BorgoPio92 Bistrò Caffè — Restaurant in Rome

The place scams tourists. The reviews are TOTALLY ACCURATE. Upon walking out of the vatican a guy approaches you saying there is a great restaurant around the corner with great food and flashes a menu with good prices. The little lady at the restaurant then upsells you on several items. Example; you want red or white wine? You respond "red". Her response, "chianti" (as if that's their only red). Boom! 25€ for a 5€ bottle of wine. More examples; you order the spaghetti, she offers "we have special for spaghetti with meatballs and mushrooms". Boom again, 12 for the spaghetti, 7 for the mushrooms (listed as a "side" on your bill) and another 7 for the meatballs. Add in a 4.5 charge for the bread (that you didn't order) and a 15% service charge that no other restaurant in Rome charges and you've got yourself a nice little 88€ meal that should have cost half that. Lastly, they push you on the bill when you question it and play on the fact that you are from out of town and dont want to cause a scene. I'm contesting the charge on my...

TOURIST TRAP - AVOID!! Unfortunately we were ripped off today. €152 for 4 people for aperitivo, spritzes and a frozen lasagne. The food was below average.

Lead in by a lovely gentleman, the menu prices seemed reasonable, however they offered items off the menu and then charged €5pp service that wasn’t mentioned anywhere. They had the hide to charge €8 for one artichoke; €6 for bruschetta al pomodoro (called it ‘antipasti’); €20 for a frozen lasagne and €20 for service. When delivering the bill, the waiter made a point of saying tip wasn’t included. When we questioned the service charge, we were told it was a tax, ridiculous. Those plates of ‘antipasti’ in the image were worth €14 according to the restaurant!

When questioning the waiter on the astronomical prices, he ignored us and then disappeared.

Much better places to eat at, try L’Isola della Pizza for great service, reasonable prices...

This is a trap, don't go to that place. It was the worst experience I had in Italy, I've been to Italy countless times and I've never had an experience like the one I had there. the food was horrible, the pizza was cold, the Bruschetta the tomatoes were old, it looked like it had oil instead of olive oil, the lasagna was typically just pasta without sauce. Between the starter and the main course we waited about an hour, several customers who arrived later were served earlier. When I questioned the delay, they asked me to wait a minute, but in fact we had to wait around another 10 minutes. the prices are expensive in relation to the food served, when we asked the waiter about a charge on the bill he was rude, and they still charge a service fee of 15 euros which we were not informed of beforehand, I don't mind paying tips when I receive good service and the food is good. run...