Nothing to get excited about for Americans. The service was not great. Our drink order didn't all come out. One of our dishes never came out. This problem would have been correctable if our server had checked on us. This place DOES NOT HAVE PIZZA. And, the salads come dressed with only olive oil. read more

We came here because of a recommendation from a colleague, and boy are we glad that we did! The lunch we had here was delicious! You definitely have to get their Eggplant Parmesan. I'm still day dreaming about it. Our server said that people come in JUST for that dish on a weekly basis. We see why now. Get it!!! They change their menu daily, so you know you're getting a quality menu. We tried their burrata & anchovy bread pocket thingy and it was soooo yummy. That particular day they had a meatball one and it was out of this world flavorful. We were so close in begging the kitchen to just bring us a plate of those meatballs. Yeah, that good. The wine was cheap and delicious! That's called a win-win, my friends! If you're around the Vatican and want some serious, good food, then try this place out. You won't be disappointed. read more

Sorpasso - Eggplant Parmesan that will have you moaning at the first bite. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

The ambiance and location of this place are really great. There was a great band playing the evening we had dinner there. The singer sounded like Amy Winehouse! read more

We were excited about this place after reading the ratings. We ordered a cheese and meat platter as a starter. There were three meats from different regions that all tasted pretty much the same. There was no Proscuitto de Parma which is the Italian standard. The cheeses were interesting but nothing exciting. One of the servers brought us bread, which was good. Another server brought us some olive oil for the bread but it was so bitter we couldn't eat with it. Our green salad came with huge pieces of greenery that really needed to be cut up into edible sized pieces. There was no balsamic on the salad only the bitter olive oil. We couldn't eat half of it and there were three of us. When one of the many servers saw we were done with our meat, cheese and salad he cleared our plates and asked us if we were ready for dessert. "No, we haven't even had our pasta yet!" For the main course (actually pasta) we waited and waited and waited. I kept looking for our server but he was nowhere around. Finally I saw him and waved. I asked if we were going to have our pasta? ( An hour had past since we sat down.) He said he'd get it. As you probably guessed, when it came it was not hot but barely warm. I have had this happen before where the kitchen makes the dish and sits around getting cold because the server isn't doing their job. I had the pasta with Calamari and my wife and daughter shared a spaghetti in butter, Parmesan and pepper, it was so undercooked it made there teeth stick together. Maybe not that bad but it was way short of al dente. My Calamari pasta was barely warm and had a distinctive fishy taste. The taste was not from the Calamari which was very mild. Nothing is worse than a fishy tasting anything that isn't piping hot. I don't get it, this place had a great rating and great reviews, and the place was packed. By. 6:40pm they were lining up in the street to eat here. This place is very, very popular but it was the worst meal we had in our week long stay in Rome. I truly don't understand the dynamic here. Maybe you can try it and see if you have a better experience. We won't go back. read more

You won't know it when you first enter the place, but Sorpasso is a perfectly lovely place to dine. The front of the restaurant, with its large butcher shop showcase, can be a bit off-putting, but they have a nice room for dining down the hallway. Just don't eat at the bar if you don't want an eyeful of cow while you eat. The staff were all very friendly and spoke English well. The real shining glory of this restaurant, as it should be, was the food. The meatballs in particular, which we split as a table of three, were absolutely spectacular. I definitely recommend ordering a plate of the meatballs, or two plates, or three. The prices were fairly reasonable too, with all of our pasta dishes falling between 10€ and 11€. Would gladly return. read more

Sorpasso - Spaghettoni amatriciana. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Excellent Italian restaurant frequented by the locals! Highly recommend: Trappazini (stuffed grilled sandwich) - chicken is a must Eggplant lagsania (so so good!) Any pasta This is an outstanding cozy restaurant not too far from the Vatican museum. Wine selection is top notch in Rome! Food was amazing! And best of all, the price is very reasonable! You can't go wrong with this one! If you are in the neighborhood, definitely give it a visit. The owner and staff were so curtious and warm! read more

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One of the best meals we had while on vacation. Wine list was exceptional and happy hour was out of this world with all the extra food they brought out to you. My wife and I loved it and would be 1 of the restaurants we would definitely visit again when we go back. read more

Totally amazing carb lunch after hours of Vatican touring. Pastas change daily, but we ordered all 4 on the menu (the only one I forgot to photograph was the Strozzapretti - unfortunate, since it was the table favorite; second place went to the linguini with pumpkin). Pairing it all with a 19€ 2007 Barbera d'Asti got me though another 4 hours of touring the ruins next to the Colosseum. This is the kind of gem in terms of both quality and value that I'm tempted to keep quiet, for fear of ruining the place with popularity. Eating lunch here is the highlight of 3 hours of staring at paintings (spoken as a true Yelp elite). read more

Sorpasso - Post Vatican pasta bomb lunch - amazing!! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Food and wine was great! I really recommend this place if you want some authentic Italian food. Plus the servers were very helpful and friendly. read more

Very accommodating staff. Nice setting that is not far from the Vatican with genuine local food would recommend.

