the meatball here is better than the other meatballs ive had. but its just meatball…read more the fried gnocchi was underwhelming. pretty dry and doughy. cacio sauce wasnt melted enough, or plated too early the pasta was great though. tonnarelli alla gricia. the noodles were perfect here. probably the best. the pork cheek was perfect. the sauce was very good, a little salty. excellent pasta

A highly anticipated meal due to being recommended, what I will say is the food was great. My wife…read moresaid the ravioli all'amatriciana was the best pasta dish we had on the trip. I had the rigatoni alla carbonara, and it was amazing. Unfortunately sitting inside was so uncomfortable due to the heat and lack of air conditioning (which they have , but don't have on) it made the meal very unenjoyable, so much so we couldn't even finish and both wanted to leave. The service was also the most unfriendly we experienced in all the places we went to both inside and outside of Rome. The food is really wonderful which is why I'm rating it good, but we left with mixed feelings.

Cute local restaurant in a fun alley. It was recommended to us by our host for authentic Roman…read morecuisine so we decided to give it a try. Buffalo milk mozzarella appetizer with prosciutto was good, the mozzarella a bit firmer than elsewhere. The lasagna special included zucchini and provel which was pretty tasty and filling. The carbonara was really filling as well! Plenty of delicious guanciale but I personally found it a bit one note (my sister thought it was the best she'd had, though). Saltimbocca was quite salty with more prosciutto than veal and the beef slices with ricola (€9) were plentiful and very simply flavored. Appetizers and primi plates were in the €8-€12 range with some of the secondi in the mid-teens. It's a good local place with simple food at fair prices- don't go in with super high expectations and you'll be fine. Tiny place so if you're a large group, better to have a reservation!

The environment and ambiance was super fun, food was great! Came with a large party and was seated…read moreright away

Cute restaurant off a side street in Rome. The food was fresh and the staff was welcoming. Was a…read morewonderful lunch time stop to begin our trip in Italy. Highly recommend.

Best of the best of Rome say hi to Aldo !!!! One of the best classical restaurants in Romeread more

Yesssss, finally real Italian food in Italy! This should not…read morebe as difficult to find as it is, but sadly there are many restaurants (especially in heavily touristed areas) run by foreigners who clearly haven't the slightest idea what herbs and spices make up the quintessential Italian flavors. Frozen gnocchi tossed in tomato sauce straight out of the can does NOT count as authentic. If I sound like a pasta snob it's because I am. My family is Italian, so I'm used to the good stuff. I know it when I smell it. I was pointed in the direction of La Fraschetta after a truly frustrating gnocchi experience. Google was proving useless for determining where the locals went, so I popped into a sweet shop and asked the girl working where *she* liked to eat. She did not let me down. La Fraschetta is the real deal. I got the arabiatta and it was every bit as good as my Zia Maria used to make. House-made pomodoro sauce, rich in garlic and herbs with just the right amount of heat, topped off with ribbons of fresh parsley. Pasta had just the right amount of tooth to it. The price, 10 euro, was fair for the portion... and actually a couple euro lower than that travesty the other place had the nerve to call gnocchi. The ambiance is nice too. Cozy, warm, and comfortably dim, like dining in someone's home.

We came here on a Friday night around 10 PM (22:00) looking for good pizza! Their pizza was…read moreslightly burnt but crispy, which was nice in our opinion. I ordered the tonnarello alla boscaiola (homemade egg pasta with ham, mushrooms, and peas in a cream sauce). Both dishes were good, which is why the rating made it to two stars. The environment is warm (and I also mean literally as the front of the restaurant is heated by the giant stone pizza oven) and the decor feels traditional. The dried garlic and peppers along the walls draped in a red and white plaid told me it should be nice to stay as long as we'd like. Now, granted I wasn't in the best mood yesterday - perhaps I seemed a bit off putting? Maybe I said the wrong things? Maybe I shouldn't have attempted to say the fish in Italian?... But ultimately the service felt unwelcoming. The waitress said hello, asked if we wanted something to drink (we asked for 1L still water, we received 1L sparkling water), and left us for 5 minutes. When we flagged her down to order (as she was tending to other tables, both in English and Italian), she asked us to wait and grabbed a fellow waiter to take our order instead who also seemed to be short. Unfortunately my Italian classes have been over a decade ago at this point so I cannot day for sure, but I kept feeling like the owner (?), waiter, and waitress were all speaking and laughing about us at some point. I could very well be wrong. Either way, as we paid and left, we were not sent away with a "grazie, ciao" like previous tables. It was disappointing as it was our last night in Rome. Perhaps it was a real misalignment in culture and language, but I would've tried to adjust if someone would talk to us.

