4 e 4 Otto by Luzzi

Went to Luzzi’s which was full but was willing to wait (because it’s great food — I’m a regular business traveler to Rome). Owner told us they also run 4 e 4 Otto by Luzzi and walked us there. Was a little skeptical and questioned them a bit about specific menu items, both pizza and pasta. Worst pizza I’ve had in Rome except for cheap take out up the block. Pasta was below average, but edible. Shame on me for trusting them with the bait and switch. Never again at 4 e 4 and will think twice about Luzzi’s based on the principle of the switch.

My friends and I had wanted to eat at luzzi and even waited in queue but the waiter took us across the street to this restaurant and said it was an extension to the Luzzi restaurant.
Even the menu seemed different and the patronage unlike luzzis looked like they were all tourists. Whereas in luzzi the patronage consisted of only Italians.
Anyhoo having visited the colosseo and the forto do palatino in the morning, we wanted some pizza.
We ordered the following:
1. Pizza margerita — the crust was extra salty. The dough was not perfectly round so you knew it was fresh. The tomato paste was fresh and not made from sour (unripe) tomatoes. There were two basil leaves on it. It was nice but I wasn’t wowed by it.
2. Sausage pizza with pecorino cheese — this pizza was extremely salty. Have it every day or often and you are guaranteed to die from sodium poisoning. There was barely any sausage on it and had two types of cheese. It was nice but I wasn’t wowed.
3. Veal with roast potatoes — they used veal breast and it was really tender and the potatoes were nice and waxy and were seasoned with some herb.
4. Rigatoni funghi — the rigatoni was al dente and the mushrooms just tasted unlike any mushroom ive ever had. They were soaked in oil though and I guess that was the sauce.
We didn’t eat the bread that was placed on our table as it cost £2 and we had enough the night before.
All up the bill came to around £37 including a bottle of still water.