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    Taverna Quintilia

    4.3 (15 reviews)
    PriceyItalian

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    Flat pasta with wild boar sauce.
    Rebecca T.

    While in Tivoli for the day, our tour guide took us to this family-run tavern (literally) for lunch. Inside is small, but intimate: we were served by the son of the restaurant while I caught a glimpse of the grandmother cooking with two other chefs in the kitchen. I ordered a pasta dish with what's known as "wild boar sauce." As family and I waited for our dishes to arrive, we sampled some of the region's olive oil, which was incredibly aromatic and bursting with fruitiness. Upon receiving my main dish, I was surprised to see just how thick and chewy the pasta itself was-- in fact, it had the consistency of rice cake! All the same, it was delicious, and the boar sauce was meaty and hearty, just like Bolognese. Also got a tiramisu for dessert, which was unfortunately slightly frozen, as I believe it hadn't been given enough time to defrost before being served. Aside from that, the service was pleasant, although a bit rushed, since there were more guests coming in and only 30 or so chairs for everyone. Worth a stop for lunch should you be in Tivoli for the day.

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    I have been in Rome for 2 weeks, tried Netflix documentary foods, Michelin restaurants, and this neat restaurant just simply blew my mind away, the food was amazing. It is very close to the main square, but it is unlike other center seated restaurants, this place offers you a quiet, side seating just neat to the square. The noodles were just made right feel like homemade. I'm a very picky diner, and I LOVED how fresh, delicate the food were, I even had the little potatoes to go, as a tourist! Waitresses were super nice, owner was passionate and sweet. A strong recommend.

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    The food was delicious!! My host was very warm and attentive. Will definitely go back here again.

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    10 years ago

    Don't get the 'Tagliata De Manzo'. Service okay. Small portions. Price/ Value isn't right. I'm very disappointed!

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    La Forma - Ristorante a Tivoli - Beef Filet

    La Forma - Ristorante a Tivoli

    5.0(1 review)
    0.2 km

    This restaurant feels like you're at your grandparents house. The smells the warmth and most…read moreimportant the food. This took me back to my child hood spending time at my great grandmothers house and her cooking for us. We started with the meatballs and the bruschetta, the cook also brought us some spinach filled puff pastries that were good also. The meatballs were perfectly cooked, had a great sauce good amount too. I only ate the traditional tomato bruschetta and the fresh tomatoes and the fresh toasted bread with the salt and the olive oil were a perfect match, the other bruschetta was an olive tapenade and some sort of cheese, not a huge fan of olive tapenade so I didn't eat it but my wife and our friend said it was good. I ordered the carbonara, and I will say that it was the best we'd had on our trip and we were in Italy for 9 days, most places put too much egg yolk, over powering the other flavors this was just right perfect amount of cheese and the Speck(bacon) was fried perfectly and although I've heard that al dente pasta is the way to go I prefer mine done and not so al dente and so does this chef as the Tonnarelli was perfect! We also shared a beef filet which was seasoned perfect just a little salt and pepper cooked medium rare! My wife had the lemon crepe. I had one bite and it was great, my wife loved it as well. For drinks my wife had Preseco and our friend had a glass of house red which they enjoyed. I had a coke and my daughter had a sprite, when trying to explain sprite to the cook they also gave us an Italian Lemon soda which we all shred and it was refreshing and delicious. For dessert we shared the chocolate cake, the apple strudel and the wine cookies. The strudel was fluffy slight crispy and had a caramel apple filling! Then only thing wrong was I got too excited and burnt my tongue. The chocolate cake was perfect, six little pieces freshly made. The cookies were good, little hard but we dipped them in our cappuccino's. If you're in Tivoli please stop by and get a great meal!

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    Chocolate cake Apple strudel Wine cookies

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    Trattoria da Gabriella

    Trattoria da Gabriella

    4.5(2 reviews)
    0.1 km

    Okay, so here's what happened: I sat down at Trattoria de Gabriella in Tivoli, expecting a nice,…read morerustic lunch. You know, something light, maybe a salad, a glass of wine, with some old Italian man yelling across the piazza. Classic Italian midday fantasy. Instead, my life flashed before my eyes. Not because of a near-death experience (though the richness of the smoked cheese could have qualified), but because this meal came for my soul. First, the salad. Which, listen, was not a salad. It was a garden daydream. Leaves so fresh they were still negotiating their contract with the soil. Then came the spinach-stuffed ravioli. Imagine a soft pillow filled with the very essence of Italian virtue, then drenched with a cream and butter sauce. The pasta was made fresh probably hours before. And finally, the smoked cheese which I'm convinced isn't even legal in some countries. The trattoria has been around forever, like, probably older than some Renaissance art, and stepping inside feels like being adopted by a family you didn't know you needed. Make sure you wear stretchy pants.

