Love this place! It’s right down the street from the apartment we were staying at and had this for lunch everyday. Pizza is amazing and all of their other foods were great too! Must try!
Aixa C.
Place rating: 5 Brooklyn, NY
This review is based on my husbands experience of a spicy pizza he had. I was too sick to eat the ham and cheese calzone I ordered. I didn’t want to go to this place, it looked cheesy. But according to him pizza was amazing.
Whitney G.
Place rating: 5 Arlington, VA
I absolutely ADORED this place when I studied abroad. I lived right above it and had it for lunch, every, day, haha. Delicious
Marianna L.
Place rating: 4 Glassboro, NJ
I love my Pizza Boom. I miss my Pizza Boom. I lived in the apt next door to this joint, as did the other Unilocaler, probably, while I studied in Rome. First and foremost, the guys that work there are super friendly. I think most of them are from south Asia/India/Sri Lanka, those regions. They speak perfect Italian though, and a little bit of English. The food was good! Solid food if you didn’t feel like cooking or walking into the city. I loved that they had a bunch of different kinds of pizza, and the roasted chicken and potatoes would fill me up in minutes! Their pastas are delicious too! Prices are definitely reasonable. Ugh, miss that life.
Sarah H.
Place rating: 4 Brisbane, Australia
I’m biased because I used to live in an apartment building next door to this place and haunted it all the time, but Pizza Boom is a pretty great one-stop neighbourhood café. The pizzas are thick-based, doughy and served by weight, so if you fancy a little snack, they’ll cut you a small sliver. They also do great rice-stuffed tomatoes, porchetta, artichokes, lemon potatoes and other vegetables, and in the mornings, they have a limited supply of chocolate, fresh cream and custard cornettos. The guys who work here are absolutely lovely and often smuggle in a little pastry or bit of porchetta with your order. It’s not worth the trip if you aren’t in the area and it doesn’t cater to tourists/non-Italian speakers much, but if there’s one of the almost weekly bus or train scioperi(strikes) on Viale di Trastevere, or if you’re stranded at Trastevere station, wander the two blocks and pick up a snack. They almost always have the TV blaring with an Italian soap, except during World Cup time, where you can join ten neighbourhood men and scream and gesticulate at Messi to your heart’s content.
