A Family Story
Since 1924
Recipes Born of Love and Time
It began in a small kitchen in Trastevere, where our great-grandmother Lucia rolled pasta by hand each morning before sunrise. She believed that food was the truest language of love — slow, patient, and shared.
A century later, Villa Roma remains a family in spirit and in practice. Every sauce simmers as long as it should. Every loaf of bread is shaped by hand. The leather recipe book that Nonna Lucia first wrote in still lives in our kitchen, its pages worn soft with use.
When you dine with us, you do not simply eat — you become part of a story written across four generations.
A Century of Italian Soul
The First Trattoria
Nonna Lucia opens a small trattoria in Trastevere with seven tables and one wood oven.
The Recipe Book
Her son Antonio begins documenting the family's secret recipes — a leather book still used today.
Villa Roma is Born
Chef Giovanni transforms the trattoria into a fine dining destination, naming it Villa Roma.
A Fourth Generation
Chef Lorenzo carries forward the tradition — modern technique, ancestral heart.
“We don't run a restaurant. We host you in the home our family built — and we are honored you came.”
— The Rossi Family