A Parioli wine institution since 1929, now pouring more than 1,000 artisan bottles by the glass alongside a short, serious kitchen.
Published Mar 11, 2026 Location Viale dei Parioli 36, Rome Parioli, north of Villa Borghese Price $$$ By-the-glass pours from a 1,000-bottle list Hours Tue–Sat 10:00am – 11:00pm Sunday Reduced hours Monday Closed Kitchen Lunch and dinner Drinks Specialty Artisan Italian wine by the glass Cured meats, pasta, seasonal plates Wine Bar Enoteca Parioli Family-Run 4.5 ★★★★★ aggregate across Google and Tripadvisor reviews Visit Enoteca Bulzoni Reserve a table Ask the editors Listings are editorial. Tell us if hours or details have changed and our editors will verify and update.
Enoteca Bulzoni sits at Viale dei Parioli 36, north of Villa Borghese, and it has held that corner since 1929, when Emidio Bulzoni opened it as a shop selling bulk wine, vinegar and oil to the families of the quarter. Three generations on, it is one of Rome's most respected wine addresses, a point Time Out and Turismo Roma both make when they send readers to Parioli.
The shop turned proper enoteca in 1972, when the by-the-glass service began, and the current owners, Alessandro and Riccardo, spent two decades building the artisan list the bar is known for now. Scatti di Gusto, reviewing the 2017 relaunch, credited the brothers with keeping the soul of an old grocery while turning it into a place you eat as well as drink.
The list runs past 1,000 bottles and is sorted into three benches the staff will talk you through. Modern Wine covers the current Italian and natural producers. Wines as They Were leans on classic estates and older vintages. Extreme Wines is the orange, skin-contact and low-intervention end. Ask for a glass from whichever shelf matches your mood and the counter will steer you well.
Since the 2017 relaunch a small kitchen runs through lunch and dinner, and the dish writers keep flagging is the pappardelle alle frattaglie, the offal pasta Scatti di Gusto singled out. Cured meats, cheeses and a short rotating menu fill the rest, built to drink with rather than to upstage the glass in front of you.
This is a neighbourhood enoteca first, a destination second, which is the appeal. Come for an unhurried lunch with a serious glass, or an early evening before dinner in the quarter. For where it lands among the city's wine rooms, see our Rome wine bars guide, the best wine bars worldwide list, and the wider wine bars index.
Lunch is the quiet move, when the kitchen is on and the counter has time to talk you through the three benches. Early evening fills with the quarter's regulars stopping in before dinner.
