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Flavours Of India Roma

Flavours Of India Roma

Via Principe Amedeo, 142, 00185 Italia, Roma, Italy

Pollo • Curry • Asiatico • Ristoranti


"This place was about 3 blocks from our hotel. After dropping off our bags we strolled here for lunch. You enter via a wide main doorway. Inside there are 2 or 3 tables (for four) on either side. At the end of the space is a counter with a display case showing some prepared food. I think this was just for take-out orders, though. We walked up but were asked to select a table. We chose one near the door as it was a nice day. They also appeared to have a second dining area in a sort of tent covering the curb into the street. This was not uncommon for various restaurants in the area, from what we observed. They didn't devote a lot to decorating, but it seemed like a simple and efficient shop. The host came by with menus and confirmed our order for still water. They had a good variety of dishes, many of which were similar to what I'd expect to see on a similar place in the U.S. Everyone found a dish to their taste and we ordered, along with some naan and rice (they recommended 2 orders of rice to split, but I think 1 would have sufficed for us). The food arrived fairly soon and was good. Portion sizes were a bit smaller than you might get in the U.S., but that was standard for most restaurants in Italy and also worked well for us being able to comfortably finish the food without leftovers. Post-meal payment was a little confused. I first waited for the bill, then went to the counter thinking that I should pay there. I was assured that they would bring the bill, which they did. Another guy came by to process my credit card, and asked me to step out front. Apparently their handheld credit card reader (also common in Italy) got a better signal outside. On the 2nd attempt, it processed the payment. We all liked our meal here and would consider returning if we were again in Rome."

Annapoorna India San Giovanni

Annapoorna India San Giovanni

Via Ludovico Di Savoia 4/C, 00185 Roma Italia, Italy

Carne • Pollo • Pranzo • Indiano


"We were in Rome for 5 days, hubby fancied an Indian and we found this restaurant. The reviews looked good apart from the odd negative review. We called the restaurant for directions and opening times and where advised to come after 9pm as they have functions at the restaurant which they needed to cater for. We arrived at the location and the hospitality was lovely. We ordered drinks and starters. My Hubby wanted kebabs but we were told that they didn’t have any so he settled for the chicken legs. Once the chicken arrived it tasted like it was heated up and was not fresh. The chicken was dry and tasted like it’s been reheated,And cold inside. I ordered the paneer pokra and it was tasty and fresh. We order brown dhal and rice for mains and that tasted OK. My hubby still fancied fresh kebabs and we advised the owner what we wanted and were assured that he will have this ready for tomorrow evening. We were advised to come after 9pm as they had another function at the restaurant. The next evening we arrived at the restaurant and my husband was incredibly excited about having fresh kebabs. The kebabs arrived to our table very quickly (within. 5 mins). To my husband’s shock he was presented with chicken kebabs and not the mince kebabs. When my hubby questioned this the owner stated that they did not have time to buy the meat as they had been very busy with the function earlier in the day. My hubby said why didn’t you tell me you didn’t have them as I would of not ordered it. I ordered my self some onion, potato pokra and they tasted nice. My Hubby’s main dish was butter chicken which again tasted like it had been reheated. The only fresh item my hubby ate was the naan bread. The owner had questioned why my hubby had left half of the chicken kebabs and my hubby said he don’t like chicken kebabs, and the owner also stated that they might of not been cooked properly, as my hubby said they were cold from inside. I asked my hubby wats wrong he said it tasted like they were reheated again. The owner realised my hubby didn’t like them and gave us the whole meal on the house as my hubby felt he knew he was wrong. The service was rushed on both days. We have eaten in top places never had reheated food given to us and then get lied to about not going to the market to pick up food, where my hubby was told he will have it ready for him, the worst thing we traveled about 45 mins from our hotel to get to him and was presented with reheated food, my hubby believes if you have a function why open your restaurant up for 2 hours to be rushed around and food which had no taste,cold and reheated. I was going to recommend this restraunt to my family who are arriving in a few days but I think twice before I do that. Overall hospitality has been fabulous food was a big big let down,me and my hubby will not be visiting this restaurant again,once fair play but 2nd time same thing again. I asked my hubby what he felt about the decor he described it like, very dated,cold needs a good revamp. Please don’t get us wrong the service the hospitality was fabulous but we was there for food and that was a big let down."