This place was recommended by our local tour guide. While I was disappointed with the bruschetta, because it lacked flavor, everyone else thoroughly enjoyed their meals and drinks. The staff was nice and swamped. They really work very hard. I will say that I noticed all of the bruschetta I ordered throughout our tour did not have olive oil or balsamic already in with the tomatoes and basil. They provide the bottles on the table to add to any dish you want, but the balsamic they provide on the tables is not a good balsamic. Very thin and vinegary. This is different from how bruschetta is normally made at many locations in the states. So, this is my personal preference on how a bruschetta should be, which is why I still gave them a 5 star review. read more

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Waiter we had was incredible rude - i wish i got his name. Got my order wrong then said it was my fault and charged us for original order (tartufo) which I did not eat. Very belligerent and aggressive. Never going back. If you go - triple check your order is taken correctly or you may be paying a lot more for the waiter's mistake. I didn't enjoy my food or time there (nor did my two companions) because waiter was such a jerk. read more

Tre Scalini - Profiteroles - my actual order. Who cares after waiter was so rude about having taken wrong order in the first place! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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This spot is located in Piazza Navona in a great location. We had two orders of gelato which came with three scoops of different flavors in each order. We also had two cappuccinos. We were pleased with the gelato and coffees. Service was quite slow but we were not is a huge hurry. 3.5 stars! read more

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Worst staff we've encountered in Rome. Not inviting at all and you can't sample a gelato flavor without paying first. I think it makes sense to let people sample your gelato before buying it? Why would you make someone pay for a cup of gelato before even trying it when theres 2 other gelato places directly next to it? What if i want to compare your nutella flavor with the place across the street? I wouldn't be able to because you literally have to pay for a cup before you can sample anything its ridiculous. Don't even waste your money with them when theres way better places in Rome. read more

This is a tough one. We have been coming to Tre Scalini as part of our "night before we leave Rome" tradition for many years. Over those years I have noticed that Tre Scalini isn't quite what it once was back in the days of Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton and on through the years. Heck, it's not even like it was 5 years ago. Going to Tre Scalini used to feel a bit special given its history. Now, they seem to be like any other of a number of places lining Piazza Navona, complete with the acchiappaturisti (you can Google the meaning). That aspect alone kills the feel of Tre Scalini. And they used to not need it so that was a bit of a red flag right from the start. Piazza Navona has always been a place to go and watch people and Tre Scalini was always a great place to do it. Sitting under the umbrella and enjoying a drink and a tartufo had always been the way we wanted to remember Rome. Not so much any longer... We didn't experience any of the service issues other have mentioned. Our order was taken quickly and our items brought in a timely manner. We had our tartufo, which wasn't what it had been just a few years ago, and not even in the same ballpark as the photo on their website. The tartufo is now a flat, square chunck of gelato frozen so solid that we had to chip away at it for a while as it thawed before we could start to eat it. And we never did find a cherry in ours. More importantly, it wasn't like it had been on our previous 10+ visits. On those visits the tartufo was much more in line with their photo. Maybe we caught them on an off night this time, but seeing other reviews makes me think things are slipping a bit. I sincerely hope that things get turned around. read more

Beautiful outdoor seating. Great service!! Food was bland no spices to it. Got the seafood linguine the was hardly any meat in the seafood. read more

Tre Scalini - Seafood linguini - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Service was very slow. The outdoor patio is nice. The food was average. Definitely had better experience elsewhere.

