We decided to try this place based off Yelp reviews. I read a few comments about the food taste and most are spot on. This wasn't the best meal we had in Rome and I am not sure I would go back. It was a decent meal overall. The service was good and we ordered some wine, the spinach cannoli appetizer, the shrimp and zucchini pasta, and the sausage lemon pasta. The appetizer was good. The sesame seeds and honey were good accents. The shrimp pasta was a bit underwhelming. It had a very green taste and almost an overwhelming fish taste...which is strange because shrimp doesn't usually have that fishy taste. It wasn't bad, but wasn't great quality. The sausage and lemon pasta was good but too salty. It was missing something to balance it out. Not a bad place but overall not for foodies who like bold and balanced flavors. read more

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This place was near our inn at Cesare Balbo & read good reviews so we tried it out. Glad we did! We had the Oggliete broccoli pasta, chicken capers/olive, spinach crepe, chestnut mousse--all were good! read more

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[ October 2015 ] A great, intimate restaurant with friendly staff. The food is fantastic and they have dark chocolate soufflé as a dessert option. How could you go wrong? Check it out! read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Dark chocolate soufflé. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

We are staying at an inn and I yelped restaurants. This came up in search with good reviews so I took my kids here. It's along the little street by several hotels but doesn't seem to be a tourist trap. The owner was there as well as his son, who talked to us about where we were visiting from. When I was ordering, the owner asked if I just wanted to get a simple pasta for the kids (something not on menu) and he would make it. I ordered a mushroom pasta for one and spaghetti for the other. I ordered the beef with porcini mushrooms. I tried both of my kids' pastas and they were excellent. My beef was excellent. They were both nice, and when the son noticed that I was obsessively taking pictures both with my dslr and phone, he asked if he wanted a pic together by the Xmas tree and took it for us. Then it turns out the lady eating there with her friends was his mom. The whole family was there and was so nice. The food was delicious. If you're staying near that area (cesare balbo) I highly recommend this plAce. I love that I could just ask for very simple things for my kids (that weren't on the menu). And the family is so friendly! Love. I asked if they would pack something to go because my husband was too tired to come out. He said yes, but that they didn't have any plastic forks because i think Italian restaurants aren't like in the US, and don't normally do take out and people don't bring leftovers home. He gave me their silverware anyway, and I said I'd bring it back but he said it's ok, it's only a fork. (Gonna bring it back and eat there again!) so accommodating. Come here! It's small and quiet and delicious. read more

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Bruschetta and dinner dishes were great. Very flavorful. read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Great food. The Sicilian Bruschetta and Chicken puttanesca were great!! Would highly recommend. - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

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Wow, had an amazing meal here in Rome. My boyfriend and I came here one night and was surprised to see that it was empty. We did arrive a little early by Italian standards, but I was surprised to see not one person in there. Towards the end of our meal, there were more people filtering in, which is good. I liked the place, I'd feel bad for them if they didn't have anyone in the restaurant for the rest of the night. Anyway, for food, I got this interesting pesto dish. Pesto is usually green in color, so I was surprised to see red sauce when my dish came out. It was more of a basil heavy red sauce than the traditional pesto you think of. Still, it was absolutely delicious. My boyfriend had the shrimp scampi for dinner and loved it. We also shared bruschetta as an appetizer, which was amazing. The tomato one was the best, the mushroom was good and the olive one, I think it was that flavor at least, was meh. Overall, had a good experience here. Good service and delicious, authentic food. Will be back again if I'm ever in Rome! read more

We've been in Rome for 3 days, this is the first time we actually feel we gotten a good meal. It's hard to find good food in Rome, glad we found this restaurant - thank you Yelp you never fail us. read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

The food was delicious, we starters with the crepe with spinach and honey.. Strange but yummy. We also shared a salad and fettuccine mussels, the mussels were not in shells but seemed fresh none the less. Service wasn't fantastic, as we had to order our drinks a few times before they came. But food price and location was well worth it read more

Great restaurant near Via de Urbana & Milano! The Bruschetta was fantastic, the Truffle Pesto Pasta was incredible. The Cabonara was also very good, but a bit heavy on the richness. We also had a beef and mushroom dish, that was good, but was lacking the unique flavor of the rest of the dishes. We finished off with the Moro in Camarisini(?) was a perfect ender to the meal! I mis-read the 44€ bill as 99€, and our very honest waiter brought back all the excess! Wait staff were very friendly, and checked on us if we looked in their direction. read more

