Pizza in Rome
 

Hello,
Planning to visit Italy and Rome in April 2010 and hubby and I love real italian food and Pizza.
These places look cool but I am not sure. Did you try any of these pizza restaurants? Any suggestion? PLease help:-)
http://italytravelista.com/2009/09/i...urant-in-rome/
Thanks for your help
Joy

Pizza is ubiquitous in Rome and many, many places make a very good pizza. I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to find a particular place, but rather choose one when/where I happened to be at meal time.

A woman I met in Rome recommended a fantastic pizza close to the Trevi Fountain. We went there and were not disappointed. It's called Piccolo Buco at Via del Lavatore, 91.

Enjoy!
Roberta

I agree with J62, there is so much delicious food in Rome, and Italy, that asking for a pizza is not something people do often in restaurants. However you can find good pizza in many places, if you care for thin crust, delicious, you can try a very reasonable place, sitting down and eating.. we had lunch there a few days ago, it is a trattoria in Trastevere, address Piazza S. Cosinato 48 Good luck, be adventurous eat new things.... forget what you usually get in the US

these are worthwhile recommendations. Just remember that Roman pizza is rather thin and that italian pizzas in general may be more minimalist than what you are used to (generally less cheese and toppings than american pies)

Don't plan pizza in Rome. For heaven's sake, great pizza is everywhere. Just smell, look, buy. Don't be so granular - it's obvious where the great pizza is; just keep your eye out.

I didn't find "great pizza everywhere" in Rome. While I felt I could without effort find a decent pizza elsewhere in Italy (or more than decent - more like amazing in Naples or Bologna), the pizza I found in Rome was average to terrible. True, I didn't look for any specific places.

I think some people assume that, "I'm in Italy, pizza HAS to be great!" and I don't think that's true in Rome. Naples is the place I'd say, "Gotta have a good pizza!!!"

I really enjoyed the pizza at Dar Poeta in Trastevere.

I totally agree with StCirq. Use your eyes and nose. We learned a long time ago not to plan where to eat. Just wander out of the touristy areas and use your eyes and nose. We've had the best experiences that way.

Last time I was in Italy I used this new technique for finding a place to eat that wasn't over run with American tourists.

1. Locate the horde with Rick Steve's guidebooks to their nose.
2. Make a u-turn and keep walking.

The only place we had mediocre pizza in Rome was a very touristy place near the Forum. Every other place it was great. Avoid places called 'snack bar', or places with color photos of the food on the menu, they often serve factory made frozen foods.

I have eaten at Ivo and Panattoni and both were very good. Generally, I think it is hard to find bad pizza in Rome but not impossible. Interesting photo in the link you gave... it shows the line outside Da Baffetto, which is one of the best pizzerias in Rome. The author of the article doesn't think it's worth lining up for but I do, and so do many Romanas and of course, tourists. Remember, the best pizzerias only serve pizza in the evening. You can buy pizza by the slice in the afternoon, but it is a different kind of pizza--thicker, cut in rectangles and have a much wider variety of toppings than you find on the thin, round pizzas served in the evening.

I have had very bad pizza in Rome! Inedible. Sometimes during the day the pizza sits out and flies are buzzing on it, be careful of those too. Make sure the restaurant has a pizza oven and is freshly baked, that is why I love Dar Poeta. Drink a beer with your pizza.

Thank you so much for the great information. After doing more research, I am finding many recommended pizza places and restaurants that we can't wait to try, including Bafeto.
Joy

We had great pizza at Saby's in Piazza dei Fiori. Had it several times it was so good.