Our server didn't seem happy to wait on us. Bread was provided, but no oil. When I asked I was…read moregiven oil, table salt, and a bottle of vinegar. No tap water available. Ordered a soda and bottle of water. Water came quick. Sprite as an afterthought five minutes later. Food was fresh and delicious. Nice portion sizes. Seems to be popular with locals and tourists. Music playing, but not too loud. Bright. Not great if you are looking for great photos, but good food is more important. Oh, prices are EXTREMELY reasonable. Edited to add: Went to use toilets, and found a lovely large dining room. Much more attractive space than upstairs!

I stumbled upon this gem in Rome and it turned out to be one of the best dining experiences I've…read morehad in the city. The pasta selection is incredible--authentic, flavorful, and truly traditional, with generous portions that leave you satisfied without feeling heavy. The appetizers are perfect for sharing--delicious and well-balanced, without filling you up too much before the main course. And the meatballs? Absolutely to die for. Tender, rich, and packed with flavor. The tiramisu was easily one of the best I've had so far--clearly homemade, and you can taste the difference in every bite. Don't skip their house red wine--it's the perfect pairing and really elevates the whole experience. On top of all that, the staff was amazing and the ambiance felt warm and welcoming from the moment we walked in. Definitely a place I'll be coming back to next time I'm in Rome.

The gnocchi was excellent but everything else was not. We had fried calamari that felt like…read morechewing on rubber bands. Seemed like they were a few days old and refried. Ours did not look like the pictures, if they did I would not have ordered them. Ours tasted exactly how they looked. The zucchini blossoms were coated in a thick batter and stuffed with ricotta or some cheese thus you could not see or taste the blossoms. I've never seen a fried zucchini blossom in the shape of a football, until now....

After finding the correct website address, I was able to get a reservation. It is a great…read morerestaurant. The oldest restaurant in Rome, and possibly the world. It has been in operation since the 1500's. No dining experience in Rome would be complete without a visit to this spot. The food and service is top notch.

We visited once about a year ago, and it was so good that we had to make a stop during our most…read morerecent trip! We had a change of plans on-the-fly, and were luckily able to walk in for lunch around 12:30 on a Sunday. The restaurant was a good mix of tourists and locals, and on a perfect day the outside patio was clear full! We started with a plate of prosciutto and DOP Buffalo Mozzarella - this was a perfect pairing and I loved the flavor of the mozzarella. For the main event, I had their carbonara, and it was outstanding. The richness of the sauce and the bold flavor of the guanchale made for a wonderful dish - it is amazing how good food can be with quality, local ingredients. To finish up, we shared a tiramisu, which was the perfect mix of flavor and far superior than the soggy version we get in the United States. My favorite part was seeing the same service staff as our previous visit! You can tell they really care about the quality and taste of what they serve and they're doing a great job!

The best carbonara I have ever eaten. Period. Full stop…read more I had been to Abruzzi before and thought their carbonara was the best I have had so when the opportunity to visit again popped up, I wanted to see if that dish was a fluke. It wasn't. I have travelled all over the world, and all over Italy, and carbonara is one of my go to dishes. Here at Abruzzi, it is flawless IMO. Perfectly cooked and sauced the flavors of the guanciale, pasta, and cheese just combine to give you a dish you never want to reach the end of. And our service was impeccable. Our server was friendly, professional, and efficient. He made recommendations when we asked for them and made sure we received exactly what we asked for. The atmosphere is old school Italian restaurant. Indoors is quiet and simple and they do have a few outdoor tables. It's a smaller place so I would recommend you make reservations, especially if you have an indoor or outdoor seating preference. Abruzzi is now on my "must visit" list for when I am in Rome.

I was recommended Renato e Luisa by a friend who visited Rome many years ago and after sharing that…read morewe had a wonderful dinner here, she was very happy to hear that their quality and service is just as good now as it was back when she visited. I made a reservation 2 weeks prior and selected the earliest timeslot of 7:30PM (also when the restaurant opens for dinner). We were promptly seated and the restaurant was at full capacity from reservations alone. We were presented with the specials of the day and quickly served a bread basket with a variety of different bread types. We ordered the sliced beef, carbonara, and their seafood pasta of the day which was a lobster gnocchi. Everything was so good, flavorful, and cooked perfectly, especially the sliced beef. While we had one of our better dinners here, we did notice lots of tourists dining here and not many locals. Fortunately, this didn't indicate that the food and service would also be catered to tourists as we had, what we felt, a very authentic dining experience at Renato e Luisa. We look forward to coming back next time we are in Rome.

Amazing Food. Excellent Service, Atmosphere incredible Even…read morethe Liquer was very Tasty. Instead of Grand Marnier, Our Cameriere set us up with French Cognac called Francois Perot pear. Try Carbonara Al Tarufo

We went here for dinner while we were in Rome and had an amazing dinner! We had artichoke for a…read morestarter and it was great! The pesto gnocchi and the pizza were had were delicious as well! The service was amazing and everyone there was so nice! We really enjoyed the outdoor seating as well. We would highly recommend this restaurant to everyone visiting Rome.

