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Everything! It was spectacular ! Love the owner! And plan to…read morego Back in September! Authentic Italian dinner! Paulette, USA Very cute and cozy.

This was a good spot! We both decided to mix it up a little bit with more seafood based dishes and…read moreit paid off. It was pretty good, and the drinks were great as well. We liked the vibe outside but I wish we had sat inside instead, the inside was really cute!

Amatriciana

Rigatoni and wine and beer. Amazing.

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Pasta and beer

Osteria Da Fortunata

4.0(1.3k reviews)

1.5 km•Centro Storico

One of our first stops every time we're in Italy!…read more Osteria da Fortunata is always one of the first stops we make when we're in Italy, and it never disappoints. Everything is fresh, delicious, and full of flavor, and the service is always amazing. The oxtail is absolutely incredible, it's the kind of dish that makes your eyes roll to the back of your head. So, so yummy! And the carbonara!!! Oh my. Easily one of the best I've ever had. When I told our server how much I loved it, she reminded me, "It's the best in the world!" After tasting it, I can't argue with her! If you're in Italy and looking for an unforgettable Roman meal, go here! You won't regret it.

We went to this main restaurant, but it was packed, so they drove us in a golf cart to another…read morelocation -- super cool. Ordered: - fried zucchini: was surprised that it was only one. & doesn't come with sauce, as usual in Rome. Wouldn't recommend. - carbonara: loved how thick the noodles were. A little too salty, but still good. - meatballs: super tender and yummy. - garden salad: 2nd to last day of my trip after having carbs every day; needed some veggies lol. - tiramisu: found the BEST I had the entire trip, & I had one every day! Highly recommend checking this place out for a quick, easy, and aesthetic meal!

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Oxtails pasta dish

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Cantina e Cucina

4.5(799 reviews)

1.5 km•Centro Storico

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The food was great and the staff was so kind. Definitely worth going in if you are in the area.read more

The food was great. Great service and ambiance for our first time ever to Rome, Italy.read more

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Roasted lamb

44 Osteria Quarantaquattro

4.5(506 reviews)

1.4 km•Termini

•€€€

We had an amazing time at 44 Osteria. The owner greet us in an let us pick out our table. The…read moreambinence is very cozy and the service is top notch. We came during Christmas holiday and had the most mellow songs. As far as the food we ordered the baby squid, the Margherita pizza, the fettuccine with lamb and spaghetazo with clams. 10/10. Definitely worth a visit.

My family had the pleasure of dining at 44 Osteria during the summer of 2023, and it was hands down…read moremy favorite meal in Rome. Everything about the experience was superb--from the attentive and friendly service to the exceptional quality of the food. The prices were very reasonable, especially for the level of excellence provided. Pastas were a real standout. Tiramisu was amazing. If we had stayed in Rome longer, we would have definitely gone back. I highly recommend 44 Osteria to anybody who loves food that is visiting the city!

Our restauran inside

Tipico carciofo alla giudia, carciofi romani d'eccellenza

44 Osteria Quarantaquattro - Il nostro mini tiramisù caldo freddo, provatelo è la giusta quantità per chiudere il pasto e per la sua bontà ne sarete sorpresi.

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Il nostro mini tiramisù caldo freddo, provatelo è la giusta quantità per chiudere il pasto e per la sua bontà ne sarete sorpresi.

I Monticiani

4.6(36 reviews)

0.3 km•Monti

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I was wandering through the streets a little later in the evening and starving. Somehow I came…read moreacross this magnificently glowing entrance and discovered this gem of a whole restaurant! As I entered, waiters busted my balls as I was dining by myself and they had a good laugh about it! Didn't let the ball busting phase me as the food smelled delicious. I decided to go with clam spaghetti and wow, mind blown how good it was. I also got a empanadas to start the evenings meal and that was quite good as well. Paired the evening with a nice glass of Chardonnay. I would definitely go back again! Loved the atmospheric vibe here and the waiters made the evening entertaining.

One of the favorite places we ate in Rome. Not the absolute best food, but pretty close. Great…read morevariety of pasta and beef. Everything we ate was good, not one dud. Best thing was the personality of the place. The main guy is great and speaks like 5 languages. The atmosphere is excellent and the rest of the servers are attentive and pleasant. Great place.

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Le Tavernelle

4.5(171 reviews)

0.2 km•Monti

The service here is so amazing and quick! The atmosphere of this restaurant is very clean,…read morewelcoming, and comfortable. Food is literally so delicious and every single meal I had was unreal. Totally recommend this restaurant!

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.

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Sapori e Delizie

4.5(911 reviews)

0.8 km•Monti

The food is amazing. My brood of seven had several dishes (various pastas and salads), and even a…read morelasagna. No one was disappointed at all. Service was quick, friendly, and exactly what you'd expect from a little neighborhood spot in Roma where the locals eat. I'm also fairly certain the the child locked to his phone, munching on a plate of pasta was the chef's son (which earn a extra points for the family friendly vibe). Worth the walk.

Very delayed review from our trip in 2024 (pre-Yelp Elite days)...this was one of our favorite…read moremeals in Rome and conveniently walking distance from our Airbnb! We were tired from walking all day at the Colosseum and Roman Forum, so just wanted to take it easy with pizza, pasta, and wine for an early dinner. We got a bottle of sangiovese, the quatro formaggio pizza, and the rigatoni alla amatriciana. We especially loved the honey on the pizza, which paired perfectly with the wine. Service was friendly and the ambiance was relaxing at the outdoor tables. We were surrounded by fellow tourists, likely due to the early hour, but we didn't mind!

