Best Restaurants in Rome Italy (Pasta, Pizza, & more!)

What, what, what? What's up, you guys? Welcome back. My name is Andrew, and today you may be wondering what the heck is he so happy about, right? Well, you're about to find out in 3, 2, 1. We're here, baby, in Roma, Italia. So I've only dreamed about coming to this place, and honestly, I am super excited. The food is supposed to be really delicious. I love their pastas, pizzas, gelatos, and whatever. So come with me to eat some of the best places in Rome. Let's get it. So we are now at Tonarello's. They're located in Trastevere in Rome. Now, I've always dreamed of coming here. This is one of the first bucket list items that I had. They're especially known for their Roman cuisine, their Roman pastas, which I heard was pretty awesome. So let's give it a try. We're trying their Aperol spritz for the first time. We got their arancini rice balls, which has like amatriciana sauce. Let's see how it is. It's good. Wow, their cacio e pepe, I can't describe it to you. It's peppery, it's smoky, and the rice is perfectly cooked. The outside is perfectly crispy. It's delicious. Wow, look at this. Oh my god. Carbonara pasta. Shall we take a bite? Wow, this is nice and fresh. Eggs are perfectly cooked. Cheese is there. Pepper. Got the saltiness from the guanciale. Oh my god, this is freaking good. Let's try their amatriciana, which is also another Roman pasta dish. Oh, smells good too. Oh, hell yeah. I think I like this the most. Wow, this is so good. Oh my god, I can't describe it to you. Perfect amount of saltiness. The sweetness and acidity from the tomato sauce. The cheese is perfect. It's not too much, it's not too overpowering. And the sauce. Oh my god, the sauce. Wow, so flavorful. Oh yeah. Whoa, this meatball is falling apart. Wow. I can't get over how good this sauce is. These tomatoes are the freshest tomatoes I've ever tasted in my life. Seriously, wow. Let's try some of their sides. It looks like fried home fries, I guess. It's just whatever. What is this? Spinach? Oh wow, yeah. That's good. A little salty though. Oh yeah, I love this meatball. All right. It's still moist inside. Juicy. Tomato sauce to die for. Now I know why people come here and that is so hyped. My god, this is so worth it. I know the line could get pretty ridiculous, but they say on the website to come before 12 or come before 7 during rush hour. And they'll seat you right away. We waited nothing, literally. We were seated right away. So tonnarellos. So we are now at Trastevere. And we just stopped by to get some trappuccino, which is basically a popular Roman street food made by that famous chef. I'll show you right here. It looks great. And I really, really, really wanted to try this. So I'm so excited. Let me just show you. We'll try the chicken cacciatore first. Oh, it smells good. Oh yeah, that's good. Tastes kind of like a sourdough bread. It's nice and crispy on the outside. Perfectly moist on the inside. That chicken cacciatore is nice. It's juicy. It's flavorful. It's freaking good. Next, we'll try the lingua and salsa verde. Not really sure what this is, but let's give it a shot. Oh yeah, it's really good. It's sort of lighter. I think it's tripe actually. It looks like tripe too. Take a look at that. You see those dots? It's pretty yummy. The sauce is nice and fresh. Oh, it's freaking amazing. I'm already in love. This is so... Oh my god. Wow. Anchovy doppia panna. Oh my god. The bread is so good. The cream helps round out the flavor and kind of put into that the fatty and salty flavor from that anchovy. Oh my god. These two, the ones that she recommended, freaking perfect. So for those of you that don't know, trappuccino, I think in my opinion, is basically like a pizza or a pasta inside a sandwich. Crazy invention. I think this might be my favorite one, the anchovy. Which might sound kind of disgusting, but it's freaking delicious. Do yourself a favor and give it a try. I'm not even kidding. Wow. Do you like the anchovy one? I hate it. How is it? What is that? Eggplant parmesan. Oh, it looks good. Smells good. Can I eat this part? Wow. I'm so happy. This is really delicious. Like really delicious. The bread is amazing as usual. The tomato sauce, I cannot get enough of this. In these bustling streets of Trastevere, there is a place called Trappuccino. Just trust me and get yourself one of these bad boys. Man. All right, so now we are headed to dinner at one of the best restaurants here in Trastevere called Otello. And my wife always wanted to try it. So