This is a fashionable and classic post-shopping restaurant, with such flavorful food and atmosphere we can forgive the splurge prices.
The most coveted tables are on out the cobblestones, but the interior is a pleasant mix of rustic wood beams, brick arches, and Liberty-style mirrors and prints.
The set-price menus are great deals, covering everything from antipasto to tiramisù.
The Sicilian-inspired "Oscar" menu gets you spaghetti al pesto di Trapani (short pasta in a pesto of basil and almonds), maccheroni alla Positano (with eggplant and provola cheese), and steak or Messina-style involtini di pesce spada (swordfish rolls).
If you prefer Roman delights, the "Roma" menu offers tastes of bombolotti alla Amatriciana (thin pasta tubes in a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and pancetta bacon), and rigatoni con pagliata (pasta with a sauce of suckling calf intestines—you won't believe me, but this truly is a delectable Roman delicacy), followed either by trippa alla romana (tripe) and coda alla vaccinara (oxtail stew), or a less adventurous but enormous serving of abbacchio al forno (roast spring lamb).
Ristorante Al 34
Via Mario de' Fiori 34 (a block from the Spanish Steps)
tel. +39-06-679-5091
www.ristoranteal34.it
Closed Monday for lunch - opens at 5:30pm
€€€
Bus: 117
Metro: Spagna (A)
Hop-on/hop-off: Piazza di Spagna
English (Inglese) | Italian (Italiano) | Pro-nun-cee-YAY-shun |
Good day | Buon giorno | bwohn JOUR-noh |
Good evening | Buona sera | BWOH-nah SAIR-rah |
Good night | Buona notte | BWOH-nah NOTE-tay |
Goodbye | Arrivederci | ah-ree-vah-DAIR-chee |
Excuse me (to get attention) | Scusi | SKOO-zee |
thank you | grazie | GRAT-tzee-yay |
please | per favore | pair fa-VOHR-ray |
yes | si | see |
no | no | no |
Do you speak English? | Parla Inglese? | PAR-la een-GLAY-zay |
I don't understand | Non capisco | non ka-PEESK-koh |
I'm sorry | Mi dispiace | mee dees-pee-YAT-chay |
Where is? | Dov'é | doh-VAY |
...a restaurant | un ristorante | oon rees toh-RAHN-tay |
...a casual restaurant | una trattoria un'osteria |
oo-nah trah-toar-RHEE-yah oon ohst-air-EE-yah |
I would like to reserve... | Vorrei prenotare... | voar-RAY pray-note-ARE-eh |
a table for two | una tavola per due | oo-nah TAH-voal-lah pair DOO-way |
...for 7pm | per le sette | pair lay SET-tay |
...for 7:30pm | per le sette e mezzo | pair lay SET-tay eh MET-tzoh |
...for 8pm | per le otto | pair lay OH-toh |
I would like | Vorrei... | voar-RAY |
...some (of) | un pó (di) | oon POH (dee) |
...this | questo | KWAY-sto |
...that | quello | KWEL-loh |
chicken | pollo | POL-loh |
steak | bistecca | bee-STEAK-ah |
veal | vitello | vee-TEL-oh |
fish | pesce | PEH-shay |
meat | carne | KAR-neh |
I am vegetarian | sono vegetariano | SO-no veg-eh-tair-ee-YAH-no |
side dish [veggies always come seperately] | cotorno | kon-TOR-no |
dessert | dolce | DOAL-chay |
and | e | ay |
...a glass of | un bicchiere di | oon bee-key-YAIR-eh dee |
...a bottle of | una bottiglia di | oo-na boh-TEEL-ya dee |
...a half-liter of | mezzo litro di | MET-tzoh LEE-tro dee |
...fizzy water | acqua gassata | AH-kwah gah-SAHT-tah |
...still water | acqua non gassata | AH-kwah noan gah-SAHT-tah |
...red wine | vino rosso | VEE-noh ROH-so |
...white wine | vino bianco | VEE-noh bee-YAHN-koh |
...beer | birra | BEER-a |
Check, please | Il conto, per favore | eel COAN-toh pair fah-VOAR-eh |
Is service included? | É incluso il servizio? | ay een-CLOU-so eel sair-VEET-zee-yo |
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★Ristorante Al 34
Via Mario de' Fiori 34 (a block from the Spanish Steps)
tel. +39-06-679-5091
www.ristoranteal34.it
Closed Monday for lunch - opens at 5:30pm
€€€
Bus: 117
Metro: Spagna (A)
Hop-on/hop-off: Piazza di Spagna