Coffee House of the Quirinale, Rome, Neoclassical museum and coffee house in Piazza del Quirinale, Italy.

The Coffee House of the Quirinale is a small pavilion in the palace gardens, built by Ferdinando Fuga between 1741 and 1744. Three steps lead to a terrace paved with white and pink peperino in diamond patterns. A central three-arched portico opens onto two side rooms; the facade ends in a Doric frieze and a balustrade with twelve white marble busts of togated figures, and a niche on the north front holds a bust of the pope.

Benedetto XIV commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to build the Coffee House between 1741 and 1744 as a retreat in the Quirinal gardens, also called Ritiro. On 3 November 1744 the pope received Charles of Bourbon there to mark the Battle of Velletri; Panini painted the meeting, now in the Capodimonte museum. Neglected by later popes, it fell into disuse, and in 1870 its paintings were forgotten when the palace was emptied.

The name Coffee House was soon joined by Ritiro, reflecting its use as a retreat where Benedict XIV held private audiences in the garden. On 3 November 1744 he received Charles of Bourbon here to mark the Battle of Velletri; Panini painted the meeting, now in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.

The building sits within the Quirinal Palace grounds and is accessible to visitors during certain times. It is helpful to check in advance when entry is possible, as opening hours can vary.

In 1870, when the Quirinal Palace was emptied before Italian troops arrived, the Coffee House key was found intact and its rooms held only tin watering pipes for the garden. Nobody remembered the 18th-century paintings, then little valued. The building is not an active cafe today.