Regina Caffe In Pozzuolo martesana

07/09/2025: The restaurant is well-run and a hub for the local community. The owner-manager, Rómani, lives for the restaurant and offers a warm welcome to his guests. The restaurant is informal (thankfully) and offers lunches for €11 with a choice of three first courses, three second courses, and three side dishes. Even the standard menu offers well-cooked, generous, and reasonably priced dishes. I eat here once or twice a week.

07/09/2025: We'd been there before and had a good time. The biggest problem was that it was very noisy and we couldn't really talk. We were there yesterday. The restaurant was recently renovated, adding sound-absorbing panels, greatly improving the atmosphere. The food was overall quite good, but there's plenty of room for improvement. The raw fish appetizer was nothing special, as were the fried dishes. The mussels with pepper sauce were good, as were the tagliatelle with mushrooms and sausage drowned in cream with practically tasteless mushrooms. The portions were far too large; I would have preferred less food but with higher quality. The service, however, was decidedly poor: the restaurant was packed, the tables were very close together, and there were not enough waiters (three in total for two packed rooms) to handle it all. As a result, the wait times were extremely long. They should reduce the number of seats by 20% and add two more waiters for the weekend. I had a good impression but I don't think I would go back.