Le Mani in Pasta

Outstanding in every way . The carpaccio sea bass appetizer was the best! Fantastico! Molto bene . Spaghetti with seafood was amazing . Service was super friendly .

Dinner at Le Mani in Pasta was my favorite meal in Rome! The waiters were funny and friendly and the pasta was divine. We were given a small complimentary serving of a seafood pasta (5/5!) and we ordered some oysters to start (3/5) and the linguine with lobster to share (5/5, ate every bite). We ended the evening with lemon sorbet that had fresh fruit at the bottom.

one of those Trastevere restaurants on a lot of lists
The name means "hands in the pasta", presumably denoting the homemade kind which is really excellent
because it's been written about a lot, you will likely find yourself eating with a lot of other tourists

Amazing dinner at Le Mani. Make reservations because they get busy. It is visited by locals, which speaks volumes of the food. Everything thing was delicious, and the service was top notch.

Ci sono stati consigliati ed è stata la migliore esperienza e cibo durante tutto il nostro viaggio. servizio eccellente, piatti vari e deliziosi, e per non parlare dei loro vini!!!! Speriamo di tornare presto

We were able to snag a table on a Sunday night without a reservation. We sat in the basement, but I went there for the food and it was amazing!!! We only chose one dish and then let the waiter recommend. It was a great way to dine in Trastevere!!

We came to this restaurant in Trastevere for lunch. Definitely recommend making a reservation in advanced as they get super busy and literally have a line of people waiting out the door for a table at peak lunch time. There were many locals there and it almost seemed like every single one of them were friends with or somehow knew the chef and servers as they all kept coming by to say hi to the chef in the kitchen. We sat at a table in the back of the restaurant close to the kitchen so we watch all of this friendly traffic and commotion in action.

We had the pasta arrabbiata which was absolutely delicious and had a nice kick from the chili peppers. This was the third out of the 4 Roman pastas that I wanted to try and it was my favorite by far. We also got the whole fish grilled to share and I swear they must have thought we were starving (or saw $$$ signs in our tourist faces) since they brought us out the largest fish they had in their kitchen. This fish was no joke, it was literally the size of the table. We were a bit startled at first but the fish was cooked so well that we had no problem devouring the whole thing.

Service was rocky from the start especially since we got there early for our reservation and this was not taken well by our server (apparently being early or even punctual is frowned upon around here). He was rather abrupt, not very cordial from the beginning and came off as kind of rude, but eventually he did warm up a bit (perhaps when he realized that we were ordering several bottles of wine and the largest fish they had). It's sometimes difficult to let things go, I know, but here I feel like you just have to not take their sort of crass attitude too personally, let it slide and enjoy the delicious food they serve.

Except for our expensive fish (it's paid by the kilo), the prices were pretty reasonable.

Everything was amazing and the service was fantastic! Each pasta dish was better than the next. One of our favorite restaurants we ate at in Rome. Family size portions.

It doesn't look like much walking in, but while waiting for a table, guests leaving the restaurant raved about how good the food was, so we were excited! We were quickly seated and served drinks and food in a cheerful, polite manner. My partner and I shared the spaghetti with clams, mussels, and squid. Amazing portion and taste. 11/10!

Ok food posing as good. We were encouraged to order a special lobster dish that was covered in celery, tomatoes, and salad dressing,...why? Overhyped and expensive. I overheard a solo diner being almost refused as it was busy and they didnt want to give up a table for one. I was also forced to pay gratuity that was not on my bill but added in before my card was charged. Won't be back. Many restaurants in Italy are now charging a post covid forced gratuity at many restaurants, or sneaking charges in, beware stupid Americans and stop tipping as you have created this problem.