Cafe Lungara 1940 — Restaurant in Rome

Rome has the best cappuccinos but certainly not here. For the first two days in Rome, I've had excellent cappuccinos before my early tours of the Vatican and Colosseum which were so wonderful and creamy but in a paper cup. So on my third day I was hoping to start my late morning with one in a proper cup here and had high expectations since it wasn't in a tourist area. What my sister and I got were the worse cups of cappuccino we've had in Italy. I mean Starbucks in the states could do better. Look at the pic. Granted my sister just needs the caffeine so she drank it but I don't normally have any kind of coffee and only partook because the caps are normally so good in rome. Anyway, I couldn't get the waiter's attention, just gave up, and brought it up to the counter to tell them it's not good and I didn't want to pay for this. Granted the waiter offered to make another one but if it couldn't be made properly the first time, I wasn't going to waste my or their time and material to make another bad cup. Thought things were fine but they later insisted I pay and I held my ground. They said I let it sit. See for yourself...a proper cap could sit and the foam would still be creamy. ...

We sat down at this place after a long morning strolling throught Vatican City. The waitress dettered us from sitting on the table for 3 people, when there was 2 of us, even though the caffe bar was almost completely empty. We ordered two teas, which were served extremely hot, with no sugar, lemon or tea. The waitress threw them on our table, having very poor manners.

Also, when I ordered a foccacia sandwich, which was prepared in advanced, and was, for some reason, waiting to get it served for no less than 15 minutes, and asked the waitress what's the problem, she, with very bossy demanour told me to sit down and that I'll get it somehow. Extemely rude and unnecessary. The sandwich was dry and tasteless as well, probably the worst piece of food that I had in Rome.

Also, toilet door lock isn't working properly and I couldn't lock it when using the toilet.

I am not giving this place 1 star for solely one reason at that is the price, which was very cheap for Rome standards (2 teas and one sandwich was 10...

This was one of my favorite breakfast spots on our trip. It's very clean and quiet with plenty of seating in the mornings; there are mostly just a few folks reading newspapers. Everything was reasonably priced and our drinks were ready within less than a minute of sitting down, and they make fresh orange juice to order which might convince you that you're the healthiest person to ever live.

Everyone who worked there was attentive and endearing, especially the older gentleman who I assume is the owner or manager. The last time we visited, we had our suitcases with us and he was very sweet about asking us to move them so we wouldn't block a service door that we hadn't even noticed (it's on the decorative wall so it blends right into the pattern). He even brought an extra little pitcher of steamed milk for my café. Very cute...