Perfect corner atmosphere with incredible food and terrific service. Highly recommend!read more

This place was absolutely a waste of time. Completely ignored us. But to be fair- one in our party…read morementioned the owner did try to speak to us on arrival in Italian but we did not realize it. But when we did stand at the entrance we were ignored by three other staff members even though we patiently stood their waiting and we're quite obviously waiting to be attended to. When we approached to ask for a table for six. The owner in a t-shirt snapped "NO!" while raising her crossed arms in the air as if we were asking her for the 20th time. Same woman whom sneered at us on our arrival and had the audacity to say WE were inappropriately dressed. By far our rudest experience in Roma in the last three days. Atrocious!

This nice Italian restaurant has good,refined service and a helpful staff. The restaurant interior…read moreis warm, elegant and welcoming. It's a very clean restaurant. They offer indoor and patio seating. Their appetizers like fresh cut prosciutto were delicious. We enjoyed our pasta dishes very much. Carbonara was good over rigatoni. The shrimp scampi risotto was the best we ever tasted. The service staff forgot the artichoke appetizer we ordered so it never arrived but the waiter was apologetic and very understanding once we inquired about it. Overall, this is a very good place to eat. Some dishes like the shrimp scampi risotto were world class dishes. I highly recommend this restaurant.

First day in Rome and we stumbled upon this restaurant. We picked it because all the tables outside…read morewere full and it was a busy place inside. It was about a 10 minute wait for a table. The staff was friendly with limited English but we were able to order and have a little bit of conversation with our server. Complimentary olives (with the pits) are served. What we ordered: - Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe - great flavor was not heavily seasoned with pepper and noodles were al dente - Rigatoni alla carbonara - this is not like the American style but still had great flavor mostly from the guanciale, noodles also cooked al dente - Spaghetti con vongole veraci e carciofi Thin slices of artichoke with clams over spaghetti, really didn't have much flavor With so many restaurants in Rome to try, I probably would not return but it was a nice place to stumble upon

Such wonderful food. We ordered pasta and pizza both and all the dishes were great! The pesto pasta…read morewas some of the best pesto I've ever had in my life, and pesto is one of my favorite dishes. They offered all pastas with gluten free noodles and took care that I have Celiacs Disease, which was kind and considerate. Great place!

Such a nice relaxing dinner here after a long day sightseeing in the area. Bottle of Chianti, mixed…read moresalad to share, lasagna, and carbonara were wonderful. Fun surprise when our server brought us limoncello and cookies to share. Also, I asked for our wine cork (we save them on our trips), and she brought us another 10+ from her other tables. **The restaurant has an outdoor section in the very back that would be enjoyable in the cooler weather.

You know that electrifying feeling when you just arrived to your travel destination from the…read moreairport, dropped off your luggage at the hotel, quickly freshened up, and are now wandering a new city in search of your first authentic meal? L'Antica Fraschetta was my introductory gateway to all the pasta I was about to eat in Italy. With its checkered red table cloths, string lights, and charming decor, the ambiance was everything I imagined an Italian restaurant would have. I had trouble differentiating if the decor was authentic or overly cliché. Or maybe just had trouble accepting that I was actually in Italy. I still don't know, but I loved it! I had the CACIO E PEPE as my entree. I opted for the truffled version. So good! That pecorino romano just hits differently when you're in Rome. I also quickly learned the pasta is cooked al dente everywhere in Italy, which means on the firmer side. The patrons at L'Antica Fraschetta seemed to be a mixture of both locals and tourists. There is a bar area as well. I had a cappuccino to wake myself up after a long journey. Despite what social media videos may say, you can order cappuccinos any time. After our meal, we were given complimentary LIMONCELLOS. Great first meal, thank you!

Beautiful outdoor seating. Bread was stale and the replacement bread was the same. The…read more"charcuterie" board, some of the meat was so gross and I've never met a board I've never loved. The lamp chop entree was bad. I asked for my potatoes more on the well side and they were not. My son got the filet with rosemary medium rare of course and they did not have any sour cream or horseradish. Rome is great and a lot to see of course but in terms of quality I wish this dinner was in ny city or anywhere else at this point. Anywhere where you felt like you could get the value, respect and quality you were hoping for. My son's filet medium rare was verh good, my wife's eggplant Parm was great and my son's carbonara pasta was good as well. -All the best BRIAN

We came here at the recommendation of a local, so we knew we were in for a treat but we were still…read moreblown away. The owners were so nice and the food was spectular! An authentic gem you wouldn't expect to find hidden just around the corner from Piazza Navona.

