I Due Ciccioni

This place is amazing! I am sad that I only got to go one time while I was studying abroad in Italy. This place is very authentic. There is no menu and it is technically not a restaurant. I believe the owner lives upstairs. For 25 euros they serve you a three course meal and unlimited wine. They give you limoncello at the end. Next time I visit Rome, I will definitely return!

This is my first five star on here, and this place absolutely deserves it. Perhaps it is the unlimited limoncello that I drank that has my memory foggy about how amazing this place is, but I don’t care!
It took us forever to find this little joint. We stumbled into an all men’s Roma FC club before being led in the right direction by one of its adorable elderly members. I’m guessing that happens a lot.
For 25 euro, you get three courses, dessert and unlimited limoncello and sambuca! All typical roman dishes, of course, but who doesn’t live amatriciana?
First course was a spread of bruschettas like beans and squash on and unending supply of crusty bread. Next come the pastas. We had amatriciana, which was my personal favorite. It was just salty enough from th pancetta and sweet enough from the fresh tomatoes it had just been cooked in. Second favorite was the cacio e pepe. That is just a simple dish with cheese and loads of pepper! You can find it anywhere in Rome, but I Due Ciccioni does it right. Lastly was the carbonara. It was just OK, a bit too eggy for me, but the rest of my table loved it.
Our meat course was roasted chicken with lemon and rosemary flavorings. The skin was still on and just crispy enough to give it that extra kick and crunch.
For dessert, the owner brought out a tart. It was definitely homemade, but I did not care for it. But I do not normally care for Italian sweets anyway…
After eating like pigs and downing an entire bottle of limoncello, us study abroad gals walked back to our apartment through Santa Maria square. I think we may have even gotten a gelato?