Was a nice ambiance just a chill place. The pizza was good…read morefresh from the oven thin crust mozzarella tomato sauce and mushroom. The oxtail stew ( coda ala vaccinara) was lacking it was one tone of tomato and did not have a depth to it. The lasagna was mushy like it was sitting for a while and was heated multiple times.

Very nice indoor and outdoor restaurant with authentic Italian food. The fried zucchini was very…read morefresh and delicious. The pasta dishes were cooked perfectly. The service was very attentive and friendly. We loved their dishes and drinks. It's a convenient location with lots of seating and great food.

This place was hopping so we stopped in. Waitress knocked over 1/2 a bottle of red wine on me (not…read morekidding) and apologized profusely but I had to ask her for a cloth. When I asked for a wet towel (did I mention I was covered in red wine?) she pointed to the bathroom. We stuck it out and ordered but they sent me someone else's pizza. I watched my husband eat his dinner and waited for mine. It was okay. When in Rome...I'd skip this place. #bummer

Got a recommendation from a friend about the pasta here…read more But honestly the most memorable dish is the octopus entree. I've never had so much grilled octopus on an entree. It was truly wonderful. I also liked the Burrata tray. I did found the pasta to be really cheesy and I loved that too. The server was very funny. And we ate in an outside atrium it was warm and covered. I truly recommend this place.

We made a reservation here but arrived a bit early and were able to get seated immediately at a…read moretable outside. The place was pretty calm and quiet, and the day was nice for outdoor seating. The complementary bread to start was quite good, as they had regular crusty bread as well as focaccia which we all preferred. We shared the suckling pig, and also got a variety of pastas. I chose the pappardelle with ragu, which was delicious! The pasta was fresh and al dente, and the sauce was well seasoned with plenty of meat. I tried a bit of the carbonara and cacio e pepe as well which I thought were also pretty good. The suckling pig was tender but not too flavorful. They also gave us complimentary shots of limoncello at the end, which we thought was a nice touch.

We secured a reservation via their website. No wait time, as we can late in the night, 10PM…read more Service was good & so was the food. Their vegetable lasagna was one of our favorite dishes during this trip, highly recommend it!

It was pouring down rain and this place was around the corner from my hotel so there was no real…read morestrategy in picking this spot for dinner. I was a party of one which means I'm usually shoved into a corner somewhere but the staff was very nice and put me at a table right in the middle of the restaurant where I can sufficiently people watch. I didn't find anyone that spoke English but I could get by on my little amount of Italian. The staff didn't act annoyed or snobby when I was struggling to order. My waiter was patient and made suggestions with lots of pointing. I had the cacio e Pepe which was cooked perfectly, and had a lot of flavor. It may have not been anything high end but this is a cozy, warm kind of restaurant that feels very local and traditional. The house wine was good - all .5L of it. And I also had a bottle of sparkling water. All together the bill was 15 euros - can't beat it! And the staff really made me feel at home even if I was by myself and couldn't speak much Italian!

This hole-in-the-wall restaurant, located on a side street, just 1 block away from Campo di Fiori,…read moreis my favorite place for Cacio e Pepe. It was recommended to me by a friend who used to live here. Look at the photos I posted and come taste it for yourself! You will not see tourists at this place. The locals know where to go to get good Cacio e Pepe, and they come here! Come early to get a spot. They're closed on Monday's and they open at 12:30 pm for lunch. The service is average - nothing to write home about, but the food is fantastic and the prices are reasonable.