Osteria La Quercia

As you can imagine, there are countless ristorantes and osterias in Rome. To make sure we didn’t end up with a disappointing meal, we did quite a bit of research before deciding on Osteria La Quercia — and it turned out to be the perfect choice. We ordered amatriciana, cacio e pepe, and carbonara, the so-called Roman Holy Trinity of pasta dishes, and each one was cooked to absolute perfection. Every dish we had was delicious. We finished with a tiramisu, which was made with a slightly salty touch and chocolate pieces instead of the usual ladyfingers — I absolutely loved it. It was honestly one of the best tiramisus I’ve had in Rome. I highly recommend this place. It’s a charming little restaurant tucked away in a lovely piazza, far from the tourist crowds.

Nice restaurant in a cozy location, steps away from Campo de’ Fiori square. Quality food well prepared and staff always available even though they were quite busy. Costs maybe high, I always compare the price of a bottle of water. 3,50€ has a quite high mark up. We will come back anyway, definitely recommended.

The food, wine, service and overall atmosphere was absolutely fantastic! We loved this restaurant so much that one evening when we booked a table at another restaurant, where we just didn't feel right from the moment we came in, we spontaneously came here again. Even though Osteria was fully booked, their team was so lovely to find us a table. Having another great evening here, only confirmed that our decision to come back here again was the right one. Can't wait to go back to Rome and dine at this restaurant again 😍

Absolutely amazing! The food, the wine, the staff, the cosy atmosphere- they all deserve 5 stars! Always worth going back, it never disappoints! ❤️

Everything we ordered was fantastic! We got the amberjack appetizer, highly recommend. The cacio e Pepe was perfectly seasoned and creamy. For some reason they gave us a free side of boiled chard which has been our enemy in Italy but it was free so I’ll let that go

Authentic and delicious. My husband and I had a truly fabulous lunch, one of the food highlights of our 4 weeks in Italy. Osteria La Quercia is far, far, far superior to your usual tourist or social media haunt. I recommend the Maritozzo Salato, Carbonara and the Polpette, but everything else on the menu looked amazing too. Skip Trastevere and come here, you won’t be disappointed! Was also recommended a great wine. The location is tranquil and pretty and the staff are lovely and accommodating.

Recommended by our local guide when asked where she likes to eat. Did not have a reservation. Arrived about 20:00. Was informed a table was available but only for about 90 minutes and would that be sufficient time for us to dine. Yes, it was. The manager was very friendly. From what we could gather, mostly locals dining which is a good thing! The meatballs here are the star! Pastas were delicious. Getting close to the time the table would be needed for a reservation and we offered to have our espressos inside. The manager said to take our time and enjoy. She was not rushing us. If back in Rome we will definitely dine here again!

Delicious food on a low key Piazza. The service is great as always and in English if needed. Make a reservation.

Very good food and quiet quaint outdoor seating We had - carbonara with bacon Al dente creamy perfect - meatballs good compliment to the pasta - mistizanata salad - bitter but good Recommend it

Wonderful friendly staff, great food and wine. I had the Cacio e Pepe and it was fantastic... I highly recommend it.

Really enjoyed this place, in a quiet little square just off Campo di Fiori. Sat outside, excellent service, great food. This is not a tourist trap or an overhyped restaurant, it's simple great quality food in a quiet neighborhood.

Very good location. Book in advance for outside seating. The restaurant went through a renovation recently and it has a very nice design. The food is good but pricey, I am not giving five star because the menu is kind of limited...

Fair. Lots of sauce. Reminded me of American Italian. Pass on this one. Had the meatballs, amatriciana, bruschetta

This was a suggestion for a true Roma meal. Best meal by far in my Italy travels. Small, charming decor, fills up with locals quick so suggest a reservation. We started with just picked mushrooms the server showed you fresh in a basket. Grilled and sautéed -- can't begin to describe the loveliness! Some zucchini, cheese, fish goodness fried in the lightest batter! Chefs choice of pasta was some truffley, cheesy, asparagasy, goodness. And pistachio creme brûlée, tiramisu, and panna cotta covered in chocolate sauce. A must try in Rome!

Everything a restaurant should be, welcoming, unpretentious, varied reasonably priced menu, consciously designed interior with good acoustics and a great, 'though slightly hidden, location, and of course attentive friendly service. Healthy mix of locals and non-locals, despite it being the Roman eat out evening of the year (Easter Sunday) ...and no English menu, which in mind is a positive indicator, even if you end up ordering tripe (and the new Google app had trouble with some of the technical terms in the menu - see screenshot :-) So glad we had the chance to eat here before we left Bella Roma.

I really loved this place and our service. Our server Francisco was great and very funny. He made wonderful recommendations and introduced to my new favorite white wine. The interior is clean and nicely decorated. Francisco stated they change the big canvas art every once in a while. Nice for a good,fresh pasta dinner after walking all of Rome.

