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#1,272 of 9,339 Restaurants in Rome
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Italian, Pizza, Seafood, Mediterranean, Romana, Lazio, Central-Italian
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Vegetarian Friendly, Gluten Free Options

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Gianicolense
2.2 km from Colle del Gianicolo
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Reviewed 3 days ago

We went to the separate version of this restaurant on the Via Pellegrino in central Rome. It's only open for lunch and has no online presence, as its clientele is mostly Roman. Fantastic! We went twice. It serves superb and truly authentic Roman food not...redesigned for others. Bold, robust, and meaty. One day they had tripe with sauce. I loved it, though it was a bit adventurous for me. The gnocchi with oxtail sauce was great, as was veal stew. Pasta with fava beans, peas, and guanciale was so good we went back the next day just for that. The menu had already changed a bit, and I forewent the starter of cow lung, liver, and heart for the fabulous and equally authentic artichokes. Nothing is made fancy or showy. Just authentic, which is why it's filled with locals. Service is well meaning but you have to be patient. Desserts are unremarkable just as they are in most of Rome. Excellent wines by the glass or bottle for astoundingly low prices.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Our first night in Rome, we were excited to go to an "authentic Roman trattoria." I always seek out places off the tourist path.. We felt unwelcome from the moment we walked in (though we had reservations). No greeting when waiter came to our table....When our order was taken, we chose the type of pastas we wanted, but were told our choices were "not possible," so we ordered what the waiter said was possible; however, he also failed to take down our order correctly. One of us ordered cacio e pepe, but it came out as another carbonara. (Frankly, the ravioli that was ordered also tasted like carbonara). We then had to flag down the waiter (who never came to check up on us after the initial food delivery) to ask about our vegetable side dishes. Well, we were told those "come out last"? Side dishes after the meal ...OK..We've been eating in multiple Italian cities for the past week, greeted by cheerful, helpful people and eating delightful meals. This is our first bad experience- both food quality and service. It seems that "Authentic Roman” has a meaning different from what I thought.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

I had heard about Da Cesare from several food writers and blogs. The first time I tried to visit it was fully booked. When I arrived there I was surprised by how basic and spare it was, especially the covered terrace. But the welcome was...warm, from both the owner and waiters. Service was variable: being on the terrace was perhaps a disadvantage, and as the restaurant filled up it became slower such that in the end I had to fetch my own bill. The menu offers an excellent selection of Roman “fritti” of which the fior di zucca were the most delicious. But after those we were pretty full up! I opted for pasta with top notch oxtail sauce. Dinner was excellent value at 45 euro a head including a bottle of decent wine. There were more foreign tourists / residents than I expected but a fair number of locals, including students. Overall I’d recommend if you’re in the area, maybe not for a date or special occasion because of the sparse surroundings.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 22 January 2023 via mobile

Great food and ambiance.Our group raved about the baccala and the ravioli. The millefoglie was heavenly. A taxi ride up to the Gianicolo but worth it. Not a tourist place at all. In fact we were the only ones there. A busy happening place. About...$45. For a nice dinner with wine. Reserve ahead.More

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 12 January 2023 via mobile

Perfection — food was excellent, the staff was very kind. Even though it was far from our hotel, it was worth going there.

Date of visit: January 2023
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Reviewed 11 October 2022 via mobile

I ate carbonara pasta and Spezzatino di vitello alla cacciatora, they were very good. I recommend this restaurant, the food is very tasty. And for dessert I tried I Cesarotti and it was delicious.

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 2 October 2022

Good and authentic food for fair prices, rating for quality/taste would be 4,5 of 5. Not all dishes (group of 5) came in hot, and not at same time. Service became slower when restaurant filled up. Good variety of wines, yet highly priced compared to...other locations nearby. When terrace is well booked, sometimes a bit noisy. Reservation recommended.More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed 6 September 2022

The food was fantastic, true Roman dishes cooked to perfection. A great walk to the restaurant in a suburb of Rome. We selected the specials which were lovely and the desert - their selection of homemade dolce were amazing. Definitely one to go back to,...thank you.More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed 13 July 2022

We arrived on a Saturday night, and the place wasn't too busy. The food was fantastic: Their fried appetizers included original, crunchy twists on meatballs (with braised filling) and arancini. The restaurant is known for pastas, so we had the gricia and carbonara. Excellent wines...by the glass. So far, so good. . . . Then the place filled up with locals, and the staff abandoned us. Despite our best attempts, we waited an hour for the check, with at least four local couples getting theirs before us. A disappointing end to what would have been an outstanding meal.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed 19 June 2022

half a portion of fried gnocchi with cacao e Pepe, un suppli, mezzo Tricia, mezza carbonara, una colla, stufato di vitello,,, and for two what a great meal... all was deli...will def go back, grazie!