I can not believe the taste of all this amazing food, we tried different restaurants in Rome and so far this is the more authentic and delicious food. The service it's great and the birra and vino are out of this world. read more

My first restaurant stop in Rome! I checked into my hotel and my concierge suggested this restaurant for lunch across the street. Small quaint restaurant with walls of wine bottles displayed against a half brick wall. Upon entering, you see legs of cure meats inside and along the entrance. So cool! The bar is the in front and smaller dining area in the back. There was a special menu which is only in Italian so our waiter was so nice to explains it in details, every dish on the menu. Bread was soft and light, chooses of sparkling or "stale" (tap) water they call it I think. 2 euros for each with dining in. I wish I had ordered some anti-pasta. I went straight to the pasta because I wanted to save room for gelato. I got the gnocchi special. It was Ah-AMZING!! Comes in a red sauce with oxtail. It smell so good and was very very tasteful and filling. They weren't cheap with the meat. My husband got the tortellini wrapped with ground pork. Well, this one is surprisingly odd. Our waiter didn't tell us that it comes out in a bath of broth? I'm not sure what it was. See pictures. The tortellini wasn't soft in texture like we are used to but was a bit harder on then inside and very small, as small as the gnocchi size. Overall, it was a great experience. read more

Wow, what a find! We were coming from the Vatican and were in need of a lunch spot. Really, it was our first meal of the day so we wanted something more brunch appropriate but the good reviews of Sorpasso beckoned us in. And I'm glad we opted to dine here as this is the kind of spot that flies under the tourist radar but is extremely popular with locals. We sat down just before peak lunch time and soon enough the place was packed. The staff were very nice and I can easily see this place being a neighborhood favorite if you lived or worked in the area. Now the food, delicious! Everything we ate was so good I would easily choose to come back here again over the other restaurants we ate at on this trip to Rome! We started with a little appetizer that was like focaccia stuffed with burrata and anchovies. Oh my! That creamy goodness combined with the umami of anchovies were perfect. I seriously am more and more obsessed with how much flavor anchovies add to any dish! Then we shared a puntarelle alla romana, which is a very traditional salad in Rome using puntarelle, a type of chicory, with anchovy dressing and some buffalo mozzarella. It was my first time having this and it was delicious. You definitely need to be a fan of anchovies though. I already looked up the recipe to recreate at home. There was also fresh house made pappardelle with porcini mushrooms and that was sublime! Even the dessert was terrific! I had a cannoli with my espresso and my husband had a coffee granita which he very much enjoyed. The cannoli was honestly the best cannoli I've had in a very long time. Seriously, if you are in Rome, go!!! read more

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Yelp comes through again. I saw this as a really well rated place nearby to where we were working on our first day and it was wonderful. They have bread, cheese, and meat that they can send out to you if you're just having a drink after work, and if not they have some excellent food should you choose to stay for dinner. But be smart and make a booking. This place may be a secret to you, but not to the locals. It's packed. read more

A bit rocky at first as we arrived at the same time (early - 5:30) as a lot of other parties (we are 5 ppl). The mgr/owner was a bit stress at the # of large parties at one time. Once we sat down though, it was GREAT. Great service, great food, great ambiance. We loved it. read more

This place was great. Hard to get a table so we sat at the bar. Was worth the wait. Would repeat if we get back to Rome.

My husband and I stopped here after our visit to The Vatican per a friend's recommendation. It was delicious - our best and favorite meal over our three days in Rome. The pasta wad exceptional. We had to wait about 45 mins for a table and it was worth the wait! read more

Sorpasso - Linguine - zucchini & pesto - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Place was very good, cozy Italian environment, with many locals eating there (which made it seem real vs touristy). I had the zucchini pasta and it was very delicious. Light as a real pasta should be, very delicate aromas in the pesto and the zucchini was well blended and beautifully presented. Had the caffè corretto con branca menta ... you can't go wrong ;) read more