Would love to share my dining experience if I had one to speak of. After we received a locals recommendation, we decided to ignore other negative reviews of poor service towards tourists. We should have trusted the internet instead. After being told they'd clear a table for us, we watched another group that arrived AFTER us be sat (while we could see our clean table in sight) and then watched as the host /waiter took the order of another table, all while still waiting to be sat. Suffice to say we left promptly. Who knows how poor the rest of our experience could have been? We had high hopes for an authentic experience but that's not worth being treated poorly. You won't get our money and I urge other tourists to proceed with caution.

Went with a group of twelve when in town for the Italian Open food was fantastic place is casual zucchini flowers were amazing as was the pasta and rabbit - service was great too!

Great little find away from the tourist traps. The food and wine were excellent. Best to go with the waiter's recommendation. We walked in for dinner early (7:30) and thought we might have made a mistake because it was empty but quickly found out it was a great choice as the food was excellent and the place filled up with all Italians. Would definitely recommend it.

We found Osteria La Quercia from a book of recommendations at our AirBnB. It was great. We walked by so many highly reviewed places that had lines of tourists. This place on a square near Campo Di Fiore was just what we were looking for. It was relatively empty when we got there. They have two rooms which we didn't realize until we left. The service was great. We ordered the bruschetta pommodorro. It was tasty but the bread was a bit hard to eat....they really like toasted bread in Roma. We also had the eggplant parmigiana and carbonara. Both were good but the carbonara was better and one of the best we had on the trip. We also ordered the tiramisu. This wasn't that great. It was very soggy. But the house red was pretty awesome. Overall a great restaurant with solid food.

The first time I saw this place was at night in the rain after the longest two-hour flight from Paris that mankind has ever known: its soft yellow lights shining like a beacon of salvation in the mist and fog, awaiting strangers in the night who somehow stumbled upon the welcoming facade. They could have served cat food that evening and I probably would have thought it was the greatest food I had ever had. In reality, this place came recommended from our hotel and it was so wonderful that our group came back a couple of nights later to try some other things on the menu. That's a testament to their abilities to prepare amazing meals and deliver them with equally impressive service: in a city with as many restaurants as this one, coming to the same one twice in the same trip must mean these folks are doing several things correctly. The place can actually be a little tricky to find. There's a swath of greenery overtaking the name of the establishment on the building so if you're looking for it in the dark like we were, you might want to bring a flashlight or a flare gun, whatever works best. Maybe hedge trimmers. And even when you do find it, it isn't anything spectacular in the "looks department." Two dining rooms on both sides of the building with a kitchen and an ordering station sitting right smack in the center. The dining rooms get crowded fast so if you're not up for socializing with your dining partners whom you have never met until they were seated down next to you, you better overcome your social anxieties. So now that you've officially gotten over how small the place is and how chances are good you'll be able to tell if your dining neighbors showered that morning, it's time to turn our attention to the best points here: the staff and the menu. We had the same server both nights and he was a study in delivering a memorable experience. He could jump back and forth between Italian (for the locals) and English (for the tourists... hello) like nothing, and he knew the admittedly lengthy menu better than most people I know who have spent years working in the restaurant industry. I believe he said they had Peroni (because there is not a single business in the city that does not have at least 17 Peroni bottles nearby) but wine is the way to go. I couldn't tell you what we got but a bottle of red and a bottle of rose later and we were loving this place even more. The waiter recommended both and hats off to him and his tastes. Your food "staples" are here - lasagna (vegetarian and meat-based), tortelli (which was so tasty I considered writing this entire review on this dish alone), ravioli, salads, etc. You know what to expect here but I'm willing to bet you the one token green wooden cat they have on the wall right when you walk in surrounded by about six other plain brown wooden cats that you don't know these dishes like these gentlemen serve. Everyone cleaned their plates, and I shamefully thought about licking mine. For the more esoteric and adventurous diner, or for the person who likes to brag about "crazy" stuff they have eaten, there are a few other, uh, "unique" choices. I had ox tail and fried lamb's brain on two different occasions. I did not see anyone in the restaurant on either visit eating these dishes, and that's a shame because they are quite good! What started out as ignorant bravado on my part ("How many times can you tell someone 'Yeah, I ate fried lamb's brain'? Facebook will love it, and my friends will love me! Validation!!!") turned out to be a brilliant stroke of luck as these dishes rank among the best meals I've had in the weeks I've spent in Europe. Of course, there's dessert to take in, too, and if you can get beyond the tiramisu and the pistachio creme brulee(!), then you are a far better person than I because there are other tasty treats on the dessert menu that escape my mind at the moment. I want to say there was a restaurant from years ago that had the slogan "Come hungry, leave happy." Shoot, maybe that's used today. I don't know. I do know that it would easily apply here. Enjoy the staff, take in the company (as well as the glorious murals and selection of books in the corner of the right dining room), and eat well. It's all too easy, even if you had to wander in the rain to find the place.

