Restaurant in Trastevere
Would like recommendations for best restaurants in Trastevere. Will be there in September with my 2 adult children
tracyrob
Aug 19, 2006 07:37PM
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My Roman friends rave about "Le Mani in Pasta", via dei Genovesi,37. It opened after I moved back, so I've never been there. If you like fish (but not just), I recommend "Ripa 12", Via di San Francesco in Ripa, 12. One of the most memorable meals I ever ate in Rome.
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I had one of the most memorable meals of my LIFE at Spirito Di Vino.
It's a slow food place, so make sure you have time and that you are hungry. I mistakenly went there on my last night in Rome, and I was SO tired, and I really was too tired for the experience...but it was amazing.
The owner is hilarious. We asked for a wine list, and he plunked a huge binder on our table and laughed. It was the biggest wine list I had ever seen. He sent over their great sommelier though.
I recall the location being very historical too...
http://www.spiritodivino.com/
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I can second Spirito in Vino, I was there my last trip to Rome and am sorry that I didn't know about it when I lived there. It actually started out as a wine bar with a little bit of food. Now it's very much a restaurant with an extensive wine list. The food is very good and a cut above the normal Roman food. It's on the Vicolo dell'athleta near Santa Cecilia.
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The best I know of in Trastevere is Ripa 12 on via de San Francesco. Not fancy, just real good fish. Also, we enjoyed Gino at 85 Via della Lungaretta.
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One more choice since you will be with adult children. This is the very special Antico Arco Roma, on Piazzale Aurelio, on Janiculum Hill. Perhaps one of top 10 in Rome. We walked there from our hotel, up a steep staircase which appeared to be a road on the map ( typical for Italy) then on a winding road. Finally the restaurant atop the hill. I would recommend a taxi. I would definitely go back. Desk clerk can easily make you a reservation.
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I just spent several days in Trastevere and went to a few really good places recommended by a friend who lived there. Dar Poeta on Vicolo del Bologna, 45/46 (Near Piazza della Scala) was so good we went twice! Da Fabrizio (Via S. Dorotea, 15) was incredible, especially the pasta with truffle sauce. Pizzeria San Calisto was good (right in Piazza San Calisto off of Piazza Santa Maria del Trastevere), but not as good as Dar Poeta.
And, even though it's a chain, I thought the gelato at Blue Ice in Piazza Santa Maria was the best I had in Rome.
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Spirito Di Vino? A great restaurant? I was so dissappointed. Service was barely adequate. Starters were great, though I had a filet and it was one of the fattiest pieces of meat I've ever had. My companion had the signature pork dish, which tasted odd. The staff barely acknowledged we were customers, which I don't know if this was because we didn't make a reservation? Was it because we were wearing blue jeans? This was the only restaurant in Rome where all of the staff were wearing jeans. I see and read about this great looking place, with burgundy walls, though the place must have been painted bright yellow, and it is not pleasing to the eye. Rachel Ray went here and claimed to spend 14 bucks. 2 starters, 2 first courses and a bottle of $30 wine (cheapest in the big book), cost us 130 US dollars. My worst dining experience in Rome hands down.
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Sorry to hear that you had such a disappointing experience. That's always the danger of making a rec.
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We went to Spirito di Vino in October this year. The walls are indeed bright yellow with white edging and ceiling. I loved it... but I love yellow :-)
I loved the staff. The food was good but not great. Wines were excellent. We visited the cellar.
The only thing that I didn't really like is that EVERYONE eating there was American...
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