Trattoria Da Danilo

If you are African American and want to try this place DONT!
This place gets awesome reviews according to the internet. However, if you look at the newest reviews, this place is definitely going down hill.
I happen to look for a restaurant that I shouldn’t miss while in Rome, and this one came up. I walked up to the restaurant alone, at about 745 to notice it completely EMPTY! Standing outside, was the Hostess and Bar Tender. I politely asked «in English», if the restaurant was open, due to no one being inside.
The Hostess looked at me with a rude stare and responded with a mean tone, «What Do you think?» Ummmmm, that still didn’t answer my question, so I assumed that meant yes. I walked in hoping to be served, since there was not one person there, but noticed she didn’t walk in behind me. Instead she yells in broken english, «You want eat?» I still being polite responded, «Yes, I would like try your food.»
Her response was «NO!» I was at a lost for words, wondering if it had to do with my skin tone, being American, or they just don’t want to make money? Again, I’ll point out, there was not one person in the building, and I was alone; so dinner would definitely be fast.
She then laughed, came directly in my face, where i could smell the smoke coming out her mouth from her cigarette, and asked, «Are you have booking?» I didn’t know what that meant, but then figured it out, and clarified, by asking, If i needed a reservation?
The Hostess never responded, she walked off and continued smoking outside, speaking Italian to her coworker. I stood there for about 5 more seconds and just walked off! Sorry for the owner, this was my last Saturday in Rome, in which i had NO BUDGET for this meal!
I believe this was due to my RACE, because if you read the other reviews, many have came WITHOUT reservations, and were served quickly! I guess people still judge books by their cover, their lost!

Terrible. This place was highly recommended — I am not sure why. First, they serve BARILLA dried pasta and another dried pasta. It is not fresh or homemade. I have a photo of their storage room because they sat us there. Second, they sit all Non-​Italians downstairs in the basement. All Italians sit on the main floor. Third, the service was no good. The server is like your very pushy and rude cousin from Jersey. Lastly, medium cooked meat means bloody rare here. Photo is also posted.
If you want to pay 80 euro for barilla pasta and to be segregated based on nationality, this place is for you. Sadly, this was our last dinner in Italia.

Meh. That’s the best I can come up to describe this place. The service was awful, the food so-​so and too salty. If this is «typical» of other Roma restaurants, you’re better off finding another. A bit disappointed in E. Minchilli of Eat Italy fame for leading us astray with this restaurant.
For those that want a longer description: we sat downstairs, which seemed far more pleasant than the overly bright upstairs. The server seemed pleasant at first, but then told us we couldn’t order the sampler appetizer for our table of 5 to share, but then after ordering a different appetizer he came back to tell us it was ok to order (we skipped it). Once the food showed up 45 mins later (note: Tuesday night), we ate a few bites and remarked that everything was far too salty and rich. Although I’m from the U.S., I’m not afraid of salt but this was overwhelming. We ordered more wine: that showed up 15 mins later. More water too, which never came until the waiter remembered once he cleared all of our plates and empty glasses. Once we got the check, he came to the table to tell us they didn’t accept credit cards but then later that MasterCard was fine, and that we could take it upstairs to pay. The cashier upstairs didn’t acknowledge us at all as he took the card, ran it, and tossed the receipt at us. In all, the experience was meh.
Side note: the light in the ladies’ room didn’t work, so the women at the table had to keep the door open/​cracked while using the bathroom. Pleasant.

This place is a rip-​off! The waiters and people who work there are rude and jerks. We found it online and walked extra from the Coliseum to try their food. We ordered a pint of beer, a platter of house specialties, and a pasta (€ 45 order for 3), the waiter took the order and came back saying to order more because we haven’t ordered a 3 full plates! Appetizer has to be shared and we need to order 1 more carbonara. Haha — he even decided what we have to order to charge their extra € 10 euro. Such a nonsense). If you think we are the stupid tourists to rip off — no way! We left this ridicuolus place and went to a neighbour restaurant. I am sure there are better places in Rome

My husband and I ate here on both our first and last nights in Rome. It was recommended by our hotel and was just a short walk away. The food is very good and the ambiance is very nice. However the rude woman that works there ruined the experience for me. The first night we were exhausted from 15 hours of traveling and only had euros is 50 € bills since we had just gotten there from the ATM. She was very exasperated that she had to make change for us (I didn’t notice this at the time, but my husband brought it up after our experience on the last night. Otherwise, I would not have suggested we go back again). Tonight, our last night in Rome, we went to pay with a credit card and she snaps «no credit cards!» at us when there was clearly a credit card machine right next to her. My husband explained we only had 15 € cash, but he would run to the ATM and I could stay there and wait. She dramatically rolled her eyes, snatched the credit card, shoved the receipt at us, and muttered something under her breath at us as we left. Nowhere was it posted that they do not accept credit cards and we would have gotten cash before if we had not noticed the credit card machine the first night.
I make a point when I travel to not be the «rude American» and learn conversational phrases in the language so I can get by at restaurants and museums and such. If this place hates tourists so much, as it seems they do based on other reviews, maybe they should ask the local hotels to stop recommending them. I know four other couples going to Rome this year and I’ll make sure to save Trattoria da Danilo the trouble of having the serve them.

Very salty and a bit too rich. The first 3 bites are good, after that, the saltiness and grease was overwhelming. Extremely rude serving staff. We’ve been to many places in Rome so far, this one definitely had some attitude from the owner; it made the meal more sour.

Found this place on Unilocal which was located close to our hotel in Rome. We were recommended this restaurant also by the hotel manager and made reservations for us as soon as we got settled after check-​in. For our first dinner after arriving in Italy the décor was very homely and really authentic. I ordered their specialty carbonara and I was blown away. Leaves an aftertaste of you wanting more. The bacon added was not too salty, just enough! My boyfriend ordered the oxtail in tomato sauce and was so tender almost melted in yr mouth. For dessert we ordered the Tiramasu. Hands down the most amazing Tiramasu ever tasted in my life! This place truly knows how to keep their patrons satisfied. Highly recommend you stop by this establishment if you are around the area. *also voted #7 in spaghetti carbonara in italy*

The carbonara and ravioli with truffle was to die for. Also, get the appetizer sampler dish because everything is delicious and it’s a lot of food for the price. Real Italian food and really delicious.

We found this gem which is walking distance from the hotels near the Termini station in Rome. It was our last night in Rome and we so wanted an authentic dining experience. Well, we got it. The place was packed on a Monday night & good thing we phoned ahead.

Best carbonara in Rome!
We arrived on a Thursday evening without a reservation and had no problems obtaining a table. Immediately we saw a mixed antipasto go out and we wanted that! We asked what it was (half in English, half in Italian) and they were more than happy to assist!
The carbonara here is hands down the best I’ve ever had — and the cacio e pepe? We are still arguing over which was better!
We also ordered the secondi — the filet with pecorino sauce was tremendous! Our waiter recommended this one and did not disappoint!!!

I came here based on Unilocal recommendations and was somewhat disappointed.
The Carbonara was exceptional, controversially with spaghetti rather than rigatoni and more french style presentation (an elegant mold with crunchy bacon slice decoration) rather than roman simplicity. The coda alla vaccinara was very tasty and presented beautifully in a heavy peasant style bowl.
However, one of the waiters was brusk, visibly irritated by having to wait more than 30 seconds for an order and when he bought the bill I had the suspicion that it wouldn’t be correct. Unfortunately, I was proved right and there was a mysterious 10 euros added to the bill. I’m not sure if this is just something they pull on tourists (I was with english speaking family) but it left a bitter taste on an otherwise great meal. Peccato