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Osteria del Cavaliere

4.8 (110 reviews)
ModerateMediterranean, Abruzzese
Closed 7:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Casual
Romantic
Good for kids

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Alice B.

Very nice meal in Rome. The service was very good. We started with a house wine and beer. We shared a fettuccine for the primi and had the meatballs and ribs. Both were very good. A bit salty. The dessert was a tiramisu with chocalate and caramel and nuts. That was delicious.

Back wall to kitchen
Neil D.

A gem in the outskirts of the city. On this visit to Rome we wanted quality food - and as a result, we looked at YELP for some help - go figure!! Good reviews pointed us here, but did not do it justice... The location has difficulty finding parking, so be ready to walk. The pace is very small at about 15 x 25 foot area - hence not many tables. We called and got there late - they had 1 table for us in the corner. The ladies that run the place were amazingly sweet and so welcoming. The menu was small, but we order the specials. And they are highly recommended. The chefs can get creative and it works out very well. We had the pork shank and the pesto gnocchi with dry tomatoes. The pork fell off the bone and was like butter. The gnocchi was very well made with the pesto just lightly seasoned and the tomatoes balancing the flavors extremely well. For desert we had the Amereto Moose - well balanced in flavor with the right amount of liquor. Lastly, the house wine is best you will have. We did the white wine as it paired well. It will feel like water and before you know it, you will be tipsy. This is a Mom and Pop place. And not frequented by too many tourists. Highly recommended!!

Great wine  pairing

What a fantastic meal and service. We wanted to get out of Rome proper, venture into the neighborhoods and local flavor. We were not dissapointed, the steak was phenomenal, the sides were excellent, the very best Risotto I have ever had bar nun. Desert was amazing . Best dinner by leaps while in Rome. Highly recommended

We enjoyed the house red wine
Archer A.

My wife seemed like she might kill me as we stood out front waiting for the osteria to open. The street was dark, the graffiti was prevalent, and I could tell she was quietly questioning my choice at a deep level. Once we were finally inside and the relaxing music and romantic atmosphere started to sink in, I could tell that I would not die by her hand tonight. By the end of our fabulous dinner, my wife beckoned Serena for a selfie. It was our best meal in Rome and at a very reasonable price

Yep - it's really as great as all the reviews said.... The ribs were insane, atmosphere cozy and service treated you like family.

The signature dish!
Michelle R.

Great dinner here last night with a large group including two small kids. I'm not gonna lie, we're a handful with screaming kids and some with dietary restrictions but everyone enjoyed this place. We started out with the meat and cheese plate and some bruschetta. Both were very good but the tomatos on the bruschetta made it the stand out. Their signature dish, which is rectangular pasta with a sausage ragu was absolutely amazing! My daughter had the spinach and cheese ravioli which she inhaled. Other favorites were the steak and mushrooms (that portion is HUGE) so beware and the tonnarelli with pecorino and black pepper. Everyone enjoyed the meal immensely!

Jenn L.

This was a recommendation from a friend and this place did not disappoint! It is super cozy and cute! The waitress was sweet and helpful! The food is amazing!! The pasta is to die for! I would recommend this place to anyone who comes! The price is was great for 2 people, 1 appetizer, 2 pasta dishes, 2 meat dishes, 2 desserts and a bottle of wine - about $105 US!

Potato Gnocchi with Smoked Salmon.
Janelle R.

Omg. In my European trip alone, I have gone to Florence, Millan, Venice & Rome and I have to say this is the BEST food I have ate in ALL of Italy. The food is delicious. My family and I ate there and decided to order 3 different types of pasta (When in Rome, am I right?) & all 3 had so much flavor, came out piping hot, were homemade and most importantly, all the pasta was made from SCRATCH. And you could taste exactly that. I'm unsure of the names of dishes we had but I'll try my best to describe them. The pasta I ordered (which was the BEST in my opinion, but the other 2 were AMAZING as well) was the Potato Gnocchi with smoked salmon. I recommend this dish to anyone that goes. The presentation was also A+ as well. I'll post a picture of one of the other pastas we ate and the other one, well I have no clue what it was named but according to the waitress, it is their most popular pasta dish and it also is the first one on the menu. At the end, we were stuffed but decided on getting a dessert. HOLY SMOKES. This thing was HEAVENLY. I'm unsure what it was called again, but the waitress described at as their spin on cheesecake with biscotti and warm caramel. It's not in the form of the American cheesecake we eat back home. It's served in a cup, parfait style. UGHHHHHHH AMAZING. You HAVE to try this if they have it, TRUST ME on this. Next time I come to Italy, I plan to come back and have dinner here once again!

Teri W.

This place is absolutely fantastic! I had 2 of the best meals I've ever had in my life while dining at Osteria del Cavaliere. I found this place because the friend I was visiting happens to live in the apartment building attached to the restaurant (lucky her!). It doesn't look like much from the outside, and is closed up until 7:30 each night. But once inside, it's very cute and not very large. They fill up every night, so you will have to make a reservation to ensure you are able to dine. They turn away walk ins! Everything we had was amazing! The owner floats around the room, while his daughters are the servers and his wife is the chef. Most everything is handmade and cooked to perfection. The sliced filets we shared (one night with mushrooms, the next night with green peppercorns) were the perfect temperature, tender and juicy. Both pastas we enjoyed were delicious as well, and the plate of vegetables we had with our steak was huge! This place is not in the city center, so it's more of a locals restaurant. More reason to find it! Trust me, you will not regret it!

