Bistro Romano

Bistro Romano Welcome to Bistro Romano, a regional Italian restaurant located in historic Society Hill.
(1646)

Situated in an 18th century granary, Bistro Romano has been delivering quality service, culinary excellence and value since 1988. Bistro Romano is also home to the Original Mystery Theatre, a murder mystery dinner theatre with performances on Friday and Saturday nights. The 120 Room is our private party space and offers the perfect setting for the special family party or corporate meeting or dinne

r. Bistro Romano’s many honors include Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly award, CitySearch’s Best Italian and Best Romantic, TV’s Fox29 Philadelphia’s Most Romantic Table and the Wine Spectator “Best of Award of Excellence” (Two Glasses), to name a few.

✨Table Talk. The Stained Glass Table sets the mood with an intersection of color, light, and ambience singular to Granar...
06/04/2026

✨Table Talk. The Stained Glass Table sets the mood with an intersection of color, light, and ambience singular to Granary dining only .romano ✨

Special shout out to who snapped this photo and shared it with us so we could share with all of you 📸

Bistro Guests the Best! 🥰

Pasta 🍝 Plants 🌺 + Photog 📸We go big this week for Pasta e Vino with Burrata atop spinach fettuccine, guanciale, walnut ...
06/02/2026

Pasta 🍝 Plants 🌺
+ Photog 📸

We go big this week for Pasta e Vino with Burrata atop spinach fettuccine, guanciale, walnut basil pesto, and roasted pistachios only at the Bistro Bar this Wednesday and Thursday for 20 bucks plus a glass of house wine.

✨On this beautiful June day, we included a photo of our summer window boxes and a reflection of our neighbors on Lombard Street plus our fabulous photog!

Reservations Recommended

Crab 🦀 plz 👀 Pasta e Vino | Bistro Barweds + thurs $20pp✨crowd pleaser,crab pleaser✨ Ziti, jumbo lump crab meat onion cr...
05/26/2026

Crab 🦀 plz 👀

Pasta e Vino | Bistro Bar
weds + thurs
$20pp

✨crowd pleaser,crab pleaser✨

Ziti, jumbo lump crab meat
onion crumble
zucchini eggplant sauce

+ 1 glass house vino🍷
red, white, sparkling

Reservations Recommended

Don’t Miss the Delish
Only .romano

✨Light, Bright, So Right It’s a always sunny 😎 on Lombard Street so we’re sending out some Springtime Dishes + Memorial...
05/22/2026

✨Light, Bright, So Right

It’s a always sunny 😎 on Lombard Street
so we’re sending out some Springtime Dishes
+ Memorial Day Weekend Best Wishes✨

✨Corn Ravioli
mascarpone, corn salsa, corn broth

✨Swordfish
fiddleheads, heirloom tomato
vin cotto, chili oil, beurre blanc

✨Mango Cheesecake
mango gelato, graham cracker

✨Scampi not Skimpy Shrimp Scampi 🍤 Shrimp swimming in garlic, butter, white wine, lemon with fresh spaghetti ready to t...
05/16/2026

✨Scampi not Skimpy

Shrimp Scampi 🍤
Shrimp swimming in garlic, butter, white wine, lemon with fresh spaghetti ready to twirl 👀

Saturday Springtime Pasta
Sunday Too

Piano 🎹 Bar Tonite

Gnocchi + 🍷✨always a good idea✨ Our fluffy pillows, with black truffle cream and prosciutto cotto is Pasta e Vino Thursd...
05/13/2026

Gnocchi + 🍷
✨always a good idea✨

Our fluffy pillows, with black truffle cream and prosciutto cotto is Pasta e Vino Thursday at the Bistro Bar

$20pp Delish Deal
+ 1 glass house Vino
red, white or sparkling
*Thursday the 14th This Week*

Reservations Recommended

Pasta for Mama 👀 + a lil Sweet, like Mama❤️ Happy Mother’s Day 🥰🍝✨Bucatini Diavolo calamari, shrimp, scallops tomato, c...
05/10/2026

Pasta for Mama 👀
+ a lil Sweet, like Mama❤️

Happy Mother’s Day 🥰🍝✨

Bucatini Diavolo
calamari, shrimp, scallops
tomato, calabrian chili 🌶️ basil

Coconut Panna Cotta 🥥
chocolate shell, raspberry splash

Orecchiette Bolognese 👀 ✨smoked bacon, beef, veal, pork, tomatostracciatella splash topper✨ Pasta 🍝 e Vino 🍷Bistro Bar ...
05/06/2026

