Reviews - Il Giardino Romano
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8.7/10
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10
Amazing carciofi - 4 ways! Nice sitting outside with heat-lamps and pleasant waiters
7.0
Nice people , the kitchen ok
6.0
Two women in that area can’t go to dinner and feel comfortable anymore. Me and my friend got harassed by table of men who were sitting behind us. It’s a second time something like that happens to me in that area.
Il Giardino Romano???????????????????
6.0
Il Gardino Romano was server a pretty good artisjok and deep fried vegetables. The lamp chops were over done though. Nice Barbera d’Alba wine. The discount was not given at first.
8.5
i carciofi
10
authentic cuisine in an long established restaurant. one of my favorites in Rome
9.5
We ate very well and the service was excellent. The fried artichokes were absolutely delicious. I recommend this place highly.
10
Great service and delicious food
10
Excellent, authentic, quick , tasty, welcoming
10
Excellent authentic food, great service; nice vibes in the beautiful ghetto area. Warmly recommended
4.5
Location was great. Food lacked taste
10
Amazing food & service :)
10
Over all Excellent!!
4.0
The waiter was distracted and forgot to bring one item ordered and got another item ordered incorrect. Food was mediocre. Don’t bother going.
10
Incredibly friendly service and very tasty artichokes!!!
8.0
The starters were really good: the fried artichokes, the carciofi alla giudia were all really tasty and not too heavy at all. The mains were all good, except for a pasta alla gricia which wasn't great. The gnocchi al pesto, tonnarelli cacio e pepe and the coda alla vaccinara all good.
8.0
you cannot miss artichokes giudei and, if you like 5th quarter of meat coratelle and fried brain. However everithig is delicious. location in the middle of Jews ghetto gives the opportunity to feel real roman old style atmosphere. very recommended
10
a nice place to enjoy the local wine and food. will visit again when back to rome.
10
The food was great, took quite a bit to get to us, but the friendly staff made up for it
8.5
We were a party of six; some of the dishes, mainly pasta and starters, were quite good, but I would stay away from the Mixed Grilled Fish, which was not good at all.
5.0
Ok not great
10
This a favourite place in Rome. Always fantastic artichokes and trad roman dishes. Traditional ambience indoors and nice open area outdoors in lovely historic part of the city and great alternative to Trastevere
10
Service was excellent and food was delicious- highly recommend trying the artichoke and ricotta cherry cheesecak, house specialties.
10
A friend recommended this restaurant and it did not disappoint. Try the artichoke trio for an appetizer! So good!!
7.5
It was a good experience. The waiter was nice and cordial. You must try the alcachofras and the zucchini flower! The pizza was good too.
4.5
Not great. Artichokes are good, pasta fine, pizza not good. No ambiance, not worth a trip. Better restaurants nearby.
4.0
Food used to be good about 8 years ago. Now it’s a tourist trap with below average food. At least the prices aren’t inflated. The back garden is spectacular if you can dine there.
10
The food is excellent They are especially noted for their fried artichokes. This is truly a unique dish. But it does not stop with the artichokes. The pasta dishes as well as the fish and meat are outstanding.
10
Thank you for the wonderful dinner and service. Our server engaged our 9 year old nephew, Nicholas, in a very sweet way that made him feel special. We come here every time we come to Roma. Excellent restaurant.
9.0
We ate outside and the odour of the sewer was unpleasant. But the staf was friendly and the dood delicious. We didnt receive our 20% discount; we forgot it and were at home when we thought of it. Thats a pity.
Il Giardino Romanothank you .sorry for the discount but we don't know until the customer asks for it. you could come back. next time we do
4.5
Terrible service, we had to ask three times for a beer and three times for the bill. The steak was ordered medium well and came rare and poor quality meat. My pasta was hard (not al dente!). It’s obviously a popular place as it was busy but I would not recommend and we were overall very disappointed.
4.0
We booked for 3 and were really amazed by the internal garden which embeds a modern mosaic with ancient Roman statues embodied in the walls. The food didn't match the ambience though. We ordered two appetizers: the middle eastern plate and the ghetto one. The ghetto appetizer was delicious, and the artichoke a la Judea was delicious. Too bad that the appetizer has very few things and comes at a cost of 12€. Definitively, it does not live to its expectations as just two restaurants down the road (Da Giggetto) they give you a bunch of them at the same price. The middle eastern appetizer was horrific. We had four decent falafel accompanied with wannabe-hummus, tahini and eggplant sauce. Being Lebanese, the sauces were an insult to the cousin. The hummus was dripping and it seemed as it were diluted in water. The bread was excellent however. When the first course came (we ordered pasta cacio and pepe revisited with artichokes, lazagna stuffed with artichokes, and pasta with artichokes and clams) we were horrified by the cooking of the pasta. It seemed like cement and it didn't even have one bit of salt in it. My cacio and pepe with artichokes wasn't a cacio and pepe at all. I had to order parmesan (I don't think it even was parmesan) separately and put the entire plate on my pasta just for it to have a more decent taste. Their homemade red wine was sour and it tasted exactly as red wine vinegar. The total bill came to be 91.5€ and they added two extra baskets of bread when we only had two and not four. Whatever, the bread was the only thing that had a taste at least. Our meal would've been better if the personnel gave us some olive oil and a bit of salt for us to dip bread into and eat. That's it for the food. I'd rate it 3/10. On our way to the cashier, we required to split the bill into three halves and wanted to pay by card. They were having internet problems which is understandable. However, when I paid before my two friends, they issued me a receipt before finishing the paper roll. After 5 minutes they brought a new paper roll, and my other two friends paid. The cashier insisted for quite a bit that I didn't pay and got my receipt to verify that the transaction ID wasn't the same as that on the receipts of my friends. While all this was happening, our waiter, Michael, a Syrian or Palestinian, lost his temper to his barman because the latter made a coffee with cold milk instead of hot milk. It was pretty funny as the cashier had to ask him in Arabic to not do this in front of customers. I'm not sure of the taste that tourists have when eating there, but the cousin for someone that is Italian is horrendous.
10
It was super great Roman food, good price for quality. Please book early that around 13.30 restaurant becomes super full.
10
Best people, best service, best food, best restaurant. Hands down a must if your anywhere near Roma. We stubbled upon it while walking thru the Jewish Ghetto made a reservation around 4 for 7:30pm. The house red is affordable and now one of my favorite wines. We then made reservation two night later and brought our friends. They agreed best restaurant! Make a reservation it can get quite busy. We saw them turn several people away.
10
Delicious place inside the ancient Jewish ghetto, friendly staff and very good courses!
7.0
Nice middle Eastern cuisine and artichokes the Roman way.
7.0
Great staff and great ambiance. The food is just okay not excellent but we had a good time. I would probably go back because the price is good. Thanks
10
Beautiful and romantic! High quality of food especially the “ravioli all’arancio” and “coda alla vaccinara “!
10
Great restaurant , great artichokes lamb like butter, maybe not the best carbonara in Rome but pretty good anyway, very good prices with the fork discount.
10
We go often as we love artichokes, which they source year round for fresh varieties and serve in many different ways. Traditional Roman menu and also pizza. Good house wine. Tables inside and out in a characteristic traffic-free area behind the Synagogue across the river from Trastevere and Isola Tiberina.
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