ristorazione — Roma · Lazio
In the Colli Aniene district, where Rome grows more spread out and neighbourly, Adrian's Casa del Gelato has watched over the city's sweet side since 1970: an artisan gelateria and pastry shop that over the decades has become a landmark for generations of Romans.
The entrance on Viale Ettore Franceschini already tells the whole story: a threshold that for over fifty years has welcomed the neighbourhood to the same rhythm as the seasons. Since 1970, first on Via Emanuele and then at its current address, Adrian's has built its reputation morning after morning, becoming a steady point of reference for Colli Aniene and for anyone seeking artisan quality in Rome.
The counter is the heart of the house: on one side the gelato display with its lifelike fruit shapes — a house speciality in flavours such as mango and peanut — on the other the pastry shop's cakes, from Mimosa to Saint Honoré, from Charlotte to Mont Blanc. All handmade, with fresh fruit and seasonal ingredients chosen with care.
The workshop is where the difference is made: wheat slow-cooked by hand for the pastiera, croissants baked fresh every morning, custom cakes made to order for events and celebrations. The kitchen works with fresh, seasonal ingredients, ensuring the consistent quality that customers have recognised for decades and that no industrial process could ever replicate.
From gelato to pastry, from coffee bar to cocktail hour: Adrian's Casa del Gelato is an address that deserves to be discovered in full.