This is the sign outside of the restaurant, which is easy to miss because it's in a residential neighborhood and is otherwise nondescript.

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Le Tavernelle - Lobster pasta

Le Tavernelle

4.5(167 reviews)
3.0 kmMonti
€€

Our first meal in Rome was here, and I'm so glad it was here. We arrived on Christmas Eve and…read morewanted a good meal. Our hotel manager had suggested another restaurant, but I was apprehensive to try, but did later, more on that restaurant review in it's own post. I rather did what I should have done throughout the trip to, which is to search google for local reviews. This tactic I found to be much better than to trust American reviews for restaurants to visit from Youtube or even here, just because the American touristy taste tends to favor bland or Olive Garden style pseudo Italian. The real Italian taste is much different and something one needs to develop. I was familiar with European Italian food, as I had said before in other reviews that Mexico has better Italian food outside of Italy. Additionally, the good restaurants here in Italy do not open before 7 PM. If it does or if someone that looks foreign to Italy is outside trying to lure you in, it's a tourist restaurant with iffy flavor. At this restaurant my husband had the Lobster pasta and I had the spinach/ricotta ravioli, and we both were beyond satisfied. We also had the artichoke as an appetizer, and trusted the waiter with his suggestion for a bottle of wine. He must have been some genius because the wine went well with our meal. The ambience was cozy and very family oriented, however, the rain outside made it romantic for us. Another key point for this restaurant and it traditional flare was that they brought out the olive oil and red vinegar for our salad and of course olive oil for our wonderful home-made bread. I'm so glad we chose this place for those of us Americans who understand culinary cuisine.

Great first meal in Rome!…read more I loved my artichoke pasta dish with bacon, it was a daily special. The amaretto dessert was delicious! Carbonara was super al dente. Seafood risotto was fresh. Grilled radicchio was like stir fried. Dinner for 3 for 77 euros, impressively busy for a Tuesday night. Friendly staff, easy for English speakers. :)

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Le Tavernelle - Inside dining area

Inside dining area

Le Tavernelle - Squid and seabass

Squid and seabass

Le Tavernelle - Interior restaurant

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Al Forno della Soffitta

Al Forno della Soffitta

4.6(302 reviews)
3.7 kmTermini
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Super pizza place with a lot of other great stuff on the menu…read more I looked with envy at the other tables who were enjoying spectacular plates of spaghetti with mussels. * * * That said, my pizza was a grand slam home run. Many of their pizzas are quite elaborate With all sorts of exotic ingredients. I went super simple. Gorgonzola. Mozzarella. That's it. Just enough Mozzarella to cut the Gorgonzola and make for a good melt. * * * If you have never had a gorgonzola pizza, you have never lived. Just sayin'. * * * P.S. My lovely wife got a Norwegian salmon pizza. The Norwegian salmon was stacked up high on her pizza As if she was in the World Series of Poker and she was a big winner. I have never seen so much salmon on one plate. After our meal, I made a discreet phone call to the Norwegian embassy in Rome asking them if they still had any salmon left. The woman at the embassy assured me the Norwegian salmon supply was fine. That surprises me given all the salmon that was on my wife's pizza.

Rome trip March 2025 This place was hella busy. There was…read morearound a 40 minute wait for inside dining. However, they had apparently started having dining "outside" which consisted of a few tables-for-two on the sidewalk. My brilliant wife came of with the idea of asking if we could just take two of those tables next to each other so she dined with one daughter and I the other. We probably looked a little funny as we got up to share plates between the table but hey, we were seated in 5 minutes. Car traffic wasn't too bad so that wasn't a distraction though it was amusing seeing delivery bikes coming and going sometimes even returning constantly to the restaurant. Clearly a very popular place. I have to hand it to our waiter, he did a fantastic job serving not just the outside but his inside assignments as well. Guy got his steps in for sure and yet he smiled and was kind through the evening. Not a sign of stress at all. Love that. Food-YUMMY! Since we were on separate tables I didn't my normal "Wait let me take a picture first!" moments lol. We got the Fried Mix to start off with which. I personally ordered a pasta carbonara and the daughter I was sitting with got a margherita pizza. My wife ordered the chicken which was thinly cut breaded chicken slices. I ordered a red (Montepulciano d'Abruzzo) to go along with my meal. Don't have all the foodie pictures because of our split tables but trust me it was all fantastic.

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Al Forno della Soffitta - Pizza oven

Pizza oven

Al Forno della Soffitta - Mussel and clam soup

Mussel and clam soup

Al Forno della Soffitta - Taken 3/23/2025

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Taken 3/23/2025

Osteria del Cavaliere - mediterranean - Updated May 2026

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