Ristorante Il Cortile dal 1929

Our friends in Rome know the owners and introduced us. Beautiful place, incredible food. Cacio e pepe is the best, along with the extensive dessert buffet table. Go here for an authentic, NON-touristy Roman experience. I hope to return here soon!!

We stayed in Monteverde for 2 nights and found Il Cortile for dinner the first night. We arrived without a reservation and while the restaurant was fully booked, they welcomed us with a table and we proceeded to enjoy the most incredible meal!! The steak was melt-in-your-mouth perfection, the funghi bruschetta had the best mushrooms I’ve ever eaten. The seafood pasta and spinach & ricotta ravioli were delicious as well. The food and experience were so delightful that we returned the second night and decided to have dessert this time. I’m still dreaming about the tiramisu!!! Thank you Eduardo and team at Il Cortile for such unforgettable dining experiences!!

Very respectable Roman Italian food. I had the ravioli with tomato sauce and the meatballs with mashed potatoes, plus half bottle of Montepulciano d'Abrusso. All of it was delicious comfort food. We were lucky to get a table at 8PM and by 9PM, all of the tables were booked, so reservations are probably a good idea.

If you want to see where the real Romans eat,suggest go to Il Cortile. You cannot find a single tourist there. It has a die for buffet with great selection of “antipasti” as well as a die for dessert buffet. I tried at different times pasta and they were all good as well as lamp chops. Service is friendly. Family owned. They make you feel at home. Not noisy( one of my most important criteria). It is located in one of Rome’s most beautiful neighborhood, Monte Verde Vecchio. You can go for lunch and also eat outside in the spring and summer. Young ones and those who have strong legs can easily climb the hill from trastevere to Gianicolo and up to the American Academy and another five minute walk from there to Il Cortile. ( total walking time 45 minutes) or walk down after a good lunch. The neighborhood has beautiful classic and liberty architecture two- three story private houses. It is not your downtown antique Rome but it gives a good flavor of residential Rome. Reservation is a must at Il Cortile. It is about 40-50 Euro per person with wine if you eat a really full dinner.

Maybe it was an off night but the food was very average at best. Pasta with prawns and zucchini didn’t seem fresh at all and pasta itself reminded me of instant ramen. Filet was tender but not the best cut and under salted. Greens looked slapdash. Wine was good. Double charged for bread like someone else mentioned. Been to Rome many times; maybe our luck has run out in terms of consistently excellent value for money dining.

Very typical Roman trattoria, with an wide buffet of antipasti and mixed vegetables. A good selection of pastas and other typical Romans main courses. Big portion of food a good wine selection too.

Very rude waiter who told us to 'go to a different restaurant' next time for requesting the second bread basket to be removed from our bill, as we hadn't ordered or eaten it. Perhaps there is some cultural misunderstanding on how bread is ordered, but that level of rudeness was quite shocking.

Good starters, average pasta, amazing wine choices