Nestled in Little Jerusalem you wont find a better spot to sit down and enjoy a wonderful meal,…read moreglass of wine or Aperol spritz. The staff are super attentive and make sure your experience is excellent feom start to finish. Our First visit was at lunch my wife ordred the Grilled Beed Steak medium with potatoes, I ordred the Tonnarelli Cheese & Pepper with Artichoke... All I can say "Hevean on our Plates" both our dishes were beyond flavor profiles the food was so good i made sure my last meal in Rome was the Tonnarelli Cheese & Pepper with Artichoke I did add for a starter the Artichoke Carpachio which sent my last meal to God Status!!! The wife ordered a pizza that had the crispy thin crust and she was to engulfed in her own flavor adventure. Both the waiters were awesome and the owners better keep them happy because they were definitely a large reason why we came back... There recommendations are the reason why this went from a lunch stop to a return visit leaving a mark on my life that was truly a wonderful food experience!!! Make this a stop while in Rome you wont regret it!!!!

Very disappointed after reading so many excellent reviews. We arrived and ordered bread,…read moreappetizers, mains, and champagne. After 45 minutes, we had finished our champagne and were still waiting on everything else. After checking in on food, we finally received our bread. The people next to us (who arrived after us) had received their food and almost finished by the time we received our bread. After an hour of waiting, it was just too much. We decided to leave, and it was discovered our order was never even placed. Server made no attempt to fix the situation, so we decided to go elsewhere.

The perfect Italian restaurant. The hosts were wonderful. The location is easy to get to. The…read morerestaurant was cute and quaint and well decorated. And the food....oh the food. It was just delectable!! We had the zucchini flowers, the eggplant parmigiana, the risotto, the salmon,..... everything was simply delicious!! I couldn't recommend this place more. It was perfect!

Hosteria Grappolo d'Oro is both a Michelin Bib Gourmand pick and an Eater Rome favorite. I made a…read moredinner reservation online a few days ahead of our trip and was lucky to get a 9:00 table. We're middle-aged American parents so that's very late for us, but it was the earliest time slot available. The restaurant was lovely, charming and homey, the kind of place you want to eat at when in Rome, or anywhere else, really. Service was excellent. We had a young, friendly waiter who spoke fluent English and projected hyper-competence. We ordered the wine he suggested, a bottle of 2024 Colle Ticchio Cesanese del Piglio, and it was both tasty and reasonably priced. The food was downright cheap, with a €36 prix fixe that included appetizers, pasta, main course, and dessert. It was mostly good, too, beginning with a bread basket and the trio of traditional starters, which all came with the prix fixe. There was a panzanella spread made with bread, tomato, extra virgin olive oil, and garlic; baccalà mantecato con peperone crusco, a cod fish mousse with sliced crischi pepper; and polpetta di bollito con salsa verde, or boiled beef meatball, which was more appetizing than it sounds. We had a choice of three typical Roman pastas for our next course, and I went with the spaghetti alla carbonara. It was delicious, the definite high point of my dinner, the spaghetti cooked a pleasing al dente, with egg sauce, bacon guanciale, and pecorino cheese. My husband's rigatoni all'Amatriciana was deeply satisfying, too, with tomato sauce, guanciale, and pecorino. To my surprise, the entrées were both flops. I got the baccalà alla Romana, cod fish in tomato sauce with raisins, olives, and pine nuts. It was actively bad, rubbery and hard to eat. My husband's agnello alla Romana was slightly better, a dish of oven-roasted lamb served with potatoes. I still didn't like it, though. It looked and tasted like something that might have been eaten 500 years ago, gamey and rustic. Maybe too traditionally Roman for my palate. The dessert was terrific, homemade ricotta cheese mousse finished with candied orange zest and a syrupy wine reduction. Light and not too sweet. We had a great time at Grappolo d'Oro. It felt, for the most part, like a 5-star restaurant, and I'd recommend it despite the 2-star entrées. The €36 prix fixe is a tempting deal, but I think the move here is to skip the secondi and fill up with pasta and wine.

This was the most expensive meal in Rome and also the most disappointing. We opted for the tasting…read moremenu, which was 36 euro per person, and also a glass of wine. The tasting menu includes an appetizer, pasta, main, and dessert. Service was friendly and quick, however, the food was nothing to write home about. The meal started off good, I enjoyed the trio of traditional starters: panzanella, beef meatball, and baccala. Each of the starters were tasty and I enjoyed trying the local Italian delicacy. The glass of wine was also enjoyable as well. Next were the pasta, we went with the carbonara and rigatoni. I somewhat enjoyed the pastas, but I thought the flavors were a bit lacking and the pasta a bit too undercooked. Compared to the previous night's pasta dishes, it just didn't compare. The main dishes, however, were the most disappointing part of the whole meal. We got the oven roasted lamb and beef cheek. The lamb was a bit too grimy and I just didn't like the taste of it. The beef cheek was mid and the spinach was flavorless. The dessert was nothing special, I didn't finish it. Overall, there are other restaurants in Rome with better food. Although the portions were big, the quality was lacking. If you must go here, forgo the tasting menu and go for the traditional starters and the pastas.

This is a true gem, tucked away on a lovely piazza. The service is attentive, and the food is…read moresimply delicious and full of flavor. Perfect for a relaxed evening in Rome.

The appetizers came out in 5 minutes and were absolutely delicious! The server was extremely nice…read moreand helpful with his recommendations! The place is a real hidden gem!