Trattoria Morgana

Very lovely local restaurant we found thru google! We really love the octopus with hummus, excellent with bread. The pastas we ordered also greatly done! It is tasty but yet not too heavy! The vegetables we ordered were on the soggier side but nothing to complain about! The waiter is also rather attentive. One little thing that could be better: When the vegetable was served, we had already finished the pasta and were rather full. It would be great if the pasta and vegetables come together. All in all, it was a great meal and good experience.

Our local host highly recommended this restaurant so we thought we would have a wonderful food experience. Instead, we found an overpriced restaurant with food selection that was just average. Maybe it's because we just arrived from Napoli, where the food is amazing everywhere. The clams and mussels were fresh, but we're just boring. Our waiter was lovely, but unfortunately like the food, the restaurant lacked atmosphere. Our most expensive meal in Italy turned out to be the most disappointing.

Loved the entire space: beautiful old brick arch just makes the environment all the more quaint. We ordered the Americiana and tagliolini. Loved both, the real hidden gem is the capuchino over ice cream with caramel

One of the best pasta I’ve ever tested not only in Roma, but in overall. Strongly recommend!

This cozy restaurant is off the tourist trail, yet close to major landmarks. I liked the quiet vibe, the service, and the food. The carbonara was perfect!

So disappointed- walked 40 minutes to get there. No atmosphere as overly brightly lit, surly waiter & disappointing food. The wine was fairly good & fairly priced, the bread was ok too. The linguine was not fresh & massively over salted. Just wanted to leave asap. Do not bother

Give this a miss. Overpriced and underwhelming. The lighting is headache inducing , the staff, unsmiling, unfailingly. Solidly mediocre at best . Pasta is not fresh, wine is the best thing on the menu. Go to Tonnarella Scala if you are an aficionado and save yourself the money and time.

We’ve returned to Trattoria Morgana a few times since moving to Rome and every time it has been a delicious adventure in new tastes. Once I realized how skillful the chef was, I tried some foods that were outside my comfort zone and I was rewarded with a new and exciting experience, one that I’ve revisited multiple times. This evening we brought some family that were visiting because we trusted that it would be a very good experience, and it was. To be polite to the other people in our party, I only took a few pictures, but I hope that they can convey the quality of a few of the dishes we enjoyed. First was the wine. They have a great, deep wine list and while we normally prefer white wines during the summer, the last time we were here I enjoyed a red wine that really spoke to me. I found the picture I saved on my phone and confirmed with the waiter they were still offering it, so we broke with tradition and enjoyed a red. My appetizer was the octopus on a bed of hummus. This is one of the new dishes that I tried in the past and I was very excited to eat again. The description of the hummus is that it was made with ceci, but it is so creamy and smooth that I was certain it was made with a white bean. It’s obvious that I need to improve my skills when making hummus at home. The octopus had been the biggest surprise because this is something I had only ordered at asian restaurants in the US in the past and I found it to be very chewy and probably frozen. This, however, was fresh, tender and subtle and together they made a pairing that shouldn’t be missed. For my main dish, a couple of us got the hand-made pappardelle noodles with wild-boar sauce (Pappardelle al ragù bianco di cinghiale) and I was glad at this point that we ordered the red wine. It is a full flavored, but certainly not gamey, meat sauce that made me feel like I was getting even with those wild boars that are roaming around Rome. The pasta was fresh and chewy and the sauce, even though it’s a ragù bianco, doesn’t have cream or any other white sauce, which is what I have eaten in other restaurants. It is a delicious meat sauce that has only a few quality ingredients that are allowed to shine. Another dinner guest had the Chicken alla Cacciatora, which I had eaten during a previous visit, and it is a slow braised chicken that is falling off the bone. I thought that this dish has a bunch of other ingredients, like peppers and tomatoes, but I think that is the US version. Here, it is way more simple, again, allowing the chicken to be tasted without the addition of a bunch of other overpowering ingredients. This time we didn’t get dessert, so I finished my meal off with an espresso. I was surprised to learn that their roaster, Ciamei, is local. It was delicious and I look forward to buying some of this coffee for home.