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Ciccia Bomba
Apr 29, 2008 by Francesco from New York
Overall Rating: 9
Food:[10] • Service:[8] • Atmosphere:[8]

• Food.
• Can be crowded.

“We are in Rome on a regular basis to spend time with family. Ciccia Bomba is one of the places that we return to year after year. The menu changes constantly depending upon what is in season, availability etc. If your server suggests something go with it. Everything is always fresh and incredibly well prepared. You will also find one of the best pizzas in this part of the city. The wine selection is also very nice. You can't beat a great meal here and then a walk through the neighborhood after dinner. The food and service here are consistently very good and the location is very convenient.”

Maffei
Mar 24, 2008 by John from Uxbridge, England.
Overall Rating: 6
Food:[3] • Service:[8] • Atmosphere:[5]

• Professional staff, good location, charismatic, good wine list.
• Food quality.

“Fantastic location, in a truly wonderful building with friendly attentive staff. There, that's the good bits. The alarm bells started to ring. My wife and I both chose the meat based tasting menu. The starter was supposed to be veal but it was simply a grilled, whole chicken breast, scored on the surface with asparagus laid into the cuts. I was going to complain but I make a point of never sending food back or complaining. If it's bad enough to complain about, or send back, then I leave and as it was a special occasion, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Furthermore, as well as the veal being chicken, the asparagus had not been trimmed properly and thus we had the pleasure of the stringy base to deal with. After that came veal cannelloni, which may have been veal, but the cannelloni was rolled pancake, not pasta. On the plus side, it was much better than the starter veal. The main course was braised veal cheek, one of my favorite cuts when cooked well, which surprisingly this was. However, the accompaniment was four blobs of cold, relatively tasteless carrot foam. Not bad but some simple steamed vegetables would have been much better. Dessert was some awful banana concoction, where the fruit had been lightly cooked, dredged (and I mean dredged) in cinnamon and plated with some chocolate mousse. Once again, it was not vile but amateurish in the extreme. The wine list was extensive and the prices not as steep as I expected. I plumped for a bottle of Quintarelli's fine Valpolicella Superior at a reasonable 40. We were also treated to a free Prosecco as an appetizer and a free glass of Sauternes with the dessert, which went some way to mitigating the dreary food. All in all, I would not say that the cooking lived up to the staff or the wonderful location avoid.”

San Teodoro
Mar 23, 2008 by Antony from Calgary
Overall Rating: 2
Food:[6] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[2]

• Wines.
• Prices.

“I saw some people were worried when the bill arrived on their table, because the prices are a little bit harder than these you can read in your guide, and there is any menu (and prices) outside of the restaurant. The food is plain and very poor in flavor and originality, the only positive thing in S. Teodoro is the cellar, there is a good choice of wines, and, surprisingly! They are no expensive.”

Ciao Bella
Mar 19, 2008 by jürgen from Frankfurt
Overall Rating: 1
Food:[2] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[3]

• Cant think of anything.
• That there's nothing positive to say.

“Food was not worth the money I payed. The staff where arrogant.”

Cafe de Paris
Mar 17, 2008 by Rodney from Sacramento, CA
Overall Rating: 10
Food:[10] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[10]

• Food and service.
• Nothing.

“I don't know what Susan and Paula consider to be a good restaurant but there review of Cafe de Paris is way off base. The staff is good, the food is great (the ingredients are FRESH), and the overall value is fine for what you are getting. Cafe de Paris would give any high class Virginia restaurant a run for its money and do I really need to talk about England.”