We just disagree. Appeal to authority, but I found Katie Parla’s guides pretty useful and her taste hard to impeach. She’s not a fan either. But all good, difference of opinion.
No one who’s eaten at a lot of places in Rome would have called my meal a Pierluigi average. Since it was in 2015 I’d say maybe I’m out of date, but looking at their Yelp reviews it seems like the place has always been really inconsistent. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so many one- and five-star reviews for one place.
Funny coincidence, I mentioned Piccolo Abruzzo here and the next day a friend who ate there with us brought it up out of the blue.
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I know nothing on this subject but saw this Eater article. Some of the pastries look very good.
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Cool article. I fell in love with maritozzo last summer.
this is content i’m here for! What do you recommend? I just added the three recs in the article to my list but always love getting the HO perspective.
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Note the guy bragging about how he uses margarine instead of butter. Most pastries I’ve had in Rome were not great.
One big exception for me is Pasticceria Boccione.
Another is Regoli.
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Yes, loved Regoli/Maritozzo
Do NOT go to the kosher pastry shop next door to Boccione. Their stuff looks pretty but it’s non-dairy and awful.
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Any recs for areas to stay near the touristy area Rome (but maybe not right in it). We are only staying for one night so close walking proximity would be nice.
Also something that has an actual street since we are going to the train station the next day.
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The touristy area is most of Rome!
I might stay at the Hotel Smeraldo, since it’s on a quiet street a block from Emma (make a reservation). You could have a nice walk up Via de Chiavari (which the hotel is on) through Piazza di Sant’Andrea della Valle, then left to Piazza Navona or right to the Pantheon. Piazza di Spagna’s a 15-minute walk from either.
Just have the hotel call you a cab to get to the train station.
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Via Margutta is a pretty side street a step away from Piazza di Spagna and Piazza Del Popolo, yet I hardly ever see any tourists on it.
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Which station?
I hear my hipster friends staying in Monti these days. Trastevere is a zoo and can be annoying with bags.
Tremini but looks like we are not going to Rome now lol
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