Ristorante Pizzeria - Il Focolare

This place was recommended by our hotel. We met there with couple friends. We were ended up quite disappointed by our experience. They offer a huge menu with lot of options. My wife really wanted to eat carbonara pasta while we were still in Italy. It turned out these were probably the worst carbonara pasta we ever ate. Creamy sauce that was not homemade., they added very salty flakes of bacon. This was nothing like a traditional carbonara. The raguh pasta(bolognaise) was not as bad but still not very good. My friend took the lamb which was not good either. On the other hand i took the entrecôte and it was really good meat, well seasoned and prepared. This place is quite busy, with locals. Most were eating risotto, seafood, entrecôte (i actually changed my original order to entrecôte when i saw someone plate with it). My take is that we didn’t ordered what they are good at and my recommendation for the restaurant would be to reduce the menu and focus on what they are best at. Entrecôte was a 5, carbonara a 1, bolognaise a 2 and lamb a 3

I had the pleasure of dining here twice with my wife on our holiday to Rome 2022. We had beef dishes that was very good, and second time; Carciofi alla Giudia, gnocchi with scrimp and traditional pizza. All very good. We enjoyed the wine and excellent service, especially zabaione le fragole, made in front of us. The atmosphere is cozy, and it seems many locals eat there too. I heartily recommend you visit it, most places do good food or pizza, but Ristorante Pizzeria - Il Focolare does both well.