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4.7 (59 reviews)
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Fettuccine with Chicken. I also am going to share what it looks like mixed up.
Justin B.

Best Italian food Near Rome Termini! Huge massive portions. Every dish is large enough to be a single meal. Even the appetizers. We didn't realize the size of the dishes so we ordered a lot more than we should have. We spent 118 Euro total and could have easily cut the choices in half and still walked out full. The lamb was highlight of the night. It's prepared and served with the fat on. Most Americans might not understand or expect it. There is still a lot of meat and it's the best lamb meat I've had. The meat is so tender and soft that the knife cut through like cutting butter. My mouth is watering just talking about it. We also had fettuccine with chicken, an arugula salad, a duck leg appetizer, a shrimp appetizer and a ribeye meal. That's basically 6 meals in total. We had several things to take home. I loved the arugula salad but my wife thought it bitter. The fettuccine and chicken was awesome. My wife loved that. The duck is great with the sauce so make sure to dip each bite. The shrimp appetizer is only 3 shrimp. The rest is a cheese with an olive and tomato topping. Mix this topping with the cheese or it might be too olive favored for some people. The ribeye was the lowest part. Kinda reminded me of a ribeye from a Dennys in America. Granted The potatoes with it are actually incredible but I recommend a different meal choice. The service is great. They spoke English. The waitress let me use her phone to see the meals before ordering. We had our meal on a Thursday night. If we didn't get there at 8:30 pm I think we would have been competing for tables. I highly recommend setting up reservations if you go on a weekend.

The lamb chops - again... truly excellent! But - i do wish there were something GREEN on the plate; maybe some broccoli or some asparagus?
John H.

We happened upon this place because we were staying at the nearby Palazzo Montemartini hotel. This is a small restaurant- and the staff gladly speaks English and provides English menus. The menu is short- it's a small restaurant. They do fewer dishes but they do them well. They do have an inside seating area - but it is downstairs from street level and it is hot inside. The general seating area is 'Al fresco' on the street. This happens to be a relatively secluded and quiet alley - with tall buildings on either side- so the shading is just right. It was a 92 degree day in Rome and yet when we sat down outside here for dinner- it was perfect and comfortable. I had the Lamb chops- they were delicious and tender and i would order them again! I do wish that the plate had some GREEN on it though. Some broccoli or asparagus? The plate just lacked that spark of color...She had the black squid ink pasta... to be honest - the squid ink pasta is done a little too al dente- not as chewy as a typical pasta- and - oddly - this dish lacks flavor?!?. But the service here was kind and personal, the red Chiraz wine was quite nice, the outdoor seating was actually quite pleasant, and the food was good. I cannot say it was 'great' but i can say it was good. In the north Termini area this is a good find.

Kathryn Y.

Amazing flavors and quality - highly recommend eating here. Everything we had was so delicious. The sides he put with the lamb were I think my favorite combo ever- so unique. And not salty and not too cheesy- very creative. Our waitress was super sweet and patient with me bc I was so indecisive with all the good stuff on the menu. The risotto was soooo good. Not cheesy and perfect texture. This chef is very passionate about his food, def recommend coming here!

I shouldn't be telling you this because you'll just ruin it by flooding it with tourists. We were the only ones when we were there. But they deserve the business because it iAbsolutely amazing! Best service I've had in a restaurant in a long time. The owner is amazing and kind and makes awesome recommendations. The food is all great. It's not traditional preparations of Italian/Roman food that tourists expect. It is inventive and smart and interesting. You absolutely must go here!

April B.

We really wish we could dine here more than one time during our trip to Rome. After trying out countless number of mediocre & touristy places in Rome, we were so lucky to find this little gem at the corner of a quiet street. The waitress was attentive and spent good amount of time to explain the menu to use. Food came out delicious but portion was slightly on the light side. Scallop appetizer was amazing and the taste was very unique yet harmonizing of different ingredients.

Melon + burrata & butter from the chef
Tiffany Z.

Excellent find within walking distance of our hotel. We made a dinner reservation for our large party and were seated inside. The service was immediately noteworthy and attentive; the waitress explained their entire menu in English for us. We arrived not feeling particularly hungry or intending to order much, but the food was absolutely exquisite. The lamb was especially delicious and unbelievably tender (the waitress informed us it had been slow cooked for 13! hours) - we actually ordered a second serving to share. We were so impressed by the quality of food that we ordered a dessert - the coffee creme brûlée - and were not disappointed. Definitely our best dining experience in Rome and one of our favorites from this trip to Italy.

Celien G.

Perfect! Really good food and super friendly staff. Also the interior looks really cosy. It's nice what they do to the food, for example they Made a special tiramisu version. I had the carbonara and it was DELISH! The wine was also really good, always go for the Italian wine.

Dylan M.

Last nite in Rome and stayed at a hotel near the train station for an early train out to the airport and found this place via trip advisor and glad I did. The staff and the food were both wonderful. The presentation and flavors were both creative. The restaurant interior is a bit basic and could use a little bit of creative flair but maybe that will come. So if your are In the train station area at a hotel or just in the area in general defiantly give it a try. Great value for the quality of food. On a side note I don't think I would travel out of my way to get here. If staying further away there are so many options in the city the neighborhood its in doesn't offer much else. BUT...defiantly a great option if your are close bye.

Peter H.

Tired of the usual pizza, pasta restaurants all around Rome? This little place nestled in the corner of a small street near the Termini train station is a jewel! Creative, inspired menu with impeccable service. I don't usually eat at the same place twice, especially if I'm only here in Rome for 4 nights, but there were more dishes I wanted to try! Highly recommended!

