Mink was craving fresh fruits so she sent me to Vyta in Termi to get a fresh fruit cup. The place…read morelooked nice and well done so I didn't think anything when I looked for her fruit cup. I FaceTimed Mink just to make sure I got the right item and when she confirmed, I flagged someone down. The workers behind the counter were just talking story with each other and didn't want to help. A lady from the far end had to come and help me when she realized her coworkers are useless. I told her what I wanted and paid. She got the item and asked if I wanted it for here or to go. I asked her to pack it to go. She handed me the bag and I was on my way. When Mink opened the container, she said it smelled a little funny but ignored it and took a bite. It tasted funny so she tried another bit and realized it was spoiled! Mink ended up throwing up because it upset her stomach that badly. This is horrible and they charged me €8 for a spoiled fruit cup! It seems that maybe all the fruit cups were spoiled considering that none of them were refrigerated. I seriously hope no one else got sick. What a waste of money and that's horrible an establishment would sell customers bad product. Don't come here...

Took care of every other client, but not me and my family. Coffee maker only required receipt of us…read moreand not of any other client. They didn't give us a receipt.

Serving Rome since late-2010, Metamorfosi has carved a niche amongst Rome's largely traditional…read moredining scene, Chef and owner Roy Caceres doing so by taking local Ingredients and "transforming" them into plates that evoke ideas and emotions. Located on Via Giovanni Antonelli, in the Parioli area, it is immediately upon entry that guests are drawn in by neutral colors and wood, the warmth exuded by staff expected from a Michelin-starred Restaurant and service particularly attentive on Monday evening where only three other tables were occupied over the course of 140-minutes. Deliberately paced, and referencing everything from Chef Caceres' Colombian childhood to time in Japan, diners are asked to decide between tasting menu and a la carte after Water is poured, the latter chosen out of desire for specific items and beginning with benign Wheat Crisps followed by far more interesting housemade Bread with a blended spread of Honey Butter and Olive Oil. Dabbling in modernism, an iSi charger undoubtedly involved in Potato Foam with Octopus and Onions to whet palates, course one featured Metamorfosi's signature "Carbonara Egg 65°" riffing Rome's signature dish via immersion circulator with suspended Chicharrones while Scallop Ceviche approached a South American spice profile using Calabrian Sausage in place of Aji Peppers. Whimsical again with Primi, Caceres' S-foglia replacing Pasta with Broccoli surrounding Pork bathed by Almond Cream, "Encased" Risotto hinges more on the tableside preparation than anything else, a bit gimmicky though the taste and texture of Rice, Mushrooms and Hazelnuts are delightful. Suggesting the €85 wild-caught Mallard "for two," a tableside preparation plating Breast alongside Carob and Squash with its Seeds, steep-pricing became justified through the addition of satellite plates offering Confit with Chestnuts and Liver beneath Truffles lightly sweetened by Balsamic. Using English Stilton wrapped in White Chocolate as a bridge to Dessert, an unexpected but enjoyable choice in Italy, it was after a somewhat protracted delay thay "Malaga 2.0" arrived, the idea somewhere between Halo Halo and deconstructed Panettone thanks to Egg Yolk Ice Cream, boozy Raisins, Citrus and Bread.

