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We ate all over Italy but agree this was the best. The atmosphere, the food, the service was legit. This is the place you want to be if you are in Rome for dinner. We ate here twice and wish we'd eaten here every night. I almost don't want to share, but rather keep it to myself. But these people are good, and their food is too. read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Went here based on ratings found on Yelp. The ratings were accurate. I wouldn't say this is the best place to eat but definitely good for refined taste buds. Be prepared to pay the coperto charge and anything they bring out (if you think the bread or any side they recommend with the entree is complimentary/included, it's not, people from the states will understand what I'm trying to say). But give this quaint little place in an alley way a try ! read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Table with wine glasses and menus - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

I wanted Cacio e Pepe....really bad. This place had it and, according to reviews, they had the best in the area. I'm not going out on a limb when I say that the reviews were correct. It was amazing. The pasta was firm and delicious. The sauce was light and creamy with just the right amount of pepper. It was my favorite pasta dish in all of Rome! We had a nice bottle of Rose. And the prices were good, two meals and a bottle of wine were only 60 euros. The dining room is super charming--very pretty. The location is close to the Pantheon, but on a more quiet street. The service was fantastic. I wish we'd been in Rome longer. I would have liked to try some other dishes on the menu. read more

Excellent long pasta & wonderful service. Quant little restaurant! Reservation is recommended but they were so kind to squeeze us in! read more

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So good!!! Our first dinner in Rome and it was amazing! The servers were so nice, and I love that this place is right in the middle of it all near the Pantheon, yet small and cozy feel. I had the cacio de pepe and then split the Veal scaloppine. Both were superb especially the veal!! My friend also had the mushroom ravioli and she loved it! Glad we picked this place off of other great reviews - they did not let us down! read more

Joe's uncle found this restaurant online and treated us to dinner here. The food was quite good. We started with the Grilled Vegetables and a Salumi Misto (mixed cured meats plate with potatoes and olives). Both were good and were devoured. The main dishes we had were a red sauce Gnocchi, a Short Pasta with pork, and Lamb. The lamb was also devoured quickly. The gnocchi was cooked well, but I didn't super love the sauce. The short pasta with some kind of pork (I forgot which kind) was really tasty! Service was good. read more

The best of the best in Rome. Excellent service, wonderful atmosphere and the food was the best we have had yet! Salad, ravioli with wild mushrooms, large noodle spaghetti with Oregon sauce, beef strips with artichokes and black olives. The prices were reasonable...and they brought out ice with the coke that I ordered. If you've been to Italy, you know that's a treat. read more

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This little Resturant and its location will make you feel like you are in a movie. Charming, charming , Charming. The food is really good but a tad more expensive. I had beef with potatoes and white truffles. It was sublime as was the tarramiso. A bottle of great wine for 20 euro yes! read more

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This place was amazing. Everything we ordered was on point. Everyone keeps asking me what's the best thing I ate in Rome and it was the potatoes at this restaurant. I know it sounds so silly but I have dreams about these potatoes. They were so good ! I went on a weeknight and right when they opened so no reservation needed. It was small and intimate. Loved the food, decor, ambiance and service. This is the one restaurant I will come back to one day. P.s: their red house wine is so good. read more

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This place was so good we went back a second time. It is very romantic, reasonably prices and the staff was attentive and friendly. The first time I ordered short pasta with bacon and truffles and peppered steak. DELICIOUS! My husband thought it was going to be multi-colored bell peppers but it was seasoning peppers and not vegetable peppers. Doesn't matter, still good. We also had the spinach with olives and pine nuts. Yum! The second time we ordered short pasta with bacon and truffles and beef tortellini with truffles. The later was even better then our previous fave of short pasta with bacon. So filling we were not able to try any of their desserts. We would highly recommend La Vecchia Locanda. Great service and fantastic food! read more

