Oh. My. God.
If you leave the Ombralonga either hungry or thirsty, you've done something wrong.
This ins probably one of my favourite places in Rome. Not only do they have delicious drinks and food, it's also all dirt cheap and even though the place is crowded you will hardly meet any tourists here.
Let's start with the drinks. You get wonderful Sprizz in several variations (ginger, elderflower, original) for 2,5€, other coktails, long drinks, wine and even a decent selection of beer all for next to nothing (Gin Tonic 3,5€). The cocktails are all delicious and light.
The food is limited to a few what you think might be just snacks, but brace yourself. We ordered a meat and cheese platter for 4 people and couldn't finish it with the 6 of us. What they served was a board loaded and loaded with the most delicious sorts of italian meat and cheese. You have salame, ham, salsiccia, serano all freshly cut behind the bar. Even though the meat is dominant you also have wonderful cheeses such as parmegiano, ricotta and others, served with honey on the side as a perfect, well rounded topping. The whole board is topped with two bruschetta with pesto spread and you get three bags of bread on the side. Crispy flatbrad, regular white bread, grissini sticks and round, crispy bread thingies. And all that for ridiculous 5€. As I said, we couldn't finish our platter with 6 people because it was so much and we all felt a little awkward eating so much pure, but so delicious meat. Next time I would def try the cheese or vegan platter that also looked fantastic.
One last sentence about the atmosphere: The place is crowed until late in the night, even the tables outside. The guest are usually young, hipsterish, lefty Italians. No tourists, no rich fat cats, no annoying womaniser. More the type of peoples who would also go to CSOA Forte Prenestino for a good techno party. The atmosphere is relaxed, friendly, hipsterish and open.
I love the place! Will def come again! read more