Osteria Maracuja - Roma

I would have rated this restaurant higher if we hadn’t been pressured into tipping at the end of our meal. The only place in Italy we have faced this! The food was very good and service was also good but nothing tip worthy and certainly not when pressured to pay it.

American tourists!! We had a horrible experience here after arriving in Rome. We ordered the gnocchi, lasagna, and carbonara which tasted ok but not authentically Italian. That is not the worst part. Halfway through the meal we read some reviews noting that the place hassles American tourists for tips. At the end of our meal, the bill was brought and all was charged correctly. After I put my card down, a man completely different from our waiter came to collect. At this point, he asks for a tip noting they do not have a service charge. He asks if we want to tip €5, 6, 7, or 8 plus euros for our meal. At this point I asked where this request is listed on the receipt or their menu to which he replied “Americans tip in America so you need to do the same here”. I requested not to tip and stated we have not been required to tip at any other restaurant in Italy. This proceeded to escalate to an argument where this man raised his voice and became extremely aggressive towards myself and my other female friends. The entire restaurant was watching. This man then proceeds to take the card machine and TYPE IN €3 AND PRESS PROCEED against my wishes. I then refused to sign and he became more aggressive. After 5 minutes of argument he threw the card machine down on the table and collected €3 cash from the till to return the money he illegally collected from my credit card. DO NOT GO HERE. You will be scammed and the food is not even close to worth it. Beware.

Close to the Colosseum and the Forum, so if you're hungry after a tour, which we were, it's right there with lots of tables. Food was fine, a little pricy, kind of forced our hand on a tip (no where else in our 2 weeks in Italy asked for one). Taking advantage of tourists in the area. But again, if you're hungry and just want a quick bite, its an okay option.

Il luogo è molto bello per mangiare la sera, il servizio è eccellente, molto simpatico e gentile, il cibo è magnifico

Cena perfetta, menù molto ampio e di qualità, prezzi onesti considerando l'abbondanza di piatti, tornerò sicuramente, a presto!