Please help us plan another memorable trip
My wife and I will be returning to Rome for four nights in late September to celebrate our 25th anniversary. On prior trips, we loved Il Convivio (and plan to return). Thanks to advice from many regular contributors to this Board, we also enjoyed memorable an delicious dinners at Tuna, Antico Arco and we had a lovely carbonara lunch in the garden at Al Presidente (which seems to have fallen out of favor). We were a bit underwhelmed by La Pergola (too impersonal and formulaic?) and by La Terrazza (too eh?) at the Hotel Eden. For this trip, in addition to a return to Il Convivio, we are thinking of Il Pagliaccio for our anniversary dinner. Other spots on our list of considerations include Glass, Metamorphosi, Perilli (for carbonara lunch?), Baby and Open Colonna. We welcome your commentary and suggestions.
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minchilli
Jul 13, 2012 01:05 AM
Congratulations on your 25th! What a lovely way to celebrate.
Baby has closed, and is now Oliver Glowig. I haven't tried it yet, but I recently sent clients there and they loved it! Also, I know Katie has gone and has reported back very favorably.
Both Glass and Metamorphosis are excellent choices, although very different in approach and setting. FYI we went to Metamporphosis for our 22nd anniversary in January and had a delicious, special, celebratory meal. (much champagne was consumed)
I'm not a fan of Open Colonna, and can't understand at all the appeal of the lunch buffet. Big platters of grain and pasta salads. The space is amazing, but the food just seems bland. I haven't been to the high end Colonna though, so can't comment on that.
Perilli is one of my favorite restaurants in the world. As far as carbonara goes, this is the place to get it.
A place I went to the other day, and loved, was Zoc. Angelo Toiani (of Il Convivio) has recently redone the menu here (and at sister restaurant Urbana 47). Loved the space, and the food was inventive, light and delicious. I had a 'hot dog' made from bacala as well as a starter of octopus carpaccio with melon. This is a perfect place for lunch.
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mbfant
Jul 8, 2012 09:19 PM
I am one of the only people in the world who don't like Glass, but I don't. I think the food is very good at Metamorfosi, but the location is not interesting (Parioli). Baby, alas, is no more, replaced by Oliver Glowig, where I haven't been and am not interested in (from the little I've read). I like Open Colonna (disclaimer: I translate for Antonello Colonna), both gourmet evening place and lunch buffet. The space is amazing and the food too (obviously big diff between the day and evening). Perilli leaves me cold, but if you want to spoil your appetite for those gorgeous dinners by eating carbonara for lunch, it's as good a place as any for that. I haven't been to Il Pagliaccio for a few years, but am sure it's still wonderful. (They are a little too insistent with the English for my taste.) New and wonderful is Pipero, near the opera.
