La Torricella - Ristorante

You made me remember my dad’s cooking. I love you dad in heaven! Over all 100% including all the team in this restaurant.

Cannot say enough about how delicious the food is and how attentive the staff are! Absolutely an institution in Testaccio. The seafood is fresh, the fried olives are divine and the pasta is truly incredible. A must visit for locals and those wandering through Rome. Grazie!

Charming local restaurant. Arrived at 7:30 and were the first people there. Warmly greeted by the gentleman at the front counter. Came with a friend visiting Rome who was interested in seafood. The house red wine was good. The staff were welcoming and willing to work with our limited Italian. We tried some of the artichoke/seafood fried "fritters", they were OK, but they didn't really taste much like artichoke. Then had the squid/broccolini spaghetti. It was OK, but nothing exciting. Maybe we just ordered the wrong dishes?

Update. As you can see from previous reviews, this restaurant is getting worse and worse. My friends and I decided that we will never go back to this restaurant. Really bad service. We had to wait 40 minutes to order even though we had booked in advance. We requested to change the table as they had reserved for us a table that was in the middle of the street behind the corner, it was facing a wall and it was wobbly. Fried squids were borderline disgusting as they fried them without cleaning them; I had to eat their bowels and ink was dripping everywhere. You can see from the pictures that squids used to look (and taste!) much better. They probably skipped the cleaning because they were in a rush. Portions of spigola were ridicolously small, the wine was cheap, and the bill was ridicolously high. You can get better seafood on the beach for half price. I do not know if they changed the chef or something, but I strongly discourage people from wasting their money in this presumptuous restaurant. I got back to this restaurant, but the winter menu was a bit disappointing. I got fried and marinated moscardini, but they were too oily and salty (vote 5). The homemade olive all'ascolana were just OK, nothing that I would order again (vote 6). The bruschetta with beans was tasteless; basically, it was a slice of bread with steamed beans on top. The only flavour I could taste was the olive oil's one, too heavy and acid (vote 3.5). I also had pasta with courgette and shrimps that was quite disappointing too. It was floating in oil and there were just a few frozen shrimps; honestly, I can make it much better by myself (vote 4). Finally, I ordered a homemade tiramisù that was more or less like Tesco's tiramisù, awful (vote 3). The cherry on top of the cake was the bill; 40€ each for some starters and only one main. The owner did not allow us to split the bill saying that it was against the law, which I believe is true in such an archaic country. My vote for this experience is 1, but I cannot forget that I had a great dinner last summer (vote 5); the mean [(5+1)/2] is 3. I do not know if I will give another chance to this restaurant. Below you can find my previous review. l am usually quite strict on ratings but this restaurant is amazing. It is probably the best restaurant I have ever been in Rome. Delicious fried squids, the best ever; incredibly light and crispy, never oily (vote 10). Marinated and fried moscardini. Nice but with a peculiar garlicky after taste that someone might dislike (vote 7). Delightful sea bass on a bed of roasted potatoes; it literally melts in your mouth (vote 9). Mixed grilled fish platter. You can see and taste that fish is super fresh; the shrimps were so nice that we would even eat the skin (vote 9). Good range of home made desserts such as lemon sorbet (vote 7) and tiramisù (vote 9). On top of this scrumptious food we also received a great service. I have never met a waiter who was so kind, attentive and efficient in my life. You can see that this is a real old school restaurant, something that is unfortunately disappearing in Rome. Are you worried about the bill now? Believe it or not we spent less than 50€ each even though we ordered 2 jugs of wine and 4 expresso. P. S. Don't get deceived by the pictures; my phone has a cheap camera that makes look everything worse.

Lovely food, reasonable price. We had fried octopus, linguine with fish, desserts and house wine from daily menu and everything was perfectly cooked and so much tasty.

This is a must for anyone looking for an authentic Italian food experience! Absolutely delicious food, attentive service and great wine. I am already looking forward to coming back - don’t hesitate and go try it out for yourselves! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

The food, service and whole feeling was perfect. I felt tiers with sardines and pasta alle vongole. The staff were lovely. What an experience. Perfetto.

Today 2nd visit within 10 days. All went perfectly. Piero one of the staff pilars will guide you correctly through the menu... today's menu was dated 11 oct. as it is, daily menus. 1st set of pics 1st visit..... 2nd set....3rd ...