Beautiful setting in and outside. Service A. Food ok. Price…read morea bit high. But for me this place is over rated. Better at Angolino di Mirko.

We walked the .5 mile from the center to the restaurant and were greeted by unfriendly hosts. We…read morewere told we must have a reservation. The restaurant was EMPTY!! We were just two and asked if they knew of any other restaurants in the other. The rude host shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. Not one review nor any other information on Yelp says anything about reservations being required. We walked back to town and went where our tour guide took folks. They didn't want to help us either. Our tour guide did share the Tivoli people are very unfriendly. Unfortunately we felt it today.

Maybe the food is good! But the customer service wasn't the best! First off all: he got my order…read morewrong. The waiter didn't admit his mistake and actually blamed *me* for it--I never ordered two sandwiches, and he didn't bring the pizza that I *had* ordered. His error was obvious, and worst of all, he touched my food right in front of me with his dirty hands!! And he charged me for it, telling me that it wasn't his fault. But that doesn't matter; I never heard an apology--and worst of all, he touched my food.!!

This place was amazing!!! Pasta was so tasty and chewy. The lasagna dish was filling and also very…read moretasty. Not oily at all! Wish I could have tried more dishes, but these 2 were super filling. Did not have to wait long for the dishes to come out, and it wasn't too busy during lun Out waiter was super nice too. Very welcoming of tourists and patient with our questions. The restaurant is small, cozy, and casual! Indoor and outdoor seating options. Close to the colosseum!

I knew nothing about this spot, so, naturally, I did a bunch of research to write a Sara-take on…read morethis spot. Thesis coming right up. You're welcome Jensen W. You ever walk into a place and immediately think, Okay, calm down? That's Villa d'Este. In the hills of the adorable town of Tivoli, this place is a full-blown Renaissance fever dream. There are intricately carved fountains everywhere, 500-year-old frescoes on literally every surface, and gardens that look like they were landscaped by the gods on their day off. It's not a villa, it's a humblebrag in stone and water decorated by mature flowers. Peep that wisteria. The villa was the brainchild of Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, who clearly decided that if he couldn't be Pope, he'd settle for becoming the main character in Italian architecture. Find your niche bro, I understand. So, in true Borgia-adjacent fashion (yes, Lucrezia was his mom, no big deal), he hijacked an old Benedictine monastery, brought in artists, engineers, and whatever 16th-century version of an influencer was available, and built himself a Renaissance Crash Pad. Let's talk about the inside first. The frescoes specifically. Oh, you mean the walls and ceilings casually coated in art that's older than most countries? Yeah, those. Still vibrant, still dramatic, still making you feel underdressed. Clean it up, you peasant. You could spend hours just spinning in a circle trying to process all the mythical creatures, divine beings, and symbolic flexes Ippolito had slapped onto every surface. And the craziest part of all? This all somehow survived World War II. I don't know who bribed the gods of war, but the fact that this place didn't get bombed is wild. Divine intervention? Maybe. Or maybe even bombs were like.... Nah, too pretty. And then there are the gardens. Ippolito clearly looked at nature and said, Let's make it extra. Fountains are everywhere. The Fountain of Neptune straight up screams opulence. The Hundred Fountains? Literally a long wall of water just because they could. No electricity by the way. This is all gravity-fed engineering sorcery from the 1500s. So yeah, Villa d'Este is kind of a diva. But when you're 500 years old, survived wars, and still outshine modern garden designers, you've earned the right to be extra. It's unapologetically over-the-top. And we're lucky it's still here to show off.

A horrible experience. Very disappointing. Upon arrival, they informed us that all the water…read morefountains were turned off. They were discounting their admission from €15-€12. That's like going to the Louvre and them telling you that all the art has been removed but you can go in and look at the bare walls for a slight discount. Without the water features the property looked like it needed cleaning and attention to fix weak or dying plants. A great way to ruin and waste a day traveling to from Rome

This restaurant feels like you're at your grandparents house. The smells the warmth and most…read moreimportant the food. This took me back to my child hood spending time at my great grandmothers house and her cooking for us. We started with the meatballs and the bruschetta, the cook also brought us some spinach filled puff pastries that were good also. The meatballs were perfectly cooked, had a great sauce good amount too. I only ate the traditional tomato bruschetta and the fresh tomatoes and the fresh toasted bread with the salt and the olive oil were a perfect match, the other bruschetta was an olive tapenade and some sort of cheese, not a huge fan of olive tapenade so I didn't eat it but my wife and our friend said it was good. I ordered the carbonara, and I will say that it was the best we'd had on our trip and we were in Italy for 9 days, most places put too much egg yolk, over powering the other flavors this was just right perfect amount of cheese and the Speck(bacon) was fried perfectly and although I've heard that al dente pasta is the way to go I prefer mine done and not so al dente and so does this chef as the Tonnarelli was perfect! We also shared a beef filet which was seasoned perfect just a little salt and pepper cooked medium rare! My wife had the lemon crepe. I had one bite and it was great, my wife loved it as well. For drinks my wife had Preseco and our friend had a glass of house red which they enjoyed. I had a coke and my daughter had a sprite, when trying to explain sprite to the cook they also gave us an Italian Lemon soda which we all shred and it was refreshing and delicious. For dessert we shared the chocolate cake, the apple strudel and the wine cookies. The strudel was fluffy slight crispy and had a caramel apple filling! Then only thing wrong was I got too excited and burnt my tongue. The chocolate cake was perfect, six little pieces freshly made. The cookies were good, little hard but we dipped them in our cappuccino's. If you're in Tivoli please stop by and get a great meal!

What a cute fancy restaurant. The chef was so nice too. The presentation was amazing…read more Would definitely recommend. HAPPY TIVOLIING!!

As fine a restaurant as you could want. There is a la carte offered, but the best thing is to go…read morefor the chef's tasting menu. He'll make the best food based on your dietary needs. Better yet, if you don't have any dietary restrictions, you'll get a meal to remember. This place is neither pretentious nor fancy, but the food is top shelf.very highly recommended; this place is one of the best.