I would like to preface this review with the following: My wife and I are both American; I am white, she is black. We make our best attempt to speak Italian in a foreign county.

This establishment presents itself as an upper-middle to high-end location. At a glance, this would be accurate. However, our experience could not be further from this presentation.

To start, we were not greeted with a smile but rather a bitter reluctance to be seated. We were walk-ins but had done our best to arrive as early as possible. A slammed water bottle on the table was a jarring reception. I did not think or feel that our ethnicity/nationality or race had any part to play... yet. After we were seated, we observed an Asian couple be denied entry. They were told, "Reservation Only". This initially struck us as 'good fortune'. Perhaps we had been lucky enough to be last 'walk-in' to be seated?

This perception was soon to be challenged. The next couple to arrive was visibly of European descent, also without reservation. They were immediately seated in the table next to us... odd. As if to test a budding theory, the next couple to arrive was Asian. Denied. "Reservation only." Afterwards, Several other couples and groups arrived. Many of these people announced that they had 'no reservation'. All of which had a visibly European aesthetic. All of them were seated immediately.

Having just arrived in Rome from Florence. We were eager to taste the flavours of the city. Florence had gifted us with so many new and exciting culinary experiences; the imagination was our only limit to our expectations of Rome.

As for the food. Sub-par, at best.

Bland (unless you love salt). Poorly prepared (could very well have been reheated in a microwave). Over priced (seemed to be +30% over the regional averages).

This is a Tourist Trap of the worst design. Pretentious and Racist.

Avoid.