Located slightly out of town in the Southern part of Rome, Natalino is a well known restaurant for…read morelocals with a very good pizza baked in the brick oven but also a good selection of regular dishes and barbecue. Also very popular for take away pizza. Recommended if you're in the area.

Great service and amazing homemade tiramisu. They have a pretty good selection of regional pizzas.read more

We came to this local restaurant to grab a bite for lunch. We ordered a few delicious toasted…read morepaninis, and I had a cappuccino as well. The price was very reasonable, service was great and everyone was very friendly even though not all of the local staff spoke English. Definitely a great find and a high recommendation!

Had lunch at La Terrazza on a sunny crispy afternoon during the workweek…read more I already have reviews for most places I frequent here in Aurelia. It seems as though I had to expand on this one. Typical Italian meal, meat and pasta, lots of carbs, gnocchi-calzone-panini-macaroni, plus tons of desserts. Desserts at La Terrazza are really good. La Terrazza offers a rooftop terrace seating with gorgeous views of the country side. This is the type of place in the business park, within walking distance from Mariott, where many offices are located. People go to lunch here, it's a sort of a cafeteria style setting in terms of the presentation of food. Not your typical trattoria style. Great assortment of antipasti (cold appetizers), including sautéed veggies, artichokes, eggplant, roasted zucchini, red bell papers, carpaccio, prosciutto, soppressata, fresh mozzarella nuggets drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Beef stew, meat loaf, steamed seasoned potatoes, pasta shells, sautéed green beans, octopus with macaroni. I called them that, they may have proper Italian names attached, I just didn't care to go deep today, nor did I have time for that. Fabulous selection of pastries and desserts downstairs, including Sfogliatelle, Sanguinaccio dolce, Semifreddo, Zeppole, Canoli, Panna Cotta, Tartufo, and fruit compote. Advertised pizzas include the following: Pizza con Forno a Legna, anche Integrale - pizzas cooked in the wood burning oven, and also plate combos (complete meal): Ortolana - garden veggie pizza Margherita - traditional wood fired oven pizza Patate - Pizza di Patate with potatoes Boscaiola (Mozzarella, Funghi, Salsiccia) - mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, sausage Amatriciana (Pomodoro, Guanciale, Pecorino) - tomatoes, cured meat from pork cheeks, pecorino cheese

After having lunch downtown by St Peter Basilica, we found this place for dinner. What a wonderful…read morefind! The food and service and wine were all excellent. Our waiter one of the siblings of the family working there was great at answering questions and helping us understand the menu which was fairly large. The items were ala crate. We had the tavern sPecial antipasto (2 plus pizza crust bread) for the seven of us and it was just the right amount. The house labeled red wine was fantastic (we left with 4 extra bottles to enjoy on the rest of our vacation.) We all thoroughly enjoyed our selections and share amongst our table. They included gnocchi, pizza, brachiosaurus, spinach, chicory, eggplant balls. They were all 'fantastico'. The eggplant balls were the favorite (probably because we are all from the Southern USA where everything is fired!). If I had one critique it might be that the creme brûlée was not very smooth/creamy but still delicious. Overall we highly recommend La Taverna Del Bracho right down to the security provided in the parking lot(which looked secure anyway). The pricing was very fair. Without the wine the price was about $15euro/person. We will definitely return!

Best Italian ristorante for pizza and seafood. I highly recommend it!!…read moreThe owner Roberto receives you with a smile and makes sure you leave the place fully satisfied!

Take out pizza at a friendly neighborhood pizzeria Mandara, good pizza at a fair price, solid food…read moreand fast. That's my take and I'm sticking to it. Also my humble attempt at short and sweet review on the run. If I don't do it now, I might never come back to doing it later. It was a Margherita type pizza and it did the job well, the place is friendly. Think Little Caesars prices and although it's not an artisan pizza, it fills you up. I suppose it's real hard to stand out - we are in Italy, folks! Cheers!

