This restaurant was literally steps from our Airbnb and constantly crowded when we walked by. Tucked on a cobblestone street in a popular neighborhood near Piazza Navona, it doesn't look like much from the outside. We had dinner there on our last night and sat outside on a warm September evening. The seating was tight and we were sandwiched in between two other friendly couples. A locals birthday party was taking place at the next table with 20+ people, so that's a good sign. The service was good and wine fairly inexpensive. I had the fungi pizza which was thin and crispy. Husband had baccala (cod) and enjoyed it. Would recommend for a casual dinner in a cute neighborhood. read more

Da Francesco - Fungi pizza - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Da Francesco is a solid spot for some classic dishes in Rome. It's centrally located and probably for the best if you make reservations, but they do accommodate walk-ins for outside seating. I tried the fettuccine alla gricia con tartufo nero on my visit. The pasta was cooked perfectly, the guanciale added fatty and crunchy (tad bit salty) bits of pork cheek, and the thicc slices of black truffle kicked the flavor up a notch. The staff were pretty friendly and attentive with orders so it's worth a visit if you're looking for some good Italian food. read more

Da Francesco - Fettuccine alla gricia con tartufo nero - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

The service here was spectacular. We did not have a reservation but they were able to help us. The food was very good. The ambiance was very clean. The waiters were all nicely dressed. They did have air conditioning but it was not on high. Some of the waiters were sweating. The tirmasu was very good and enough for two to split. We basically split everything. I am glad we did not order more food because it was a lot of food. The bill was only 72 euros which was pretty affordable for a restaurant this good. read more

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Loved the oxtail, pizza and carbonara. The service was excellent! Great recommendation from the W hotel in Rome read more

Da Francesco - Oxtail - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Comma dei fari pì amà sta donni? Di rose dee fare nu bellu ciardini What do I have to do to love this woman? I have to make a pretty garden of roses nu bellu ciardini ntorni p'intorni lei annammurari A pretty garden all around here, to make her fall in love. That's what we did...we ate slowly to savor every bite of DaFrancesco's Buffalo Cheese Truffle Pizza Pie. The crust thin, light melt in your mouth covered w. delicious cheese and mind blowing scrumptious large truffle pieces w. truffle juice running down your lips. This is the best of the best. n'auciello a ccantari cantava e repusava: bella diceva pì voi vò addivintare un aucello pe farimi nu sonno accanto a voi bella madonna. A songbird it sung and rested: beauty, it said, for you I've become a bird to sleep beside you, Beautiful Lady. Ciao mi Amicas, Avram Moveestr Jr. read more

Da Francesco - Worth the Airfare..:) - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This spot was down the street from our Airbnb and it was always packed during dinner and had great reviews. We didn't have a reservation but we're told to come at 930 and we had no issues. We started with the fried oxtail which came with a nice oxtail sauce. Oxtail sauce it my jam in any cuisine and the roman style didn't disappoint. After we finished the server asked if we wanted bread to finish the sauce, since wifey loves bread she jumped at the chance. Onto the pasta dishes, I wanted to try amatricana since it's a particular style from Rome and it was delicious. The salted pork gives it a saltiness then is offset by the the pungent pecorino then finishes with the tomato is a great combination. It's such a simple dish but can't find at home in Boston. If someone does, please Yelp me stat! Wifey got the spaghetti con vongole and wasn't as satisfied. She said mine is better, which helped my ego but made me sad at the moment since we were in Italy! The review is a reflection of wifey's dish. read more

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We made reservations a month in advance and when we arrived at the restaurant a few minutes early, they told us they were booked for the night. We told them we had a reservation, but they didn't care. They brought us into the restaurant to show us that all the tables were full. They offered to sit us outside in the 47 degree F night which we reluctantly agreed. We should have left. Food was just OK, portions were very small, prices were very high. We were cold, our food was cold, and the people who had tables inside would come out to smoke next to our table. This used to be one of our favorite restaurants in all of Rome. We won't be back. read more

Da Francesco offers up some amazing pasta. Quite simply put... it is fresh, cooked perfectly, and paired with very flavorful sauces. I had a special of the day that included some shrimp, prawns, and asparagus and it was *gestures chef's kiss* My partner ordered the Spahgettoni all'Amatriciana which he thoroughly enjoyed and sopped up all the sauce with our table bread. We also ordered the Fried Oxtail to start, which was juicy and soft on the inside with a crispy breaded exterior. Honestly, it was such a great meal. read more