Found this place by accident on a Wednesday night while trying to locate a different restaurant down the street. If this place is mostly empty, don't let that deter you from stopping here. We ate at the tables outside and the six of us agreed it was our best meal in Rome. The staff was very friendly, spoke several languages, and they were very attentive to us during the meal. The food was outstanding. We split several appetizers and each had an entree. We were so pleased to find a restaurant that is away from the tourists (although hypocritical since we were technically tourists) and had a creative menu. While they did have copies of the menu in several different languages, it didn't taste like they catered to tourists. Overall, loved this place and would recommend making the hike to check it out. read more

Grateful that neighboring restaurant turned us away because we didn't have reservations. This restaurant has a welcoming father and son team with a southern Italian menu. Caponata, eggplant appetizer, was new to me and I'm glad I took the waiter's suggestion to try it-----so good!! Also heard the table beside us raving over it too! This meal was the best meal we had in Rome. read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Our waitress Alaydia was very attentive. We each chose a pasta dish. The lemon sausage pasta with parmigiana was very good. White and red wine by the glass was fantastic. They made some spaghetti with pomodoro sauce for the kids. Very accommodating. read more

I really wish I could give this place a better rating bc of all the other great reviews and the fact that we walked a few miles to get here. The Best- my husband really enjoyed the "Surprise" dessert which was a very yummy cannoli. Our house red wine was delicious. I enjoyed my spaghetti with lemon butter sauce. 2 first course, 2 entree, full bottle of wine, sparking water, and 2 desserts was 59 euro. Pretty good price. The Okay- It was hard to the spinach filled crepe. It was too sweet and bland at the same time if possible. My pane cotta dessert was also bland and really thick, almost hard. The Bad- Both entrees were overly salty. My meat roll was chewy and hard to swallow and the tomato sauce was unappetizing. My husbands chicken had an okay texture but just not good. I would go some where else. read more

Just left and feeling pretty perfect at the moment. Wonderful service and excellent meal. I posted some pictures of our meal - the dishes are as delicious as they look. Check it out - you really can't go wrong here! read more

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Fantastic dinner last night. We were walking around the back streets and came upon this place. Great find. Started with a nice white wine with an eggplant appetizer, then had the pasta carbonara. My wife had a nice pasta dish with shrimp but the name escapes me. Great, warm staff and owner. Highly recommended. read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Carbonara - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Excellent Italian restaurant with a Sicilian note in the heart of Monti. An area dominated by traps for tourists and fake Trattorias. Not in this case! A very modestly priced quality oriented Sicilian place. You will probably not find all the classics of Rome, but for sure a great pasta con le sarde, pasta con la mollica, or caponata. Even the classic bruschetta is well made and unexpectedly inexpensive! Good the white house wine, very good espresso, pleasant grappa! Nice and personal service. If you want to eat outside reserve in advance, the place is relatively small. For an antipasto, a pasta, abundant wine, water, espresso, grappa and a shared cassata we spent 25€: not the cheapest considering we had not meat nor fish, but definitely not too much for the high care of the food preparation, the kind service, the pleasure for the palate. read more

This is a fantastic place for traditional Sicilian style dishes. Came here with a small group of friends around 7pm the first night we were in town and got the whole place to ourselves. It turned out we were too early for dinner. It was a good thing since we got to interact with the owner quite a bit, who is a funny guy in his own right. Got a lot of suggestion from him and the dishes we ordered were among the best Italian I've ever had. The price is also very reasonable. I noticed that customers who came in while we were there were mostly local people. In any case, I highly recommend this place if you are in the area. read more

Food was bland. Nothing struck me as outstanding from the menu. The bread that they serve are not free, we got the bill and was charged 2euros since there were 2 of us.They charge per person for the bread. The pasta with clams was watery,my salad was nothing special. Got mosquito bites from the outside seating. read more

Best pasta carbonara I've had! It was delicious as was the Sicilian style bruschetta and the chicory appetizer. Delicious and different. Dessert was also a hit - we had a chocolate almond flour cake at the recommendation of our server, Alessi. I have to say he was a huge part of the positive experience we had. He was pleasant, knowledgable and fluent in at least three languages which was a great plus for him explaining the dishes to us. I would definitely recommend. It's off the beaten path but an easy walk and not far off a main drag of Via Cavour. read more

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Their house specialty pasta, Nostra pasta, is so good I ended up ordering two plates of it. The waitress was unwilling to share the recipe..sigh. The carbonara was rich and creamy without looking or tasting too heavy. The tiramisu was light and fluffy. The lemon sorbet can be made with limoncello and was amazing. Service was also excellent as was the house red wine. Excellent pasta, our entire group loved this place. read more

