Hosteria-Pizzeria and other Rome, Italy Restaurant Reviews

Restaurant Name: L' Angoletto

Great place-Wonderful experience. Came here again and again. The owner runs around keeping the place operating smoothly. You are given attentive yet not overbearing service. There are tables outside, but the view isn't the greatest. It is more comfortable inside. Closes during the afternoons. Try this place- you will be very happy you did!

Favorite Dish: Spaghetti with Clams
fried stuffed olives
caramel creme dessert

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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
Phone: 06 39723187
Address: Via Leone IV 2
Directions: very close to Vatican Museum entrance (1 block away)
situated on a corner
Other Contact: closed on Tuesdays

Restaurant Name: Dino & Tony

This place was recommended here on VT by several members. Since we were staying right by we had to try it. Glad we did! It is definitely a must if you're in the area. We let Dino (or was it Tony) take control. (did we have a choice?) This dining experience was more like an event. This guy sings, bangs around pots and pans, banters with his help, regulars and tourists. We were quite entertained by the whole thing. There are a few small tables outside, but opt for inside.

Favorite Dish: rigatoni in this unbelievably delicious (spicy) sauce (this was our second course I think)
for dessert we were presented with about 5-6 different plates and managed to eat most of it!
At the end of your dinner, you will get a delicious, complimentary limoncello. You'll manage to fit it in... :-)

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
Phone: 06.39.73.32.84
Address: Via Leone IV 60
Directions: further down the road from Vatican Museums, past L'Angoletto's. On same side though. Small entrance, careful you don't miss it.
Other Contact: closed on Sundays

Restaurant Name: Leonardo Pizzeria

Being that it wasn't so stinkin' hot this day, we ate outside. There were shady umbrellas and since we sat by the wall, there was a grate from the basement by my side, where cool air soothed my weary feet and legs--ahhhh.... oh, the pizza was good too. Service-fine. The indoor area looked inviting, but sitting outside on the piazza was a nice people watching lunch place.

Favorite Dish: Pizza-just the right size.

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Address: Mignanelli Piazza
Directions: Near by Spanish Steps. If you are looking at the steps from the bottom-go to your right.
Right across from Spanish Embassy.

Restaurant Name: TUCCI Ristorante-Pizzeria

All of the outside tables that were in the shade were taken, so we went inside. We were given a table right by a large window, so we still had the views of the piazza. We didn't ask, but I could tell that the air conditioning (Yes! I said air conditioning!) was turned on for us. Nice...
Our server was very friendly and the pizza was delicious. A good lunch stop with a nice view.

Favorite Dish: 3 Cheese Pizza- thin, tasty crust!

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$11-20  » Currency Converter
Phone: 066861547
Address: 94 Piazza Navona
Directions: Right about in the middle, on the opposite side of the church
Other Contact: open every day

Restaurant Name: Bar Pasticceria Parenti Silvano

For less than 3 euros a person, you can get a morning drink and pastry for breakfast. No seats, only a bar, join the locals! The owner is friendly, not minding the tourists, although this place is so unassuming, we were usually the only outsiders there.

You order and eat first, then go to the register when you are finished. They will usually remember what you had, and ring you up. Otherwise, they will put up with your butchered attempts at Italian as you manglewordedly or by pointing, tell them what you had...

Favorite Dish: cafe latte and a sugar donut!

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Theme: Local
Comparison: least expensive
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Phone: 06 39723728
Address: Via Ottaviano 33
Directions: If your heading from the Vatican towards the Metro stop, it would be on the Left side of the street. (same side as metro entrance)
Other Contact: closed on Mondays

Restaurant Name: Old Bridge Gelateria

Mentioned in guidebooks and right around the corner from our apt., this place is hit or miss. You can walk by it one time and no one will be there. Then the next time there will be an unbelievably long line. Okay, not really a line, mob is more like it. The gelato was good, but there was a place nearby I actually liked better...

Thousands of miles from home, during one of our after dinner strolls, we made a gelato stop here one night and we met people here we know from home. Small world...

Favorite Dish: Black Cherry

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Theme: Ice Cream
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Via dei Bastioni de Michelangelo, 5
Directions: between Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Square, across from the 'wall'

Restaurant Name: Gelateria Pierrot

Friendly staff

Favorite Dish: The black cherry had whole dark cherries in it--Yum!

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Theme: Ice Cream
Comparison: about average
Prices: less than US$10  » Currency Converter
Address: Baldassari Ni Vittorio, 13
Directions: just beyond Old Bridge Gelateria, towards and right by Piazza Risorgimento (by the trams)