Awesome place to eat! Very happy atmosphere with lots to look at! Food was fantastic! Our waiter was funny and attentive! We had bruschetta that was to die for!!!! Pizza with a lovely thin thin crust and a bottle of wine! Inexpensive as far as we were concerned! We are going again tonight to try other things on the menu!! Highly recommend!! read more

The food is ok. Service is slow. 3,50 for a small can of Fanta seems high. They seat you randomly next to other people which seems odd and not great if you're trying to have an intimate dinner or semi private conversation without involving the people sitting less than 12 inches away read more

La Base - Pubs Near Me - Rome, RM

Very good options of pasta and pizza Had a very good pasta... Amazing ambience Good service Good location read more

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Food was delicious and came out quick once ordered.... But it took almost 30 minutes to get acknowledged then another 10 to get back drinks. While watching people who came in after us while only 3 tables were even occupied, get served appetizers and drinks. read more

Only good if you want a bar type of atmosphere with weird photos everywhere & women who aren't properly dressed as decor on your table

Terrible service. Food took over an hour to receive. Asked for bread basket 3 times and received r the end of the meal. Waitress came by 2 within 2 and a half hours of our lunch. Don't come here!!!!!! read more

Food was ok since it was the only place to eat late after the bars closed but the server was the worse. She didn't put our add ones to our salad but the worse was when my food came wrong she insisted I ordered that and was extremely rude! I would not recommend this place mainly because of the service read more

Great place love the food great staff prices are fair nothing is over price. On my way to the restaurant there was people trying to sell me stuff non stop .. selfie sticks and all type of things .. read more

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Tourist trap for sure. Avoid. The menu is all over the place with burgers, pasta and basmati rice (?!?). It was bizarre. Decor is like an American diner which should've given us a clue but we were hungry - big mistake. read more

It's a good and fair priced ristorante. Pizzas prices are from 5 euros to 10 euro / 12"-15" read more

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This is a great place to see a little Americana. The fun part is that a lot of it is just a little bit off, so you can enjoy looking around to "spot the differences". We ended up going twice. Once, we sat at the bar. It's a short bar, not really meant for bar sitting but the bartender was great. He tolerated my poor Italian, had fun with us, and even taught me a word or two. The second time we stopped we had food. It was pretty good for a decent price. Our waitress spoke very good English. read more

Very affordable in the area where a plate of pasta is no less than 10 €. I ordered La Carbonara. It was delicious!! Creamy and cheesy. Bacon are huge crunchy bits which I like. Price was really surprising for such quantity on your plate. Average plate of pasta is 7€. What's nice is the coperto and service charge are all included. Having said that, now I realized that this place is really cheap. If you are in the Colosseum area, then head to this restaurant to get your lunch. They have burgers as well. read more

Went here with a large group since it was challenging to find a place to accommodate more than 30 people. I was initially skeptical of the places food quality (the American style pin-up photos and funky interior were early indicators of this). But nonetheless we decided that we'd give it a try. The pasta came out al dente which was entirely fine - but the food was more or less flavorless and lacking in substance. Spaghetti bolognese tasted more like a tomato sauce with a couple pieces of meat. Pesto lacked the richness normally associated with pesto. That said the 4 cheese gnocchi wasn't bad and was probably the best thing on our table. We also had orders of bruschetta as a starter and caprese which were okay. Overall I wouldn't come back to this place to eat despite it being quite affordable. read more

awful service. charge €6 for "TAP" water & found nasty looking bug on the table and didn't seem to matter to any of the waitresses. read more

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Don't let the exterior fool you! The bf was suffering from jet lag and woke us up at 2:30 am because he was hungry. Thank goodness for Yelp! The place was within walking distance from our hotel, which was a huge plus! From the outside, the place looks like your typical hole in the wall bar with tacky decorations inside. At 3 am, they were playing many oldies that we were just singing along with! The menu is a little overwhelming as well but the food was fantastic! The bf got a pizza and I had the shrimp scampi. Keep in mine, I'm not the biggest fan of pizzas but this was so good! Just taking a bite, you can already taste the flavors before even chewing! My shrimp scampi was absolutely amazing! So flavorful! The linguine was cooked perfectly and the sauce was just fantastic! You can taste the flavors of the shrimp with every bite! This little hole in the wall had better food than the nice little restaurants we've been to for a quarter of the price. Oh, and a little tip, after midnight, there is a 20% service charge! Well worth for us! We had two apps, 4 non alcoholic beverages and two entres, and the total bill was still a quarter of our fancy dinners the night before! read more

