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    Carlo Menta

    3.5 (164 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Roman, Trattorie
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:30 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Touristy
    Casual
    Loud
    Outdoor seating

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    Seafood pasta, pizza, salad, bread
    Carrie M.

    This restaurant in Trastevere was so affordable and tasty! We had pizza, salad, seafood pasta, and bread with olive oil. It was a great deal, and the outdoor seating was nice.

    Mary B.

    We are inside in main dining room, we were either another group of ladies. Good service and enjoyed the saltimbocca that was eaten to quickly to take a pic. Very reasonably priced and the food was good, but could have used some elevation of presentation.

    Ria H.

    We had a wonderful dinner here during our time in Trastevere. I recommend the Cacio e Pepe which was phenomenal and one of the best pastas I had while in Rome. Pizza was also solid. Ambiance is busy and lively, adjacent to the piazza/square. Waiting staff was helpful and friendly! Among a lot of extremely popular restaurants, Carlo Menta offers home cooking in a cozy environment.

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    Matt D.

    I came in right when they opened on New Years day. The staff speak English and Italian. I came here on the suggestion of Fr. Rodderick's podcast. All the courses were delicious and flavorful. The food came out relatively fast compared to other sot down restaurants in Rome. I had a wonderful New Years day lunch!

    Carbonara
    Gracie G.

    5 stars earned easily!!! This place was so good. It was our favorite place we ate at in Italy actually! We got 2 plates of pasta, a whole bottle of wine, a coca cola, and bread for less than 40 euros. Extremely fair priced + the food was great. We will definitely be back if we're ever in the area again!

    We stopped in here after seeing all the popular restaurants had super ridiculous long lines and this one has many people eating but no line. It was a great decision the pizza was really good and the cacio e Pepe was one of the best that I've tried there. Next door there is a gelato place stop by! They have the real gelato covered in the metal containers

    Pizza and lasagna

    Excellent food and a frequently staff. Prices are very reasonable. I would definitely go back here when I return to Rome.

    chicken and "mixed salad" of a few pieces of lettuce
    Haley A.

    First of all, I want to start by saying it takes a LOT for me to give anything below 4 stars. I should preface this by saying, you get what you pay for. Very low prices here, so we fell into the tourist trap. We sat outside, which we were excited to do so, but then we realized all the tables were crammed together and we were sitting in plastic seats. We were practically elbow to elbow with our neighboring table. I was even asked to scoot even closer to the table than I already was so the wait staff could maneuver around me. Atmosphere 1/5. As far as food goes, my date ordered pizza and a mixed salad, I ordered off the Menú Turistico. We also got the liter of red house wine and water naturale. The pizza came out two minutes after he ordered. There's no way that pizza was fresh, it was likely just reheated from a premade stash. The "mixed salad" was lettuce with tomato on it. Nothing else. The complimentary bread was good I will say, but we had to ask for olive oil to go with it. For the mixed salad he ended up adding olive oil for dressing, pepper from the pepper shaker, and parmesan that was provided. The menu turistico - I chose the "homemade lasagna" for my first dish that looked like it came from a frozen dinner. The parmesan was given to me after I was halfway done with it. The chicken and mixed salad second dish was dry, mostly bones, and looked like it came from a rotisserie chicken bought at a grocery store. The "mixed salad" was a couple pieces of iceberg lettuce. That's it. The bruschetta was also a piece of the good bread I mentioned before with diced tomato and arugula on top... not my favorite. Lastly, the house cake for dessert was a small sliver of cake. It actually tasted fine, but I would've rather spent the calories on something else. If my written review didn't convince you to not come here, just let the pictures speak for themselves. Please avoid this place. We came here for our anniversary dinner and were very disappointed. Overall, a cheap tourist trap.

    Artichoke
    Chris M.

    This is near where we live in Rome and we're happy to find a cute restaurant that offers basic Italian food at half the price of every other restaurant in Rome. Pizza, pasta, tiramisu, everything was well done. Nothing fancy but definitely not disappointing at all. We were in rome during august so we sat outside for dinners, the little piazza was nice as well.

    Mureed I.

