Gallo Matto

Reviews

• Keith S.

  star star star star star_border 31 August 2026

  Had the rabbit and deli tray. Both were great. The restaurant really brings you in with the decor. Exactly what we wanted. Friendly wait staff

• Denis K.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 23 August 2026

  Certainly the worst dining experience I had in Italy.
  The food (carbonara) was simply bad: pasta was overcooked and had too much oil. Crappy food was however not the worst thing about this place. The service there, if you can call this a service, was awful. I waited forever before I got my order. After I got the bill, I was asked to go upstairs (!) to make the payment, perhaps because those two mid-eastern looking youngsters working there as waiters were too tired to run back and forth to bring the payment terminal. And finally... Before making the order, I gave the waiter my phone and charger as my battery was almost dead. When I was leaving, it turned out that he did not plug it in...
  Never checked Yelp before going to restaurant in Italy, as so far any random place I picked was always quite good, but this experience proved you should be careful planning the dining even in Rome. Quite sure though, it would be tricky to find the place in Rome matching poor Galo Matto standards of quality.

• Priscilla S.

  star star star star star_border 22 August 2026

  We were recommended to come here by our hotel which was right next door. I shared the jumbo chicken which is meant for 2 people and ordered a salad as well. It was roasted very well and the white meat was juicy too. We even some guests dance with the waiter during our dinner. After dinner, they served us two limoncellos shots.

• Jamie H.

  star star star star star 21 August 2026

  We enjoyed this restaurant, especially the attentiveness and friendliness of the servers. We tried the roasted chicken and potatoes. The potatoes were crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. There was a lively pianist for entertainment and the eclectic decor makes for a fun game if I spy.

• Tyler R.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 21 August 2026

  Warning: Times Square.
  
  After a great full day of exploring Rome, we wanted a quick pizza dinner close to the hotel. There were so many options to choose from that we really had a hard time picking one...and even when we did, we happened to run into Gallo Matto on the way. Christmas lights, people, lively waitstaff, someone was singing...it lured is in. We were tired, maybe slightly delirious, because what we did not realize at the time was that Gallo Matto lured us in the same way Olive Garden or Bubba Gump Shrimp in Times Square does to a great number of people visiting New York City every single day.
  
  We sat outside and were immediately forgotten about, so after 15 minutes I walked to the front door--I figured if there was someone there, I'd ask them to come out, if not, we were leaving. Well, there was someone there so we ordered everything at once in the spirit of time (it was close to 10pm at this point).
  
  The lettuce in the garden salads was old and very much tasted that way; the two of us basically live off salad and neither of us finished ours. The margherita pizza came shorty after, which had far too much cheese and reminded me of meh pizza back home.
  
  We finished nothing and left as soon as we could. I did have a cold Peroni, which was good, but besides that...I'd avoid this place. We went against our gut in every way possible...and learned our lesson.