let's get it. Dinner time. The wait time they said is currently five to ten minutes. There are no resi's available for this location. So definitely come here early and try to get a table. We got another after all spritz. Very nice. So we're now seated here inside Otello. And we just ordered the gricia pasta. One of the four classic Roman pastas. And wow. I have to say it looks incredible. We got it with their classic rigatoni. Oh yeah. Look at that. Wow. This is amazing. Creamy, cheesy. God the cheese is so amazing. Wow. The pasta is perfectly cooked. And the guanciale. Oh so soft, so tender. It's amazing. Cacio e pepe. Basically means cheese and pepper. Shall we take a bite? Oh my god. Wow. This is cacio e pepe. Wow the pasta is so fresh. It's definitely homemade. You can taste it. Oh my god the cheese is incredible. Perfect amount of saltiness in there. And that touch of that toasted black pepper. The cracked black pepper in here. Man phenomenal. I never really thought that cacio e pepe can taste like this. Beautiful. Lupa doesn't even compare to this. Right? I don't even remember that either. It was just like whatever. Unbelievable. Wash it down with this spritz. Oh so good. All right that was pretty cool. Let's go to the place that we've all been waiting for. I'm so excited. I can smell it. Bonci Pizzeria. Known as one of the best, if not the best, pizza spot here in Roma, Italia. Let's go try it. Bonci Pizzeria. I am so excited. I didn't know that he would give us this much. Honestly I was just saying one of that, one of that, one of that. It was so hectic in there. But man this looks delicious. Let's dig in. This one looks nice. Oh it looks like guanciale. Oh yeah. I think this is amatriciana. I am so excited. Shall we take a bite? Oh yeah. I am so happy right now. Look at that. Actually this kind of reminds me of the pizza back at home. Just the right amount of crunch on the bottom. Moist and fluffy on the inside. But damn that tomato sauce. Wow. Plus the guanciale and the cheese. My god this is really delicious. Oh my they all look so delicious. I don't even know where to start. Try the anchovy. Anchovy? Okay. Look at that. Anyways, cheers. Wow. Oh my god. I taste cheese, bread, scallions, oil. And I guess that's the anchovy. It's so, it's like strong but not really. That's delicious. Man I guess they really love doing anchovies here in Rome. Which works perfectly for me because hey us Koreans. Man we love anchovies too. So this combination is right up my alley. Great slice. Shout out to Frank back at home. Thank you for recommending the anchovy slice. Now for the, what do you want to call this? Anchovies and what is this? Spinach under there? I don't even know. Honestly this was an impulse decision. He was like rushing me and I kind of just chose one. So let's see how it is. That's interesting. Not my favorite but that's pretty interesting. It's aight. I think so far that's my least favorite. Okay so that looks like, I don't even know. A bunch of veggies. It looks like prosciutto in there. Olives. And what is this? Oh is this egg? Oh maybe it's artichoke yeah. It's definitely an egg on there. Which is very interesting. Yeah I think it's eggs and chopped parsley all over. And a bunch of other things. I don't know but let's give it a try. It's aight. I like the olive and the pizza itself is so good. That tomato sauce is really good. The eggs are whatever. Honestly it's kind of like a turn off. But they got too much going on there. I can't appreciate that one. I'm sorry. Yeah that might be now my least favorite. This one looks really good. This one he kind of pointed to. Looks like it has some mushrooms, some ham, chopped parsley and oil drizzled on top. It looks pretty delicious. Let's give it a try. Oh yeah. It's good. I mean you can instantly tell. We eat with our eyes first right? All the time. It looks good. Perfect. Look at the color on the crust guys. Wow. Last but not least. Looks like a tomato sauce and mozzarella. Either mozzarella cheese or burrata. The inside of the burrata. Oh yeah. So all their pizza is really good. The only things I have to say that kind of turned me off are the two prosciutto slices that were kind of like a bit of a turnoff because there's just way too much going on. And I can't really appreciate it too much. But I'm sure a lot of the folks here, the locals and whoever else comes along and gets those slices. I'm sure they actually enjoy it and they could appreciate it. But not so much me. So if you're ever around this area, we are only 10 minutes, 