Il Pasticciaccio

Perfect restaurant. Food was amazing. Spaghetti was delicious. Birra Spina was super and our cappuccino was delicious. They have an amazing waitress that gave us excellent service.

They do have good americano and espresso. But, I mean it’s Roma, you can just get good coffee anywhere. It comes down to the service. Staff was kinda rude. When I asked what is specialty, he said there is no specialty. I asked what is popular, he said everything. So I gave up and got three small desserts. None of them was good. I took tiny bite and couldn’t even finish them. It’s my fault of not be able to speak Italian, but other cafes and restaurants are a lot more helpful and friendlier even though I couldn’t speak the language.

For lunch, good food at an ok price. Ham and cheese sandwich, pasta and coffee all better than you would expect at a place that looks like a corner tourist lure. The service was super friendly and there was no long wait for the food or the check. Definitely will come back.

We stumbled on this place on a Sunday night when not much else in the neighborhood was open for dinner. Mamma mia! First, the menu was very different from the standard fare at the traditional restaurants in the area. We ordered tempura tuna with an orange sauce as an app and it was great. Two of us had the tuna steak for dinner and it was perfect! Really good. We also had the gnocchi, some salads and the pasta carbonara and all were very good. The lasagna was AMAZINGLY good — we requested the chef to come out so we could offer our praise to him in person. It was not your standard American style lasagna, but very light and just delicious! The service was excellent and as a bonus, they had TVs playing the World Cup final game! Oh, also a huge selection of yummy desserts. Great find and one of the best meals of our trip.

We woke up early and came here for breakfast. All the pastries were fresh. Luckily, they spoke a little English. We ordered a pastry with some kind of raspberry jelly and dark yellow sweet frosting. I originally thought that was cheese, but it was not. It tasted okay, just not something I’m used to. The other item was some kind of sandwich with egg and some kind of salami. Just tasted alright. The décor of the place was very nice. As for the pastry and sandwich, they were okay. They didn’t taste horrible and when I looked at the pricing for the espresso, it was 0.90 euro. I figured that was reasonably priced because I haven’t seen it lower yet. Highest I’ve seen was 1.50 euro. We didn’t get a chance to try their other foods but I have a feeling that this place only looks good but tastes mediocre.