What a beautiful shop with such incredible offerings, each packaged ornately, in beautiful boxes to…read morepresent as gifts or to open for yourself. Beyond a very inviting shop window, when you open the door and enter, you will be welcomed with the most heavenly smell of fresh rich chocolate. Highly recommend for the connoisseur who appreciates the finer pleasures in life.

So many chocolate to choose from! We loaded up on all types of chocolates, to bring home as gifts…read more The women who work here are very nice. They do not know much English, but were indulgent of me trying mine. With some patience and humor I communicated and was able to make my purchase. The store is full of a wide selection of chocolate confections. Recommend for chocolate lovers!

Gelato! We love the gelato at Venchi - we've visited several…read moreoutlets now and it's consistenly high quality. The flavours are delicious and the rich creamy texture is heavenly!! At €4.80 for a medium cone, it's a little more expensive than the other gelaterias but it's worth it!

Gelato was one of the best we had! Great selection of flavors. Super creamy gelato! Cute place.read more

Lovely local chocolate and candy shop. Reminded me of my childhood in Italy…read more Worth a stop!

Amazing lavender gelato, which is one of my favorite flavors. Its centrally located right near the…read morespanish steps

Nom, nom. Delicious. I love chocolate and saw this place while walking around. I had to stop and…read morebuy an array of chocolates. Every single one was unique. The owner asked about my preference in flavor and made recommendations, and they were absolutely delicious. I wish we had one nearby ;)

Holy Italian cioccolato! So before I left for Rome, I did some research on where to buy chocolate…read morebecause, well, I seek out the best chocolate everywhere that I go. Now, I had forgotten about this place until (happily), I came across it quite by accident while strolling around Monti. So of course, I stopped in. I was greeted by the store clerk who I first thought was a little mean-looking. However. She was a delightful woman who spoke to me in French and took the time to tell me about the different flavors, pricing etc. she was very helpful and didn't rush me as I decided which flavors I wanted. Great service. I selected a handful of flavors - about ten pieces of chocolate, and these cost 8€. Let me tell you one very important thing: this chocolate is totally worth the price. Thus far, I've tried the orange slice dipped in dark chocolate, and the lemon peel (also dipped in dark chocolate) and I can confirm that we are looking at quality. Fantastic flavors! The chocolatier makes each piece right there so you know it's authentic and fresh. Interestingly, the chocolatier is the son of the man who owns the very well known Moriondo è Gariglio, who happens to be Rome's oldest chocolate shop - so he learned from the best. If you're in Monti, these guys are worth the detour.

This Aladdin's cave of chocolates and sweets is tempting all year round, although the window…read moredisplays really pop at Easter and Christmas with themed goodies. If you're just expecting top quality handmade chocolates, you won't be disappointed; but this store has plenty more to offer as well. Jams, teas and infusions, jellies, biscuits, sugared almonds and chocolate spreads and crèmes make it tough for even the most self-disciplined shopper to leave empty-handed. They also serve an excellent hot chocolate, to drink inside or take away. The service is friendly and attentive, and although the handmade chocolates are quite pricey, you won't be disappointed with the quality. Remember, chocolate is made from a bean so technically it's a vegetable! ;) Eat your veggies! Yum!

I adore Perugina Baci Italian dark chocolate with a hazelnut wrapped with a little love message…read more They are as sweet as a kiss. The shop not only has Baci in many different sized packages, but they also carry an entire assortment of delicious treats made by Perugina. Many items are available by bulk. The store has cute items to take home as gifts. www.chocostore.it

This little bakery was so good we went back for seconds! The cookies and tarts are amazing. Not too…read moresweet and perfect buttery goodness.