Hello. I'll write this review in English since my Italian is mediocre at best. I went here with my father after seeing Vatican City because it had good reviews on Yelp. Wow, what a surprise, and not a good one. We got there at noon and the waitress said that the lunch menu would be ready at 12:30. We said that was okay and had a nice appetizer. At 12:40 we noticed that others were receiving pasta, so we asked if it was ready. A second waitress said yes and apologized for not letting us know. So then we ordered two plates. By this time, the place was packed. One couple ate and left and we were still waiting for the pasta. When I asked the waitress, she said it took 12 minutes - but by this time it was 1:10pm. We had spend over an hour waiting and what made me mad the most was that other tables that came in later were eating. One couple next to us left and got a complementary beer or something. We got nothing. When the food finally came, my dish was salty and my dad's was raw. We did not eat it. I explained this to the waitress but she just gave me the check and told me to leave. I paid like 45 Euros for crappy service and awful food. Weird because so far the places I have visited in Rome have been nice and tasty. I'm not sure why they treated me like that, maybe because I am a tourist, I'm not sure. I feel like I deserve respect like any other human being, I am just a regular working girl, but felt like an ant at this place. But I always see the positive and realized that not all places are nice. Up to the reader to take a risk - I do not recommend at all. It left a bad taste in my mouth, a sad hole in my budget, and a feeling of not being human. Just left really sad, if that makes sense... read more

This place was phenomenal. We stopped in for lunch after visiting the Vatican and were not disappointed. From beginning to end not only was the food spectacular, but our server was so kind and helpful, walking us through all of the specials in explicit details, and in English, mgiving great recommendations, and just being overall charming. It's crowded, but clearly due to the high quality. Clearly a spot for tourists and locals a like. We had the ham and mozzarella plate, the chicken cacciatore trappazino, fettuccine with pumpkin and orchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage. Everything is either produced themselves or locally sourced, and the quality shows. Grabbed an espresso to go on the way out and it was unsurprisingly delicious. If I find myself in the neighborhood again I will hands down be going back read more

Love this place! The food was amazing and the staff is so friendly and welcoming! The waiter basically ordered food for us and everything was great! Such a cute little atmosphere too. read more

Sorpasso - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This little gem was a 10 minute walk from our hotel. I'm so happy that we decided to come here. There was a little bit of a wait but well worth it. The prosciutto here was the best I've ever had and the wine selection was on point. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The owner was a bit stuffy and could have been friendlier and more accommodating but the staff was amazing! read more

Love this place. Our waitress walked us through the menu and made sure we knew what we were ordering. The staff is attentive and courteous. read more

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AMAZING food, service and everything else! We had one of the best wines and meats here, but also some great pasta and the unforgettable meatballs! Will definitely try and come back! A must try in Rome read more

Sorpasso - Try the meatball!! And meat plates - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Fantastic cafe, wine shop, and prosciutto shop. I ended up eating breakfast here because it's right on the way to Vatican City, and it looked way more interesting than anything else in the area. Everything here was so fresh, and it's clear that the proprietors put a lot of thought into the dishes they present here. We ended up getting a breakfast centered around the cured meats that they have there. We got three different types of prosciutto which each had its own flavor characteristic and nuance. We also got pears, cheese, and honey, all of which were local and very delicious. It was nice being able to relax with some Italian coffee while having a nice, light breakfast before heading into the Vatican. I'll definitely be coming back here the next time I'm in Rome, even if I don't head back to the Vatican. read more

Not exactly as it is described. I was there this afternoon and the waiter initially was not that friendly. However the spaghettone was not bad. I didn't understand why the pane/olio since I didn't taste any pane. read more

Sorpasso - The receipt... - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

One of the best restaurants we ate; great anti-pasta options and awesome service. We came a little bit before the lunch crowd and were able to seat outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. Our waitress was friendly and helpful. The special menu was in italian but she took time to explain each item to us. Based on her recommendations we ordered the roasted beef, the eggplant lasagna, and tomato and olive oil bread. Everything was amazing. Service can be a little slow if you're in a hurry. Highly recommend this restaurant. read more

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We stopped in for lunch after a tour of the Necropolis at the Vatican as it was nearby and within walking distance. Service was friendly and our waitress took some time to go over the items on the menu and recommended some of her favorites. We ate family style sharing trapizzini (pockets of pizza bianca stuffed with meatballs or roasted chicken), a selection of cured meats and cheeses, beef carpaccio, salads, and a plate of egg pasta with guanciale (cured pig's jowl). Everything we had was tasty though my favorites were the trapizzini, carpaccio, and pasta. The drinks we ordered were refreshing and a nice reprieve from the heat outside. My husband raved about his Aperol+Citron and I enjoyed my Cafe Shakerato (coffee and sugar shaken with ice) which was just sweet enough w/ the hit of caffeine I needed to get through the rest of our (very hot) day. A great place to stop by for drinks and bites if you're near the Vatican. read more

