Occasion: Saturday Night Dinner Initial Impressions: We moved to a new zone! I was really excited and researched restaurants over the summer that we could go to so I could write new reviews and also populate my blog with more restaurants on this side of Rome. Actually we decided spontaneously to go to Hiromi, as … More Hiromi – La Maison
Hi everyone! It’s been a while and today I am just going to be cranking out lots of new articles and things for my blog, so bear with me. When I get caught up, I plan to make posts about places that I go to often such as the other parts of Italy, Lisbon/Fatima, London, … More A Visitor’s Guide to Palazzo Venezia (with free and paid options)
Occasion: Sunday Night Dinner (and to train Paolo to eat asian food before he goes to America LOL ) Initial Impressions: The time has come. After 5 months into only Italian food, I was dying for Japanese. If you’ve been following this blog you know my caution with “Michelin guide” restaurants. Shiroya is on the … More Shiroya
Updated July 6, 2024 Occasion: Quick/Casual Weekday Lunches Initial Impressions: I came here by chance because I was in a rush for lunch and this was near my Italian lessons. There were more locals coming in here than tourists, and I was pleasantly surprised. I’ll tell you how to order below after I write about … More Antico Forno Ai Serpenti
Occasion: Saturday Night Dinner (View from the top floor taken by me hahaha) Initial Impressions: (This is partly from my aperitif review, for those of you that already read it) I was introduced to Maio by my sweet sales associate Ke Li at Chloe in Rinascente. I liked the ambience very much and decided to … More MAIO Restaurant & Rooftop Roma (Dinner)
Occasion: Saturday Afternoon Aperitivo/Aperitif Initial Impressions: I was introduced to Maio by my sweet sales associate Ke Li at Chloe in Rinascente. I liked the ambience very much and decided to come back with Paolo for an aperitivo after we were left very hungry from an event that promised lunch. We did not make any … More MAIO Restaurant & Rooftop Roma (Aperitivo)
Occasion: Dinner via Deliveroo Initial Impressions: This place is TikTok famous. It’s so famous even my little sister (extremely USA proud American/loves California/does not want to leave the country lol) knows the “con o senza” phrase from their videos. I was interested how they would hold up against All’Antico Vinaio. LOL as you can see … More Con Mollica O Senza
Occasion: Sunday Evening Dinner Initial Impressions: It was hard to find this restaurant because it is really small. I also wasn’t so sure of the place because next door there was this disgusting bar with flies all in their food display case. Once Seated: The decorations inside are very pretty. I liked the ambience very … More Il Salotto Del Colosseo
Welcome to my first “places to hang out” review! Occasion: When you want to relax or do your nails in Rome!!! Initial Impressions: I had always passed by and it’s a very small salon, but well lit and clean. However, every time I went to their website for last minute appointments they never seemed to … More Nailbar Gamax
Occasion: Afternoons Initial Impressions: I really like illy cafe! As the weather heats up in Rome and tourist season begins again, I thought I’d finally post my cafe option along with the afternoon tea option. Also a few readers have voiced privately that many of my reviews are done on places that are not so … More Illy Montecitorio (Illy Cafe)
Nicole in Rome 