Wonderful restaurant! We came for dinner based on Yelp reviews and were so pleasantly surprised. We were warmly greeted by the owner who was so kind and generous, offering a glass of Prosecco as we waited for the table we wanted. The service was impeccable and the food was fresh, perfectly prepared and beautifully presented. What strikes me most about Sofia is that we never felt like tourists in a foreign city -- we felt as though this was our neighborhood restaurant and were old friends. What a wonderful evening at a very special restaurant. read more

We had a Gluten Free pasta, eggplant permasen and baked potato side dish. The food was good but the service was even better. The waitresses have been so nice and patient, it made the entire experience great! read more

Very disappointed Food was okay but small portions and high prices for what you receive. I'm not at big eater but left hungry Larry D. read more

Had walked past this little gem the night before and decided to go back. It was worth it! We both had the red tuna and green salads. Loved every bite. The couple next to us ordered the beef filets, which looked wonderful. Definitely recommend it! read more

Party of two; came here on the strength of Yelp recommendations. The service was very good throughout, with a smile and no wincing at my attempts at Italian. A glass of Merlot arrived a touch warm (probably been sitting on the bar bench) but we were sitting outside and soon it was fine. The starters (scallops and sardine lasagna) were very good, although portions pushing the limit (three smallish scallops on a spoonful of coulis and two forks of greens, for example). My main was a superbly prepared piece of swordfish on four bites of pineapple; both "superb" and "piece" emphasised. There was no entourage. (The menu had side orders, but we were not asked if we wanted to add any, so I wrongly assumed there was some accompaniment.) For desert I picked a tiramisu, which came in a glass, and was overly pretentious: overwhelmingly full of mascarpone, little base (hence the glass) and far too little coffee. (I did not try the other main and desert.) All that, for just over €100, would edge into the four stars, but the service was annoyingly slow - twenty minutes plus between dishes, at least. When the time to order deserts came I asked "It seems a busy night, will the deserts take long?" The waiter kindly replied "Not the tiramisu or the zabaglione". We ordered these and a coffee; the coffee came in five, the deserts in ten. So, good cooking, lacking pace. read more

Wine was excellent and reasonably priced. Unique salad. Very tasty risotto but the pork was fantastic! The quiche appetizer was light and fluffy. Dessert was ok (chocolate cake), but we should have help out for gelato. The staff was friendly and helpful. They spoke perfect English (not a pre-requisite for us, but it was nice). The space was quaint. All and all a nice, reasonably priced experience. We recommend! read more

A non-touristy adorable little gem of a place, not far from the usual tourist spots. We had amazing food and excellent service. It's also surprisingly kid friendly for being upscale, and in Rome. The waitress brought out a batman figurine for our little man and he restrooms had an excellent spot for changing him read more

Sofia - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Best meal experience of our trip to Rome. Excellent food quality and great services from the owners. They have created a gem of restaurant in the heart of Rome. I would recommend to eat here once while visiting Rome. read more

Sofia - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Amazing experience! Food was very tasty and service was outstanding. Great first meal in Rome!

Fabulous little gem in the middle of Rome. We celebrated my fiancé's birthday there and we couldn't choose better place for it. The owners of the restaurant were so friendly and welcoming. The food was absolutely delicious! read more

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This was wonderful! Best meal we've had in all of Rome! The service was great & it's a little hidden away from the crazy bustle of tourists at the Spanish steps. I had the "Strozzapreti amatriciana" & it was wonderful! Our waitress was lovely and spoke English to us as we struggled through our terrible Italian. She recommended a great wine & was attentive without being aggressive. Their foccaccia is to die for... America's Olive Garden must be trying to emulate sofia's bread & failing badly. Amazing! Motto buono!! read more

Such a super friendly owner! I had a lovely swordfish in season with a tomato sauce that was savory with lots of nice texture. It was paired with a new varietal (to me) wine suggested by the owner. It was an interesting pairing and we had a nice overall experience--we even got to meet Sofia, the owners' dog who happily shares her name with the restaurant! read more

Elegant gem near the Spanish Steps. Quiet atmosphere, jazz playing in background, perfecto service at the right pace. Price goes with the elegance--higher but worth it. Ended our meal with a freshly baked chocolate torte. Delisimo! read more

We went to Sofia after reading about it on YELP. We were not disappointed! Cute and cozy small 24 seat dining room. Personal and friendly service. The food was delicious, and served at a nice pace. We started with fennel and orange salad, split the gnocchetti with seafood (tasty!)'and finished with tuna and swordfish. Prices reasonable for quality of food! read more

