Somnium is the materialization of a dream.

Years ago, Pasquale Trotta was inspired by a oneiric vision: Pompeii projected into the year 3000. The restaurant’s bold and visionary architecture is the incarnation of that image—a bridge between past and future.

During the evening, you will embark on a parallel journey not only through flavors but also across the unique spaces of Somnium.

Thermopolium

It welcomes hungry wanderers, where dolia brimming with ancient flavors release aromas that awaken lost memories. Here, time merges with taste, offering solace to wandering souls.

Popina

Among dancing shadows and whispered secrets lie the tales of plebeians and freedmen. A refuge for rebellious spirits, where wine and food intertwine with stories of passion and transgression.

Officina

An antechamber of culinary alchemy, where ancient tools and sacred flames shape divine dishes. A workshop of taste, where every plate is a spell rewarding the senses.
These spaces evoke the ancient Roman taverns—once crossroads of diverse souls and tales steeped in life and questionable morals—now reimagined with boldness and modernity.

Journey

The culinary experience unfolds in 20 gastronomic stories.

20.000 a.C. - 2025

20 gastronomic stories

Thermopolium
Here, one eats as at the dawn of humankind. No agriculture, no harvest. Only what is found, seized, stolen from nature or predators: warm eggs from a nest, unripe berries, marrow and entrails abandoned by wild beasts. Fire is crude, sparked with difficulty, yet it transforms flesh into survival.
It is a cuisine without recipes, where the only ingredient is instinct—raw, fierce, necessary.


Popina
The heart of dominations, the fusion of civilizations.
This section gathers the legacy of the eras that shaped the identity of Campania: from the refinement of Magna Graecia to Pompeian vitality, from Saracen exoticism to Lombard austerity, through Norman, Angevin, Aragonese, and Bourbon influences. Each era left its mark on tastes and techniques, creating a gastronomic mosaic we celebrate through reinterpreted recipes, exceptional raw materials, and narratives of power, journeys, and cultural exchanges.


Officina
Here, history merges with vision. Officina is the creative laboratory of the present and future: familiar flavors are transformed, ancient ingredients renewed, and technique becomes art.
This is the cuisine of 2025, where memory converses with innovation, and every dish is a conscious experiment—a tribute to tradition projected toward the unknown.

The duration of each journey ranges from two to four hours, the time needed to fully immerse yourself in a universe of flavors, visions, and meanings.

The only prerequisite?
Your willingness to explore and be surprised.

To embrace this experience fully, we invite you to arrive with an open mind and genuine curiosity. Somnium is not designed for business discussions or tense encounters—it is a place of discovery, provocation, and reflection.
Are you ready to begin?