La Rosetta

Frommer's Review

You won't find any red meat on the menu at this sophisticated choice near Piazza Navona, where the Riccioli family has been directing operations since the mid-1960s. This is one of Rome's best seafood restaurants. Only Quinzi & Gabrieli does it better. An excellent start is insalata di frutti di mare, studded with squid, lobster, octopus, and shrimp. Menu items include just about every fish native to the Mediterranean, as well as a few from the Atlantic coast of France. There's even a sampling of lobster imported from Maine, which can be boiled with drawn butter or served Catalan style with tomatoes, red onions, and wine sauce. Hake, monkfish, and sole can be grilled or roasted in rock salt and served with potatoes. Everyone at our table agreed that the homemade spaghetti garnished with shrimp, pumpkin blossoms, and pecorino cheese, with a drizzling of olive oil and herbs adding a savory zing, was tops.

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