Orecchiette Bolognese 👀

✨smoked bacon, beef, veal, pork, tomato
stracciatella splash topper✨

Pasta 🍝 e Vino 🍷
Bistro Bar
Weds + Thurs
5.6 + 5.7

+ 1 glass house vino
$20pp only .romano

Reservations Recommended

Saturday Score x 4 Sunday Too 👀 ✨Doppio Ravioli 1 Rav 2 Fillings uno smoked bacon, beef, veal, pork bolognese due ricott...
05/02/2026

Saturday Score x 4
Sunday Too 👀

✨Doppio Ravioli 1 Rav 2 Fillings
uno smoked bacon, beef, veal, pork bolognese
due ricotta, spinach, black truffle
english pea, parmesan veloute
velvety, lil’ creamy, dreamy

✨Grilled Octopus 🐙 Salad
fingerling potato, nduja,
fennel, arugula

✨Hanger Steak
scalloped potato, spring onion
shish*to chimichurri, barolo jus

✨ Panna Cotta
mamey sapote, strawberries
graham cracker crumble

& if it’s Saturday 🎹 Bar

Ravi Ready🌽Corn Ravioli is ready for you! Weds + Thurs Bistro Bar | $20pp+ 1 glass house vino red, white, sparkling ✨Res...
04/29/2026

Ravi Ready🌽

Corn Ravioli is ready for you!

Weds + Thurs
Bistro Bar | $20pp
+ 1 glass house vino
red, white, sparkling

✨Reservations Recommended✨

Our Italian Happy Hour
All night so more than an hour
Only .romano 🤩

✨Join us for an exclusive evening of curated cuisine and premium wine pairings as we welcome back to Lombard Street…….✨V...
04/26/2026

✨Join us for an exclusive evening of curated cuisine and premium wine pairings as we welcome back to Lombard Street…….

✨Vittorio Marzotto, family winery owner
Santa Margherita 🍷

✨The evening begins with welcome bubbles, followed by four courses and eight wines as Vittorio talks about wine and his family legacy of more than eighty years of winemaking.

Wednesday | May 20 | 6P
Tix info in bio

Don’t Miss This!

✨Bella Dolce 👀Chocolate Cheesecake raspberry gelato 🍧 topper cream cheese rosettes🌹chocolate splashesSee you Tonite! ...
04/24/2026

✨Bella Dolce 👀

Chocolate Cheesecake
raspberry gelato 🍧 topper
cream cheese rosettes🌹
chocolate splashes

See you Tonite!

Pasta e Pollo Pasta e Vino 👀if you like truffle cream, crispy chicken, we’ve got a deal for you!🍝🍷Orecchiette truffle cr...
04/13/2026

Pasta e Pollo Pasta e Vino 👀

if you like truffle cream, crispy chicken, we’ve got a deal for you!

🍝🍷
Orecchiette
truffle cream, grape tomatoes, crispy chicken

+ 1 glass of house vino
red, white, sparkling

Pasta + Wine Happy Hour
All night so more than an hour!

Weds + Thurs | 20pp
Only .romano

✨Reservations Recommended✨

Appetizer Alert ‼️ if you ❤️ pizza and flatbread, you won’t want to miss this delish available all weekend Pinsa Romano...
04/10/2026

Appetizer Alert ‼️

if you ❤️ pizza and flatbread, you won’t want to miss this delish available all weekend

Pinsa Romano
prosciutto, stracciatella, confit tomato
basil, fava bean, EVOO drizzle

Piano 🎹 Bar Fri + Sat

Lump Crab 🦀 Farfalle topped with lump crab is Pasta e Vino this Wednesday + Thursday with baby corn, tomatoes, artichoke...
04/08/2026

Lump Crab 🦀

Farfalle topped with lump crab is Pasta e Vino this Wednesday + Thursday with baby corn, tomatoes, artichokes finished in a garlic sauce

$20pp + glass of house vino 🍷
red, white or sparkling

Reservations Recommended

Bistro Bar
Seating at the Bar
Seating at Bar Tables

✨Delish + Delish Deal✨

Tis the Season 🌼Springtime refresh on Lombard Tonite it’s Soft Shell Crab 🦀 +Piano 🎹 Bar
04/04/2026

Tis the Season 🌼
Springtime refresh on Lombard

Tonite it’s Soft Shell Crab 🦀
+
Piano 🎹 Bar

Pasta e Vino Don’t Miss It! Lobster🦞Ravioli + a Shrimp 🦐 topper awaits your arrival tonite + tomorrow .romano + a glass ...
04/01/2026

Pasta e Vino Don’t Miss It!

