Amazing food and cozy environment. We got a pasta dish, lasagna, and a pizza. We also got tiramisu…read more Everything was fantastic.

The food was absolutely delicious. The service was great and he took his time to go over a few…read morethings with us. The house wine was also very good.

This is a restaurant recommended by the hotel staff. We walked about 5 minutes to check out this…read morecute restaurant. There is plenty of outdoor seatings but we chose to sit inside enjoying the AC. The menu has a variety of choices. The owner recommended the special pasta, seafood pasta with squid ink. My daughter ordered the chicken and pepper fettuccine. To start, the chef offered the complimentary cheese ball with pesto sauce. It was yummy. My pasta was so amazingly done. The spaghetti was cooked al dente. The squid ink sauce blended well with the shrimps, clams and mussels. My daughter's fettuccine was also well prepared. The sauce and the minced chicken blended very nicely with the sauce. For dessert, we tried the pistachio semifreddo. It's my first time trying this Italian dessert. It's like a pistachio ice cream/cake texture. The dessert was so heavenly and the pistachio sauce was both crunchy and rich. If you look for a solid good Italian restaurant, Culinaria is highly recommended.

Every part of this experience was fantastic. Bernardo and Cassandra, who own Culinaria, were so…read morewarm and welcoming. Even though we showed up at 10:20pm before their kitchen closed at 11pm, they were ready to serve. We'd found Culinaria because on Google they've got over 1,000 great reviews--and the food lived up to the hype! I loved my Amatriciana with rigatoni. The guanciale was perfectly crispy, the pasta was just al dente enough, and the sauce was incredibly flavorful. I'm gonna be thinking about this meal when I get back to the US. Also, don't miss the deconstructed Tiramisu! It was exactly what I was looking for and I'm glad we stopped in.

We were looking for something a cut above the paces where we have been dining during our time in…read moreRome and tried this place based on guidebook recommendations. But wife found it precious (and kvetched and kvetched about this and that), but the other adults rather liked it. The meal began with some extras from the chef -- some interesting crackers created by the chef some long and skinny breadsticks; small macaroons with pumpkin sauce on top; a cracker with red beet sauce; and a small piece of pork belly, all very flavorful. From the menu we got a cheese assortment that was easily the best cheese plate we have had in three weeks in Italy (our daughter-in-law cadged a wedge of it to take home for an extra 25 euros, plus we got the name a of the producer and a suggestion that we look for it them in Mercato Trionfale tomorrow morning). The younger grandchildren got pasta with red sauce and cheese and oil, their go-tos, which were made available though not on the menu. I had some capelletti with a sauce made of rabbit, and beef made with liquefied arugula and squash pieces. (the largest of the menu dishes). Three of us had risotto and grandson Abe, who does not like mushrooms, bravely tried it and it turned out to be ok because the mushrooms were powdered and sprinkled on top (the risotto was a bit crunchy; my wife insisted that it was undercooked, consistent with her generally negative view, but we assumed that this texture was intended). Sam had the duck breast which he liked although the portion was small. The wine list ran very expensive but we found a bottle we could afford and had two of them. We looked at the dessert list but it was getting late and we needed to get the grandchildren home to be We called ahead for a reservation but that turned out to be unneeded -- there was only one other party (of three) the whole 2 hours we were there.

The restaurant was just okay. Prices were pretty high considering how small the portions were. Our…read moredinners took a while to come out and none of the food was hot. Nothing we had was bad, but at the same time nothing was delicious or exceptional. The service was pretty good and the wine was also good (as all Italian wine is), and also nothing was terrible so 3 stars seems fair. I can't give it any more than that though, it was just average overall (especially for the price).

Everyone on Yelp gives this place five stars…read more My landlady made this her top recommendation for eating in the neighborhood. I am giving this place five stars. Do you see a trend here? * * * Most of our first-rate eating in Rome has been in cheap or midrange places. We have been surprisingly burnt on a number of upscale expeditions. But Cesarina is the clear magnificent exception. This was a truly truly grand meal. I would love to eat here a few more times before I go. If you are bringing your wallet with you to your dinner, This is a place you want to bring your wallet to. * * * Talking about individual dishes actually does not make a lot of sense for three reasons. 1) I have no doubt that everything on the menu is good. 2) The menu is very traditional. There is absolutely nothing on the menu that you won't recognize or you have not heard of before. 3) The menu is also modest in size. Tons of downscale tourist places next to the famous attractions offer menus that are much larger. The return to doing the same dishes over and over and over again is that they have polished their execution to a very high level. They know how to make these dishes and the dishes are first rate. * * * A basic overview of what you are likely to get. Roman cuisine is classic in the sense of classic versus baroque. Elaborateness is shunned in favor of simple elegant preparations. Go north or go south and the cooking becomes fancy again. In many ways, Roman cuisine resembles British cooking at its best. Superlative ingredients prepared with the minimum of distractions to draw your palate away from those ingredients. Spaghetti with just tomatoes and basil is the quintessential Roman dish. Things will usually not be unadorned as an American steak house steak. But if you get a fine beef dish, there will be only one or two ingredients to provide the flavor contrast. The menu at Cesarina is heavy on fine meats of all kinds. There are a small number of fish dishes. One appetizer we had was simple fried vegetables. This could have been tempura at a Japanese restaurant, Only this was Italian rather than Japanese frying. Each vegetable was magnificent. Another starter was a plain bouillon with diced celery and carrots as the only filler. My wife adored it. Pasta dishes were very lightly sauced so that you could taste the naked pasta. But oh my god, those drops of sauce were to die for. I think you get the basic idea. * * * My normal taste in haute cuisine is baroque rather than classical. I recently reviewed (and went nuts over) an omikase restaurant in Texas where each of the 22 dishes had no fewer than five components. That is the way I usually roll. But Cesarina offers refined eating along simple lines. Haydn and Mozart demonstrated the emotional potential of composing music in the simplest possible way. What holds for composers of the classical era holds for great Roman food. Cesarina is elegant bliss on a level with Haydn piano sonatas.