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The staff was sooooooo friendly and attentive. The food was delicious and the establishment was so tidy. read more

Da Francesco - Tortellini alla carbonara with black truffle. *chef's kiss* - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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I've been here numerous times and always extremely pleased. I consider all the staff my friends. The food is fantastic and a terrific value. I love the al fresco dining option. read more

Excellent food and location . Service great, ambiance was awesome ..highly recommend

Excellent local spot. Non touristy vibe. Great pasta and dishes, as well as pizza menu. Musts Fried ox tail Black truffle tortellini Roma Spaghetti read more

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I was really happy with the customer service but the food was meh. Out of the three top dishes they recommended only one tasted pretty good. The Carbonara pasta tasted undercooked. Which apparently is the way Italians make pasta and I'm just not used to it. The wine was amazing and the et have tons of quality wine. The mushroom based pasta was yucky and smelled tasted like feet lol. The last one was a tomato based one we all agreed we liked. Service was a bit slow but we didn't mind. The pizza was our appetizer/first course and I loved it! They have the quality pork/bacon. They put the pig through the special salting and aging process. Ambiance is upscale, affordable, and welcoming! read more

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Someone recommended this place. We sat outside, it is located in a nice area. The roast beef was very good and the pasta was delicious. Probably the best food we had in Rome. Unfortunately the service is very slow and terrible. We asked for water twice and never got it. It took a long time to get our food and even longer to get our check. Portions are small and prices are higher than other restaurants. They even charge for bread. read more

Da Francesco - Roast Beef - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Very cozy place. Servers and hostess are friendly. A mix of locals and tourists. The pasta was excellent. The caprese salad was amazing. The wine list is extensive. The pizza looked great but the portions were so large we did not make it past the pasta. It can get loud indoors. Outside seating was quaint. read more

Da Francesco - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Outstanding food with availability even during rather busy time. Pizza, meat appetizer and wine was delicious.

We went to this neighborhood restaurant on a friend's recommendation and were very glad we did. Service was wonderful, food was amazing. We started with Mauritozo con Burrata, we shared a large mixed salad with fresh artichokes, sampled the Mezze Maniche Carbonara and the Spaghetti Pastificio Mancini all'Amatriciana, as well as another special pasta with a delicious meat ragu. We also tried the Cod entree, and the daily special fish entree. All were superb! They have a wine cellar there on site, so if you appreciate wines, you should visit. It is located near, but not on the busier Via del Governa Vecchio, so it's a welcome relief from that busier thoroughfare. The table next to us ordered some pizza and if you like the thin, crispy crust of the Roman style, this is a good place for you. read more

This place was right across from our airbnb so we tried it. My pizza was great but my brother's pasta was amazing, definitely one of the best pastas I've had! The servers were very nice and accommodating even though they were busy! read more

Da Francesco - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Very cool place. Best pasta we've had in Rome. The truffle tortellini was amazing. Excellent service, very reasonably priced. read more

Da Francesco - Truffle tortellini - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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We had great service and food on a very busy night: The meatball appetizer was wonderful. While it felt a little "touristy" it met all the checkboxes for an authentic Roman meal. read more

Some of (if not) the best pasta I had while in Rome. Make sure to make a reservation tho, bc even though tables were not filled, they did NOT take walk ins. read more

So good, we ate here twice! The first time was lunch our first day - I had the pizza con funghi, which was delicious. Pizza was thin, but had good chew and flavor. My friend had the spaghetti con vongole. Despite this not being the region for seafood, it was very good. The next day we shared the pizza with porcini mushrooms, which we decided we would have liked better with a red sauce. Cacio e pepe was also nicely done (though I also decided it was not my favorite). The fettucine con porcini was super good. The noodles are sooo deliciously chewy. Excellent restaurant. Everything is great! Service is very friendly. We almost went back for dessert our third day but didn't have room. read more

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Went here for a late lunch and had to wait about an hour to get a table. The young female server wasn't that friendly but was pretty quick. I ordered the sausage and mushroom pizza and it was delicious. Nice crispy thin crust. We had the pistachio tiramisu and it was amazing. So creamy with excellent flavour. Seating in here is pretty tight, you don't get much privacy here. read more

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Food is good & honest. Everyone F looks hear for the pasta would definitely consider the ox tail!!! Service is good considering it's a high volume place. Not we're you want to go for Ambiance!! read more

