il Ristorantino — Restaurant in Rome

Located very close from our AirBNB, this Roman restaurant provided a great taste of traditional Roman cuisine. A restaurant literally named “The Little Restaurant,” might be deceiving, but this place is great.

Ordered the Carbonara & my friend got the Alla Gricia. Both were delicious, and I could tell they used fresh ingredients. This place was so great, I got take-out cacio e pepe a couple days later. Large portions, at least from June 2022.

We tried the restaurant “Cacio e Pepe” on our visit to Rome (also in neighborhood) and if you’re looking for traditional Roman food, I found this...

Very cool and ambient vibe as soon as you walk in. Starters were simple, limited yet flavorful and enjoyable (meatballs were a personal favorite). For the main corse I chose the “Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe.” Once again simple yet great. You can tell everything is house made and made with love. Desserts were a symphony sweet and original flavors. Started off with the fried gnocchi with Nutella and left trying the whole sweet side. To top it all of the service was as good as it gets, especially being a tourist in a not so touristy...

We had some potatoe fries and chicken stripes fried as antipasti. Then we had the manzo panato and carbonara. The carbonara was unfortunately not good, there was salt missing and the egg was not creamy as it should be, however the guanciale was very good not that salty. The panato was a bit oily. The potatoe fries were too crispy. The chicken stripes...