Top Restaurants in Rome?
Jul 26th, 2006, 02:52 AM
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Personally feel that if you go to any of the Piazzas surrounded by restaurants and just look for the ones that are reasonably decked out and relaxed you will not go far wrong, will get a taste for the environment and have good food without all the pomposity.
Jul 26th, 2006, 04:11 AM
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I've always enjoyed Agata e Romeo and Camponeschi. Slightly less expensive but with excellent food are Ditirambo, Alberto Ciarla and Paris. I disagree with the recommendation to look for restaurants around the piazzas. I have yet to find a restaurant on Piazza Navona or Piazza della Rotonda that isn't overpriced and mediocre.
Jul 26th, 2006, 05:05 AM
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We tried 2 Michelin one-stars.
The tasting menu at Il Convivio was fabulous but the atmosphere was extremely formal. (The only time I've experienced the handbag stool !)
The food at La Rosetta (seafood) was very nice but it's possibly a little too casual.
The tasting menu at Il Convivio was fabulous but the atmosphere was extremely formal. (The only time I've experienced the handbag stool !)
The food at La Rosetta (seafood) was very nice but it's possibly a little too casual.
Jul 26th, 2006, 05:42 AM
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I felt the following two restaurants were worth it :
La Pergola - (3 Michelin Macarons)
In the Hilton Cavalieri Hotel
Via Cadollo, 101
Tel: 06 35 09 20 55
Ristorante da Alceste – Al Buon Gusto
Corso Rinascimento, 66/70
Tel: 06 68 61 312
La Pergola - (3 Michelin Macarons)
In the Hilton Cavalieri Hotel
Via Cadollo, 101
Tel: 06 35 09 20 55
Ristorante da Alceste – Al Buon Gusto
Corso Rinascimento, 66/70
Tel: 06 68 61 312
Jul 26th, 2006, 09:49 AM
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Going, but not until November. Already booked the flight.
Will be in Rome for 3 nights and then Florence for 4 or 5.
Staying with someone in an apartment in Florence.
Will be staying in a hotel in Rome (still trying to figure out where/what area/etc.). Looking for a nice place in a good area (close to nightlife, restaurants, etc.).
Neo,
While I am looking for 1 high-end, special dinner, I am also VERY much interested in ideas for neighborhood/family places for the rest of the time.
Will be in Rome for 3 nights and then Florence for 4 or 5.
Staying with someone in an apartment in Florence.
Will be staying in a hotel in Rome (still trying to figure out where/what area/etc.). Looking for a nice place in a good area (close to nightlife, restaurants, etc.).
Neo,
While I am looking for 1 high-end, special dinner, I am also VERY much interested in ideas for neighborhood/family places for the rest of the time.
Jul 26th, 2006, 02:43 PM
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THe handbag what???
I must have led a sheltered life.
Can't tell you much about high-end dining, but the low end dining in Rome was pretty good. We tended to stick to the area where our apartment was - Monti - between the colosseum and the via nazionale, where there are lots of individually run restaurants, trattoria, etc.etc. The only bad meal we had in a week of eating out twice a day was in the one restaurant we found in a guide. WE looked for places with fairly short menus, no japanese translations, family run. If you stick to these criteria, it's hard to go wrong. Lots of OPs talk about successfully following the suggestions of the waiter - we did that one night and instead of the mixed anti-pasti we were expecting , got baby octipus cooked 6 different ways. and they were all great!
I'd go for the low-end every time.
I must have led a sheltered life.
Can't tell you much about high-end dining, but the low end dining in Rome was pretty good. We tended to stick to the area where our apartment was - Monti - between the colosseum and the via nazionale, where there are lots of individually run restaurants, trattoria, etc.etc. The only bad meal we had in a week of eating out twice a day was in the one restaurant we found in a guide. WE looked for places with fairly short menus, no japanese translations, family run. If you stick to these criteria, it's hard to go wrong. Lots of OPs talk about successfully following the suggestions of the waiter - we did that one night and instead of the mixed anti-pasti we were expecting , got baby octipus cooked 6 different ways. and they were all great!
I'd go for the low-end every time.
