The wine bar room of Enoteca Ferrara, pouring glasses and aperitivo plates a step off Piazza Trilussa in the heart of Trastevere.
Published Nov 25, 2025 Last reviewed Jan 31, 2026 · How we pick bars Location Piazza Trilussa 41, Rome Trastevere, off the Ponte Sisto end Price $$$ By-the-glass pours, aperitivo boards Hours Tue–Sun 6:00pm – 12:30am Monday Closed Aperitivo Early evening Kitchen Small plates Drinks Specialty Wine by the glass Aperitivo plates, Italian small bites Wine Bar Enoteca Ferrara Trastevere Aperitivo 4.3 ★★★★★ aggregate across Google and Tripadvisor reviews Visit La Mescita Reserve a table Ask the editors Listings are editorial. Tell us if hours or details have changed and our editors will verify and update.
La Mescita is the wine bar side of Enoteca Ferrara, the long-running Trastevere wine house anchored on Piazza Trilussa, at the Ponte Sisto end of the quarter. Where Ferrara's restaurant does the full sit-down meal, La Mescita is the casual room, built for a glass and a plate rather than a reservation and a tasting menu.
Linkiesta places it on its list of Rome's ten best wine bars, and Puntarella Rossa keeps it among the city's enoteche con cucina worth knowing. The pitch is simple. Wines by the glass, an aperitivo spread and small plates, served in the relaxed front-of-house of a serious wine cellar.
Because it shares a cellar with Ferrara, the by-the-glass list is deeper than a casual wine bar usually carries, and the staff will pour up rather than push the house pour. Raisin, which tracks natural wine venues, lists Enoteca Ferrara for its low-intervention bottles, so ask the counter for the natural end of the list.
The setting does a lot of the work. Piazza Trilussa is one of Trastevere's gathering squares, busy after dark, and La Mescita gives you a seat just off it with a real glass instead of the tourist pours that ring the piazza. It runs evenings, so this is an aperitivo and after-dinner room, not a lunch stop.
Come for a proper glass and a board before or after dinner in Trastevere, a cut above the square's standard. For more nearby, see our Rome wine bars guide, the best wine bars worldwide, and the wider wine bars index.
Early evening is the aperitivo window, when a seat off the piazza and a board make the most of the spot. The square gets busy later, so the bar fills after dinner too.