Rome has a new address for those who want to raise the glass looking at the city from above. It is a Roman terrace, the cocktail bar opened a few weeks ago, which occupies the rooftop of the historic Hotel in England – Starhotels Collection, in via Bocca di Leone. Open in early summer 2025, he completes the hotel’s full renewal project, reopened last September after a restyling that rewritten hospitality in the historic nineteenth -century structure.
It is not the usual Capitoline terrace: it is more than a noble living room than a trendy room, with teak and wrought iron furnishings, aromatic plants, olive trees and lemons in terracotta pots, travertine and peperino marble under the feet. From the sixth floor, the gaze ranges from the Quirinale to Villa Medici, from the Vittoriano to the dome of the saints Ambrogio and Carlo. The design plays with the warm shades of the Roman sunsets – orange, mustard, burgundy – balanced by white and cream.
The Drink List is signed by the HEAD BARMA Angelo Di Giorgi and many drinks are dedicated to the Eternal City that unrolls under the eyes of the lucky guests: original revisited classics and cocktails such as the Roman terrace (fig liqueur, citrus fruits, rosemary and prosecco), the romantic Paloma (citrus, mezcal, yellow chartreuse, coconut and pink coconut). Rio (Cachaça, Lime, Sambuco, Mint) and the Roman sunset (bitter, raspberries and lemon). There is no lack of mocktail, bubbles also zero alcohol and a selection of Italian amari and gin. The drinks arrive with warm and cold canapés designed by chef Andrea Sangiuliano.
Sangiuliano also leads the renewed Roman Cafè, a restaurant on the ground floor enlarged and connected to the lobby. Roman by birth, spent on fine kitchens in Italy and Europe, offers a summer menu that combines tradition and seasonality: cacio and pepper pumpkin flower, spaghettoni alla nerano, linguina with lobster and dragonce, faccito aubergine, crunchy cockerel, rough on tomato pappa, as well as ice cream and artisan sorbets.
The Hotel in England, a stone’s throw from Piazza di Spagna and via Condotti, is an institution of the Roman hotellerie. He hosted names such as Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Audrey Hepburn. Today, after the restyling edited by Italian master craftsmen, the chambers and suite retain historical charm and modern comforts.
In addition to the Roman terrace and the Roman café, the structure includes the Roman café Lounge Bar, an English and collected English bar.
Roman terrace is open every day, from 18 to 23, also to the external public. For an aperitif at sunset or after dinner with Rome that lights up, it is already among the most coveted destinations of the summer.