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Awesome lobster Carbonara. Looked ambience and food. Will not recommend dessert we tried brownie and dismantled tiramisu both were ok.

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Le Tavernelle - Lobster pasta

Le Tavernelle

4.5(172 reviews)
1.1 km•Monti
•€€

Loved the Cacio e pepe! So delicious and authentic there was great service. The ambiance was cozy.read more

Our first meal in Rome was here, and I'm so glad it was here. We arrived on Christmas Eve and…read morewanted a good meal. Our hotel manager had suggested another restaurant, but I was apprehensive to try, but did later, more on that restaurant review in it's own post. I rather did what I should have done throughout the trip to, which is to search google for local reviews. This tactic I found to be much better than to trust American reviews for restaurants to visit from Youtube or even here, just because the American touristy taste tends to favor bland or Olive Garden style pseudo Italian. The real Italian taste is much different and something one needs to develop. I was familiar with European Italian food, as I had said before in other reviews that Mexico has better Italian food outside of Italy. Additionally, the good restaurants here in Italy do not open before 7 PM. If it does or if someone that looks foreign to Italy is outside trying to lure you in, it's a tourist restaurant with iffy flavor. At this restaurant my husband had the Lobster pasta and I had the spinach/ricotta ravioli, and we both were beyond satisfied. We also had the artichoke as an appetizer, and trusted the waiter with his suggestion for a bottle of wine. He must have been some genius because the wine went well with our meal. The ambience was cozy and very family oriented, however, the rain outside made it romantic for us. Another key point for this restaurant and it traditional flare was that they brought out the olive oil and red vinegar for our salad and of course olive oil for our wonderful home-made bread. I'm so glad we chose this place for those of us Americans who understand culinary cuisine.

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Squid and seabass

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Tonnarello

Tonnarello

4.2(646 reviews)
3.0 km•Trastevere
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Delicious food good service. They actually have two stores a block or so apart. They had a great…read moreselection of traditional dishes. Their menu looks really busy until you realize that every item is written in Italian English French Spanish and German. They call pizza "pinze" which I found odd. I had the rigatoni pesto , and it was delicious. Their cacio e pepe was also quite good. I honestly don't know how those waiters kept up with everything. I recommend.

Hugely reviewed on Google Eating here felt like a waste of a…read moremeal in Italy. We had just arrived and were hungry, so we sat despite seeing the menu in 4 languages-- a tip off that this is a tourist restaurant and not the real deal food Everything was quite Plain. It was edible but the lasagne noodles were overcooked I ordered a salad when I saw that we landed in a tourist restaurant. The plus: I had a big pile of arugula which is healthy it was topped with bresaola ( made out of the restaurant and pretty good) and Parmesan ( average quality) and olives ( tasted like canned I can get in the States), and 4 slices of totally plain grilled eggplant ( no salt. No carmelizatikn, low flavor) I used the balsamic on the table to add dressing to the otherwise bare greens. So, in sum, healthy but not delicious Service is very friendly, and eager to upsell. They know how to bring the tourists in and feed them

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Al Forno della Soffitta

Al Forno della Soffitta

4.6(309 reviews)
0.7 km•Termini
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Super pizza place with a lot of other great stuff on the menu…read more I looked with envy at the other tables who were enjoying spectacular plates of spaghetti with mussels. * * * That said, my pizza was a grand slam home run. Many of their pizzas are quite elaborate With all sorts of exotic ingredients. I went super simple. Gorgonzola. Mozzarella. That's it. Just enough Mozzarella to cut the Gorgonzola and make for a good melt. * * * If you have never had a gorgonzola pizza, you have never lived. Just sayin'. * * * P.S. My lovely wife got a Norwegian salmon pizza. The Norwegian salmon was stacked up high on her pizza As if she was in the World Series of Poker and she was a big winner. I have never seen so much salmon on one plate. After our meal, I made a discreet phone call to the Norwegian embassy in Rome asking them if they still had any salmon left. The woman at the embassy assured me the Norwegian salmon supply was fine. That surprises me given all the salmon that was on my wife's pizza.

It was a positive Yelp review that lured us to choose this restaurant for our first night meal…read moreafter traveling from USA. So, I felt that I owed a review of my own in appreciation. Being new to Rome, and having walked 20k steps on our first day, there are an abundance of options a for dining. We wanted something classically Rome nearby to our hotel. The Yelp review of this restaurant was sufficiently positive to entice us. Being American, we appreciate the earlier-than-customary dining options. We arrived at 6pm without a reservation. We were seated immediately. The restaurant is intimate and very well staffed. The wood fire oven is front-and-center and the fresh mozzarella is prominent in display. We ordered a bottle of wine ... all options are very fairly priced. This is nice. We started with a Greek salad to share. It was unlike any American Greek salad ... and a really delight. It is early June but the tomatoes and peppers were ripe and crisp and really fresh. My wife ordered the Marguerite pizza; I opted for the Gorgonzola pizza (the effusive review on Yelp was compelling). Both were solid. We appreciate the thin crust and the crisp edged. The center of both, however, was doughy and somewhat undercooked. Looking around ... the restaurant was over 50% full even at this early hour. Most were Americans. We saw a good number of diners with pasta dishes ... and none were left unfinished. Sadly, we don't have any comparisons to weigh (yet). So, I cannot affirm any "best of" citations, it this is certainly a solid trattoria/pizzeria. The staff are attentive and the food served hot and fresh.

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