Garden Ristò — Restaurant in Rome

The Garden Ristro is a treat. It's another restaurant that's on our must-go list every year that we're in Rome. I do recommend making reservations in advance and it's nice you can do that from the States. If you know you're going to be there, they take reservations online and they'll send you an online confirmation. The food is wonderful. The wine is great. The service is fantastic. Make sure you get a seat outside in the garden because that's the best place to be. Everything on their menu is great, but for dessert have the chocolate tortufo. We always go on Sundays because that's the best day to be on the old stretches of the Via Appia. They are probably a lot of ways to get here, but the easiest way is to get off the Metro at Arco Travertino and take the 660 Circolare bus and then walk the short distance down from...

We stumbled on this restaurant by accident while getting desperate for lunch on the Appian Way and it ended up being the best meal I had on our whole honeymoon! There is a large outdoor area as well as indoors and as it was quiet when we went, the staff were attentive. I ordered a sea bass risotto which came presented as a dome of fish with the risotto underneath and tasted beautiful. Even if I wasn't visiting the Appian Way I would travel to eat here as there is a 118 bus from the centre of Rome which stops just down the road but if you're already visiting the local catacombes or other historical sites...

Planned to go to a restaurant right next door to Garden Ristò but it wasn’t the vibe I was hoping for and smelled like smoke inside. So I left and took a chance on this place - so glad I did. Everything was delicious. The servers were professional, kind, & gave me suggestions on what to order. Best food I’ve had in Rome thus far. After dessert it did take a while for someone to check on me and to get my check, I was the only guest in there so they may have forgotten about me, but nonetheless it didn’t effect my experience too much. Give this...