Are you open at Christmas and New Year?
Yes: La Lupa is open at Christmas and New Year. At Christmas there is no holiday menu: you order from the same à la carte list as on any other day, with the pastas and main courses of Roman cooking. For New Year’s Eve, on the evening of 31 December, there is the Gran Cenone, a dinner with two set menus: you will find them below, course by course.
On the website the hours are 12:00–23:00 every day. For the holiday days the exact hours are confirmed when you book: write them in your request, or call +39 06 8692 8542 and ask.
The Gran Cenone: New Year’s Eve dinner.
On the evening of 31 December La Lupa serves the Gran Cenone di Capodanno, its New Year’s Eve dinner, with two menus to choose from: meat at €90 or fish at €110 per person, drinks included. Here are the dishes as the restaurant writes them, with a short translation:
€90Meat menu
Per person, drinks included.
Brindisi di benvenuto (welcome toast)
Starters
Vellutata di ceci, porcini e tartufo (chickpea velouté with porcini and truffle)
Carciofi fritti della tradizione (traditional fried artichokes)
Pasta and risotto
Fettuccine al brasato di guancia al Primitivo (fettuccine with cheek braised in Primitivo wine)
Cannelloni alla genovese
Main course
Filetto di manzo al Barolo con patate mascotte e rosmarino (beef fillet in Barolo wine, with small potatoes and rosemary)
Dessert
Millefoglie scomposto, crema diplomatica e gocce di cioccolato (deconstructed millefeuille, diplomat cream and chocolate drops)
Prosecco, lenticchie e cotechino (Prosecco, lentils and cotechino sausage)
€110Fish menu
Per person, drinks included.
Brindisi di benvenuto (welcome toast)
Starters
Crema di patate, porro e rosmarino con polpo alla griglia (potato, leek and rosemary cream with grilled octopus)
Polipetti alla luciana (baby octopus, Luciana style)
Pasta and risotto
Risotto Carnaroli ai crostacei e zeste di limone (Carnaroli risotto with shellfish and lemon zest)
Tagliolini al ragù di pesce (tagliolini with fish ragù)
Main course
Turbante di spigola, finocchi, arance e olive (sea bass «turban» with fennel, orange and olives)
Dessert
Millefoglie scomposto, crema diplomatica e gocce di cioccolato (deconstructed millefeuille, diplomat cream and chocolate drops)
Prosecco, lenticchie e cotechino (Prosecco, lentils and cotechino sausage)
To book the dinner, choose 31 December in the booking form and write the menu you want, meat or fish, in the notes, or call +39 06 8692 8542. The dinner starts at 19:00: in the form, choose a time from 19:00 onwards.
Book the New Year’s Eve dinner
At Christmas: the usual Roman menu.
At Christmas there is no special formula: you order à la carte, as on any ordinary day. The published menu has the classics, from rigatoni alla carbonara to tonnarelli alla gricia, from saltimbocca to abbacchio a scottadito, and the house tiramisù. A few dishes, with the descriptions from the menu:
Rigatoni alla carbonara
Guanciale · pecorino · egg
Bucatini all'amatriciana
Guanciale · tomato · pecorino
Saltimbocca alla romana
Veal · prosciutto · sage
Abbacchio a scottadito
Lamb · rosemary · potatoes
Supplì classico
Rice · ragù · mozzarella
Tiramisù
House dessert
The full menu lists every published dish. Prices for individual dishes are not written online: ask the restaurant when you book.
Getting here from Termini.
La Lupa is at Via Marghera 37, about a hundred metres from the Via Marsala exit of Termini Station: arriving by train or by the airport buses, you are a few minutes on foot away. The route is on how to get here. To see how the rest of the week works, read about the restaurant open on Sundays: the kitchen is the same.
Before you visit
Is La Lupa open on 25 December?
Yes, La Lupa is open at Christmas and New Year; at Christmas you eat à la carte. The hours for the day are confirmed when you book.
Is there a Christmas menu or a special New Year’s Eve dinner?
Yes, for New Year’s Eve: on the evening of 31 December there is the Gran Cenone, with two set menus, meat at €90 and fish at €110 per person, drinks included. At Christmas there is no holiday menu: you eat à la carte, with the everyday Roman cooking.
What is served at the New Year’s Eve dinner?
Both menus have a welcome toast, two starters, two pasta or risotto courses, a main course, dessert, and Prosecco with lentils and cotechino. The meat menu includes fettuccine with cheek braised in Primitivo wine and beef fillet in Barolo; the fish menu includes a Carnaroli risotto with shellfish and a sea bass «turban» with fennel, orange and olives. The full list is in the section on the dinner.
How much does it cost to eat at Christmas or New Year?
At Christmas you pay à la carte, as on other days: prices for individual dishes are not published online, so ask the restaurant when you book. The New Year’s Eve dinner on 31 December has a fixed price per person, drinks included: €90 for the meat menu, €110 for the fish menu.
Can I book online for the holidays?
Yes, the form on the website takes requests for the Christmas and New Year dates too. For the New Year’s Eve dinner, choose 31 December and write the menu, meat or fish, in the notes. The restaurant confirms each booking.
What are the hours on the holidays?
On the website the hours are 12:00–23:00 every day. For the holiday days the confirmation comes with your booking, or call +39 06 8692 8542. The Gran Cenone on 31 December starts at 19:00.