This restaurant is about 3.5 stars is right. I don't think they are 4 stars yet. It is at the…read moreremote area and at the hillside. Our bus could not take us there but they send car to pick up to the restaurant. The opening course is great. Grilled egg plant wrap is unique. I like the sauce that go with it. The pasta is the second course. Typical Italian east the pasta before the main entree. This pasta is a bit simple. Cream asparagus sauce at penne. The third course is main dish with ham in grilled garlic and artichoke. This dish is below average. The final dish is a dessert dish with yellow cream dish with chocolate and chip. Nothing much memorable. The service is good and our wine is refilling. The view is good because we at the hillside.

My wife and I celebrated our 25 anniversary at Da Egea. The food and service were excellent…read more We were seated on the wide veranda, overlooking the Rome countryside. The is located at the top of a very steep entrance and not immediately visible from the road. Trust me is worth it. The restaurant was both quaint and family friendly. The local patrons arrived at about 8:30 and the restaurant became lively. Grazie mille to George and the staff!

We made reservations here via email. They had our table all ready when we got there. All 7 of us!…read more The manager was SO accommodating. Amazing service And even better food. I've gotten spaghetti carbonara all over Italy. This was hands down the best I've had. All seven of us said it was the best food we have had and not the most expensive. Would totally go back and not sure I would go back to any other places we visited.

That's Amore is a pizza place in "The Village" complex near Parco de Medici, large business park,…read moregolf course, and area hotels (Sheraton, Holiday Inn, Marriott Park). It's very basic but an option if you get tired of the hotel food and not inclined to catch a 40 mins shuttle ride to the city (a 30 euro taxi ride plus a dinner in the city being much more expensive option). I'd recommend to go with a flow and order pizza here. That's Amore certainly is a creative catchy name, their food... not so much (wink-wink). Good luck!

Ristorante Verde Smeraldo certainly has one thing going for it: it's open late, though I believe…read moreuntil 11pm and not until midnight. That's a huge plus considering the crazy schedule of working professionals like myself, staying at any one of the area hotels on business, often for extended periods of time. If it wasn't for places like Verde Smeraldo, we'd be forced to go to bed on an empty stomach or replace dinner with booze. Verde Smeraldo complex has a pizzeria, bisteccheria (steakhouse), discoteca (a discotheque) and music bar, and a swimming pool (picsina). Businessmen from the surrounding offices frequent this restaurant for their group outings, lunches and dinners. I believe the entire place is called Parco de' Medici Club and can be booked for private and business functions. They use a wood fired pizza oven for their pizza, which turns out absolutely great and certainly way better than that at That's Amore pizzeria. It turns into a steakhouse in the evenings, and so grilled juicy stakes are also available. I've said it once and I'll say it again, it really surprised me to learn how much carbs are consumed in Italy, and how much Italian cuisine is based on pasta, breads, panini, gnocchi, prosciutto and other cured salty meats (loaded with sodium), and how little there is in a gluten free vegetable and fruit variety. Perhaps downing it all with red wine makes a difference, but locals survive here, and so should I. Verde Smeraldo is located in Aurelia near the Parco de' Medici complex of scattered business buildings, area hotels, Parco de' Medici Sporting Club, Sheraton Golf course, Space Cinema entertainment complex and Joy Village arcade. If you're staying at Rome Marriott Park hotel or Holiday Inn, I highly recommend to check out Verde Smeraldo and their wood oven baked pizzas. You can book a table here through Misiedo, an Italian equivalent of the American Open Table.

Lousy. We went there on a Saturday night early for Rome - about 8pm. The waiter and the maitre d'…read morewere busy watching some TV show instead of playing attention to the few customers that were there. My fried bacalá came out half frozen and had to be sent back. The soplí were OK. The roasted potatoes were also cold and had to be sent back. We finished our dinner before we ever saw the potatoes again. My risotto frutti di mare was just so so. Worst of all was the service. The waiter was busy talking with his coworker and watching TV and couldn't care less about the customers. We went here to avoid paying $$$ at the Holiday Inn restaurant. We should have paid a little more and eaten there instead.