Since 2014
A bakery first. The oven never left.
Tavola opened in a former bakery on Via Panisperna. The oven is still here, so is the baker’s daughter, who now runs the floor.
the oven is still here
Private dinner Thursday 24 September. Lunch as usual.
Osteria · Rome
Twelve tables on Via Panisperna. Pasta rolled each morning, tiramisù made at four.
Twelve tables · Via Panisperna · Kitchen until 23:00 · Bar until later ·
Tonight
Four things we would order.
The kitchen picks these each afternoon. If one has a stamp on it, it went early.
our favourite: the cacio e pepe
The menu
Everything, tonight.
Prices include service. Tell us about allergies before you order, not after.
Pane e olio
VG
€
4
House bread, new-season oil, salt. Comes with every table anyway.
Carciofi alla giudia
VG
GF
€
9
SOLD OUT
Twice-fried artichokes. Season only, and the season is short.
Burrata
V
GF
€
11
From Andria, with datterini and dried oregano.
Polpette al sugo
€
9
Beef and pork meatballs, tomato, pecorino. Four to a plate.
Tagliere
€
14
Cured meats, two cheeses, giardiniera. Enough for two.
ask about today’s fish
The room
Twelve tables. Two windows. One bar.
Sun on the tables at lunch, bulbs at night. Nothing in here is new except the bread.
12
tables
40
tiramisù a night
6
steaks a day
23:00
kitchen closes
The regulars
They come back on Fridays.
Twelve tables and no marketing budget. This is what people tell us on the way out.
We came for the cacio e pepe and stayed until they closed the kitchen. Then we stayed at the bar.
Marco
Table six, most Fridays
I asked what the fish was. The answer was a ten minute story about a man in Fiumicino.
Elena
Came for lunch, left at four
Booked for two. Ended up sharing the tagliere with the table next to us.
Sofia
First visit, not the last
The artichokes were gone by nine. I have never been so annoyed at a website for being honest.
Daniele
Still thinking about the artichokes
Twelve tables means you can hear the kitchen. I like hearing the kitchen.
Chiara
Sits at the bar
My mother is from Rome and she approved of the amatriciana. That took forty years.
Luca
Brought his mother, twice
Eight in the evening
Every table full by nine.
The kitchen closes at 23:00. The bar doesn’t.
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
18:30–23:00
Wednesday
18:30–23:00
Thursday
18:30–23:00
Friday
12:00–15:00, 18:30–23:00
Saturday
12:00–15:00, 18:30–23:00
Sunday
12:00–15:30
Via Panisperna 61, 00184 Rome
Reserve
Call, write, or just come.
We hold a table for fifteen minutes past the booking, then it goes to the queue.
cash also fine