This place brings the quality in almost every area. How's that, you ask? Allow me to elaborate. Environment: the ambiance is incredible... walls lined with wine bottles, comfortable tables, and a low murmur of voices and conversation. This is a relaxing downstairs spot with a true Italian feel. Food: the food was outstanding. I started with some bread a spaghetti dish, then had the fillet with peppercorn sauce and roasted potatoes as my main course. The house wine (white) was on point and I actually took a picture of the label to try to get some back in the US. Perfection. The service: throughout the meal the service was excellent... our waiter was kind, attentive, and made great recommendations. The only issue (and reason for four stars and not five) was when the bill came it didn't seem to add up. First of all, they charged us for the bread that they automatically brought. Not the worst thing on the planet, but seems like not the best practice. Then there was an additional amount on the bill that we did not recognize, to the point where we actually asked our waiter to translate. It turned out that the roasted potatoes (billed as "and what side would you like with your filet?) were not part of the meal either. Both of these unexpected charges, again while not monstrous or a huge issue, left a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth about this place. If something is "extra" it should be noted and it was disaponting to be surprised like that. read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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The best place I've been to in Rome! So fresh and yummy, definitely try the octopus with potatoes for app and cacio e pepe for dinner- amazing! read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

The best restaurant experience we had in Rome - by far. A hidden jewel right in the middle of tourist trap wasteland between the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. All of the food is good and so are the wine, decor, atmosphere, and service. The staff are so genuine and kind that you can trust them entirely to recommend dishes and daily specials - as well as to suggest glasses and bottles of Italian wine. It helps if you speak a little "restaurant Italian", but they are so good-natured it doesn't matter. This the charming restaurant you were hoping to find in Rome. TIP: it's very difficult to find - literally in an alleyway. If you approach from the eastern side you need to go under a small archway to enter the alley. See photo read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Alleyway - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

I'm so glad we found this place on Yelp, because we never would have found it otherwise. It's located off the main roads on a small and narrow side street. We arrived at 8pm and were seated immediately, although we didn't have a reservation. It turned out we were quite lucky, because the place was packed just 30 minutes after we got there. The food didn't take too long to arrive and it was AMAZING! The pasta was perfectly cooked, and the sauces perfectly flavored. We had to try their tiramisù even though we were already full, but it turned out to taste as great as it looked. This was just our second dining experience in Rome so far, but we'll definitely come back before we leave later this week! read more

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Great food and friendly service! The fresh pasta with white sauce and truffles was amazing. read more

Probably the best meal since we got to Rome. I really enjoyed the food in all the restaurants we've gone to, but this was the best one without a doubt. I founded it through Yelp and the revoews were right. We ordered Caprese Salad, Spaguetti alle Vongole and Tagliate di Manzo Danese with Potatoes and Trufles. Too good! Excellent! read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Beef with potatoes and truffles... Delicious! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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The best food I've had in Rome. Possibly the best pasta I've had in my life. I would definitely come again. Service, atmosphere, food, etc was all great. read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Mussel, pecorino, and mussel rigatoni. 10/10 - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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I found the prices to be high for the flavors. I had some of the worst ossa bucca of my life. The chocolate mousse had crystallized sugar within it and tasted like I was eating a lump of gritty chocolate frosting...not creamy at all. Buy a bottle as their house wine is a cheap merlot. read more

Listen to the reviews- it's tucked away, right through a bridge/overpass. GREAT food and staff here (very friendly). Amazing caprese (the best part of the meal), and really good gnocchi. I would skip the veal meal (a little too salty). I would recommend getting here early or making a reservation. We had a group of 10 but were accommodated because we arrived right when it opened. Saw many getting turned away. We got lucky! read more

Ambience was nice -- al fresco dining. Service was friendly. We were able to get seated no problem when our prior reservation fell through because we were running late. Food was so so - we had pastas, seafood and meat. Seafood was a bit briny -- not bad, but not the freshies we've had. It could probably be considered 3.5 star food in the US, but for an amazing food city like Rome, there's such amazing food places that you could have much better food with some planning. read more