    Don't waste your time with all the fancy restaurants in Rome, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE COME TO EAT! SETTING: Not that familiar with the streets of Rome, but all I know is this place is very easy to get if you ask a cab driver. The location is super cool. Outside patio is very nice and can fit a lot of people. Place is relatively clean and well taken care of. There is an inside seating area but definitely sit outside! SERVICE: Great service here. The waiter barely spoke English, and we barely spoke Italian. But we somehow understood each other very well. They took great care of us and the food came out extremely hot and fresh. Definitely amazing treatment. FOOD: Amazing italian ethnic food here. My favorite pizza in Rome! I enjoyed the pastas so much as well. Everything is homemade and cooked with care. I enjoyed every single plate I ordered here. Can't wait to be back! Average per person: $17-$30 depending how much food you order. FIRE! See you soon!!!

    Sorry I started eating it before I remembered to take a pic
    Zvezdana O.

    You know what? I would absolutely eat here again when I come back to Rome, and I would order the exact same thing I did last night - the seafood spaghetti dish. I forget it's exact name, sorry. Our hotel concierge recommended this place, and my mother might have asked him what was an "affordable" place in Trastevere. Lol. Because according to her, she can afford literally nothing [insert eye roll]. And when I saw the prices, I was skeptical about how good this could be. Pretty much all pizzas and pastas are about €6 or less. Mine was seafood so it was the most expensive at €8! But my pasta was great. Tons of seafood. Nice sauce. Our waitress was great too. None of it was the best ever or blew my mind, but it was good food for a good price. A better pasta than a really highly rated place in Piazza Navona I made my mum go to the night before, for what it's worth.

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    The food AND service was amazing. Seafood tasted very fresh and tiramisu was the best I've had. 5 stars!

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    9 years ago

    Tasty food served quickly with super great price. 13 euro 4 course dinner filled me up and inexpensive house wine, loved it

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    Good food in a wonderful part of Rome. The patio dining was particularly nice.

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    9 years ago

    Great food at an awesome price. The Penne Carlo Menta was the best pasta my son has had so far. Daughter loved the procutto mushroom pizza.

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    11 years ago

    We enjoyed a good plate of pasta and it was great. The place is super crowded and service can be slow sometimes but the food is good.

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    8 years ago

    the quallity of the good are not bad but the stuff s behavior are really rude and bad

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    I ordered from the tourist menu since it seemed like a good deal (14€ for an antipasto, primo, secondo, and dessert).

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    4.1(25 reviews)
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    Everyone needs a trip to Italy, if nothing more than to enjoy all of the food…read more When you've landed, you're hungry, and it's not lunch time, and it's not dinner time, you may end up, selling for whatever you can find is open We were absolutely starving, and wanting to indulge in our first Italian meal, what do you do when you're in Italy?! You may want to indulge in pasta or pizza! We walked in, and we were immediately seated. Air conditioning is nonexistent, and on a hot summer day, it would've been cooler to dine outside. had that been an option, and it was 95° out. As soon as we were seated, we were immediately told that Pizza and some of their baked Italian dishes were not going to be available. Boo. The wait staff seemed fairly nice, and offered to bring us glasses of water. The glasses were super tiny, and thankfully the waitress brought over a carafe of water. We asked for a few suggestions, since both of us had been craving pizza, and she suggested the Carbonara. She said it was one of the best dishes. While we were waiting for our food, several other tables were immediately filled up with other customers, families and friends alike. It was interesting that those tables were served pizza... I'll just leave it at that. The carbonara Was anything less than delicious. We both found the pasta to be barely cooked. Not al dente, but barely cooked. The seasoning was mediocre, and there was very little pork, which is supposed to be the highlight of this dish, in this dish. Diners tip: if you are not a local, keep in mind that your version of Customer Service may or may not fit what Customer Service is in Rome. Despite being hungry, I had a hard time, finishing the food, let alone actually eating it. The waitress only came over at the end to drop off the check, and when she noticed that I had barely eaten anything, first gave me a strange look, and then asked about it. It was definitely one of those situations where saying something was wrong would've been met with unwanted attention. This is in a place to add to your must try list... There are plenty of other places, even in and around this area that more than likely would be a better choice.

    Bufala pizza with red sauce and lasagna was excellent. Seating was fast and good serviceread more

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