Alessio was my wonderful waiter! All the food was favoloso!!…read more Appetizers was prosciutto. Risotto with porcini mushrooms! Veal was amazing!!

A very classy and rewarding dining experience! The ambience is lovely: white tablecloths, tables…read morespaced very comfortably apart to allow for intimate conversation without feeling totally isolated; wait staff discreet and very attentive; and the food is fabulous! Wine selections are very deep, almost all Italian (Sangiovese we had was superb). My 3rd time here (3rd time in Rome), and if I lived in Rome I would be a frequent and regular patron. Signora Tina presides with warmth, and obviously demands--and gets--5 star performances from the entire staff. A "MUST" experience!

This place is really good. It is upper scale than most places we have been to on the tour, great…read moreambiance, excellent food. The server recommended us wine that we fell in love with, every dish we tried was amazing. All staff were helpful and friendly. I would definitely go back.

Inside seating is severely limited, most seats are outside. My party of nine was able to dine…read moreinside and the bathrooms were nice aswell. Food - I ordered the Cod, it was a solid piece of fish, not too saturating so maybe could use an addition to fill the stomach more. There were Olives in the tomato broth and it was very tasty and sweet. The service was fantastic and the food came out in a timely manner. Very nice Staff and Owner. Star: as you can see in the picture i included Lasagna. The Lasagna is pure. The cheese and meat balance is delicious. It's easily the best lasagna I've ever had. When I talk about the food I had in Italy I would describe them my gastronomic experience at Osteria Olivia.

Visited with my wife on our walk to The Colosseum. They offered outdoor seating, but it was a warm…read moreday so we decided to go inside. Very small dining room. The food was fine, but I wouldn't eat the beef tartare again, and my wife didn't finish her gnocchi. The dessert was the best part of the meal. Service was slow and subpar. I wouldn't return.

We were exhausted from the day, and looking for dinner. My requirements were it had to have tables…read morewith real chairs, and air conditioning. We did way better than that with our choice. Without reservations we were warmly accepted and led to an upscale dining room decorated with photos of famous people holding up their hand. That was certainly something we could discuss while waiting for our food. Life also has outdoor seating but on this warm evening we were glad to sit inside. I knew this was going to be a first-class meal, and it was. Service was great, getting us started with water and soft drinks (with ice!!!) as we decided what to order. My wife selected one of their black truffle dishes, I had a large sample, and it was Wow. I had a bad experience with Spaghetti Carbonara a couple of days ago at a different restaurant and chose their Artisan Spaghetti Carbonara to try the dish again, and this one was delicious. The creaminess, with bits of salty meat, gave this meal spectacular flavor. To finish I had a glass of berries topped with salt and lemon juice. I love fresh berries and I loved this interesting ending to a memorable meal.

Cool, air conditioned spot that we really needed on a super hot day…read more Beautiful restaurant and nice staff. Food was almost all great. I can recommend everything that we had with truffles on it. The one thing that we wouldn't get again was the tempura battered squash flowers. The carbonara with truffles was great and we liked the ravioli with truffles.

Food - 4.5/5…read more Bruschetta - 5/5 - delicious, delicious, delicious. We all LOVED this and it was the best bruschetta we had in Italy. Lasagna - 4/5 - It was really good and the sauce tasted like an olive oil/tomato sauce. It was unique and tasty, and order it again! My party really liked it as well! Chili Oil Pasta - 4.5/5 - can't remember the exact name of the pasta but my party and I all really liked this - it was one of our favourite pastas in all of Italy. Nutella Tiramisu - 5/5 - this was so light, fluffy, and the Nutella was the cherry on top. Don't leave here without ordering this, you won't be sorry. Service - 5/5 - All very friendly and prompt staff. Had our reservation ready to go and gave us good recommendations. Atmosphere - 5/5 - Similar to other restaurants in Italy, had a good family style vibe. Lovely!

We broke our usual tradition when in Rome of just wandering into a restaurant and decided to do a…read morelittle research before dinner. Trattoria della Stampa dal 1956 had outstanding Yelp reviews, and they absolutely lived up to the hype. We started with the buffalo mozzarella and tomatoes, which were incredibly fresh and simple in the best way. I had the Mezze Maniche all'Amatriciana, and it was outstanding. The sauce was rich and flavorful, and the guanciale was cooked perfectly. My wife ordered the Tagliatelle al Pesto, and she loved it as well. The food was excellent, the service was warm and welcoming, and the atmosphere felt like the kind of authentic neighborhood trattoria we were hoping to find. One thing to know before you go: this place is very small. We watched several people get turned away because there simply weren't any tables available. If this restaurant is on your list, make a reservation, or you may not get in. If you're exploring the Pantheon area, don't miss this place. We'd happily return the next time we're in Rome.