SOOO OVERPRICED ON HIDDEN ITEMS!! Paid EIGHT EUROS on a coke!!! Waiters honestly had lots of attitude when I wouldn't order right away! Charged me 5 EUROS for 4 slices of tomato! One of the sandwiches were good but the rest were dry. Ended up paying 84 euros for three sandwiches and some coke. Unbelievable read more

Only had dessert here - gelato & tartufo. The tartufo is like a chocolate ice cream bomb, impressive to look and a bit tough to eat politely. Gelato was good. Didn't sit down - went through line and took with us as there were benches to sit on in the piazza and enjoy the night. Pricing was as expected. read more

Attitude! Came for a granita, but just had lunch so my husband and I wanted to just share one. It was not crowed, and yet their attitude was so one of contempt. And since we were sitting side by side. Made us sit across from one another saying this table is for 4 not 2. Ok, but there were a lot of open tables so what was the harm. The lemon granita was ok, but I left with a bad taste in my mouth! read more

Over priced but you pay for the history and anbince. BUT is this the same as the original? I am confused. Gelato was amazing, the rest was OK. read more

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Horrible service & drinks. The food tastes like it came out of a box. The waiter said, let my coworker get you... They never came by the table. With so many options go to any other for a better experience. read more

Wonderful ambience. And the food! We had a recommendation to come here from one of the locals, saying it had some of the best pasta in this section of Rome. We were not disappointed. We had the Cacio E Pepe and spaghetti à la carbonara. Both were very tasty, and we finished it off with a glass of lemoncello complementary of the house. Really great experience. read more

Listen to the negative reviews. We just came from there and staff was rude. I think one of them said some rude stuff about us in Italian because when we asked for hot sauce he brought us 3 different bottles of olive oil and seemed mad about it LOL (they don't speak English here). When we were paying the check, the server actually tried to pressure us for a tip! He kept saying "no tip no tip?". And this was after he had already marked down a tip for himself!! My American side almost came out and I almost said "hell no!". If you're so hungry just got to Tucci across from this place. The staff there is SUPER nice and the food is the same caliber. read more

I don't enjoy leaving negative reviews but feel like I need to do this to prevent others from making the same mistake I did. Tre Scalini is located in Piazza Navona, where there is high tourist foot traffic. They have awful, unfriendly staff and service and do not speak English and will not try to figure out how to respectfully communicate with you. They treat you as is you're inconveniencing them by asking to dine in their restaurant. We got an affogato and it was just OK at best. We do not recommend this establishment to non-italian speaking tourists. It was our first day in Rome and were exploring the Navona area and thought it would be nice to stop in for a quick affogato. We had already been traveling Europe for about 2 weeks at this point and never experienced any issues ordering affogatos or asking to dine in anywhere else. We attempted to order at the gelato counter but were redirected to the cashier to order. We walked up to the cashier and asked for 2 affogatos. 2 hostesses then gave us the invoice - 11 euros for 2 affogatos. Great. We then asked if we could sit down at their patio. They both let out an exasperated sigh and rolled their eyes. A couple minutes went by (in complete silence) before they printed out a second invoice - this time it said it was 30 euros for 2 affogatos. We were confused. Mind you, there are no prices displayed anywhere within the restaurant and we were not given a menu. It feels like as a tourist it'd be natural to wonder why 2 affogatos would cost 30 euro, no? So we asked. The hostess then passive aggressively grabbed and opened a menu and snapped at us to point out that the cost of an affogato being 15 euro. At this point it finally occurred to us that they were the type of restaurant that essentially charged a "cover charge" to dine-in at their restaurant. Take away prices were different from dine-in prices. We knew this was a "thing" in Europe but there was no signage or anything indicating this would be the case at this particular establishment so we were very surprised by the way the staff handled the situation. You'd think that a restaurant in a tourist location would be more forgiving to tourists. We had an awful experience and do not recommend this place to other tourists. read more

This was a Rick Steves recommendation on his Piazza Navona audio tour. It almost felt like a sponsorship. We ate outside. We only had gelato and strawberries. I liked the gelato, which had a hardened shell around it. It was overpriced, but I thought it was pretty good. However, my friend did not like the gelato at all. We had to wait a while for the check, though the place was not busy. read more