Barry White??? Oh, well, what can my husband say. The drinks are good. I like the ambiance and my hubby ordered a steak. I will tell you later what he thinks. Per hubby it was okay. read more

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This has to be one of the best spots in Rome. Opened till late in night and worth every cent the cab ride if you are in another part of town. Oddly enough, they had one of the best pastas we had in Rome. Delicious food and pretty good service. read more

Horrible service; no AC; loud. We got up and left after waiting for several minutes for some one to take our order.

This place was recommended to us by a tour guide for lunch while we were waiting for the tour to start. While the price was definitely reasonable (especially for Rome), I would classify this restaurant as the Applebee's of Rome... Pop culture atmosphere, generic dishes for the most part, not really authentic. We passed almost a of restaurants on the way and ended up stopping here because of our tour guide's recommendation and because the menu is quite extensive. Well, that should have been an indication that this is a "Jack of all trades" restaurant. We got the mixed fried plate wanting to try fried mozzarella and rice balls. We got a plate of fries with 2 rice balls, 4 mozzarella, and 4 chicken nuggets. It was odd. Main dishes we chose salmon gnocchi (fresh and decent flavor), and a pizza (it was ok but soooo oily!). Price was only 32€ for appetizer, 2 entrees and 2 glasses of wine which was nice, I would have been upset if we paid more. Waitresses were helpful but not overly friendly. Overall, you get what you pay for at this place. read more

This place was close to the coliseum and where we were staying. The staff seemed to speak English well enough to place our order and answer our general questions. They accept cards (we used visa). The food was ok at best. The pizza I got (mushroom, sausage) could have been better. The sauce didn't taste very fresh imo and the crust was really soft/doughy toward the center which I personally did not like. There are many places near by with great pizza so I felt like I missed out on that. My wife ordered the Columbus tortellini pasta dish and she thought the sauce was a tiny bit salty but still edible. Overall the food was kind of bland but you can't expect much from a place that offers so many different varieties of food. read more

Great place, fun atmosphere, outgoing staff and awesome bartender! Fun place to meet people from all over the world!

I would not give it high because it was not the same of the picture that I saw in the website and the shrimp wasn't fresh. The second picture of the pasta was what I wanted, the waiter told me that they had to change to another sauce because they don't have the same, but the face is they changed the shrimp too. But the wine with peach juice were good, and price and environment was okay. read more

La Base - Pubs Near Me - Rome, RM

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This place we found just walking. Stepped in and was immediately amazed at the decor. After dinner we looked up this place and were amazed at the rating. We came back tonight and after eating dinner again we thought if we would have found this restaurant the first night we would have been there every night. Great food and it takes you about 15 minuets just to read though all the items on the menu. Well done and next time in Rome we will be looking forward to a dinner again here They deserve 10 stars!!! read more

I really enjoyed the food and atmosphere of this restaurant and so I returned twice for lunch during my stay that week. Both the Al Capone and the Donnie Brasco sandwiches were yummy and service was prompt. read more

This is my new favorite restaurant in Rome! My airbnb host recommended it to me and my boyfriend and we wish we had every meal here. This was my second trip to Italy and this place is by far the best. It is also located right by the colosseum, so it is easy to find for tourists. (Without the tourists vibe). Definitely somewhere you have to go! read more

La Base has great music, fun environment, delicious cold beer, and good choice of food. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Very friendly staff. Very accommodating! read more

There were flies flying around the restaurant and they kept landing in our food. The food was quick but not good quality. The music was good and service was fast. Would not go back and do not recommend it to others. read more

Awful! Terrible service, mediocre food,and the atmosphere leaves your head pounding! I only gave it one star because you have to in order to write a review. One person seated us, one took our order, different one brought out our food...then no one would even make eye contact! Waited 20 minutes after we were finished eating and asked 2 different people for the check, and yet a completely different person brought it finally! My advice is there are a hundred family type restaurants, go there! Stay away from this place. read more

