Good food in Rome

Good food in Rome – it is just the title of this blog. In fact, this blog is about excellent and even fantastic food in Rome you may get there. Rome is a very busy tourist city and you may often get average-quality food for a high price. We were lucky to find quite a few excellent places; this is an experience I write about here.

Earlier we had a trip to Rome which included Italian cooking classes in Rome; this time it was only about consuming food not preparing.

All this was experienced during our trip to Rome in the autumn of 2021. This was a short stay in Italy’s capital during mid-October weekend; the main aim of the trip was to visit Rome’s historic centre once again, although to experience of eating nice food in Rome was an important component of the whole trip. So, this blog is entirely about where to find good places to eat in Rome.

A place for a good breakfast

Close to Termini station, we found a nice breakfast place – restaurant NOI Roma located on the corner of Via Gaeta and Via Volturno. This was not a cheap place for breakfast at all but worth of money we spent there. We paid about 40 Euro for two of us each having breakfast dish, coffee and freshly squeezed orange juice – everything was really tasty and service was good too.

Fresh and tasty pizza

If you think about food in Rome and Italy, pizza may be the first thing that comes into your mind.

On our way from the train station to the hotel, we popped into a simple takeaway pizzeria located somewhere between Termini train station and the Colosseum; they also had a couple of tables outside if you wish to eat your pizza immediately. The name of this place is Pizzeria Mediterranea, address is Via Agostino Depretis 76.

We paid some 8 Euro for two decent-sized slices of freshly baked pizza and it was very tasty – that is the reason I am mentioning this pizzeria here in my blog.

An excellent casual dinner

Before deciding where to go for dinner, I searched for an interesting location and found one – Isole Tiberina, an island of Tibra River. The island is small and there were not many places to go for dinner, so it was easy to choose Tiberino Ristorante Bar, which has good reviews on Google. Address of the restaurant Via di Ponte Quattro Capi 18.

Everything was excellent – homemade-style main dishes, dessert, Italian wine and cappuccino at the end. We spent around 40 euros for the two of us – almost the same amount we paid for breakfast near Termini station.

Food was exactly as needed for proper dinner – strong enough but not too strong, excellent flavours with that feel of dining at home.

Lunch in a special place

As we visited several really good restaurants in Rome, we decided to find a special place for our lunch before leaving the city.

There is a restaurant Clorofilla Cucina & Distillati, address Vicolo Delle Grotte 17. The place is hidden in a small street near a market located in Piazza Campo de Fiori and may come as a surprise when you find it – nothing around tells you that you are approaching an exceptional place to enjoy fantastic food.

This restaurant has a concept of the way they prepare and serve food for their customers and it looks like it works well. From outside you would never guess that there are many people enjoying food and relaxing inside.

We did not see the Chef but it must be a person enjoying preparing food. Every detail on the plate was like a masterpiece and the taste was amazing. The same as the wine we had with our meal.

For a two-course meal of two people (including wine, espresso and dessert) we got a bill of around 120 Euro (not including tips) and I have to say that the meal was worth every cent we paid. Our huge and sincere compliments to the Clorofilla Chef!