Tre Scalini - gelato - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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I have no idea why the bad reviews but we had a great experience! The hostess ushered us in promising gluten free items and they sure delivered! It was hands down the BEST gluten free pizza either of us have ever had! We selected mushroom, ham and fresh mozzarella. They spoke enough English to understand us so it was easy to order and the cost was middle of the road .. not expensive and not over priced. The view of the plaza was amazing! read more

Tre Scalini - Gluten free pizza with fresh mozzarella, mushroom and ham - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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If you're visiting the Pantheon, there's a good chance you'll end up in the Piazza Navona. There are bunch of restaurants outlining the perimeter of the Piazza. We ate at this one because we had to wait two hours for our tour bus and were tired from walking all morning at the Colosseum and the Pantheon. We had a nice table in the front of the outdoor dining area facing the Piazza. That was the only good part. Grilled Octopus tough. Two small tentacles 24€ Caprese Salad. 14€. Eight cherry tomatoes (marble size) cut in half. One little sprig of basil with three half inch leaves. Three small balls of fresh mozzarella. I don't know what to say. Anybody whose been to an Italian restaurant anywhere in the world knows this doesn't resemble a Caprese Salad. Service horrible. Pro tip: if there is a guy standing outside the restaurant trying to wave you in, you're in an overpriced tourist trap with poor quality food. Second pro tip: if there are pictures of the dishes on the menu, you're in an overpriced tourist trap with poor quality food . Italians don't need a picture to know what their food looks like. Tre Scalinidon't have pictures on the menu. This is a free tip for other restaurants. read more

Standard stop for the 12 euro tartufo and 5 euro coffee but both are good. I would probably try the copy cat next door next time. They allow smoking outside and it was gross. We got up and left early because we could not take the smoke. Would be 4 stars but pricing is literally insane. read more

Tre Scalini - Tartufo and caffe. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This is postcard perfect location for dinner. At square of Navona, the sun is setting, street performers do their best to attract. This restaurant just in the mixed of the good setting. Basically you can have a seat at the outdoor and look towards the square. In the mean time listen and watch the street performer while eating. Love the romantic dinner. We have the the sauté di vongole (baby clam) to start. The sauté sauce was excellent. Clam is tasty. Our main courses are the Veal Scaloppina with wine sauce and mushroom. The veal is great. Soft and easy to bite. Our other entrees is salmon pasta. This salmon was process with salt before. May be was the salty fish. This is my first time with salty salmon in pasta. Great dish to be. Our service is average. It is a bit slow. We are at the square and may be we should be slow down with the romantic setting. read more

We stopped by here and had an espresso. There's seating upstairs as well. They are known for their Tartufo dessert which they hand crush in front of you and put whipped cream on--I'm definitely trying that next time! The staff was especially friendly here, and quick, and made sure things were kept very clean. read more

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Incredible meals (for all 7 in our party) including their signature desert. Despite being in a high tourist area most of the clientel when we went appeared to be local and drawn by knowledge of it being worthy! read more

This review is for dessert only. We came here for midday snack. We had gelato, tiramisu and cappuccino. Everything is so light and tasty! The waiters are funny and friendly. It is a good place for relaxing and people watch! read more

Tre Scalini - Gelato, tiramisu and cappuccino - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Service was fine, great location, food was bad. Our orders came out in a timely manner, however two of our orders were completely wrong, and two were decently messed up. The portion sizes are extremely small, not filling and overall disappointing. The food tasted meh. read more

Great location in piazza Navona. It's pricy but the quality of the coffee, latte macchiato and hot chocolate were good. read more

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Great place for dining, drinks or dessert! This restaurant covers a large portion of the northwest side of Piazza Navona so it's a great place to dine in the afternoon to avoid the direct sun outdoors. I really enjoyed the lunch after some servers escorted us to our tables from the Piazza. Normally one might think to run the other way, but we saw lots of other people dining there and the food looked good. It is on the expensive side, but we liked the food, drinks, service and ambiance. It was funny because we saw a friend having an aperol spritz there later in the day and stopped there again. The view of the Piazza Navona is perfect too. read more