Lobster🦞Ravioli + a Shrimp 🦐 topper awaits your arrival tonite + tomorrow .romano
+ a glass of house vino

Bistro Bar | 20pp
weds + thus

✨Reservations Recommended

The Nite Before🕯️❤️❤️The candles are litThe light on Lombard will dim The 120 Room is the setting for our happy couple a...
03/27/2026

The Nite Before🕯️❤️❤️

The candles are lit
The light on Lombard will dim

The 120 Room is the setting for our happy couple as they kick off their wedding weekend

The long table offers an intimate vibe surrounded by brick walls, wine, barrels,🍷 wine racks, and don’t forget the candlelight only .romano

Best wishes 🥂
to our soon to be Mr. and Mrs.

✨Fish Friday 👀 We’ve got you covered with a Delish trio sure to please tonight & all Weekend Bucatini scallops, shrimp,...
03/20/2026

✨Fish Friday 👀
We’ve got you covered with a Delish trio sure to please tonight & all Weekend

Bucatini
scallops, shrimp, plum tomato, bell pepper
vino bianco

Dover Sole
seared, asparagus, fava beans
lemon butter soubise

Crème Brûlée
butternut squash caramel
beet pizzelle

✨Bistro Dolci
handcrafted exclusively for you

+ Piano 🎹 Bar Fri + Sat

Pasta + Wine +☀️ Linguine fra diavolo grilled calamari, spicy🍅 sauce sunshine topper Bistro Bar | $20ppweds + thurs + 1...
03/11/2026

Pasta + Wine +☀️

Linguine fra diavolo
grilled calamari, spicy🍅 sauce
sunshine topper

Bistro Bar | $20pp
weds + thurs
+ 1 glass house vino

Reservations Recommended

38 Years on Lombard

✨Mac & Cheese 👀Bistro’s twist on the classicsausage, pancetta, pecorino cream, onion crumblemelted fontina on top, crost...
03/03/2026

✨Mac & Cheese 👀
Bistro’s twist on the classic
sausage, pancetta, pecorino cream, onion crumble
melted fontina on top, crostini to dip
📸 not so easy to foto!
Easy to enjoy 😉

Find it at Pasta e Vino
Bistro Bar | $20pp
Weds + Thurs
+ glass of house vino

Reservations Recommended
Happy Hour .romano

Weekend Delish 👀🍝🐠✨Our Fish Friday feature is Black Cod, served in a butternut squash broth, with spinach, pickled ginge...
02/27/2026

Weekend Delish 👀🍝🐠

✨Our Fish Friday feature is Black Cod, served in a butternut squash broth, with spinach, pickled ginger &
b-nut squash

✨Our pasta feature is Spaghetti Amatriciana, splashed with spicy marinara, pancetta & basil

Available Table-side or Bistro To Go

Piano 🎹 Bar Fri + Sat

See ya Tonite .romano

Agnolotti Pesce🐠Finish to start take a look 👀 Pasta e Vino 🍝🍷Branzino-stuffed, Squid Ink Agnolotti chili oil, beurre bla...
02/24/2026

Agnolotti Pesce🐠
Finish to start take a look 👀

Pasta e Vino 🍝🍷
Branzino-stuffed, Squid Ink Agnolotti
chili oil, beurre blanc

Bistro Bar | $20pp
1 agnolotti + 1 vino
House red , white or sparkling
reservations recommended
weds + thurs

Beauty, Bling & Bistro 💍💕The Wine🍷Cellar Experience was the perfect setting for a Valentine’s Day Engagement Celebration...
02/18/2026

Beauty, Bling & Bistro 💍💕

The Wine🍷Cellar Experience was the perfect setting for a Valentine’s Day Engagement Celebration.

Memories are made at Bistro Romano, especially in the Romantic Wine Cellar.

Rose Petals, Candlelight, Limoncellos.

Best Wishes to our Happy Couple!

✨Gnocchi Combo Super Bowl Edition✨ Serving up a Special Edition of pasta 🍝 e vino 🍷 on Sunday at the Bistro Bar Soft Pil...
02/07/2026

✨Gnocchi Combo Super Bowl Edition✨

Serving up a Special Edition of pasta 🍝 e vino 🍷 on Sunday at the Bistro Bar

Soft Pillows + Crispy Chicken
pecorino crusted chicken
+ black truffle cream

Catch the Game 🏈 + Commercials

1 Gnocchi Combo
+ 1 glass house red, white or sparkling
$20 Bucks

Dint Miss the Dreamy Delish!

Address

120 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA
19147

Opening Hours

Wednesday 2pm - 9pm
Thursday 2pm - 9pm
Friday 2pm - 9pm
Saturday 2pm - 9pm
Sunday 2pm - 9pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Bistro Romano posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category