Date of visit: June 2022
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Reviewed 27 January 2022 via mobile

I kind of hate to write this review because the restaurant is so good! I would rather have it stay as a hidden gem in Rome. We took a 15-20 minute taxi from our hotel at Campo de Fiori to da Cesare. The restaurant is...on a side street. We were the only tourists in the restaurant. Everyone else were either local families or friends. We had flora di zucchini, suppli up front, then we had gricia tonnella , matriciana tonnella, roasted peppers with a bottle of Malvasia wine. A perfect meal and perfect service. The restaurant called a taxi to take us back to our hotel.More

Date of visit: October 2021
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Reviewed 21 September 2021

Neighborhood restaurant, without too many aesthetic pretensions, but where you can taste the best traditional Roman cuisine. The menu includes all the traditional specialties cooked and presented to art. We had "fried zucchini flowers" and " parmigiana" as starters. Both excellent. Excellent also the main...course. "Bollito picchiapo" and “baccala alla romana”. The wine recommended by the sommelier was reasonably priced and paired nicely with our dishes. Service was friendly and efficient.More

Date of visit: September 2021
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Reviewed 14 November 2020 via mobile

Great dinner. Owner/ host was a total gentleman, food was both well done and presented, hostess had great food and wine recommendations. Off the beaten path, locals place and not a tourist place (at least when we went, caveat during Covid...)

Date of visit: November 2020
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Reviewed 21 March 2020

Just the best restaurant we’ve found in Rome. We were there 4 times and we enjoyed it so much! Wonderful location (very quiet place), very tasty local food, professional service. Still dreaming about their ravioli with salmon! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Date of visit: October 2019
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Reviewed 29 February 2020

Placed on the itinerary of travelers visiting The Eternal City by both Eater and “A Pasta Lover’s Guide to Rome,” Trattoria Da Cesare al Casaletto resides in an apartment block distant from the rest of Rome’s great eateries, this and the “by phone only” reservations...policy assuring mostly locals lining up for traditional fare in a large but stark dining room. Known simply as “Da Cesare” to many, and closed Wednesday but otherwise open from 12h45 to 15h00 for lunch plus 19h45 pm to 23h00 pm for dinner, it is primarily by bus or Uber that guests make way to Rome’s Monteverde Nuovo neighborhood, this particular evening finding nearly every indoor seat packed as temperatures were too cold for the patio. Lacking central Rome’s cobblestone, wider streets and a sizable park giving the surrounding are a distinctly more residential feel, it is once seated that servers present with convivial charm, English-fluency limited but made less necessary by translated menus. Dubbed by one local writer as “the perfect Trattoria” back in 2012, a bare-bones building with bright lights placing diners’ focus on Food and conversation, it is from Fritti, Pizza, Primi and Secondi that guests may choose to build their meal, affordable Wines also highlighted such as €4 for a particularly generous pour of Prosecco. Built on classics, but ranging widely enough to please most palates, one will quickly notice most tables enjoying good Bread while debating options, the Gnocchi Fritti frequently following with fried Dumplings swimming in a pool of what amounts to Cacio e Pepe Fondue. Refined without feeling “stuffy,” the servers seemingly everywhere at once despite lengthy expediting times, Pizza comes on a crisp but forgettable Crust while Pastas allow diners to select their own Noodle and Sauce combination, such as thin Ribbons of Fettuccine slicked with Egg Yolk and Pork Jowl in the case of good Carbonara. Leaving the Egg out of square-cut Tonnarelli, a dry Noodle cooked al dente, flavors leaned a bit too salty in Da Cesare’s alla Gricia while Hunter’s style Veal got lost amongst Olives and Garlic, thus raising Coda alla Vaccinara's stock as the better Secondi.More

Date of visit: January 2020
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Approximately 40 - 50 euro per person, depending on what you order and of course if you have wine.
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  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 3.5