Da Francesco - OX tail dish a must!! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Excellent wine menu provides ample options to pair with their deep dinner menu. Service goes above and beyond to provide a very vibrant and exciting night. read more

Da Francesco - Wine - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This has been hands down my favorite place in Rome! You must come here and hope you get Fredrick as your server! He is amazing and will make your visit even better! read more

The chalkboard menu outside shows a great many number of options. Despite the long list of pastas, most of the options consist of various combinations of the same types of pasta, sauces, and toppings. and they were delicious! In fact, we enjoyed it so much we ate here twice in two days. We sat in the slightly cramped dining room and I took notice of the monogrammed napkins, which were a nice tough. Once I dove into the menu, I gravitated towards all the truffle options. Some of them include large truffle shavings, while most of them include large specks of black truffle. 15€ Fettuccine Alla Gricia Con Tartufo Nero (Fettuccine with Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Black Pepper, Black Truffle): The amazingly al dente fettuccine was soft, springy, and just chewy enough. All together, it was creamy and savory. It was just like a very well done carbonara with fettuccine. 25€ Fettuccine with Shaved Truffle: I was happy to see a very generous serving of shaved black truffles as well as specks of black truffle on top of fettuccine in a creamy sauce. It was delicious. There was so much truffle that the texture of the truffle almost competes with the pasta. Perhaps it'd be best to thoroughly mix it all together. 10€ Spaghetti "Mancini" Alla Carbonara (Spaghetti w/ Egg, Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Black Pepper): Meanwhile we also tried their carbonara, which was just as delicious with crispy, salty bacon, and creamy soft egg. 10€ Spaghetti "Mancini" All'Amatriciana (Spaghetti w/ Tomato Sauce, Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Red Pepper): I wasn't expecting much of spaghetti with tomato sauce, but this was just excellent comfort food. All of the pasta options were exemplary designs of simple food executed well. 9€ Tiramisu al pistacchio: The pistachio tiramisu was served in a small mason jar. After all the salty pasta, the sweet dessert was very refreshing and creamy. On its own, however, it can be a tad too sweet. I thoroughly enjoyed everything we tried. On top of that, the prices were quite affordable. In fact, the prices of the secondi portion of the menu also looked very reasonable. read more

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Service: lovely Ambiance: authentically perfect Food: outstanding Will absolutely be back!!! read more

Perfectly decent traditional Roman restaurant by Piazza Navona. Seemed to have terrific wine list. Good option for a civilized meal. read more

Amazing. Best meal we had the whole time we were in Rome. Everything was perfect and our server had great recommendations! Highly recommend the fried eggplant appetizer, any of the pizzas (we loved the mortadella/pistachio) with perfect crispy thin crust. Also the carbonara was amazing and anything with fresh truffle--just enough to be flavorful and not overpowering. read more

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Call me basic, call me extra, but I LOVE truffles. Imagine how excited I was to find a place with truffle everything (pizza, pasta, etc.) About a 10 minute walk from the Pantheon, this place was packed. A good sign? However, I was pretty disappointed with the result. I know Italians eat pasta al dente, but this wasn't really al dente... the pasta was hard to chew, and contrary to the pictures, there was barely any truffle. The truffle pizza was okay, but also stingy on the truffle (not as much as the pasta though). The highlight of the meal was the pistachio tiramisu. It was amazing and probably one of the best desserts I had in Italy, and saved what was pretty much an unsatisfactory meal. read more

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This was our favorite restaurant in Rome, located right off Piazza Navona. It's small and cramped with tables right up against one another, so if catching an airborne illness is not your thing, then you might want to avoid this place. We had the funghi and truffle pizza and the truffle pasta and we inhaled both. We also enjoyed a side of sauteed chicory which was delicious but a tad oily. This place is busy so be sure to make a reservation if you can. read more

Middle of the action, dining and bars. Great service and food. Rome's top restaurant!!! read more

Da Francesco - Best Pizza - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

There's two parts to this restaurants, downstairs which is super casual and has pizza and upstairs which is a little more fancy, quieter, and does not have pizza. Our group ended up sitting upstairs and had a nice cozy dinner. The food was delicious! We got the carbonara with black truffle which was yumm!!!! And steak that would grilled to perfection, extremely juicy! The grilled veggies were a little salty but that's okay. Everyone's dishes were really good! My one problem was our waiter brought us three cheese platters in the beginning when we never ordered three. We asked for a cheese platter, he decided on his own how many, and we had to send two back because we thought it was excessive. He tried to upsell us so many times it got a little uncomfortable. Also the waiter was just standing by watching us the whole time and we felt like we couldn't relax and just eat. My suggestion: walk around and give your customers some space, no one likes to be hovered. Other than that, the food was great! read more