Wish I could give this place 0 stars. The food is cheap but still not worth it. The staff was incredibly rude and two of the waitresses, instead of taking our order were too busy touching and flirting with the manager. My friend's pasta was incredibly undercooked so she told the waitress and the woman said "that's how we cook our pasta in Italy"... we've been staying in Italy for two weeks, we're not stupid. She had an attitude so my friend just told her to not bring another pasta out and to take it off the bill because she was scared they would tamper with the food. the lady, instead of just being polite and doing her job she glared at my friend and said "what is the problem." After basically having a stare-off with my friend, the waitress took her plate away. My friend was so uncomfortable that she left because she didn't want the staff giving her mean looks. Such a horrible experience, they should be ashamed of themselves. read more

The proximity to a tourist attraction (Colosseum) should have been a clue but we were hungry - note to self to check reviews next time. This is pretty much "Westernized" Italian food - the kind you would get at a mediocre Italian restaurant in Toronto. The decor is eccentric - 50s-60s American rock-n-roll influenced and very distinctly un-Italian. Menu was extensive which seemed promising at first, but flipping through you realize that it's basically like any basic chain restaurant back home - a hundred different kinds of cuisines all over the place. Food was nothing to write home about - the salmon risotti I got tasted decent, but was extremely heavy. My girlfriend got a seafood platter, which was dry and tasteless and had more shrivelled vegetables than actual seafood. Service was also below average - waiters seemed indifferent and it took way too long to put our orders in. One of our companions got a burger that he really enjoyed, so I suppose they do Western-style items better than Italian food. If that's what you're looking for, this place is serviceable. Otherwise, I would avoid. read more

Is rear when I post a Yelp review. But I couldn't hold back regarding this place. Horrible service. Don't ever go there. We had to ask the waiter/waitress multiple times to order beer. We were there for over an hour and no one took our order for food. We finally had enough. I asked the waitress for our tab & I noticed they charge us gratuity of 20%! I then asked for my change & she mock me. Service is plain horrible. read more

You get what you ... Choose? It's clearly a tourist trap. Just know that going in and have your expectations appropriately adjusted and you won't be upset. I mean, do you honestly expect to get authentic Italian at a place playing Little Richard for background music? It's not terrible and it's not terribly over-priced. read more

American food in Rome - dirty menus, servers not interested. The decor draws people in, then you realize you have been suckered

HORRIBLE experience. Only go if you are on the verge of being on your death bed from starvation. I went with two of my friends, the prices seemed reasonable & the food seemed good enough. I ordered the La Base pasta & it came to the table HARD, extremely undercooked. When I told my server, she said "In Italy we eat our pasta hard like this". I was traveling throughout Italy for two weeks before I came to this restaurant. So I told her, that's not true, this is the first time my pasta has been hard. And she stared at me, we were seriously just staring at each other & then she took my plate & told me a new one would be out in 3 minutes. But I told her I no longer wanted it, she said "what is the problem" as if she hadn't served me raw pasta & had an attitude about me not eating the disgusting pasta. The experience was so awkward that I left my two other friends at the table & went across the street for pizza. DO NOT EAT HERE, the servers don't care. We also waited 20 minutes to order as ANOTHER server sat there scratching her managers head who was casually eating gelato at an empty table by the host stand. Save your time & eat somewhere else read more

This is an American pulp culture Italian restaurant. Food is not good. We ordered pizza and beef steak and salad. Beef steak is dry and tasteless. Pizza is also not Good. Will not recommend. read more

The food is fantastic! The only downside was when the waiter knocked over a bottle of red win on the table.

It's a tourist trap. Interesting decor but service was terrible. Italy in general is a little different when it comes to waitressing and it can be weird but la base was atrocious. My sister and I went and literally couldn't even get a drink. We saw our waitress maybe twice. We asked multiple waitresses more than once for ketchup which never arrived although they all spoke English and indicated they would bring it. The main problem though was...... my pizza was RAW. Like the whole center was not cooked when we called the supervisor over she saw and immediately comped it. Which should have redeemed the place a bit but it got worse. She came back and argued with us about the ketchup scenario. Don't come here! Much better food to be found at other places! read more

the ambiance is very amazing.ne prices is nice and the quality of food is really delisious i really recomended read more

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Decently priced, especially for the touristy area. Fun vibe to the place, too. Their garlic bread is hard and dry, but everything else I've tried here is great! Their portion sizes are generous, and the wines are actually great for being 3€ a glass. read more

Really nice setting, good and friendly service and the prices are economically more attractive than the other restaurants in the same street. read more