Enoteca La Torre
“Rome's newest two star, a Fendi villa on the Tiber with Domenico Stile cooking Campania. Book it for an anniversary.”
About Enoteca La Torre
Villa Laetitia is an Art Nouveau villa on the Tiber embankment restored by Anna Fendi, and the restaurant inside keeps the stucco, the columns and the tall windows over a private garden. Domenico Stile arrived from Campania in 2016 after stations with Enrico Crippa, Massimo Bottura and a stretch at Alinea in Chicago, and cooked the villa to a second Michelin star that the 2026 guide confirms. He marked ten years in this kitchen with a menu named for the cellar practice of turning bottles.
The menus hand the choice back to the diner. Whatever you'd like runs two dishes of your choosing at €200 with additional plates at €40 each. A journey with eyes closed sends out six surprise courses at €230, and Remuage, the eight course anniversary menu, runs €260 and reads as Stile's autobiography in plates. The cooking speaks Campania first, Gragnano pasta and Mediterranean fish among complex preparations that land as precise dishes with clean flavors, the reason inspectors moved it up a rank.
The cellar is the other headline. Chef sommelier Rudy Travagli has run it since 2013, keeps close to a thousand bottles at the villa with older vintages resting in the group's historic cave dug into the walls of Viterbo, and pours more than 150 labels by the glass. The restaurant was named Best Wine Cellar in Italy in 2022. Doors open Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, which makes this the rare Rome two star available on a Sunday night.
The Room
A dining room of white stucco, columns and river light, with garden windows that turn every table into a view seat. The villa's Liberty era bones give the space a romance no purpose built restaurant can copy, and the noise level stays low even at full house. Dress is smart; the room photographs beautifully and guests tend to rise to it.
Why book it, occasion by occasion
Match the night to the room and the bill stops mattering. These occasions fit Enoteca La Torre best.
For the year that earned a villa
Anniversaries want a setting that feels borrowed from another era, and a Fendi restored villa on the Tiber delivers it without a single gimmick. Ask for a garden window table at booking, take the six course journey at €230 and let Travagli pour the pairing by the glass. Mention the occasion; the kitchen dedicates the dessert. Sunday evening, when most rivals are shut, is the quiet insider slot.
For a first date you intend to remember
The villa does the romantic work so neither of you has to perform. The Whatever you'd like format at €200 for two dishes keeps the meal flexible and the pace in your control, which matters more on a first date than any tasting marathon. More than 150 wines by the glass mean you can match each course without committing to a bottle, and the garden view fills every silence gracefully.
For the client already jaded by hotel dining rooms
Two stars inside an Art Nouveau villa reads as taste rather than expense, and the lunch service Wednesday to Sunday makes it workable for a business midday, rare at this rank. The cellar is the closer: ask Travagli for something from the Viterbo cave and your guest drinks a story no rival dinner can match. Parking and a calm arrival off the Lungotevere keep logistics painless.
What to order
Three formats and a deep cellar mean the decisions here are structure and glassware more than individual dishes.
- A journey with eyes closed
Six surprise courses at €230, the format that shows Stile's range with the least friction. The right first visit call for a table of two.
- Remuage
Eight courses at €260 marking ten years of Stile at the villa. Take it if the table has the appetite; it is the fullest statement of the kitchen.
- The by the glass route
More than 150 labels poured by the glass under Rudy Travagli. Matching glass to course beats a single bottle in this dining room.
- The garden window table
Request it at booking rather than on arrival. Lunch light through those windows is the villa at its best and costs nothing extra.
Practical
- Address
- Lungotevere delle Armi 23, Rome
- Reservations
- Direct via website or +39 06 4566 8304
- Menus
- Two dishes €200 · six courses €230 · Remuage €260
- Extra plates
- €40 each on the open format
- Hours
- Wednesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner
- Wine
- About 1,000 bottles · 150 by the glass · Rudy Travagli
- Dress
- Smart, the villa rewards it
- Groups
- Tasting menus ordered by the entire table, advised from five up
Questions diners ask
Is Enoteca La Torre worth it?
Yes, and it is currently the best value among Rome's two star rooms. The six course tasting at €230 undercuts the city's other tables at this rank, the villa setting is unmatched, and the cellar was named Italy's best in 2022. The Value score of seven reflects that rare alignment.
How hard is it to book Enoteca La Torre?
Manageable with a week or two of notice. Book directly through the website or by phone, and note the rhythm: open Wednesday to Sunday for both lunch and dinner, dark Monday and Tuesday. Sunday dinner, when most Roman fine dining closes, is the slot that surprises people and often holds space.
What is the dress code at Enoteca La Torre?
Smart. The Art Nouveau villa sets a tone and most guests dress to meet it, jackets common at dinner without being required. Lunch runs slightly more relaxed. Avoid sportswear; the room's formality is gentle but real, and photographs from those garden windows tend to last.
What should I order at Enoteca La Torre?
First visit, take A journey with eyes closed at €230 and drink by the glass from the 150 label list. Returning diners should weigh Remuage at €260, the eight course menu marking Domenico Stile's decade at the villa. The open €200 format suits appetites that want control over surprise.