Ristorante Verde Smeraldo certainly has one thing going for it: it's open late, though I believe until 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. read more

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Lousy. We went there on a Saturday night early for Rome - about 8pm. The waiter and the maitre d' were 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. read more

Good house wine. Antipasti very tasty Pizza great All for reasonable prices. Yes the atmosphere is a little on the cold side. Lots of noise, not only from the running TV set. Service is very friendly I can clearly recommend for the easy dinner read more

Verde Smeraldo - Pizza Near Me - Rome, RM