We were six guests and we all had starters an one more dish + desert. Mushroompai too salty, we had to send it back, no problem. Friendly waiter. The rest was OK. Suckling pig was tasteful but very small portions, hardly a mouthful. Vine was good. I will come back if I knew the portions were bigger. read more

So so good! We went on New Year's Eve and they had an amazing set menu with a 5 course meal. I cant imagine a better place to spend New Year's Eve. They had amazing wine suggestions too! read more

Great restaurant! Good service, nice interior and very good food. Highly recomend it. read more

I came here because of the high rating and I was so disappointed. The place is quite pretty and close to our hotel, although it's a little dark and small. There were 3 of us, we were greeted kindly and had our table fairly quick. However, that's pretty much all the good things I have to say. First, the waiters are very nice but really slow and forgetful. We asked for the wifi password 3 times from 2 different persons and at the end we just gave up because we didn't want to seem needy. They took order quickly but took a long time to bring things out. We asked for the dessert menu and one of them nodded, turned around to help other customers, came back to the same spot and just stood there, we had to ask for the menu again. That particular waiter also stared at us sometimes, but maybe thats's just me. The pasta dishes we ordered came out after 20 minutes, which we didn't mind. The pasta itself was very fresh, cooked just right. But the sauce was too salty. They should have known bacon and seafood are already salty by themselves. We were still fine at this point, regardless. We ordered salad too and it wasn't too bad. However, as I have mentioned, the dessert menu took a while to come out and the actual dessert took even longer. We sat there for a good half an hour waiting and we can't even use our phones because we never got the wifi password. (We did try to talk with each other but I'm traveling with my father and brother and we've been together 24/7 for a whole week so theres really not much to say) When the food finally came, they, guess what, got me the wrong order so I had to wait again. Even the waiters, who are probably used to this slowness, felt bad and had to assure me that my food is coming. Our dessert were okay, but we finished them in literally 3 minutes, definitely not good enough for the half an hour waiting at all. To top things off, they added another beer we never had to our bill and even though they subtracted the extra amount when i pointed out, tax and service fee were still the percentage of the original bill. I was too tired to say anything else so we left it that way and just didn't tip. Not worthy of our €100. We didn't even have wine!! Service fee was more than 20%, seriously?!? Even if they were nice, they were definitely not nice enough for all that money on top of the food that were already too expensive for such portion. Overall, all the other negative reviews are true. I don't know why this place has such high rating. I'm only writing this in hope of bringing it down a bit. read more

I'm giving it a 4 because, although my pasta was excellent, my dessert was very mediocre. Don't bother with the desserts there. They aren't very good for the price. The pasta though was awesome. I had a type that was like a thick version of spaghetti with cherry tomato sauce, bacon, cheese and basil. read more

Good, solid meal in Rome. Went to an early dinner here before a tenor concert at St. Paul Worhih the Walls, so a convenient location for a good meal. We had the swordfish, the pesto gnocchi, a cheese plate, a beef dish, and all were quite good. Very good service. Would highly recommend. read more

Very good service. Very flavorful food. Sorry, I am not a foodie so your not getting more detail. We loved the pasta -- the Roman dish, and the shrimp one. read more

Perfect. Went two days in a row. Excellent gourmet food with a kind service. Excellent wine list and excellent dessert. Go there, no brainer

Our family of four adults ate dinner here not once but twice during our three night stay in Rome. Everything was excellent, food, service, ambiance. On the first night, both daughters got the steak with balsamic glaze and called them the best steaks they've ever eaten, which is really something considering we live in Santa Barbara and LA and dine at world class restaurants. The pork tenderloin was so tender it could have been cut with a butter knife. The eggplant parmigiana was to die for, as well as the tiramisu that was sinfully delicious and greedily consumed out of a glass in its yogurt-like consistency. We ordered four different desserts and all were great, but the tiramisu was special. Even the bread brought to the table was great! Great wine list, too, we had a marvelous mid-priced Valpolicello both nights. The owners were delightful and the restaurant premises was clean and welcoming. We will go back here the next time we visit Rome. read more

In Rome, where good food is so hard to find, this restaurant is a true gem. Our meal was fantastic and the service was great as well. The restaurant is owned by a fairly young couple, who are extremely pleasant and helpful. They were also waiting the tables themselves. I had pork crusted in pistachios (these are pork meatballs), and my wife had eggplant with ricotta. We also had a pumpkin and pesto appetizer. All were very unique and wonderful flavors. Their tiramisu was simply heavenly. Highly recommended!!! read more