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We came here for dinner after a spending a whole day at the Vatican. The food was average and the service was terrible. We asked for a refill of the water glass twice and nobody came back with water. Honestly after waiting some 15-20 minutes for the water that was not coming, we decided to take the bill. Not even sure if they served dessert or espresso here because the servers just did not care to inform us or ask if we wanted anything else! read more

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A hole in the wall near Vatican City which means business with excellent cafe, quick bites if you like and service that exceeds my expectations!.....more to come. read more

Late night on the first day in Roma, we needed a place to eat. Not many options in the area we were in (aside from bars), but lo and behold this restaurant was bright and filled with people. Worried we couldn't get a seat, but they have a bar area with snack food, then the restaurant in the back. Got a table for four in 8 minutes... What really brought us here are the Trappizino sandwiches. Gloriously put together - thick slabs of bread, sandwiching copious amounts of chicken, sauce, cheese, and whatever love they mixed in. A perfect compliment with a glass of Italian wine. The caprese we ordered was excellent (see picture). Our friend ordered an eggplant/zucchini dish in lieu of a pasta they ran out of (how does that happen?). No matter because the dish was very very good. To complete the entire meal, got a freshly made cannoli that was creamy but not too sugarry as most places in the states do. Between the four of us (plus drinks) - the total bill was $47USD. Not bad. Service took a little while, but it was a packed house, thus not docking any points. If ever back in Rome, this is one place I'll come back to. read more

Sorpasso - Caprese - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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The variety of breakfast desserts/torts are awesome. And absolutely the BEST cappuccino I had the entire 4 days I was in Rome. Friendly, wonderful outside seating. I highly recommend them for their breakfast. Next time I hope to try more from their menu. read more

Sorpasso - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

As an American in Roma.. we relied on yelp to find this little gem. Just off the Vatican with great wine. We only had the cold cut small plate and the cheese small plate. They were fresh, hand made in some and very good. Great experience here. read more

Sorpasso - Small plate cheese and cold cuts. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

A good, but not great, wine bar with food. Really cool-looking interior. Great wine selection. Solid food. Excellent hand cut prosciuttos and cheeses. The experience would have been better if our server, a middle aged woman with brown hair, wasn't pissed off the whole time we were there and arguing with other servers. It made for an unfriendly atmosphere, and as a result of the poor service, we chose not to return... read more

The mixed ham with three selections was VERY VERY VERY good!! We also ordered the onion beef spaghetti which was also surprisingly good. Bus the shrimp pasta was so so, it was a little hard inside. The waitress asked whether we wanted to share our food and then served each pasta in two plates for us. She also recommended not to have both pastas at the same time or mix up the flavors, which turned out to be a great piece of advice! The price is very reasonable as well. Highly recommended! read more

Got here late. A block from bnb. Got 2 small plates (delicious) and a Cesare - light red wine. Waitress nice and helpful with menu. Will come back for breakfast if same size crowd. Ham and cheese room! And later realised i was short 10€ after paying the check and leaving a tip read more

Sorpasso - Ham and cheese room! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Meh. Honestly the food you can get at the cafes on the toll roads were so much 1) faster, 2) efficient, and 3) tasty. My pasta was too buttery and the salad was meh. Left the place still hungry. Nice ambience though. Wouldn't come back again unless it were the only choice. If you are pressed for time don't come here; it took us 15 minutes for us to get the check. Wanted coffee after dinner but we wasted so much time waiting for the busy waitresses that we skipped out on it so we can continue making the most of our time in Rome. read more

We got there about 7:15. They were super busy. Got us to a table but had to be out by 8:45. Great wait staff. Amazing pesto and wine. Place is quite the night spot! read more

This was a great spot to eat after visiting the Vatican and St Peters Basilica. Try the ragu pappardelle, you won't be disappointed

This was our last dinner in Rome and it surely did not disappoint. When we arrived we saw plenty of locals hanging out by the entrance, chatting and sipping on a beer or wine. We knew this place must be good as the clientele was overwhelmingly locals. Very unassuming place. We ordered two cocktails, an assortment of aged Iberico hams, a pasta dish and a salad. Everything was great but the star of the night was the seasonal pumpkin pasta with the pork cheek. Freshly in house made pasta made all the difference and was no doubt the best pasta dish I had in Rome. Service by Luca was exceptional. I cannot wait to share this little gem with my family when we return next summer. read more