Restaurants in Rome?

[RDMcG]

My son is visiting Rome shortly and asked to to check on any recommendations for good restaurants in Rome...not to worried about the price but wants good food and atmosphere as its the first time he has taken his GF on holidays there. Would be grateful for any recommendations......

[Nobby Diesel]

Try "Baby" at the Aldrovandi Palace Hotel.
Fantastic place, slightly away from the main touristy areas, but well worth the cab/tram ride.
The tasting menu is very good indeed.

[RDMcG]

Many thanks for the tip!

[arfur]

In the centre most seem to have exactly the same menu and the prices are utterly crazy. The food is generally mediocre as well. If you get out of the centre then any busy looking taverna will be good.

[thetapeworm]

We went earlier in the year and stayed near the Republica - found a few nice places within walking distance but 3 on the Via Flavia that were nice and seemed authentic (had locals in them).

La Pentolaccia
Anni Cinquanta Srl
La Locanda

We ate out elsewhere but found it to be fairly average, having said this it was just a long weekend so there wasn't a huge amount of time to explore all the delights.

[thetapeworm]

arfur said:

In the centre most seem to have exactly the same menu and the prices are utterly crazy. The food is generally mediocre as well. If you get out of the centre then any busy looking taverna will be good.

I'd echo this, it's essentially a huge tourist trap on the whole but every dark and uninviting back street seems to have a hidden gem on it.

Prices also seem to vary depending on if you are a local or a tourist, one to watch

Lovely place though, I'd like to spend a lot more time there, especially now I know where the free water is and how to avoid the "brello, hand fan" men

[YRRunner]

Forum. The Forum Hotel, rooftop restaurant. It's next to Nero's ancient forum and there is a view of the Collosseum from the rooftop restaurant. It's very old school silver service but the food is very good, especially the Chateubriand which melts in the mouth.

[jas xjr]

Avoid any Chinese place around the trevi fountain. Very highly decorated but terrible service and food

[RDMcG]

Well,that should be enough to work with. As usual, PH comes to the rescue!...thanks all.

[MiniMan64]

The is an amazing place around the corner from the Trevi Fountains call Vineria Chianti. We went there the last night of our trip back in May and the food was great, the atmosphere was brilliant and it wasn't ridiculously expensive.

I guess the only downside was it was pretty busy because of where it was but some of the other places nearby where dead so you could take this as an upside!

Here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&am...

[Puggit]

Da Baffetto

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