Best Breakfast in Rome

Located in the heart of Trastevere, Baylon is super popular with locals and foreigners alike. Its all-day dining format keeps it busy with people working off their free wifi during the day and buzzing with locals having aperitivo or an after-dinner drink in the evening and into the wee hours of the night. Breakfast and brunch is a super casual affair and the menu features everything from a full English breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon and toast plus truffled roast potatoes, to more exotic treats like Moroccan style eggs. Vegans are also catered for with some items like french toast and if you have a sweet tooth, their pancakes are served with either chocolate sauce or seasonal fresh fruit. The walls here are lined with vintage and second-hand books and they are all for sale too. They have a full juice bar with whatever fruit and vegetables are in season and their friendly staff is more than happy to help you choose just the right one. BUS: H, 3, 75. TRAM: 8.

Open daily from 11 am to 3 am, Ketumbar is located in the working-class foodie neighborhood of Testaccio and is a leader in bio, organic and vegetarian dining. In fact, vegan, gluten-free, and just about any intolerance can be catered for. The large open space with a vintage style feel and even outdoor dining (in the warmer months), make for a relaxed atmosphere at any time of day. This is probably one of Rome's best late breakfast and brunch options for vegetarians and vegans or anyone looking for 0km and organic produce. It's not completely vegetarian but caters extremely well for it. Buffet style, there are vegetable dishes, pasta, salads, legumes and soups in the colder months. Different types of bread are also available - many, gluten-free. Organic desserts are on the cards too. The brunch is family friendly with entertainment provided for kids and dishes to cater for their likes too. Brunch is held on Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-4pm, �15 for adults and �10 for children (inclusive of children's entertainment). Exclusive of drinks. BUS: 75, 3. METRO: Piramide.

If you have a sweet tooth, Cristalli di Zucchero will satisfy your every decadent need and desire. This cute little bakery shop located near the Circus Maximus is a true gem for those who happen to stumble upon it. At this pastry shop, one can pick up some of the tastiest miniature sized cakes and tarts that are almost too cute to eat. Cristalli di Zucchero has two locations: one in Monteverde (Via di Val Tellina, 114) and the other near Circus Maximus (Via di San Teodoro, 88). The Monteverde location has tables where one can sit outside and have their cake and eat it too. Cristalli di Zucchero also makes some pretty amazing miniature sized panini made with buttery croissants. Yum! METRO: Circo Massimo

This restaurant, bar and cafe has one of the nicest outdoor spaces in Rome. Located in the gentrified Pigneto neighborhood, Necci is best known for being the haunt of poet, writer, director Pier Paolo Pasolini. With several spaces outside, under the trees or under tents or under the awning, there is no need to feel cramped when deciding to eat here. The highlight for breakfast and brunch here is that Necci bakes all their pastries and bread daily on site. The rotating menu has such specialties as paccheri pasta with octopus, cherry tomatoes and olives and steak with fries. It's really your one-stop dining outlet in the Pigneto neighborhood. BUS: 81

How many places do you know of where you can sit in a charming Renaissance cloister while sipping on a cappuccino? Not too many, that's for sure. The Choistro del Bramante is a cloister turned venue space for art and photographic exhibitions. It's also attached to the Santa Maria della Pace church. On the first floor of the cloister, there is a lovely café where one can have coffee, tea and some good conversation. They also serve sandwiches and salads for lunch. A lovely perk in addition to the charming view is the free WiFi for guests. BUS: 492, 30.

Located near the Vatican on the famous shopping street, Via Cola di Rienzo is a specialty coffee shop called Castroni. The coffee shop first opened in 1932 on Via Cola di Rienzo and later expanded with 6 other locations in the Vatican, Centro and other areas around Rome. While it's more of a shop rather than a café, there is a bar where you can order coffee and pastries. There is no actual seating area in the bar. However, the wide selection of interesting coffees, teas and other delicacies keeps your mind off the fact that you don't have a seat. BUS: 30, 280, 492. METRO: Ottaviano.

This bar is always bustling, no matter what time of the day you go. Tazza d'Oro was established in 1946, is considered to be by many, the best coffee in all of Rome. Its prime location just up the street from the Pantheon makes it a hub for tourists, locals, office workers and politicians. Its claim to fame is its granita di caffé con panna (a lightly sweetened frozen espresso topped with whipped cream). An added advantage is that you can also buy Tazza d'Oro's coffee beans to take home with you and other gifts too. Standing room only. Bus: 116.

This bakery near Campo de' Fiori is a favorite with local kids and adults alike. Its pizza taglio, or pizza by the slice, comes out of the oven piping hot and fresh to keep customers happy. The toppings range from a simple Margherita (tomato sauce and mozzarella) and Rossa (just tomato sauce) to more complicated arrangements like sausage and Fiori di Zucca. There will be something to please everyone. And if it's something more substantial you're after, then there is a small buffet with local vegetables and sometimes porchetta, or stuffed, roasted pork. Often the small take away place gets crowded so ask for your lunch to be wrapped up and take it to nearby Campo or Piazza Farnese where your kids can enjoy eating outside. TRAM: 8 BUS: 30, 40, 62, 64, 70, 87

Rome now boasts an ever-growing list of breakfast and brunch places - places that do more of the non-Italian typical brunch items like eggs and pancakes. But Coromandel remains one of the best and was a pioneer in the whole breakfast/brunch/ afternoon tea field. You can also enjoy their full lunch or dinner menu but Romans and non-flock here especially for quality eggs benedict, pastries, bagels, cakes and more served in their intimate and vintage tea-room inspired locale a short walk from Piazza Navona. Their pancake stack comes complete with bacon and maple syrup and there's always yogurt and fruit and a selection of premium herbal teas for the more health conscious. Dinner is an elegant but not pretentious affair with local seafood, meat and pasta on the extensive menu. Monday to Saturday 8:30 am to 3 pm, Sundays 8:30 am to 4 pm and Thursday-Saturday also from 8 pm to late.

This self-proclaimed restaurant and micro-bakery is oh-so-much more. Marigold is hard work, dream chasing and living by Danish implant Sofie Wochner and her Calabrian husband Domenico Cortese. He is a passionate cook, she a baker and so comes together with the perfect mix for Rome's latest trendsetter in Rome's former industrial heart of Ostiense. Rome's foodie obsessed were until recently treated by Sofie and Domenico at their outstanding pop-up dinners under the guise of The Eatery but now this permanent locale puts on a pretty show with a counter full of decadent baked goods - think cinnamon rolls, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate brownie cheesecake - breakfast, brunch and weekend dinners. At breakfast and brunch there's avocado on rye with poached eggs and at dinner, Domenico shows off with his homemade pasta-filled creations. It really feels like you're welcomed not only into their home but into their little dream-come-reality. Open for breakfast and lunch Tuesday to Friday, brunch on weekends and dinner on Friday and Saturday. Metro: Piramide.