This restaurant was right round the corner from our hotel and, based on Yelp reviews, we were eager to try it. We managed to snag a table at 7:30 yesterday and had a great meal. The street seating was already full so we sit downstairs which was cozy and well decorated. The staff were super attentive and great with our girls. We had the antipasto to start which was delicious and then the raviolis, the pasta with olive oil and pepper and the pasta with truffles - all of which were delicious too. I had the sea bass and potatoes - the fish as light and tasty and the potatoes were good (although not quite as mind blowing as other reviewers had indicated). For sides we had the spinach and pine nuts (very good) and the asparagus (a little over-cooked). We also followed other recommendations and had a carafe of the house red wine (a local Merlot) which went perfectly with the various meals. Overall a great recommendation and a great way to kick off our Italian adventure. read more

Excellent meal on a small, secluded alleyway near the Pantheon and Piazza Navona. The food is quite good, with fresh pastas and a wide variety of second plates as well. I had the tagliatelle with mushrooms and my date had the gnocchi, both of which were great. Not world-shattering, but very solid dishes. For a main we split the osso buco, which was again very tasty (but would pale in comparison to some of the other meat courses we had in Rome later in our trip). As a side we had a roman-style artichoke, which was pretty good. The service here is excellent. Our waiter was a real treat, and that was probably one of the best aspects of the overall experience. The crowd was mainly tourists, but it wasn't as obnoxious as places on Via di Pietra, because this is the only restaurant around, so it's still fairly quiet and intimate. We arrived pretty early for dinner, at around 7:30, so we were able to get out before it started to get too busy. I would definitely come back here for a pasta dish in the future. read more

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Vecchia locanda Trofie starter with pasta bacon and truffles ! Hands down!! Best. Ever. Second plate was veal with lemon. Veal was tender, but it wasn't real lemon, more a lemon sauce (we prefer lemon wedges ), still delicious. family run. Make reservations! read more

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Awesome food and service!! We went on a whim after googling what was around our hotel. A couple who arrived just before us took the last table on the patio, so we were seated inside. We actually were grateful for that because the downstairs dining area was so cute and romantic!! Don't worry, there's air conditioning down there! We tried so many pastas in Florence and Rome and while everything was good, nothing was amazing.. so here we were on a pasta mission!! There was a lot of variety on the menu and it was difficult to choose, so my husband and I ordered 2 pastas, gnocchi and a spinach dish. It was a ton of food! My fave was the cacio de pepe! Such a simple pasta, but so delicious! read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Too much food! Cacio de Pepe was the fave - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Incredible food, really nice experience dining outdoors. The service was great and I'd say it was our best experience in Rome so far. Highly recommend both the carbonara and the ravioli with Gorgonzola cheese. The caprese salad was one of the best we've ever had too. read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Carbonera with bacon and egg - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

My boyfriend and I are in Rome and we came here for dinner two nights in a row. We tried all kinds of stuff, and everything was absolutely delicious. I had both the tomato basil gnocchi and the parmesan lemon gnocchi, and I loved them. He tried the carbonara and ossobuco and was very happy. The tiramisu was excellent, as was the caprese. The bread is awesome and the cheese is as well. Service was excellent! Our waiter was very friendly and welcoming. Also, the prices are really good. :-) Definitely recommend. read more

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If we are back to Rome, we will find this place again! Amazing!! Romantic seating, delicious food and the BEST wine I had while in Italy. A little hard to find as it is in an alley. Make a reservation before you go! read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

My husband and I tried the ravioli with mushrooms and the ham, mozzarella cheese platter. It was good! They also gave you a bottomless bowl of bread with you dish. It was pricey compared to the places around it. read more

Food was delicious, very good for family style. My friend and I both ordered a meat dish (€15 wine braised veal shank for me) and split a spaghetti vongole (spaghetti with clams for €11). Both dishes were delicious and fresh, well worth their prices. Veal was braised with mirepoix (celery, onions, carrots), so there was a really hearty but earthy savoriness. Veal was succulent and tender. Delicious. Spaghetti vongole was also good. Clams were fresh, pasta seasoned well, plenty of herbs and garlic. Spaghetti also well-cooked. If I had any problems with the meal: there was a mosquito outside, but it only bit once; there was also a few bits of broken shell in the vongole. The second course with a split pasta was the perfect quantity for two starving college age males, and trying more items on such a can't pick one menu was fantastic. read more

