La Buca Romana

Oh my goodness! The food here was amazing! I do not believe the scallopini was cooked in the kitchen, I think it may well have been prepared in heaven! The host was friendly and welcoming, the mixed bruschetta was delicious. The pizzas were excellent. Drinks were cold. Bustling streets was nice to watch the world go by without being overwhelming. I would eat here every night forever!

This place was near our hotel so we decided to give it a try and it did not disappoint! The food was great: pizza quattro formaggi had a nice crust and a balanced flavor, the fillet steak had an amazing charcoal flavor and melted in my mouth and the lasagna was definitely one of the best I had ever tried with tons of layers and a rich sauce, even though it lacked in my opinion cheese. The tiramisu’s cream was also excellent, but personally, I thought it had too much coffee. The service was a bit slow, even though there weren’t a lot of customers, but the waiters were kind and polite. The atmosphere was decent. The bill came out to over 100 euro without service charge, which is definitely pricey for 2 people. I tried to understand why it was so expensive, but couldn’t because it was in Italian. In conclusion, great place with authentic Italian dishes. I would definitely visit it again!

TLDR: flavourful food, not overly salty (like what we’ve experienced in Italy so far), would give 4 stars (docking 1 as there were a couple of small little flies hovering at our table) but the food was surprisingly good so we’ll easily give 5 stars. Was looking around for risotto in Rome on google maps and chanced upon this place on a Sunday evening, we were quite early for dinner at about 5.45pm. We ordered the seafood risotto and the grilled squid, along with a bottled beer and a glass of white wine. Seafood risotto was really really good! Not overly salty and rice was cooked well. Generous medley of seafood (clams, mussels, prawns, squid), which gave the rice a succulent ocean flavour. Grilled squid was so fresh! Not gonna lie, we initially ordered this thinking it’ll be fried calamari; our hungry state marred our vision, menu clearly states “grilled squid” but we only read Calamari. Anyways it was a good mistake! Squid was so soft and yummy, and again not overly salty. Cons: the only room for improvement would be the few little flies we experienced during our dinner. Overall, thank you for setting our expectations for risotto and grilled calamari! Recommended place to try!

Our best night in Rome! We found La Buca by accident and what a happy surprise. Massimo is a gem that treated us like Royal Guests in his own home. Not to be outdone by the service - the food was amazing as well. We had the bruschetta , pasta , steak and tiramisu and loved each. Thank you for a great meal and wonderful memories! - Dawn Vito Shelby and Devin

Amazing restaurant and best meal we had whilst staying in Rome. We came here for my birthday and had a wonderful night. Definitely recommend the steak which is cooked in front of you and tasted delicious. Thank you to the staff who served us we will definitely recommend you to any of our friends visiting Rome.

I would highly recommend a visit to this restaurant if travelling to Rome. The food was superb. Steak was cooked to perfection. Tiramisu was absolutely delicious. Excellent menu. I returned to this restaurant a number of times, while on a week's holidays. Thank you to all here for the beautiful meals.