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    Florian's Café

    3.2 (20 reviews)
    ModerateItalian

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    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Kevin S.

    Conveniently right around the corner from our hotel. We were sat outside where we could watch the traffic go by and relax after a long day. We had heard that lasagna in Rome is a good thing so we ordered lasagna and house red wine, This was the best lasagna we had on the entire trip and possibly ever! Not kidding. It was light and smooth without feeling heavy and great flavor. The wine was basic but good. They also offer a big variety of sweets and desserts if you have room for it. We stopped the following day for a mid-day coffee and sweet fix. If you're in the vicinity, stop in and enjoy. You won't be disappointed.

    Pasta with tomato onion bacon. Thickest noodle I've ever eaten. I'd give 3 star
    Steven K.

    Some of the other reviews are super skewed because of bad service. Food 3 star - I had tomato, onion, bacon pasta which was mediocre. Kinda salty and very simple taste. It was made with the thickest noodle I've ever had in my pasta life. Not the most impressive first pasta experience in Italy. Price was reasonable with pasta 8.50 and water 2.00 Service 2 star - not the most attentive or welcoming. The guy who served me was at his mid 40s to 50s. He acted like he did not give much shit and hate his life for serving to kid half his age. However, he fulfilled his job so I'm giving him 2 instead of 1. Environment 4 star - nice outdoor setting, pastry shop in the entrance, and nice restaurant setting inside. tl;dr: service crap, food and enviornment are better. Wouldn't come back unless I have to.

    Grigliata mista di carne cot potate
(Mixed grilled meat with potatoes)
    J C.

    It's the tiny restaurant that tries to be fancy but fails. When you walk into the establishment you are met with a gelateria and pastry bakery. You turn right and take a little path to the restaurant proper. The restaurant is pretty small as it only holds 40 people with the tables pretty damn close together. Grigliata mista di carne cot patate (mixed grilled meat with potatoes). I didn't know what I was getting into by ordering this meat because the description is so generic. What I ended up with is a steak, a pork, and a chicken breast. The steak was still remarkable tender for being cooked to medium well (they didn't ask me how I wanted it cooked and I don't know if that's a normal thing around here). Unfortunately the steak was too fatty for my liking. The pork was a little too dry. And the chicken was nice and juicy. The flavor through the whole meal was fairly bland. Trofie alle 3 p (pasta with pesto sauce, tomatoes, and parmesan cheese). Well the wife was super disappointed with this meal. It tasted like it was poured out of a old can... you know that old metallic taste. Blah. (Cream pudding with a wild berry sauce). Once again something that tastes like it came out of a can. Again blah.

    Looks can be deceiving. Spaghetti Carbonara.
    Madelaine R.

    Move along, Take a walk to the other side of the termini and go to Imperivm (ORDER ANY PASTA OR PIZZA DISH, ABSOLUTELY TO DIE FOR!) Anywhoo, they dont have still water so you pay $3.50 euro for bottled, I know typically you pay an extra charge for bread, here it's $2.50 euro, but the bread the gave tasted like it was sliced yesterday and left out the past two days.. I ordered the Carbonara, tasted like alfredo..no egg or crispy bacon, just fatty ham bits. It was essentially edible. My husband ordered a dish with red sauce, clams,mussels and shrimp. Literally came with one shrimp and the clams scared him, very very fishy in taste-crossing fingers no sickness will come from eating it. Also ordered a salad prior to our main meal but of course came out alltogether. Happily we didnt order the pizza like we wanted due to the soggy mess a couple next to us ended up having with there pomodoro pie. Service was good but unfortunately we wont be coming back. Side note, floors needed a good mopping and the ceiling needs a new paint job showing an obvious leak.

    Jasson S.

    Great looking entry with dessert bar and nicely arranged items. However the restaurant seating area looks like it was part of a different building... it had a completely different decor and look from the entrance. The staff was disinterested and often acted annoyed that there were customers in the restaurant. They often carried on conversations with each other while "attending" to customers. The prices overall are reasonable, except for the desserts, they were over priced for the quality. That being said, the rest of the food was great and that I end up going here twice during my stay in Rome.

    Lasagna
    Linh H.

    The food is 4 stars but I knocked down a star for both service and value. I had the lasagna which was one of the best lasagnas I've had in awhile but my friend got the cannelloni and the portion size was incredibly small. Unless you're wanting to go through the "proper" number of courses in Italy, I wouldn't go here. These dishes we got were around 8.50€ and that's on the cheap end. This is definitely not a cafe; it's a restaurant. Our waiter was a little slow on the check and didn't seem to like us much.

    Tortellini at Florian's Cafe
    Nicole V.