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First of all, I wanna say that I go quite often to this restaurant as I travel to Rome several times a year for work trips. I usually go there with a group of colleagues but last Saturday It was the first time that I went there with my husband. Rome for Easter weekend and brought him to eat at my favorite restaurant ( used to be, before they became greedy and vicious). This weekend was the first time they pulled a bad tourist trick on me. I didn't have a regular waiter that would serve me usually. Let's start with the food: I ordered carbonara pasta and my husband had a margarita pizza ( real basic). Well I got my pasta 15 minutes before my husband could have his pizza. We understood it was a busy Saturday night, but I had time to finish eating before my husband could get his plate. I would have waited but the carbonara sauce was getting stiffed. Like they couldn't synchronize my pasta delivery with his pizza . Anyway we didn't make a big deal out of it. The big joke was coming... we asked for 2 glasses of red wine, as we were tired and jet lagged we didn't wanna do a whole bottle. So 2 glasses of a dry not too sweet red wine. Wine was good. LOL Than we got the bill and the glasses were 22Euro a glass. A total of 44Euro for 2 glasses of wine!!!!!!!!! A glass of wine cost between 8 to 12Euro max at this restaurant. The waiter really took us for regular stupid tourists if you want my honest opinion! I couldn't believe he poured us a 22Euro a glass wine without even mentioning it before!!!! By the way a pizza and a pasta are 24Euro total! The bill also had an extra 8Euro for an other beverage we haven't took. This one got removed for the total charges. But it looks like if you aren't paying any attention they just over charge you !!!!!! This was dishonest and laughing at touristic people!!! read more

This was my favorite restaurant we ate at during our stay in rome. We came for lunch right when they opened, and they got super full in about 30 min. The crowd had a good mix of locals and tourists. They have a decently large menu but we werent super hungry so only ordered 3 items. The grilled vegetable dish, truffle pizza, and pistachio tiramisu. Service isnt super friendly if you dont speak italian which im ok with. Food came out surprisingly quick!! The grilled veggies were a bit oily but still tasty. The pizza was the star of the show, lots of delicious truffleness and super savory. My father and i were stuffed and still had the pistachio tiramisu to eat. The tiramisu was already made and they pulled it from the fridge. It is the perfect dessert, not too sweet but really creamy and light. Great place if you are in centro historic. read more

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Why 4 stars? Because it was enjoyable, but just a little too truffle-y. --- --- --- For our last meal in Rome, we ordered Chinese food.... just kidding, we went with Italian. Because my wife was so in love with carbonara she had for lunch, I had to try it out for myself. I love things with truffle, so when I saw truffle carbonara on the menu, I was sold. The issue is that this was ridiculously heavy on the truffle. Every bite was like taking a swig of truffle oil and adding in some pasta. Don't get me wrong - it was delicious, but it was so intense and rich, that I really wish it would have been a small side dish and not my main course. My wife ordered the lasagna and she enjoyed it. We loved the house white wine - it was possibly our favorite in Italy. We took the first available seating, which was outside and the weather was pleasant. The tables are communal, and it was interesting to hear the conversation going on next to us between a tourist from Spain and a tourist from Austrailia. When I'm in my own city, I would prefer privacy, but when traveling across Europe, it's so much fun to be around people from other cultures. Communal seating can be a huge bonus - you'll never know who you'll sit with! Before we left, I headed inside to use the restroom and noticed how adorable the interior was. They did a phenomenal job decorating - I just wish they'd go a little lighter on the truffle :) read more

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So many options on their menu, but I believe they are known for their pastas! Two of us shared the octopus carpaccio as an appetizer. Then we ordered the lobster linguine, and the spaghetti carbonara with black truffles. The latter was very rich, but delicious. They were generous with the black truffles. The lobster pasta had a light sauce. The pastas were handmade and cooked until the perfect al dente. Everything was great. Wine was cheap. Overall a great experience! read more

Da Francesco - Carpaccio di pulpo - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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The caprese is to die for! This is our second time back. The food was outstanding! The pizza was so good too! read more

Da Francesco - Pizza - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Tasty food. I had the gricia and asked for it without truffles and it was great. Also got the maritozzo for dessert. Would recommend.