Touted as an International Student bar, this bar/restaurant caters to largely to the student crowd, but during lunch hours on week days you'll see a good amount of Italians in suits having a quick lunch. As far as price to quality ratio goes they are hard to top. They serve pasta dishes, which I confess I haven't tried but I have heard good things about, but I always have their rice salads or panini when I go. The rice salads are 6 euros and have a good amount of white rice with a hearty portion of various veggies on top, a very filling and reasonably healthy lunch. Today I had the Monti e Mare (mountains and sea) that came with arugula, potatoes, tomatoes, black olives, artichokes, tuna and baby shrimp all over a bed of rice. Pizzas are also 6 euros across the board and are typical Roman thin crust. They have 5 or 6 different beers on tap which run 4.50 for a media (a pint). The well stocked bar has just about anything you can think of, although the wine selection is pretty thin. If you mention you saw them in on the 'Let's Go' or Rick Steves guide books they give you a free glass of the house dessert wine, fragolino, a slightly fizzy strawberry drink.
They recently moved locations but there is a sign on their old spot directing you to the new one. They are now on Via Palombella just off the back right corner of the Pantheon.
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My favorite place for salads in Rome. Had to go there one last time yesterday. New location is good but wish they had more outside tables. My aunties went several times when they were here visiting... they really like the waiter Romeo. ;-)
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