    I figure this place has received some undue reviews. Maybe I'm just the exception but I thought the service was great, the price was fair, I didn't wait incredibly long not to mention the food was good too! I had the tortellini and it absolutely lived up to my expectation. Peas, mushrooms and bacon in a cream sauce, it was fantastic.

    spaghetti alla carbonara. DElicious! (don't ask why it looks look rigatoni. i assure you we ordered spaghetti. this is what we got.)

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    Review Highlights - Florian's Café

    Yes service was not the best but we decided not to expect great service in italy, or anywhere in europe for that matter.

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    Le Tavernelle

    4.5(168 reviews)
    1.3 kmMonti
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    Our first meal in Rome was here, and I'm so glad it was here. We arrived on Christmas Eve and…read morewanted a good meal. Our hotel manager had suggested another restaurant, but I was apprehensive to try, but did later, more on that restaurant review in it's own post. I rather did what I should have done throughout the trip to, which is to search google for local reviews. This tactic I found to be much better than to trust American reviews for restaurants to visit from Youtube or even here, just because the American touristy taste tends to favor bland or Olive Garden style pseudo Italian. The real Italian taste is much different and something one needs to develop. I was familiar with European Italian food, as I had said before in other reviews that Mexico has better Italian food outside of Italy. Additionally, the good restaurants here in Italy do not open before 7 PM. If it does or if someone that looks foreign to Italy is outside trying to lure you in, it's a tourist restaurant with iffy flavor. At this restaurant my husband had the Lobster pasta and I had the spinach/ricotta ravioli, and we both were beyond satisfied. We also had the artichoke as an appetizer, and trusted the waiter with his suggestion for a bottle of wine. He must have been some genius because the wine went well with our meal. The ambience was cozy and very family oriented, however, the rain outside made it romantic for us. Another key point for this restaurant and it traditional flare was that they brought out the olive oil and red vinegar for our salad and of course olive oil for our wonderful home-made bread. I'm so glad we chose this place for those of us Americans who understand culinary cuisine.

    Revisited after 19 years - truly authentic and will return…read more Although, we didn't have the same waiter, he is still there after 29 + years. Every dish we ordered was delicious, not a crumb remained on the plate!

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    Al Forno della Soffitta

    4.6(305 reviews)
    0.7 kmTermini
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    Super pizza place with a lot of other great stuff on the menu…read more I looked with envy at the other tables who were enjoying spectacular plates of spaghetti with mussels. * * * That said, my pizza was a grand slam home run. Many of their pizzas are quite elaborate With all sorts of exotic ingredients. I went super simple. Gorgonzola. Mozzarella. That's it. Just enough Mozzarella to cut the Gorgonzola and make for a good melt. * * * If you have never had a gorgonzola pizza, you have never lived. Just sayin'. * * * P.S. My lovely wife got a Norwegian salmon pizza. The Norwegian salmon was stacked up high on her pizza As if she was in the World Series of Poker and she was a big winner. I have never seen so much salmon on one plate. After our meal, I made a discreet phone call to the Norwegian embassy in Rome asking them if they still had any salmon left. The woman at the embassy assured me the Norwegian salmon supply was fine. That surprises me given all the salmon that was on my wife's pizza.

    It was a positive Yelp review that lured us to choose this restaurant for our first night meal…read moreafter traveling from USA. So, I felt that I owed a review of my own in appreciation. Being new to Rome, and having walked 20k steps on our first day, there are an abundance of options a for dining. We wanted something classically Rome nearby to our hotel. The Yelp review of this restaurant was sufficiently positive to entice us. Being American, we appreciate the earlier-than-customary dining options. We arrived at 6pm without a reservation. We were seated immediately. The restaurant is intimate and very well staffed. The wood fire oven is front-and-center and the fresh mozzarella is prominent in display. We ordered a bottle of wine ... all options are very fairly priced. This is nice. We started with a Greek salad to share. It was unlike any American Greek salad ... and a really delight. It is early June but the tomatoes and peppers were ripe and crisp and really fresh. My wife ordered the Marguerite pizza; I opted for the Gorgonzola pizza (the effusive review on Yelp was compelling). Both were solid. We appreciate the thin crust and the crisp edged. The center of both, however, was doughy and somewhat undercooked. Looking around ... the restaurant was over 50% full even at this early hour. Most were Americans. We saw a good number of diners with pasta dishes ... and none were left unfinished. Sadly, we don't have any comparisons to weigh (yet). So, I cannot affirm any "best of" citations, it this is certainly a solid trattoria/pizzeria. The staff are attentive and the food served hot and fresh.

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    Al Forno della Soffitta - Taken 3/23/2025

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