◆ Rome Prati · Walking distance from central venues · In-house design studio
The copy shop for restaurants in central Rome
At Via di Porta Castello 29, between Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican, in one of the areas with the highest density of tourist restaurants in Italy. For restaurateurs, bar owners, pizzerias, B&Bs and boutique hotels: menus, posters, business cards, brochures. Layout + printing + lamination, one point of contact, one single invoice.
Central Rome
Very high restaurant density
On foot
Pickup for local venues
Design studio
Layout included
Same day
For urgent jobs
The types of venues we work for
Central Rome is one of the densest restaurant ecosystems in the world. Every type of venue has its own specific needs for printed materials. For each of them we have a dedicated approach.
Traditional and gourmet restaurants
Laminated A4/A3 menus, separate wine lists, business cards for the maître, brochures for corporate dinners. For gourmet restaurants we can work with premium papers (Modigliani Fedrigoni 260g) and soft-touch lamination for an elegant look.
Trattorias and pizzerias
The classic glossy laminated A4/A3 that makes dish photos stand out. Seasonal menu changes 3-4 times a year, quick price updates, small boards for the daily specials. The product 9 out of 10 venues in the area order from us.
Tobacconist bars and cafés
Compact counter breakfast menus, drink price lists, posters for Thursday aperitivo, bookmarks for the house coffee. Quick prints because bars change their offering often.
B&Bs and boutique hotels
Breakfast room menus, room directories, spa service lists, guest brochures, business cards for reception, materials for events and conferences. Coordinated visual identity for venues in the historic centre.
Cocktail bars and wine bars
Cocktail menus with photos, book-format wine lists, seasonal lists, posters for events (tastings, live music nights). For a cocktail bar, soft-touch lamination gives a premium effect that makes the difference.
Ice cream parlours, pastry shops, rotisseries
Window price signs, posters for flavours of the month, take-away menus, cake design brochures for special occasions, business cards. Colourful prints, legible from a distance, laminated to withstand contact with food and moisture.
What we print, beyond the menu
A venue has a coordinated set of printed materials, not just the menu. When we start working with a new restaurant, we usually begin with the menu and then extend the same visual identity to everything else.
Laminated A4 and A3 menus
Our most requested product. Double-sided printing, glossy, matte or soft-touch lamination, papers between 300g and 350g. Full details on types and finishes on the dedicated product page.
→Bilingual Italian-English menus
For tourist restaurants in central Rome: coordinated bilingual (or multilingual) menus, EU Reg. 1169/2011 allergens in both languages, double-column or mirrored-page layouts. In-house design studio for the layout.
→Posters for events and specials
A3, A2, A1 in vivid colours for the window or entrance. Thursday aperitivo, Sunday brunch, Valentine's menu, live music nights. Printable same day with coordinated graphics.
→Business cards for the maître
Premium paper, matte or soft-touch lamination, finish coordinated with the menu. To hand to a guest asking for recommendations for next time, or to close a corporate table.
→Brochures and leaflets
For hotels and B&Bs: brochures listing the property's services. For gourmet restaurants: leaflets telling the story of the venue and the chef. For cocktail bars: the story of the seasonal cocktails. Coated or matte paper.
→In-house design studio
We do all the graphics in-house. If you don't have a trusted designer, we start from a list of dishes (even over WhatsApp) and a few photos of the venue, propose two layouts, and you choose the one you prefer.
→Urgent printing
Opening tomorrow, a weekend event, a menu to redo for tonight's dinner. For genuine emergencies we work same day, with a small surcharge for priority.
→Central Rome: the neighbourhoods venues reach us from on foot
Our restaurateur clients come to the shop on foot, usually mid-morning before opening or in the afternoon between lunch and dinner. We're easy to reach from the main tourist neighbourhoods of central Rome.
Three things central-Rome restaurateurs appreciate
We learned this over the years talking with people who run venues in Rome's tourist neighbourhoods. These are operational details that make the difference between a copy shop and a trusted supplier.
No car, no parking
Central Rome: restricted traffic zones everywhere, parking impossible, unpredictable traffic between noon and 3 pm. If you walk from your venue to our counter, in 5-15 minutes you've picked everything up and you're already on your way back. It beats any courier.
One invoice, one point of contact
Working with an external designer + print shop + courier means three suppliers, three timelines, three invoices, three conversations that get tangled up. With us it's all one flow: design, printing, lamination, pickup. One point of contact, one single invoice when the job is done.
Fast seasonal menu changes
A restaurant in the Prati area changes its menu 3-4 times a year (summer, autumn, winter, spring, plus Christmas and Valentine's offers). Once your venue's template is set up, later changes are very fast: only the dishes change, the layout stays the same.
The neighbourhood copy shop for venues in central Rome
Central Rome is one of the densest restaurant ecosystems in Europe. Within just one kilometre of our premises at Via di Porta Castello 29 there are dozens of restaurants, trattorias, pizzerias, B&Bs, bars, cocktail bars and boutique hotels. Each of these venues has a menu that changes with the seasons, a window that hosts posters, a reception or counter with business cards, and periodically an event to promote. That's a significant volume of printed material, and for the vast majority of restaurateurs in the area it's an operational headache: finding a supplier who is reliable, nearby, fast, and who doesn't ask you to deliver ready-made PDFs you often don't have.
GUUG has been printing for restaurants in central Rome since 2005. The added value that sets us apart from online print shops (Pixartprinting, Vistaprint, the big Italian e-commerce print houses) is twofold: the in-house design studio that builds your menu from scratch if you don't already have one, and the physical location in the heart of central Rome that lets anyone within 2 km pick up on foot. These are two advantages that make the difference in a trade — hospitality — where margins are tight and time is always short.
To get a quote, just send the list of dishes (even handwritten in a notebook and photographed with your phone) to stampa@guug.it or via WhatsApp at 06 4424 0707. We'll reply within 30 minutes with two layout proposals, a cost estimate and a delivery time. For the first job we recommend coming to the shop in person: in 15 minutes we choose the paper, finish, format and any special finishes. From then on the flow is fully digital: you send us the updates, we lay them out, you come to pick them up.
Frequently asked questions
Do you only work for restaurants in central Rome?
Do you have experience with bilingual (Italian-English) menus for tourist restaurants?
Can I keep the template and change the dishes each season?
Do you also print event materials (tastings, new menu launches, evenings)?
For menu pickup, is delivery available or do I have to come myself?
Can I open a monthly account for my venue?
Is your restaurant in central Rome?
Send us the list of dishes and a few photos of the venue via WhatsApp or email. We'll reply within 30 minutes with two layout proposals, a cost and a pickup time.