Le Relazioni Culinarie - Italian Near Me - Rome, RM

Excellent family owned restaurant close to the Colosseum. I avoid tourist traps and always seek out small family owned eateries. Service is friendly and fast. I highly recommend the pasta with mussels & porcini mushrooms, seabass and swordfish second courses. For dessert, try the almond panna cotta. The house red wine is perfecto. Try to sit outside on the front patio if weather permits. read more

Service was friendly and professional at Relazioni. The vibes were relaxing and 'homey'. We had red wine to drink, sweet and sour eggplant appetizer, trofie with tomatoe and basil noodle first course, and swordfish second course. All courses were molto bene' and affordable. I recommend Relazioni Culinarie! read more

It was hot and this place had a breezy covered patio. The host was very warm and the food was good.

This was amazing! Family owned, superb service, and the food was phenomenal. My family and I stumbled upon it by accident and we were so happy. My husband had the lemon/sausage pasta, my dad and I had the mussel/mushroom pasta and my mom had an appetizer. I can completely tell you that everyone's dishes were SO GREAT! After being sick of basic Italian food for two weeks strait, this was a treat! And not even expensive either! EAT HERE :) read more

Cute rustic quiet little place. We had the caprese salad which was fresh and delicious. For mains we had the sea bass and carbonara. Both were very good, the sea bass cooked and seasoned perfectly but i would skip putting the lettuce under the fish as it made it soggy. The carbonara had great flavor although a bit on the salty side. Service was prompt and friendly the owner is a nice guy. I would definitely come back for the sea bass! Make sure you ask if it's fresh. read more

We had a great meal here - great in terms of service, ambience and the food was pretty good too. I liked the choice of non-pasta main courses! I had the involtini and J had the pasta nostra. He was so impressed (and worried it would cease to be a special) he followed up with the spaghetti carbonara. I had the almond pannacotta - and thanks to a Yelp deal- we got two complimentary glasses of Zibibo. We also had a bottle of sparkling water and a litre of house wine (1/2 white and 1/2 red) bringing the bill to €60. Good value. read more

Nice little place a little off the beaten path but nice to get away from busier streets. The owner, Marco, is hilarious, with colorful personality and talks to all his tables. We had the Carbonara- best Ive even had, the Gnocchi in a cream sauce which was very good, Caponata appetizer (amazing!) and insalata mista which was fresh. Also house wine for 8 euro a bottle. Entree between 9-13 euro. Interesting menu and I wish I could have tied more! Definitely would come back. read more

Lemon sausage egg pasta- too much lemon in sauce but pasta perfect. Fettucini with mussels and mushrooms- again slightly fishy sauce but pasta perfectly cooked. read more

We found this place on yelp and were not disappointed one bit. Everything was cooked or prepared to perfection. Service was attentive and friendly. Owner and son were very helpful with recommendations. All in all, a perfect dinner! read more

My family and I fell in love with this place! We hesitated to stay at first because it was empty, but we were so glad after we tried the food! Everything on the menu is absolutely delicious and amazing. The owner and his son are wonderful. My father is italian and we know about italian food and this was the best restaurant we tried in Rome! Do yourself a favor and try it!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

We had a very nice dinner, especially the pasta was great. Very gentle staff, with a great eye for what was going on.

Tasty food. Eggplant spaghetti was so so delicious. Great atmosphere. Loved eating outside. Owner was pleasant and was overseeing everything. Staff was very friendly. read more

Tried to go to this restaurant two evenings in a row. The first night there was a meeting taking over the entire restaurant, and the owner said to come back the next nights we did, and there was a sign in the window that it was closed again. Advice--check before you bother to go! read more

Ordered pork with fried tomatoes and olives as my main, while my friends had pastas as their mains. Standard place for a meal tastewise, but unless you have a stomach the size of a small pillbox, don't bother ordering the pork and go for the pasta instead. Either that or you'll have to do what I did instead, which was go out for another kebab to satisfy your hunger. €12 for 2 pork loins (rather, pork slices similar in size to a baby's hand), however well executed, is a sick joke. read more

Excellent choice. We had bruschetta and chicory starters and the Sea Bass and the Pasta Al Carbonera as our main courses. All were delicious and different from the usual northern Italian fare we have had so far on our trip to Rome. Our server Allesio was great very attentive and friendly. His English is perfect. We had several liquor courses too and all of our wine and Limoncello were excellent. We will return. read more