My family and I came here for lunch upon recommendation of the hotel. Compared to other restaurants in Rome, this one seems to be more of a foodie restaurant where they're experimenting and making alternate preparations of food. So that being said, I thought that Sofia was great but my wife wasn't as impressed by the food. So my rating is really just for my food. I ordered pasta with squid and sea bass which was great. The pasta was fantastic with little bits of sea bass and squid. I then ordered the beef tartare appetizer. However, we had a mix-up with the server and she brought the grilled bull steak (served on a bed of roman broccoli (spinach-like green). After explaining, she apologized and gave us the bull for free and then brought us the tartare. So I got to try this dish for free. Great. The dish was great too. As its wrapped in lard, the bull is quite tender and prepared quite well. The tartare was fantastic though, being served with some pickled vegetables and mustard. The beef tasted so fresh and like it had just been taken from the pastures. The rest of my family ordered the various fish dishes but were not as impressed by those dishes. So it seems that while the service is great, the dishes may be hit or miss. I would still come and try it again. read more

Delicious risotto and roast chicken, in a small, friendly, contemporary and comfortable restaurant.

FanTASTICO! DELICIOSO! Beautiful people and great food and really nice atmosphere! GO!

Amazing food- fresh and full of flavor. One of the best meals we had in Rome and great personal service.

This really is as good as it gets! This is the best meal we ever had in Rome, and my husband and I have traveled there at least 10 times. It was my sister's first visit to Rome, and she loved it as well. The food is not the usual heavy, sauce-laden pasta. It really is fine dining, served by one of the two owners (a lovely couple) with care and attention. We enjoyed ourselves so much, we stayed for hours, ordering more wine and dessert. The food was exquisite and I'd recommend Sofia (named after their doggy) to anyone seeking a different type of dining experience in Rome. We thought the food was a good value for the cost as well as the portions. read more

A must go when visiting Rome! If you want to experience great service & spectacular food, Sofia is the place! Everything from the apps to the dessert was phenomenal! The menu changes according to the season but the shrimp coated in pasta app was delicious & the Tiramisu.... I was just amazed! Lets just say I would come back to Rome just to eat here again! This place will not disappoint you if you're looking for a great meal & wonderful time! read more

Delicious food, fantastic service, and an extremely cute dog (from whom the restaurant takes its name).

Very underwhelming, but cute decor. Shrimp pasta was thick, but lacked flavor and had a funny texture.

Both the food and presentations were impressive. We started with cabbage rolls and grilled scallops. Both appetizers were excellent! The cabbage rolls were of another world and deserve their own review - just get them. We then had the gnocchetti w/ seafood ragu and vegetable torte. The seafood in the gnocchi was a tad salty but the gnocchi was perfect and overall the dish was very good. The vegetable torte was also very good; get it to share as it's too rich to eat for one. The Pinot Nero red was delicious. As noted in other reviews, the tiramisu was outstanding! (The couple next to us had the beef and pork fillets and they looked excellent.) This is one of those special places where the menu is not overly complicated but they do everything well. While some may prefer certain dishes more than others, you won't be disappointed in whatever you choose. read more

Not sure how this place has so many good reviews, maybe it was an off day when we went. Found it based on a recommendation from people we met that were also touring. Expensive, small portions and food was bland. I had a pasta dish which came with seabass and squid. When i finally found the seabass there were 2 pea size pieces, a little more on the squid. I don't even remember what we all had that's how unmemorable it was. Went to Florence, Rome, Venus and different towns in Tuscany and we all agreed that this place was last on the list. 2 stars because service was good, and cute small restaurant. read more

I would post 4.5 rather than 5 stars if I could, but Sofia is much closer to a 5 than a 4. The staff was friendly to non Italian speaking Americans, the food (gnocchi and pasta) was both authentic and very good, the wine (valpolicella) excellent and the dessert (tiramisu) great. I would highly recommend checking it out. read more

My wife and i have been to Italy many times over the years and twice in the past 3 months (Milan, Lake Como, Rome, Capri ). This was one of the best meals we have had in Italy anywhere. Creative dishes, reasonable prices, attentive service, small space with a lovely interior, and convenient but just enough off the beaten track to not be over run. Highly recommended from a couple who loves to cook, travel and enjoy local food. You should book ahead. read more

Like other reviewers, I had a wonderful experience here. Lovely, small setting, great food and attentive husband and wife team. They even prepared a simple, plain off-menu request for my daughter. I will go back. read more

Great service, best meal we had in Rome. It is near the Spanish steps and near the Bernini area. You will probably need a.reservation so call ahead, it is a tiny restaurant and can only hold around 30people. read more

Very expensive and very little food. Had lunch here. Waited for ~45 mins in almost empty resturant. We were 5.. food quality was good..