Yum! Your basic excellent Ostoria in Rome. Good service, good ingredients, good location, good prices. A lovely experience. Carcoffi Romana with excellent olive oil. Tortolini with peas, cream, ham. Awesome

In a quiet alley off of the bustling Campo di Fiori, this restaurant offers a wide selection of Italian food. I had the lasagna ragu which was simple and fresh! I would definitely return to try more options.

We found this place while walking around near our hotel. The seafood soup was fantastic. The carbonara was ok. It was just a tad salty from the bacon. Service was great. Also it was cheaper than what I expected it to be.

Learned about this gem from a native Roman, and checked out TripAdvisor to get confirmation that it was legit. It was great. Located just south of Campo de' Fiori plaza, and West of the Jewish Ghetto. Called and got a reservation, which was a good thing, as this place was packed for dinner on a Tuesday. To start, the waitstaff were all very welcoming and forgiving of our inability to speak Italian. They have a pretty good wine list, and were willing to provide their recommendation. I had asked for a good red wine under 20 Euros, which he selected the Morellino di Scansano (414 Podere), which was very nice. There was a table of Italians sitting next to us who had ordered the same bottle. For food, we started by ordering the lightly fried, and cheese filled Zucchini Flowers, which were ok, not great. We also tried the Strudel di Baccala e Broccoli which was a Codfish/Broccoli tart, which was really rich and tasty. For the main course, I ordered the Pasta Amatricana (bacon, tomato, and percorino cheese) which was yummy, and my wife had what the waiter had recommended, Pasta Carbonara (which was spaghetti with cheese and bacon). I enjoyed this dish the most, and it was light yet really rich. Our total bill was $80 dollars, which included 1 bottle of red, half bottle of white, 2 appetizers, 2 pasta entrees, and 1 dessert.

yummy We were sent here by our hotel, it did take us two attempt to find it, but totally worth it! We had an excellent meal, the half bottle of house wine was good, and the dessert was to die for. I want to go again tomorrow ...

hands down best cacio e pepe i've ever had in my life! The location, tucked behind a little plaza near campo di fiori, is so cool and romantic. The food is simple, fresh and homemade with the finest ingredients. It's reasonably priced for Rome, too.

Discovered by accident, after failing to find a table at our intended place, but well worth the risk. The atmosphere is bright (good) and intimate (bad: smallish tables too close) but you can tell pretty quickly this is not like the typical tourist magnets near the Campo dei Fiori. The staff combines helpfulness and discretion, and the wine recommendation was spot on. For the firsts: the lasagna tasted as if it had been freshly baked, with a rich filling and none of the inconsistent bite of badly reheated dishes; the fettuccini with porcini was as it should be: simple and tasty, the smoothness of the mushrooms contrasting the texture of the pasta. The menu has some traditional items (read: bits of the animal few people eat) but we went for simple fare: a perfectly serviceable if a bit boring meatballs with mash, and an excellent grilled fillet: the latter was tender and exactly the "medium rare" requested, a nice slab of meat you bite through rather than chew. I'm not a fan of potatoes, but the ones that accompanied the fillet were the best I'e had in a long time: almost fluffy inside with a paper-thin crispy skin, and a touch of thyme flavouring. We had no space for desert; next time.

After a walk through Rome we plowed ahead to our destination restaurant. La Quercia sits in a very unassuming quiet piazza. Small yet cozy 20 table restaurant featuring classic dishes. Nice wine selection that includes a delicious sauvignon from Elena Walach from northern Italy. Chose the salambucca or the braised lamb shank. This was an intimate moment for our family! Would i go back, Yes!!!

We ate at Osteria La Quercia this evening. Tucked back in a quiet little piazza (but very near the Campo de Fiori), the decor and ambience are absolutely charming -- kind of modern rustic. The menu has both standard fare and interesting specialties, and our meals were excellent. The place was busy and there were lots of Italian speakers. Our waiter seemed harried (or just grumpy?), but the service was fine. I would go back.

If I was told that I had to leave Rome today, it would have been worth the trip here just to have dinner at this local neighborhood gem. My hotel recommended La Quercia and I would go back again. The zucchini flowers stuffed with a bit of cheese and anchovy then deep fried was a flavorful delight. The pasta of the night - homemade was black truffle oil and shaved truffles was heavenly. The mille feuille with Chantilly cream and berries was one of the best desserts ever. Go !

Wonderful and very tasty dinner at this quiet spot away from the noise of Camp Fiori. We had the lamb which was very flavorful, but not too meaty. Make sure you have the pistachio Creame brûlée. Wine was reasonable and my husband loved his Amaro. Very nice decor...modern and clean.