    We paid €11,00 extra to have a three course lunch w/ a glass of wine inc in the tour to Tivoli…read more I'm glad that the tour operator brought us to TdG that is rustic. It is away fr the touristy places in the middle of the square close to Villa d'Este. You would prolly need breadcrumbs to find your way back to the square bc it is hard to find. For our antipasto we had bruschetta. It was a nice light start after a lot of walking on a hot day. The primo was an option of spaghetti aglio & olio w/ crushed red peppers, or spaghetti amatriciana. I chose the latter, but had to swap w/ the ITC bc her dish was too spicy. She is fr Milan in Northern Italy where they eat more risotto and polenta. She prefers basic Roman pasta. Nonetheless, both pastas were simple dishes, executed very well. The pasta was al dente vs the overcooked crap we get in the States. In addition, neither was drowned in sauce, or inc a softball sized meatball. The bacon in the amatriciana was subtle, but sufficient to balance starch w/ protein. Lastly, the secondo was an option of thinly sliced roast pork or burrata. To me, the latter was a great way to end the meal on a hot day. I had a bite of ITC's thinly sliced pork, and it was very good. The meat was tender and tasted great w/ the reduction. Regarding the ambiance, all of the other patrons were local inc the Chief of Police and some of his officers. The female chef came out to talk to one of her regulars, as is customary in small towns like Tivoli. Likewise, the service was friendly and warm. Our waiter appreciated that I spoke a little Italian, but like almost all Italians, English is the language they know best after their mother tongue. If you do visit Villa d'Este, skip the touristy restaurants in the square where pretty ladies w/ menus try to flag you down. TdG is where the locals eat, and where you can have simple food done well.

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    Villa d'Este

    Villa d'Este

    3.9(9 reviews)
    0.1 km

    I knew nothing about this spot, so, naturally, I did a bunch of research to write a Sara-take on…read morethis spot. Thesis coming right up. You're welcome Jensen W. You ever walk into a place and immediately think, Okay, calm down? That's Villa d'Este. In the hills of the adorable town of Tivoli, this place is a full-blown Renaissance fever dream. There are intricately carved fountains everywhere, 500-year-old frescoes on literally every surface, and gardens that look like they were landscaped by the gods on their day off. It's not a villa, it's a humblebrag in stone and water decorated by mature flowers. Peep that wisteria. The villa was the brainchild of Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, who clearly decided that if he couldn't be Pope, he'd settle for becoming the main character in Italian architecture. Find your niche bro, I understand. So, in true Borgia-adjacent fashion (yes, Lucrezia was his mom, no big deal), he hijacked an old Benedictine monastery, brought in artists, engineers, and whatever 16th-century version of an influencer was available, and built himself a Renaissance Crash Pad. Let's talk about the inside first. The frescoes specifically. Oh, you mean the walls and ceilings casually coated in art that's older than most countries? Yeah, those. Still vibrant, still dramatic, still making you feel underdressed. Clean it up, you peasant. You could spend hours just spinning in a circle trying to process all the mythical creatures, divine beings, and symbolic flexes Ippolito had slapped onto every surface. And the craziest part of all? This all somehow survived World War II. I don't know who bribed the gods of war, but the fact that this place didn't get bombed is wild. Divine intervention? Maybe. Or maybe even bombs were like.... Nah, too pretty. And then there are the gardens. Ippolito clearly looked at nature and said, Let's make it extra. Fountains are everywhere. The Fountain of Neptune straight up screams opulence. The Hundred Fountains? Literally a long wall of water just because they could. No electricity by the way. This is all gravity-fed engineering sorcery from the 1500s. So yeah, Villa d'Este is kind of a diva. But when you're 500 years old, survived wars, and still outshine modern garden designers, you've earned the right to be extra. It's unapologetically over-the-top. And we're lucky it's still here to show off.

    A horrible experience. Very disappointing. Upon arrival, they informed us that all the water…read morefountains were turned off. They were discounting their admission from €15-€12. That's like going to the Louvre and them telling you that all the art has been removed but you can go in and look at the bare walls for a slight discount. Without the water features the property looked like it needed cleaning and attention to fix weak or dying plants. A great way to ruin and waste a day traveling to from Rome

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    Villa d'Este - The inner courtyard by the entrance

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    The inner courtyard by the entrance

    Taverna Quintilia - italian - Updated July 2026

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