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We will definitely return when visiting Rome. Thanks, Yelp, we loved this great restaurant, so quaint, quiet and delizioso. The server greeted us in typical friendly Italian warmth, making us all comfortable and ready to order without hesitation. The Swordfish w/tomato/olives/capers was the best taste surprise I've had in a long time. The others in my party of 4 ordered Veal Saltimbocca w/wine, Veal Saltimbocca with Marsala, short pasta with bacon, truffle, mushrooms. The appetizer was a plate of mozzarella and prosciutto, a great start!!! Wine was a tasty enhancement to dinner. Oh, don't forget dessert, Strawberries and Cream, Tiramisu, Melon, and caffè lattes completed the evening. A short stroll home and chit chat about our wonderful dinner. Thank you, staff at La Vecchia Locanda, we will refer you to all our friends. read more

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We didn't make reservations and arrived when they opened. We got seats pretty promptly but this place does get filled up pretty quickly afterwards. The food is authentic Italian, a bit on the salty side. Pasta is a bit undercooked to my taste but probably to Italian, it's perfect. Dessert is tiramisu and is definitely highlight of the meal. I will recommend this as an intro to Rome meal. read more

I would have rated this four stars on the strength of the beef and potato dish alone. But couple that with the house-made pasta with bacon, brie and truffles and top the whole thing off with warm and attentive service and you have the makings of a winning restaurant anywhere in the world. Then we ordered dessert of tiramisu and profiteroles, and strongly wish there were room to add a sixth star. May this place live on forever--it will for us. read more

This was probably my favorite food place in Rome so far. Super fresh and the ingredients were simple yet amazing. Would definitely recommend to first time or frequent visitor of Rome. read more

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Just got back and had a great dinner. Great amosphere. Quaint local restaurant just off the beaten path. Wife had beef filet with truffles, and I had lamb. Ravoli and veggie soup to start also very good. Our best meal in Rome so far (out of 3). read more

We went to this restaurant based on Yelp reviews. I was not that impressed. The pasta is pre-made, lacks a fresh flavour. We ordered the "grilled" sea bass with potatoes, the gnocchi with basil, mozzarella and Parmesan and the ravioli fungi. The sea bass had no grilled flavour, the potatoes were tasty but very greasy. The ravioli tasted pre-made like the stuff you get at the supermarket....very average and not what I expect to get in Italy! Gnocchi was quite good. Please be aware that they charge 8 Euro for bread even if you don't ask for any. Not sure what all the hype is about! NOT worth a try. read more

Top Notch!! Had to check this out from a recent review. Service and Dinner was spectacular! Trofi pasta with Truffles is a must! Definitely a must on your Roma visit!! BRAVO!!! Warren H read more

I found this place on yelp and the reviews are correct. Great food, service and ambiance. Prices and good and ask to sit in the basement It is awesome. read more

La Vecchia Locanda - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

We passed this restaurant on our way to eat somewhere else...but there's something about this charming location, tucked away in a surprisingly quiet alley in the Pantheon area that drew us in. We were delighted to sit outside and watch the Roman light change after sunset. The other patrons were mostly non locals, but it was relatively quiet. The staff were friendly and were happy to help us out in English. The menu was fairly long with a lot of options for first, second, and veggie courses. I went with the Cacio e Pepe-- and I have to admit I was a little weary as I have had some VERY good pasta in Rome. But it was DELICIOUS! We also had a fantastic buffala caprese with exceptional cheese. My friends had a seafood pasta and a ravioli. All of us were impressed. Even after a few weeks of travel throughout Italy, this remained as one of our favorite meals. I hope you stop by and enjoy! read more

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This lovely restaurant is located down a narrow street that is absolutely romantic and charming at nighttime. The servers were all wonderful, as they helped us choose a delicious local wine. My ravioli dish was amazing - filled with ricotta and blue cheese with a blue cheese sauce. I was nervous it would be too rich, but it wasn't, it was perfect. This gem is definitely on my list of restaurants to return to and recommendations of places to eat when in Rome. read more