Virginiae

This is hands down my favorite restaurant I’ve found in all of Italy on a two week long trip!!! Eating here is like eating at your grandmas house because grandma is literally cooking your dinner!!! Every night they have specials grandma prepared and a table of antipasti ready for you to eat.
I loved this place so much we had to come back again and celebrate Thanksgiving with Grandma’s lamb which was amazing!!! The first time I had chicken with peppers and the flavor was so authentic I’ve never had such rich flavored chicken with bell peppers and red sauce. The tiramisu was fantastic and they had many dishes vegetarians would enjoy including ravioli with cheese, spinach and pumpkin sauce.
The service was so great it was refreshing to be welcomed in a restaurant mostly frequented by Italians as we were some of the few non-​Italians eating here. It truly was like eating at home for a three hour dinner, no rush, a true pleasure to sit and eat wonderful food.
If you’re in Piazza Navona and see all the men trying to get you in their restaurant just keep walking straight over to this restaurant and ask what grandma has cooked up today. You will be happy you ignored all the other restaurant options for a great meal at the same or lower price. Also there is a good selection of well priced wines and hard alcohol. For a group of 6 with wine, antipasti, main dishes and desserts we paid 140 €. Also free wifi but who has time when you have great food to eat!!!
Hope you enjoy your experience and make sure to say you found them on Unilocal!!!

Stopped by here simply because it was close to where we were staying. All three of us ordered a pasta dish. Each was amazing. I ordered their special of Lasagna with pesto, zucchini and pine nuts. Absolutely amazing. They made a simple fettuccine with butter and a little bit of cheese for our 10-​year old. It was really great. My husband ordered the rigatoni with some kind of spicy meat. It was the first thing listed on the menu. This was really really delicious. We loved all three dishes. Really loved them. Great service. We don’t drink alcohol so I am very sensitive to how I am treated by a waiter when they realize I’m not ordering any wine. Our waiter was really friendly and didn’t seem irritated with our teetotaling ways. We will definitely go back!

Say what you want, the food is fresh the service is wonderful, and after 2 weeks, this is the best meal I’ve had in Italy! Totally recommend it! Stop here afternoon to enjoy the foot traffic people-​watching and the yummy food!

It was my first night in Rome and I had 40+ restaurants bookmarked, I just could not find any… We stumbled upon this restaurant. We were hungry and a bit tired. I am glad we did. The staff was super attentive and the atmosphere quite nice. We ordered the Cacio y Pepe and the Rigatoni Alla’Amatriciana. They were both done well with the nod to the Rigatoni. it was tasty and well balanced. I make Cacio so my standards are super high, but this was done well. We also had the Veal Saltimbocca, which albeit a bit small, very tasty. A glass or two of house red and out we went. I was very pleased with my decision and the price was a fair 36Euro. Me thinks the other review is a bit jaded as this place does not deserve such. Give it a tray, you may be surprised.

I lived in Rome for 2 years and this place opened up about half way through. The owner is the niece of the owner of Da Francesco that is a great pizza place. This place, however, is not.
The service, the pizza, other food is just not there. The owner and the staff are more like street thugs than proprietors. They aren’t courteous and the food comes out cold when it finally comes out.
I recommend Da Francesco or the best is truly a 3 minute walk from here — Pizaa La Montecarlo. These guys are fun, friendly and the pizza is fantastic. The owner is the son of La Buffeta which I hear is great pizza, I just don’t like the attitude of the Mother that owns it, she’s not the nicest person which always made me not want to go there.
Sometimes the apple does fall far from the tree I spose!
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