish to explain the whole idea. On Via dei Banchi Vecchi, the restaurant provides an intimate setting within Rome’s historic centre. Menus such as Circus and Scintille give the kitchen different ways to organise its work, while the separate Parallels experience extends the restaurant’s interest in a more personal encounter. The emphasis is on an authored meal, with the sequence and its changing moods forming part of the attraction. Gambero Rosso’s Roma 2026 guide awarded Il Pagliaccio Tre Forchette and 94 points. Its high ranking here recognises the importance of that individual voice: a restaurant that allows visitors to encounter Rome as a contemporary, outward-looking food city as well as a guardian of its own traditions.