Naumachia Ristorante located at Via Celimontana, 7, 00184 Roma RM in Italy

September 5, 2018:  After visiting the Colosseum, it was time for lunch.  We crossed the street and passed by many tourist trap restaurants (as many as we could) before choosing Naumachia Ristorante.  There were many customers dining in at this time and I felt especially lucky to be given a window seat facing the streets!  

Window view from my seat

View of the restaurant from my seat

Menu cover

Antipasti menu

Bruschette, fritti, and crostini menu

Pizza menu

Partial dessert menu

Partial drinks menu

We went a bit overboard for lunch XD.  We had the Margherita and Capricciosa pizzas, Filetto di Baccala, Proscuitto crudo di Parma Riserva, and orange juice.

Spremuta d’arancia. €4
-freshly squeezed orange juice

Proscuitto crudo di Parma Riserva “16 mesi”. €10
-parma ham reserve “16 months”

The Proscuitto crudo di Parma Riserva “16 mesi” came with a basket of bread.  The proscuitto (parma ham) was sooo soft and delicious.  It wasn’t too salty or chewy at all.

(Proscuitto must be eaten fresh right away otherwise the sunlight or heat in the room will harden and warm it up).

Served with bread

The proscuitto was so thin and delicious!

The Filetto di Baccalà (Cod Fish Fries) was a single fried serving of cod as opposed to “fries”.  This was a good morsel of crispy fried fish that I really enjoyed.  It was fresh and so moist inside the thin crispy battered layer.

Filetto di Baccalà. €3.
-Cod fish fries

So tender and flaky inside

The Margherita Pizza had simply (pomodoro) tomato sauce and mozzarella.  It was so thin crust and soft and chewy.  To be honest, it was all right.  It smelled amazing though and it was a very light and decent pizza.

Margherita Pizza. €6
-tomato sauce, mozzarella

Very thin and barely any crust

The Capricciosa Pizza had mushrooms, olives, artichokes, ham, and egg on top of tomato sauce and mozzarella.  It was a heftier pizza and definitely saucy.

Capricciosa Pizza. €8
-tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms, olives, artichokes, ham, egg

Look at all the ingredients on this slice!

We struggled to finish the pizzas.  It was a huge portion of carbs!  We ended up packing the rest to go.

Lunch for two

After our double pizza lunch, we headed to the Roman Forum and surrounding architecture.

Storefront

Receipt