A beautiful place with a family atmosphere- delicious food. Would come back again and againread more

My husband and I had a memorable lunch at this welcoming and superb restaurant. It was our last…read moreday in Rome and since we wanted seafood, we thought that a Sardinian restaurant would be a good choice. Lucky us to have chosen Eleonora d'Arborea. Located in an outer neighborhood (you can take a bus from Pizazza Venezia to within a couple of blocks of the restaurant), we had a late reservation but entered to find the comfortable main rooms still active and lively. When our waiter realized we spoke English, he sought out the owner who helped us navigate the large menu of choices and with his encouragement, we made a meal of primarily the restaurant's starters. We had crudos and tartares, raw clams, and plates of fish and vegetables. The food was extraordinary. Probably the best seafood I've ever had, and I grew up on the New England coast and now live in NYC -- I think I know fish. We also enjoyed a delicious Sardinian wine and ended the meal with the owner's treat of two small glasses of a strawberry liqueur, house-made. Our only regret was that it was our last day in Rome and couldn't return to try more things on the menu. We appreciated the restaurant's friendliness, helpful service, and most of all, the superb fish and shellfish. If I can't travel to Sardinia, I can only hope to return soon to Rome so we can eat at Eleonara d'Arborea again.

So the short of it is "Baby octopus" fried was actually…read moresquid Seafood salad- lacked "seafood" Spaghetti with muscles was over salted no flavor Salmon ravioli with crab tasted like tuna and smelled just as bad. Customer service was good- but definitely not worth a return

Empty dining room on a Thursday night (despite difficulty getting online reservation). Strange…read morevibes. Odd waiter. Slow service. Hit-and-miss food ("Cesar salad with shrimp" with ranch dressing?). Baffled by the high ratings, especially after a 40-euro taxi ride to get there.

Really cute and cozy place that I recommend! Awesome food, we had the Spaghetti Bolognese. Our…read moreserver was also super friendly and funny and the ambiance was nice.

Awesome food and service on a beautiful side street. Everyone was very friendly and very…read moreaccommodating to our lack of language.

I was recommended this place before my trip to Italy and it was well worth the hype and the…read moreMichelin star. I didn't do the tasting menu as I thought it would be too much food so I opted for the fried rolls with lamb as well as the homemade bread for starters and the carbonara as the main course. Everything was beautifully presented and delicious. The waitress was lovely and recommended a red wine which was a perfect choice to go with my meal. The restaurant decor was very cool, kind of a rustic vibe and I like that you can see straight into the kitchen as the female chef and her team worked. I didn't meet the chef but she waved hello when I was shown to my table and I made a point to stop by to say thank you on my way out and everyone was so gracious and kind. Definitely recommend especially for any of you foodies out there.

Amazing food! Female chef and female owned restaurant which is chef driven creative place.. . .a…read moreplace for foodies! Had the bocadillo (sandwich) and pasta with botarga and paired it with wonderful wine. All the food is amazing! Came here about 3 months ago and and had tripa Roma which was to die for. Great place which has nice ambiance .. . very clean and chef driven gem of a place. Highly recommend! Barbara our server was phenomenal and friendly... great experience. Came for lunch but next time will come for dinner.

This was our meal right before the NYE festivities began. Turned out to be a pretty magical night…read morenear the Colosseum. On one of the busiest nights you can imagine this place allowed us to walk up and grab a seat. Major kudos for giving us this opportunity. The food far exceeded even our most modest expectations. One of the best meals we had while in Rome. And even better for the price of admission. Our waiter here was genuinely one of the funniest people I have ever had at a restaurant. Dry humor but exceedingly animated. Would highly recommend

Stopped in for lunch after touring the Colosseum. Based on the ratings, we walked past the closer…read morerestaurants and opted for indoor seating to enjoy the AC. We ordered a Four Cheese Pizza to share and added a side of Bolognaise to dip it in. Personally I think it should be a standard menu item for us crazy Americans who need our meat sauces. The service was primo as was the food.

With the premise that I grew up in this neighbourhood, a new eatery is in town…read more Ingredients are excellent - hopefully the place will improve even more. Came here with a 50% discount with the TheFork, with 2 pasta, 1 main, 1 side dish, bottle of water and after discount we paid 57€ (114€ would have been steep as I rather had 114 for smaller more gourmet dish than for the quantity). Having said this and although it might seem expensive (the bill would have been double) the foods' portion were really way too much - but I'm getting ahead of myself. Location: right on the main square of Ostia where all the eateries are, the place is very quite during the day, especially at lunch. Ambiance: casual decor, mostly black and white placing with the tv on on MTV. Some might fight annoying but it's definitely a very casual place. Food: the portions are really huge. Having said this we both ordered the specials of the day which meant that we didn't have any oversight of the prices. My linguine con vongole e bottarga felt it had double the amount of pasta that you usually get, the bottarga very generous although the clams were not that great. Some notes of over acidity which, when you make at home isn't there. (Pasta con le vongole is my favorite go to dish)Yet, the linguine with the catch of the day with the cherry tomatoes that my partner had was absolutely amazing. The fish was incredibly fresh, and it's very unusual to use an entire fish to make one single sauce. It was priced at 25€ which is on the high side (usually it's the price for sauces with lobsters) but it was well worth it - again an easy dish that could be for two people. But what I kept on asking the staff to select a SMALL fish, came out to be a 1kg of sole (sogliola/branzino); too much for us and at the price of 60€. Again: ingredients are fresh, the flavours are on the right spots, portions are immense. Service: very attentive and gracious. Wifi provided, you can also charge your phone. My advise is to come here when you're hungry or please confirm with the staff should you choose to go for the fresh catch of the day. It was definitely a surprise, one that we enjoyed, and the price/quality is there, the bill without discount would have been 114€ which I could argue that the food that was served could have very easily served 4 people (bringing the price to less than 30€). Would have enjoyed more if I knew ahead of time and ordered less but that's a minor detail.

