Da Francesco — Restaurant in Rome

I have a mixed feeling after having a lunch here. First, food is worth to recommend it. Second, service isn't even close to acceptable.

With my wife we have picked Da Francesco for it's recommended truffles. Indeed, whatever we had was either good or fantastic. Two dishes are especially worth to mention: Tortellini with carbonara filling and truffles - well balanced taste, rich and smooth thanks to cream's fat magnified truffles; Beef tartar with truffles, egg and parmesan - it is chopped (not minced) from a fine beef, served with salty and intense cheese does not need and salt or pepper; I am a big fan of variety of tartar and this one was a) on a top of my life list b) the biggest single portion I have ever had. One thing about truffles: these were not as good as expected from a Trip Advisor reviews. Other things like starters or t-bone, were and keeping Italian reputation. They also offer a decent choice of wines.

All this would earn four or five stars alone, but... for us service is not less important. We haven't felt enough attention, while plates with next dishes were literally dropped to our table where was just a little space left.

We have ordered three courses and we were served dishes as they leave a kitchen. So first we got 3 brusccettas (asked for 2, but at that point decided to keep it - we like buratta). Later my wife got her portion alone - so we have shared it. Next, again she got her portion alone and we waited this time. Finally, I got my two portions (t-bone and tartar) at once!?

Prices are quite ok for Rome, with main dishes from €15 to €25. Wines vary from below €20 up to €180 and more, for a bottle (there is also a choice of 375 ml bottles, half price). Last, but not least, they do not have a coffee machine - forget about espresso after full lunch or dinner.

Truffle tip: if like us, you are on a hunt for truffles, we rather recommended "Tartuffo & Friends" - they are twice as expensive (30+ per dish), but their truffles are worth it and service was first class. 15 minutes walking away.

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The chalkboard menu outside shows a great many number of options. Despite the long list of pastas, most of the options consist of various combinations of the same types of pasta, sauces, and toppings. and they were delicious!

We sat in the slightly cramped dining room and I took notice of the monogrammed napkins, which were a nice tough. Once I dove into the menu, I gravitated towards all the truffle options. Some of them include large truffle shavings, while most of them include large specks of black truffle.

15€ Fettuccine Alla Gricia Con Tartufo Nero (Fettuccine with Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Black Pepper, Black Truffle): The amazingly al dente fettuccine was soft, springy, and just chewy enough. All together, it was creamy and savory. It was just like a very well done carbonara with fettuccine.

25€ Fettuccine with Shaved Truffle: I was happy to see a very generous serving of shaved black truffles as well as specks of black truffle on top of fettuccine in a creamy sauce. It was delicious. There was so much truffle that the texture of the truffle almost competes with the pasta. Perhaps it'd be best to thoroughly mix it all together.

10€ Spaghetti "Mancini" Alla Carbonara (Spaghetti w/ Egg, Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Black Pepper): Meanwhile we also tried their carbonara, which was just as delicious with crispy, salty bacon, and creamy soft egg.

10€ Spaghetti "Mancini" All'Amatriciana (Spaghetti w/ Tomato Sauce, Bacon, Ewe's Cheese, Red Pepper): I wasn't expecting much of spaghetti with tomato sauce, but this was just excellent comfort food. All of the pasta options were exemplary designs of simple food executed well.

9€ Tiramisu al pistacchio: The pistachio tiramisu was served in a small mason jar. After all the salty pasta, the sweet dessert was very refreshing and creamy. On its own, however, it can be a tad too sweet.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything we tried. On top of that, the prices were quite affordable. In fact, the prices of the secondi portion of the menu also looked very reasonable. We enjoyed it so much we ate here twice...

First of all, I wanna say that I go quite often to this restaurant as I travel to Rome several times a year for work trips. I usually go there with a group of colleagues but last Saturday It was the first time that I went there with my husband. Rome for Easter weekend and brought him to eat at my favorite restaurant ( used to be, before they became greedy and vicious). This weekend was the first time they pulled a bad tourist trick on me. I didn’t have a regular waiter that would serve me usually.

Let’s start with the food: I ordered carbonara pasta and my husband had a margarita pizza ( real basic). Well I got my pasta 15 minutes before my husband could have his pizza. We understood it was a busy Saturday night, but I had time to finish eating before my husband could get his plate. I would have waited but the carbonara sauce was getting stiffed. Like they couldn’t synchronize my pasta delivery with his pizza 😒. Anyway we didn’t make a big deal out of it.

The big joke was coming… we asked for 2 glasses of red wine, as we were tired and jet lagged we didn’t wanna do a whole bottle. So 2 glasses of a dry not too sweet red wine. Wine was good. LOL Than we got the bill and the glasses were 22Euro a glass. A total of 44Euro for 2 glasses of wine!!!!!!!!! A glass of wine cost between 8 to 12Euro max at this restaurant. The waiter really took us for regular stupid tourists if you want my honest opinion! I couldn’t believe he poured us a 22Euro a glass wine without even mentioning it before!!!! By the way a pizza and a pasta are 24Euro total! The bill also had an extra 8Euro for an other beverage we haven’t took. This one got removed for the total charges. But it looks like if you aren’t paying any attention they just over charge you !!!!!! This was dishonest and laughing at...