My wife and I really enjoyed our dinner here. We wanted to do a mix of Michelin and non-Michelin…read morestarred restaurants during our trip across Italy, and this was one of the few Michelins we decided to go with. We were not disappointed. Each dish was creative, delicious, and celebrated Italian cuisine in different and unique ways. I'd highly recommend a visit to this place for a nice night out in Rome. The service started off a bit rocky. Everyone seemed a bit frantic and rushed. We waited nearly 30 minutes for our first drinks to arrive, and there were only 4 other seated tables in the entire restaurant. But everyone seemed to settle down after 30 minutes, and we buckled in for a yummy evening. First off, we liked the space: clean, simple, zen. We went with the 6 course tasting menu: 1) Paper thin bread crisps. These were delicious - like eating little crunchy wafers of air, lightly scented with olive oil and rolled wheat 2) Shrimps with celery bits, lime zest, potato foam, and black squid ink. This was really good. A great, light way to start off the meal 3) Homemade seed bread and extra virgin olive oil butter. Deeelicious 4) Raw shrimp with lulo fruit foam (I had never heard of lulo fruit before, but it's a citrusy troipical fruit from Latin America; also called naranjilla), dill cucumbers, and other yummy bits. This dish was also solid. 5) Carbonara deconstructed. This course was fun. The base of this dish consists of a poached egg that's been cooked sous video for 45 minutes. It's then placed on top of some pork cheek, and then covered in melted pecorino cheese cream. Then separately, they have a few bits of puffed pasta (that look like pork rinds). You drop these into the base, and voila! Pasta Carbonara! Fun and yum! 6) Macaroni stuffed with shellfish, and served with tomato confit, seaweed, and burrata cheese. This was my least favorite dish. Everything was quite delicious, except I wasn't a fan of the shellfish filling. It was a bit too, well, fishy. 7) Risotto with porcini mushroom and hazelnut, served in clay pot that's been sealed with a thin membrane made of porcini mushroom and onions. The server then poured some melted goat cheese on top of the membrane, and we used a wooden spoon to break through, and mix the ingredients up. This dish was really good. Both creative and delicious! 8) Iberian pork neck with Mexican chipotle peppers, guacamole sorbet, and chia seeds. Mexican, Spanish, and Italian fusion. Super tasty! 9) Peach sorbet wrapped in a flower petal 10) Banana Foster with lots of twists - Caramelized banana soaked in rum, white chocolate foam, armagnac jelly, toasted almond crumble, and mint leaf. The whole dish is then smoked. Great aroma and flavors. An almost savory dessert. 11) Cream cake with chocolate and fruit. Nice 12) Petit fours

This place has the biggest baddest burgers I have ever had! You choose your meat, & choose from…read moreassorted toppings. Don't hold back, go all out! The more toppings, the more amazing it is! The grilled chicken (instead of a burger) is also excellent! Most all toppings are included, only a few cost extra. Go for whatever sounds good to you, especially the egg! It will not disappoint. There are 3 sizes to choose from, & the small was more than enough! Prices are good, like 7-10 Euro, depending on the size you choose. Excellent customer service, very helpful with translation of our questions.

My husband Matt B. is half Italian, and he visited Italy with his dad in 1997, when he (Matt B.)…read morewas fourteen. His father had managed to get in touch with some distant family, some of whom shared their unusual last name. They all met up, and my father-in-law kept in frequent contact with some of the relatives in his generation. Last month, Matt and I went to Rome, where most of the clan lives--Accumoli, the tiny village they came from, was destroyed by an earthquake in 2016, bringing the elders down to the city. It was my first time in Italy, and Matt's first time in almost thirty years, and we took the opportunity to get together with his Italian family. We met up at Porto Fluviale, a fun, casual trattoria and pizzeria in Testaccio, an easy jaunt on the subway away from central Rome. Matt's relatives were coming from Trastevere and Garbatella and various other parts of the city, and I'm assuming this place worked as a central meeting point. It was far enough away from the tourist zone that most of the people there seemed to be Italian. I'm including our ethnically Asian waiter in this group. He was so thoroughly Italian he didn't even throw me a nod. The atmosphere was relaxed and convivial. We were a big party and took over a long row of connected tables. Most of us sat down at 7:30, when we had a reservation, but one of Matt's nth cousins came later with two of his children, one of them almost the same age as Matt the last time any of these relatives saw him. The set-up was ideal for a large, amorphous, maybe-we're-eight-people-maybe-we're-twelve kind of group. Service was great. We were well taken care of, and got one of our servers to take a few commemorative pictures. We drank red wine and enjoyed a wonderful, cozy Roman dinner. I wasn't what you might call hungry after a large lunch and afternoon gelato, but I liked everything that was ordered for the table. There was a great spread of deep-fried appetizers, and I was happy to try suppli alla romana, a tasty Roman fritter I otherwise didn't have on this trip. The fiori di zucca con alici were great, battered and fried stuffed squash blossoms, as was the filetto di baccalà, or salt cod fritters. And I appreciated the savory, salty olive all'ascolana, a dish I'd never seen before, olives stuffed with meat and fried crispy and golden. I also had some Roman-style Margherita pizza, which was satisfying with a thin, crackery crust. Finally, there was the tiramisu, lush and delicious. I loved taking part in this giant Italian family dinner, which only ended some time after Matt's elderly Uncle Giovanni sneaked off to pay the check. Porto Fluviale was a lovely venue for a very special night.

Went here for lunch and we had the option between a menu or a buffet, both looked wonderful. The…read morefood was very thought through. The waiters were nice and the wait for food was short.