Went here at the Monteverde neighbourhood of Rome to visit a friend. One must get reservations as…read morethe place is small and quite popular. The restaurant offers an amuse-bouche of an anchovy in sea salt. It was perfect. Had their version of fiore di zucca but at a higher level. They used ricotta instead of mozzarella. Which was also done we'll. Our pasta dish was spaghetti carbonara and cod with tomato as our main course. We had Nebbiolo wine to bring this all together. Too full for dessert.

Visiting Rome we had accomodation really close to this place, and the italian yelpers seemed to…read more(almost) agree upon 4 or 5 stars, so we had to go. We arrived at 8 pm and the restaurant quickly filled - mostly locals, thats always a good sign. Ordered the 7 course tasting menu, that actually ended up being 9 courses. 5 of 9 courses were fish, and all was good - allthough 2-3 of the dishes lacked acidity. There was also a beef tartar on the menu, that was pretty good. But what blew my mind was the very first and the last dish. First of a ceviche that made the angels sing and last was a perfect mini-tiramisu. And its weird that this made me happy, normally I dont even like tiramisu. The staff and owner were friendly and we immidiately felt welcome. They made a few mistakes during the evening, even forgot to ask for drinking orders from half the table. But when friendly we forgive things like this. And plus points for letting the kids share a menu. Price was more than fair, especially considering the quality and creativity. I definetly reccomend this place!

Very small restaurant - super cozy and charming. We made a reservation at 7:30, but so did several…read moreother parties. We ended up having to wait almost an hour for our table. Once we were seated, the service was great and the food was incredible. I think maybe their system allows for too many reservations at the same time. Or, they were accounting for the ability to seat outside which they couldn't due to rain.

We came to this restaurant first night we arrived at Rome and we enjoyed our dinner very much. We…read morehave tried several restaurants in Rome, Venice and Pompeii, this one is the winner for sure! We came back here to have our last dinner in Italy in this restaurant as well. Anything we tried on the menu has gotten 5 stars.

O M G! I'm not even sure I can put into words how good this place is. My mouth is watering just…read morethinking about it. My hotel was literally a 2 minute walk from this place. One of my favorite things to eat is pasta so I ate good my entire time in Italy, but for my last evening I had a taste for seafood and this place came up in my search. Sooo glad that it did. Location: it's one of a dozen restaurants like any other you'll find on a quiet little street in Rome. From The outside it's very unassuming, but when you walk in it has the cutest ambiance. I sat outside in the back in what I can only describe as this little garden oasis. The meal: I had the egg chitarrina with prawns and the carmelized octopus. The pasta was simply amazing and full of flavor. Probably the best pasta I had in Roma not that I didn't think they all were the best. The real star was the octopus. This is without a doubt or even the slightest exaggeration one of the best things I've ever eaten. The flavors were insane and it was cooked perfectly. If I didn't order it I would never know it was octopus. For dessert I had the pistachio semifreddo which I thought would be ice cream but it was way better. I can keep going but the bottom line is if you are in Roma don't leave without eating here at least once! I really wanted to go back the next morning before I had to depart to get the octopus again but I couldn't find the time.

We found MaterMatuta on a travel website. It was located near our hotel. It is on the same street…read moreas the tunnel off of Via Nationale. MaterMutata is a great seafood restaurant. For starters, we shared the beef carpaccio. For our main course, we ordered the grilled seafood platter for two. For our first course, we shared the tagliatelle with seabass, cherry tomatoes, bottarga and sea asparagus. Sea asparagus is the texture of green beans and was an interesting find. The seafood platter was huge, and we could've shared one serving. The seafood platter included tuna, seabass, prawns, catalan lobster (i think), and shrimp. It was definitely a seafood feast. For dessert, we shared the homemade fruit gelato. The gelato was served in fruit and nuts that were hollowed out and filled with gelati. The meal was excellent and the service was attentive.

Food was good and the service was good also. Everything was had was tasty. Sat outside after a long…read moreday at the Vacitan.

We were hungry after visiting the Vatican, so I quickly went on The Fork app and found Ago e Lillo…read more I was able to book a table for our group of nine, and since there was a 20% discount off the "a la carte" menu for booking through the app in August 2025, it was an easy decision. The food and service did not disappoint. We were seated on the patio, and it was a pleasure to dine outside, enjoying the fresh air and beautiful weather on our last evening in Italy. It was a truly unforgettable experience. We savored every moment of our final dinner, which felt like the perfect send-off. The restaurant's cozy atmosphere and warm hospitality made us feel right at home. Each pasta dish was a work of art--fresh, flavorful, and a testament to authentic Italian cooking. Paired with perfectly crafted drinks, this meal was a highlight of our trip. Our star dish was the Tonnarello cacio e pepe! A special thank you to the staff for making our last night in Rome so memorable!