10 to 15 minute walk away from the Vatican. And it's incredible. You just get yourself a ticket in the front and wait for your number to be called. And then bam. Be ready to be in a line full of hectic, busyness, hustle bustle going on in there. Oh yeah. I almost forgot. They gave us some free suplee because we order a lot. Carbonara suplee. Wow. It really tastes like carbonara. And this one is, I think he said pomodoro. Damn. Pretty nice. We are in Piazza Navona, which is basically the biggest and most famous piazza in all of Rome. All right. Our next spot is just around the corner, about five minutes walking distance. Let's get it. Okay. So we are here now at Osteria da Fortunata, which I heard was pretty awesome. They make awesome pastas. Fresh homemade. Let's go give it a try. Got a Aperol spritz. Oh my god. This looks freaking good. Scavatelli alla arrabbiata, which is a spicy tomato sauce. It smells delicious. Cheers. Wow. Oh yeah. Wow. This is delicious. Look at this. Silky smooth noodles. Wow. That's fresh. It's al dente. The tomatoes. Oh my god. I can't even describe it to you. It's so fresh. Amazing. And we also got the oxtail fettuccine. Damn. This is deep. It's rich. It's deep. It's so good. I like mine. This pasta is freaking perfect. Everything here is freaking good, man. My god. Let me just say, like I cannot say enough about this damn pasta. It's so good. The one I ordered, the Scavatelli, what did I order? Arrabbiata. This tomato sauce. My god. It tastes so freaking good. Like nothing like I've ever tasted. The tomatoes are fresh. They're sweet. They're slightly acidic. The oil is just perfect. And I can't describe it any better than that it just melts in your mouth. And the pasta just slides right in nicely. It's very perfect and al dente. You have to come and try this. Seriously, one of the best pastas I've ever, if not the best pasta I've ever eaten in my life. Jeez. Man, my wife likes it as well. She also agrees this is probably the best pasta that we've eaten here in Rome so far. So that's saying a lot because we've already tried a lot. Trust me. Osteria da Fortunata. That's all you. You like it? Yes, it's good. Let me try it. Strawberry cheesecake. It's good. All right, now I want to introduce you to one of the best restaurants here in Rome. And it's tucked away in this little corner right over here. Right over here. I'm just kidding. It's just McDonald's. So when in Rome, we just had to get anything artichoke. So what they have here is a fried artichoke, which is basically like a, they say it's Jewish style. It looks pretty unique. Let's give it a shot. Oh wow. Oh, that's really nice. Tastes like, it does taste like potato chips. I'm sorry if that's a sin to call it like that. But the outside is really nice and crispy. They use safflower oil, which is a very neutral oil that you could just simply taste the salt on top. It's delicate in the center, the heart of the artichoke. I love the contrast. Crispy on the outside, really fluffy, moist on the inside. It's really unique. Very unique. It's delicious. This is a must here. Best part. This is the best part. Oh yeah. Oh my God, this is great. Do you like? These are super nice. That guy is really super nice and hardworking. I haven't seen him stop moving a single time since it's been open. Next up, we got our pastas. We ordered their classic Roman pastas, the gricia. And we swapped. It usually comes with rigatoni, but we swapped it with tonnarelli. As I heard, that's what they're known for here. Oh my God, it looks incredible. Man, it smells incredible. Shall we take a bite? That oil is phenomenal. The flavor is coming from all that fat from the guanciale. I love that toasted black pepper on top, along with the pecorino. Mad good. Next up, we have another classic Roman pasta, amatriciana, which is basically the same thing as gricia plus their tomato sauce. Their tomato sauce. If you haven't known by now, I'm addicted to their tomatoes. Oh, baby. Cheers. I'm in love. Do yourself a favor and get the tonnarelli because it's delicious. It has a nice bite, that al dente bite to it. And yet, the chewiness. You can't get it anywhere else other than fresh pasta. Beautiful. Wow, this is seriously like major food coma right now. That closes it out for us for our food tour of Rome. Thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you liked some of the places that we hit up here in Rome. Let me know in the comments down below whether or not you liked any of the places. 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