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The dinner rated a 3 but the 5-star tartufo raises the experience to a 4. Ok, Piazza Navona night life helps. If nothing else, take a break from the gelato stands and give the frozen treat a try! One bit of advice, the street vendors and restaurant hawkers are a bit intense after dark. Go at dusk and watch the shadows fall on the piazza! read more

Tre Scalini - Yep, it's worth 2 pics! - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This cafe gave me the craziest service experience of my life. The waiter was nuts. I saw that there was an item - cafe noisette (hazelnut) - under the iced coffee section. I asked the waiter whether it was possible to make it hot. He said yes. I was a bit surprised that it hadn't been listed under the hot coffee section, but trusted the waiter and was looking forward warming up on a chilly day. The backup waiter (not sure of the proper title) showed up with what looked like an ice cream sundae. It was in a glass cone topped with whipped cream and with a wafer stuck in it. The woman at the table behind me also thought it was ice cream. She asked "is that ice cream" and "how much is it" - she said it looked good. It was the exact opposite of what I expected. I expected a cup of warm liquid - not a cone of cold cream. When I expressed confusion, the backup waiter called over the waiter who would turn out to be crazy. The waiter kept arguing with me about cafe noisette - and insisted that I google it. He also asked me how they would have to make it such that it would be edible for me. So I googled it and the first photo that popped up was a cup of liquid with a bit of cream on top (a bit like a cappuccino). I showed it to him and said that if they could make it like that, I would drink it. He said no, they make it like the ice cream sundae that I described earlier. I said I can't eat that (I hate whipped cream and didn't want anything cold). I asked - again - if I could simply exchange it for something else. He said no, I would still have to pay for this ice cream sundae. We went back and forth and he was getting ruder and ruder, so I got up to go. This is when he went nuts. He told me to stay put because he was going to "call the police." I stood by their big ad banner out front - he turned around to make sure I didn't run away. He headed towards a crowd of people but quickly turned back (I didn't see any police). He then accosted a woman who appeared to be the manager - pointing at me and speaking rapidly and angrily. She pushed his arm down and ignored him. Having lost the argument, he came over and took away the sundae. He then went to the woman who had asked about the ice cream to complain about me - cursing me that "bad things will happen to you in your life!" read more

You will see more places selling gelato than Starbucks here in LA!! I am not kidding you~ If you have craving for gelato, don't worry, you won't have problem finding them!! Love this shop at Piazza Navona. There are so many things to see in the piazza, the fountains, the local artist and street performers. Once you finish your gelato, few more steps, you can get another one!! How convenience is that~ read more

Tre Scalini - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Food is mediocre.... Service was terrible. Even while they were attending to our group they were trying to talk people into sitting down.... At the end they pressure you to give a tip. Any other place in Piazza Navona has to be better. read more

The birthplace of the dessert Tartufo - So of course I had to make a stop during my travels in Rome! After dinner, my boyfriend and I made our way to Tre Scalini for the famous dessert. We were seated outside and ordered one Il gelato al tartufo (€9) to split & two glasses of wine, and enjoyed the view of the plaza. The tartufo lived up to expectations - a rich chocolatey ice-cream truffle served with a hard, nutty outer shell; super rich and creamy inside; and topped with fresh whipped cream & a crispy wafer. read more

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Terrible service, mediocre food. I was excited to be back at this restaurant for the first time since 1972, to once again have the then-famous tartufo ice cream dessert. They refused to seat a lone woman inside or out on the patio, and the tartufo I got to go was abysmal. I now understand why their ratings are now also abysmal. read more

My parents and I were looking for a cafe that serves pistachio nice cream. We found this place a have a few comments: 1) We ordered Americano and pistachio ice cream. These two were perfect combination and tasty. Biscuits that came with gelato ice cream were amazing! 2) when we were there, the cafe was quite packed so the staff couldn't help us promptly. That's why I gave four out of five. Everything else is good! read more

