Il Simeto In Roma

31/07/2025: Five-star taste and quantity, friendly, helpful, and professional staff, and the price was proportionate to the overall experience. Excellent

21/07/2025: A pleasant discovery in the Acilia area. It was a very hot day for lunch, so we stopped on the outdoor veranda and had a wonderful time, thanks to a gust of wind that picked up two minutes after we sat down. There were only eight other people around us, so much so that I assumed it was a sparsely patronized day. Only at the end, when I went to pay, did I discover that inside, in addition to the small entrance hall, there was another large room full of people who preferred the air conditioning to the breeze. At the right temperature, at that. We ate well. Excellent mussels, excellent traditional Roman and fish first courses. The fried fish was good. The house wine (€10/liter) was also decent: nothing exceptional, mind you, but I found it better than many other trattorias. The menu focuses on Roman tradition and offers a varied selection: 13 appetizers, 12 traditional first courses + another 7 fish-based ones, 7 fish-based second courses, and 13 meat-based second courses, 11 side dishes, and 5 desserts. In the evening, there's also a pizzeria and grilled meats. I'd happily recommend it: prices are in line with local competitors (for a mussel sauté, a paccheri pasta dish with prawns, pancetta, and pecorino cheese, a caprese salad, water, and a portion (⅓) of wine, I paid €42) but, in my opinion, it offers good value for money.