tl;dr excellent traditional Roman cuisine meets exceptional service, so you are sure to feel right…read moreat home in this family-run trattoria The Roman pasta scene is dominated by four quintessential pasta dishes -- Carbonara, Cacio e Pepe, Amatriciana, and Gricia -- and each is served at any of the countless trattorias around Rome. While plenty of these places are unabashed tourist traps, others are true diamonds in the rough. Finding the gems can be challenging -- so I was relieved that our host in Rome invited us to one of his favorite family-run spots: La Pace del Palato. Just blocks from the Piazza Navona, La Pace makes its home on a slightly sleepy side street. Inside, cool bright colors pop out directly from the walls. Plaster meets exposed brick in a wavy pattern across the walls, themselves only decorated with shelves of wine. Metal stars hang down from the high ceilings. Muted jet-black chairs are pressed up to the lightwood tables, each decorated with a dumbbell-shaped lamp. Just days in advance, I secured a reservation for weekend dinner. The proprietor Renato didn't speak any English, but he was fluent in hospitality. As soon as we arrived, we were made to feel at home, and the staff joked with us like family throughout the meal. Our meal kicked off with two complimentary antipasti: a flavor-packed, Aperol spritz-inspired amuse bouche and a smoky roasted eggplant salad. After that, our group gravitated toward the "Roman Tradition" selection of the menu: classic Roman pastas. My favorite was the excellent Mezzemaniche alla Carbonara. Despite the deep yellow sauce, the flavor was rich and peppery rather than egg-dominated. I also loved the Rigatoni alla Amatriciana for its particularly tomato-forward sauce and plentiful pork. But don't sleep on the generously-sauced Ravioli (prosciutto, ricotta, and thinly-sliced proscitto) or the melt-in-your-mouth Stringozzi alla Gricia (cacio e pepe enhanced by guanciale). Across all of the pastas, my only criticism was that the pork could have been more consistently crispy; otherwise, the textures and flavors were excellent. We completed our meal with a tiramisu -- it is a testament to La Pace that we downed the dessert despite our already-full bellies. Our bill worked out to just over $100 -- on par with some of our least memorable meals in Paris. La Pace del Palato literally translates to "the peace of the palate", and the name couldn't be more apt. This was our final restaurant on a whirlwind trip through Italy, and everything about this meal satisfied. For Roman classics done right, look no further than Renato's humble cucina.

Great food and great service. Staff was fantastic and could not have had a better experience.read more

We had one of the worst dining experiences of our entire trip to Italy at this restaurant. The…read moreservice felt discriminatory and incredibly unwelcoming from the moment we arrived. Our family of four was waiting to be seated when a local family of four arrived after us and was seated immediately. We were eventually seated right next to them, and they were served bread while we were ignored and received none. We ordered wine that was never brought to the table, and at one point a waiter who was not even serving us removed our wine glasses after we had already ordered the wine. The service throughout the meal was chaotic and rude. The artichoke dish was extremely bland -- no seasoning and no flavor at all. Most of the food was greasy and disappointing. To make matters worse, we were seated directly next to the kitchen where the cooks and waiters were loudly arguing throughout our meal. We understand that service in Italy is often slower and more relaxed, and we have enjoyed wonderful hospitality everywhere else during our trip. However, this was by far the worst service we experienced anywhere in Italy. We were even asked if we wanted the bill before we had finished eating, while the local family next to us remained seated comfortably long after finishing their meal. We left feeling unwelcome and discriminated against. Unfortunately, this restaurant seemed interested only in serving locals well. If you are not Italian, do yourself a favor and dine elsewhere. We absolutely do not recommend this place.

This is a charming gem of a restaurant! You know the food is going to be authentic and amazing…read morewhen a chalkboard with the menu written in Italian is brought to your table. Delicious and unique food options, great, attentive service, indoor and outdoor seating. I had the orecchiette with tomato, onion, basil, eggplant, and ricotta. It was so flavorful and delicious! Highly recommend!

This hidden gem looks unassuming but we chose it for the seasonal menu written in Italian on the…read moreoutside and it ended up being our best meal in Rome. It was a cozy little place, not a lot of tables but we had great service with delightful house wine and the best pasta amatriciana I have ever had! I can't recommend this place enough, perfect for a casual but romantic dinner out in the Monti neighborhood.

Great spot! We sat…read moreinside for lunch by the open doors. Exceptional service. We loved the Saltimbocca Veal & Focaccia bread. The meatballs and calamari were good.

Tried a margherita, caccio e peppers and lasagna. Was fine but a bit bland overall (especially…read morecaccio e peppe seemed made with mozzarella not pecorino). Expensive for the quality. Not horrible but not great.