Caprese

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Carbonara

Da Enzo al 29

4.4(542 reviews)

1.2 km•Trastevere

I visited Rome 3 years ago and ate at Da Enzo then with my family. As I return, the food is amazing…read moreand still just as good as it was years ago. I strongly recommend this restaurant to everyone visiting the city. Although the line is long, I believe the wait is worth it. While waiting in line, the restaurant opened their bar and I ordered a lemon spritz. It was fantastic. At dinner, I ordered the meatballs as a starter and the carbonara as a main.

Pretty average and definitely not worth the wait. The food wasn't terrible, but it wasn't…read moreparticularly good either -- just very, very average. What really let the experience down was the service. We found the waiters arrogant and unwelcoming, which made the hype and overwhelmingly positive reviews quite surprising. I'd genuinely recommend the owner take a trip to Cape Town and visit Il Leone to see how simple Italian food can be served exceptionally well, with warm and attentive service. Not terrible, not great -- just average, and certainly not worth waiting in a queue for.

Cacio e pepe

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Tonnarello

4.2(645 reviews)

1.8 km•Trastevere

Delicious food good service. They actually have two stores a block or so apart. They had a great…read moreselection of traditional dishes. Their menu looks really busy until you realize that every item is written in Italian English French Spanish and German. They call pizza "pinze" which I found odd. I had the rigatoni pesto , and it was delicious. Their cacio e pepe was also quite good. I honestly don't know how those waiters kept up with everything. I recommend.

First recommendation. If it's nice outside ask to sit outside. If there is a long wait for outside…read moreask to sit upstairs. Like almost every good restaurant in Rome it is pretty busy but they move pretty quickly. The line was long but we only waited about 15 min before we got our table. Once you are seated even though it's busy you aren't rushed. We started with a lettuce and tomato salad and focaccia. Fresh bake focaccia. They also put salt and pepper as well as balsamic and olive oil on the table. I ordered the pasta amatriciano and my wife got the cachio a Pepe. Everything that passed by our table and on the tables next to us looked very very good. I absolutely recommend this restaurant.

Outside

Oxtail meal

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Carbonara

Al Forno della Soffitta

4.6(309 reviews)

1.8 km•Termini

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.

It was a positive Yelp review that lured us to choose this restaurant for our first night meal…read moreafter traveling from USA. So, I felt that I owed a review of my own in appreciation. Being new to Rome, and having walked 20k steps on our first day, there are an abundance of options a for dining. We wanted something classically Rome nearby to our hotel. The Yelp review of this restaurant was sufficiently positive to entice us. Being American, we appreciate the earlier-than-customary dining options. We arrived at 6pm without a reservation. We were seated immediately. The restaurant is intimate and very well staffed. The wood fire oven is front-and-center and the fresh mozzarella is prominent in display. We ordered a bottle of wine ... all options are very fairly priced. This is nice. We started with a Greek salad to share. It was unlike any American Greek salad ... and a really delight. It is early June but the tomatoes and peppers were ripe and crisp and really fresh. My wife ordered the Marguerite pizza; I opted for the Gorgonzola pizza (the effusive review on Yelp was compelling). Both were solid. We appreciate the thin crust and the crisp edged. The center of both, however, was doughy and somewhat undercooked. Looking around ... the restaurant was over 50% full even at this early hour. Most were Americans. We saw a good number of diners with pasta dishes ... and none were left unfinished. Sadly, we don't have any comparisons to weigh (yet). So, I cannot affirm any "best of" citations, it this is certainly a solid trattoria/pizzeria. The staff are attentive and the food served hot and fresh.

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Mehran F.

Elite 22

813

428

10 years ago

Bull S**t of a place. How did i fall for it and went to a place with such a name? hundreds of know nothing people from Trip Advisor and other places had written good reviews about this place. Pasta was OK. Caesar salad was airport quality at best. People at the counter were nice, hence 2 stars... read more

Jeff M.

7 years ago

Just had the best fettuccine alfredo ever. This place is a must try! We would definitely recommend trying this place out. Also the prices are very reasonable. read more

Harsh S.

274

8 years ago

One word: AMAZING. Excellent selection of pasta and it is the best pasta in the world. Open more and more. Can't get enough read more

Jimmy C.

Elite 22

141

251

7 years ago

Great food and the service was good. The food comes out quickly and the portion size is good.

Michelle S.

8 years ago

Some of the best pasta I've EVER had! Highly recommend!

Marty B.

10 years ago

Non mi è piaciuto e non ci tornerò più.. basta.

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It doesn't get any better than this! Fresh pasta in a small setting where the chef brings your…read moredishes out is exactly what you want in Rome. We loved it so much we dined again the next night. The host was incredibly kind and explained everything to us. We had a salad that was fresh, crisp and refreshing. Ravioli, fettuccine Alfredo, and eggplant parm were all fantastic. It's a small restaurant with delicious food down a charming street in the Monti area.

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The Cacio e Pepe at this restaurant changed the way I look at food forever. Up to this point I…read morethought I knew what good pasta tasted like but never did I know I could be so ignorant. I will on now refer to the timeline of my life as pre and post II Corallo.

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