Tre Scalini - Pistachio ice cream - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

This experience was a train wreck. There were two people that were working hard and a handful just looking around. Food was ok. Couldn't get out fast enough. read more

1 star for the prosciutto wrapped melon and meat and cheeses. Our server was rude and the service was not good. I did my best to order in Italian, but, I am American and my Italian is not good. Our server acted like a total jerk, rolled his eyes at us. I tried to order in English and he continued to roll his eyes and walk away while we were still trying to order. Wished we had gone somewhere else. There are many choices of places to eat here and I don't recommend this one. read more

Tre Scalini - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

A must stop in Piazza Navona, we discovered first in 2016 during a rainstorm. They provided a blanket to dry us off while we drank Prosecco and ate their yummy fruit gelato. When we returned this year, we had our favorite Italian dinner experience. The service was perfection, our waiter made dinner fun and his wine recommendation, from his region, paired well with both the delicious sea bass and the spaghetti Bolognase. Don't miss it! read more

Tre Scalini was one of the more disappointing spots I visited in Rome. The location right on Piazza Navona is nice (albeit crowded and touristy), and it makes for some fun people watching while you savor the desserts. But the actual desserts were just so-so. First, I sat on the patio, which is a much more expensive option. The same desserts you can get inside the shop to go are basically doubled in price on the sit-down menu. I ordered a trio of tropical gelati -- kiwi, mango and pineapple. The flavors were fine, tasted similar to sorbet and were not spectacular. The texture was a bit icy and not very satisfying. The presentation is nice, as the gelati are served in a little martini glass with some decorative cookies wedged on top, but I literally cannot believe how much I paid for this. More than ten dollars, folks! I left so unsatisfied that I ended up wandering down the road and ordering at another gelato shop -- Quinto, which would become my absolute favorite gelato in Rome. But I came back again after reading more about Tre Scalini. I figured I had made some rookie mistakes: (a) sitting on the patio instead of ordering at the counter and taking my dessert out to the piazza and (b) not ordering Tre Scalini's most famous dessert. So I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I rolled up to the counter, older and wiser, and paid just six Euros for the decadent chocolate tartufo, which I proudly carted outside with me to enjoy on the piazza. I had heard people complaining that the tartufo is "too rich" and that they "can't finish it," which is usually a good sign that this will be a delicious dessert. The tartufo is good. Much better than the tropical gelati for sure. A beautiful ball of chocolate ice cream coated in a chocolate shell complete with chocolate shavings, whipped cream and a cookie. But, again, it really wasn't that spectacular. Could've been richer! Could've even been more chocolatey. But it's perfectly passable, and it sure is photogenic. So, eh. Anyway, I probably wouldn't go back to Tre Scalini (although I do feel drawn to the banana split...). Serve me mediocre gelato once, shame on you. Serve me mediocre gelato twice, shame on me. Let's just go to Quinto instead. read more

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Go for the food, stay for the TARTUFFO! Fantastic location right on Piazza Navona. It's best at night.

After waking up too early on our first day here we ate at the first place we saw that opened. The outdoor seating was lovely. Right in the middle of the piazza and the servers were very friendly. The English breakfast was good. The mozzarella and spinach omelet was ok, a lot of spinach and the cheese hardened quickly. The fruit bowl however was soooo good. So fresh and sweet. read more

Primo seating in Piazza Navona should give you the expectation of a higher bill. The service was good, the desserts were interesting and delicious; there were a lot of choices; the dessert menu goes on for pages! We recommend going for a great lunch or dinner just around the corner to Enoteca Cul de Sac for a less expensive alternative (see my review); then come here for dessert! At Tre Scalini you will find great people watching. While the prices are not for the faint of heart, you are, after all, paying for the location. It's absolutely worth the small splurge to enjoy your surroundings for a short time! read more

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