Ristorante Cecilia Metella

We stopped at this restaurant while checking out the Catacombs. As most of the other restaurants were fully occupied on Christmas, we had no choice but to dine here. Service is fast and quick. They only had one selection of red wine or white wine which weren't bad for the price (€18). Service was courteous and fast. I ordered the sea bass egg pasta which was delicious. The grilled sea bass with mashed potatoes was also good! Definitely a visit if you are around in that area. It's a great wedding venue too with great views of the Cecilia Metella ruins and ample parking space.

We stumbled upon this restaurant while my husband was visiting the catacombs. This was our last stop before we left for Amalfi. This was the best meal, best experience that we had in Rome. It was such an unforgetable experience for our family. Angelo helped us and was very playful with the kids. Showing them the turtles. We will never forget how Angelo treated us. Grazie mille, Angelo and to the Chef. Ci vediamo di nuovo. Che tu possa avere buona salute.

Location is beautiful located on top of a small hill along the Appian Way. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming. I thought service was great and everything was reasonably priced. I ordered the bruschetta and lamb and found both to be amazing. Wine was very good as well- I highly recommend.

We were the first to be seated and not being able to speak Italian, we were not told about the special menu for the day. Apparently other tables were serving artichoke specialties. Next time I'll point out that delicious looking item next to our table before we're too full.

This is a classic old style Italian restaurant - simple, a bit homely but with good food and professional service. Despite being kind of in the middle of nowhere and having essentially a captive clientele of bus groups visiting the nearby catacombs of San Callisto and San Sebastiano, they provide delicious food at reasonable prices with good service. We’d been before in summer and dined under the wisteria pergola overlooking the garden which was lovely on a hot Roman summer’s day. This time (winter) we dined indoors and had a delicious, light risotto with radicchio and walnut, a main of grilled pork and a light Frascati white. Complimentary amaro della casa was a nice surprise at the end of the meal. There’s a decent sized car park but it’s easily accessible by the city bus 118.

This restaurant has a really nice outdoor seating area but that's about it. The food was average, the bread was hard from being sliced way earlier, and the service was incredibly slow and they forgot our order multiple times. Spent more time waiting for food/coffee than anything else.

The restaurant itself is in a secluded area that most likely is beautiful during summer, with grape wines on top of the outside seating area, a lot of greenery and even a pond with live turtles hence a star for atmosphere, however when we were seated we were given quite stained water & wine glasses and not polished cutlery as well. The main menu had crumbs&stains on it too, and the paper wine list had dry wine drops over it. The place only had a few tables in at the time so they definitely could've cleaned everything properly. The menu list was quite large which is already quite alarming for a restaurant as that means most food is not served fresh. We asked for recommendations and the waitress told us it was scrigno tagliolini with ham, Parmesan and cream (€16), that was chef's special that we are not able to get anywhere else. I decided to go for it and it ended up being the worst dish in our group. It was served in a ceramic plate covered in cheese with grilled top, underneath with overcooked pasta drenched in oily mediocre cheese sauce with some tiny bits of ham. After bringing our food the waitress didn't ask how it was and just disappeared so I had to wait until everyone else was finished and she came back to clear the plates. Thankfully they took it off the bill. My friends were quite hungry so they ate what they ordered but it wasn't good either. We asked for tap water but were brought bottled water (€2.50 in the menu) but were charged €3 each and were given some excuse that price wasn't updated in the menu yet. Same with my friend's steak, it was listed as €22 in the menu we were given but they charged €24 and waitress showed us another menu with different price after we asked about the difference in the bill so watch out as you can be scammed over already overpriced food. 2 friends had salmon & avocado salad (€14) - plain salad leaves with a few tiny bits of smoked salmon, no dressing/sauce or seasoning whatsoever. One friend had steak and asked for medium but his meat was not just pink but red-raw in the middle. Very disappointed in the food overall and they definitely should change both their kitchen and front of house staff. One of my friends is a native Italian speaker so can't blame anything on them on the staff not understanding English.

We absolutely loved our meal at Ristorante Cecilia Metella! The outdoor atmosphere is incredible with the fountain and the shaded dining areas. The pasta with the red sauce was probably some of the best I've ever had. The service was impeccable and the quality of the food was top notch. Highly recommend for lunch or dinner if you are in the area!