After our disappointment of our first night's dinner in Rome, we wanted a sweet ending and found…read morethis Patisserie located pretty close to our hotel and yay! The food and service here was so much better than the restaurant! The lady who helped us cheerfully explained all the various biscuits and desserts they make in house, including a special dessert made with chestnut flour that I really liked. Their chocolate and strawberry shortcake like dessert was fantastic - the cream was so fresh, it was delicious. The cannoli and the pistachio cream deserts were good too. Of the cookies/ biscuits, the plain variety was more to my taste than the lemon. Everything is €25,00 per kilo, and so it did add up a little bit as wanted to try a lot of things. But I plan to come back before I leave and buy some more of just my favorites! Oh also - there is also one member of the 3 person staff who spoke great English! Yelp 259/ 2018

There are two locations in Rome. This is not the one I went to the one I went to was Centro storico…read morebut anyhow so so delicious it had a walk up window for real gelato. Very nice inside. Great customer service beautiful ambience very very delicious thank you.

I went to tomacelli branch, however the chocolate was delicious but it was a little expensive, I…read moreaslo had some cookies which were delicious but I expected more creativity, the people who work there were nice

OH MY GOD. This was…read morethe last new restaurant we tried on our trip to Rome before packing day. The earth moved. The angels sang. * * * Le Sicilianedde is, not surprisingly, a Sicilian restaurant in the wealthy neighborhood of Parioii. in general, Parioli residents eat very well. A Sicilian restaurant means not only Sicilian appetizers and main courses, but Sicilian ices and gelatos for dessert. Seafood rules in Sicilian cuisine - but there are perfectly wonderful dishes for landlubbers as well. Do you see the possibilities? * * * Every single solitary dish that both I had and my wife had was off the charts good. We both had sea-based pasta dishes for first courses. Both starters were items we have never seen before in our run of non-Sicilian restaurants. I did a spaghetti with clams and fish roe. Fish roe means salty as hell. Vast amounts of butter and a suave white wine in the sauce kept the proceedings salty and smooth as opposed to salty and grab-your-water-glass. I love Portuguese cuisine which is frequently about being salty and smooth. My pasta made the Portuguese look like amateurs. * * * My wife had spaghetti in a tuna ragu. Tuna as the meat in a super tomato-y long-simmering red sauce? Hamburger can go take a walk. * * * The main course was swordfish chunks grilled on a skewer with thick lemon slices between them. The grilled swordfish was grilled swordfish. Lovely fish but that's nice dear. The Sicilians were Sicilian lemons. Sicilian lemons are outstanding any way you get them. And that includes grilled. The swordfish was there to make sure you got a healthy dinner. The lemon slices were your Sicilian lover whose hands were doing wonderful things to you under the table. We were very very very very happy. * * * They had non gelato non Sicilian ice desserts And a large assortment of those to boot. But there was no way we were going to turn down Sicilian gelato and Sicilian ice. I went on the gelato side with ricotta fig for one scoop and zabaglione for the other scoop. Zabaglione is one of the great flavors on the planet. Any Italian ice cream with ricotta and some flavor is extraordinary. I was in love. My wife went with the ices - in her case one scoop of mulberry and one scoop of pistachio. Which was better, the gelato or the ices? Both * * * Sadly, we had to start preparing for our exit from Rome. We didn't throw a coin in the Fountain of Trevi, But a meal like this would make anyone want to return. Preferably the next day. * * * Yelpers - if there is a takeaway from all of this - If you are in Rome, you want to eat. You can eat well in the Centro with the famous tourist sights. But you will do much better in the rich people's neighborhoods. Most of our eating was concentrated in Ludovisi - a wealthy neighborhood with the American embassy and the famous chic hotels of Fellini's La Dolce Vita. There were expeditions as well to nearby, wealthy-enough Salario, And less frequent trips to the food havens of Parioli and Testaccio. There were no crowds. Plenty of open tables. And food absolutely positively to die for. Eat where the rich locals eat and you will do very very well. This applies to many cities, not just Rome.

Reallyyyyy reallyyy goooooood! Our driver Fabio recommended this spot. They add fresh cream to the…read moretop of the gelato which taste incredible. We got the coffe flavor, strawberry, and I think chocolate.