Florian’s Café

(7.20.15) Awful, awful service. Sooo slow. But really delicious, quick food. We came to the conclusion that no matter how crappy an Italian place looks, every pasta in Italy is delicious. Seriously. When the entrée comes out, you’re regretful about what you’ve ordered because it looks like it came out of a package of Knorr’s. But taste it. It’ll probably taste great.

Some of the other reviews are super skewed because of bad service.
Food 3 star — I had tomato, onion, bacon pasta which was mediocre. Kinda salty and very simple taste. It was made with the thickest noodle I’ve ever had in my pasta life. Not the most impressive first pasta experience in Italy. Price was reasonable with pasta 8.50 and water 2.00
Service 2 star — not the most attentive or welcoming. The guy who served me was at his mid 40s to 50s. He acted like he did not give much shit and hate his life for serving to kid half his age. However, he fulfilled his job so I’m giving him 2 instead of 1.
Environment 4 star — nice outdoor setting, pastry shop in the entrance, and nice restaurant setting inside.
tl;dr: service crap, food and enviornment are better. Wouldn’t come back unless I have to.

The food is really good. We ate here twice during our stay in October 2015. The service gets a little worse when it’s busy, but I have noticed that in Europe the service is either top notch or non existent, there is nothing in between. I think the food is totally worth it.

I figure this place has received some undue reviews. Maybe I’m just the exception but I thought the service was great, the price was fair, I didn’t wait incredibly long not to mention the food was good too! I had the tortellini and it absolutely lived up to my expectation. Peas, mushrooms and bacon in a cream sauce, it was fantastic.

After a long day visiting Pompei, we went in to have a nice dinner, the host just made us feel so unwelcome, and the server took forever to come and greet us and get our drinks, we ended up just taking our food Togo because we felt so unwelcome, the food was great! But going to a place that makes you feel unwelcome ruins it. Soo with that being said all stars goes to food!

It’s the tiny restaurant that tries to be fancy but fails. When you walk into the establishment you are met with a gelateria and pastry bakery. You turn right and take a little path to the restaurant proper. The restaurant is pretty small as it only holds 40 people with the tables pretty damn close together.
Grigliata mista di carne cot patate (mixed grilled meat with potatoes). I didn’t know what I was getting into by ordering this meat because the description is so generic. What I ended up with is a steak, a pork, and a chicken breast. The steak was still remarkable tender for being cooked to medium well (they didn’t ask me how I wanted it cooked and I don’t know if that’s a normal thing around here). Unfortunately the steak was too fatty for my liking. The pork was a little too dry. And the chicken was nice and juicy. The flavor through the whole meal was fairly bland.
Trofie alle 3 p (pasta with pesto sauce, tomatoes, and parmesan cheese). Well the wife was super disappointed with this meal. It tasted like it was poured out of a old can… you know that old metallic taste. Blah.
(Cream pudding with a wild berry sauce). Once again something that tastes like it came out of a can. Again blah.

All my stars go to the food. We had the pizza a bucattini all’amatriciana, both excellent. The appetizers were very good as well. Yes service was not the best but we decided not to expect great service in italy, or anywhere in europe for that matter. I would go back to this restaurant anytime.

Great looking entry with dessert bar and nicely arranged items. However the restaurant seating area looks like it was part of a different building… it had a completely different décor and look from the entrance. The staff was disinterested and often acted annoyed that there were customers in the restaurant. They often carried on conversations with each other while «attending» to customers. The prices overall are reasonable, except for the desserts, they were over priced for the quality. That being said, the rest of the food was great and that I end up going here twice during my stay in Rome.