Canova

We heard that Fellini used to have morning coffee here, so we went on our honeymoon for a late breakfast. The food was ok — the mushroom pizza was actually pretty good. My coffee was fine, my salad was ok. The tables are very close together and you get a lot of smoke in your face. They pressure you to pay someone sitting outside of the bathroom just to use the facilities of the restaurant you are paying to eat in, which is really weird and unappealing. Our server couldn’t be bothered with us as if we were inconveniencing him for being there, then he asked for a tip when I handed him my credit card. (Not only was I told that tipping in Italy is not common practice, whenever I have left some kind of tip for good service over the last week here, the server has tried to give it back to me. Of course I say no, but this place was very different). I’d suggest going here for the experience of sitting by the piazza and looking around but don’t go too hungry or expect anything great.

Awful experience. Rude wait staff got mad at us for having water bottles (tourists in the middle of sightseeing, shocker). Not kind to Americans.

Family four on vacation.
Had chef choice mixed fish and bone steak. Both great choices with potatoes and greens.
Steak specifically was cooked perfect and we are from Texas, we have tasted beef couple of times over the years.
Great location in plazza del poppolo.

Food was disaster, as you can see on my photos, especially considering prices. (old bread burned in toaster with mozzarella and prosciutto is called Roman pizza) Compared to other restaurants in Rome would definitely not recommend. Also staff wasn’t friendly at all. Only positive thing is location.

Came here mainly because I had went sightseeing at the piazza del popolio and the place is literally right there. Say right outside as most do and while it is very beautiful setting, the only negative is that a nice size wind blows about every 10 – 15 minutes knocking and blowing stuff all over the place.
I do like the fact that they do give you chips and olives while you wait for your food as it seem like most places do in Rome. For my meal I had the rigatoni and a order of the Lemon chicken. Both were ok, nothing special. The only thing that saved this meal was the jar of peppercino cheese try give to you on the side (real similar to Parmesan cheese). Overall to me this is more of a grab a table and have a drink while overlooking the piazza type place as suppose to this great restaurant.

Very friendly wait staff. Spoke English and put up with us trying to pronounce the menu in Italian! Food was good, coffee was great and the view was excellent.

Great location. Wifi code is «california». Not overly friendly waiters. See photos with full explanation.

I expected to pay extra for the beautiful setting, but would have liked a decent cappuccino to go with it.

Come here for a drink at the bar or sit at the tables and enjoy a light meal. The setting is nearly perfect. Buy a Cuban cigar. Go outside and smoke it. Be a Roman if only for a moment.

Good pizza with awesome view.

Oh so Dolce Vita! Make sure you have a fabulous outfit or at the very least some fabulous sunglasses. Sit outside on the piazza of this famous café and watch Vespas speed by as you sip a Campari Soda… You will be offered a gorgeous array of nibbles for apperitivo hour as you watch the sun set. You get the picture. Or maybe you’re IN the picture! Ciaooooooo!

Vor dem Canova am Piazza del Popolo sind auf dem schmalen Gehweg einige Tische und Stühle aufgestellt und man kann dem Treiben bei einem Café zuschauen. Gegessen haben wir nichts, die Bewertung bezieht sich auf Lage und Café. :)

This is another great place to people-​watch, but it is a tourist trap.
We ordered the pizza funghi (10 €), spaghetti frutti di Mare (14 €), scaloppa in crosta (22 €), and a glass of chardonnay (7 €). We could have eaten cheaper elsewhere, but we wanted to just relax and people-​watch at Piazza del Popolo.
Service was horrible. We were seated right away yet it took forever for the waiter to take our order. I had a nagging feeling there was a discriminatory thing that went on. If only I were fluent in Italian, I would have raised a ruckus. I just chose NOT to pick this battle. I was so tempted not to leave a tip! We got back by taking our sweet time with our meal even though there were others who were waiting to be seated. We could have stayed longer but a couple from a nearby table started to light up. I could only suffer so much secondhand smoke… grrrr!!!
In a nutshell: great outdoor seating, delicious yet pricey food, horrible service.

Attrape touristes!
C’est le café typique pour touristes où on vous propose des glaces bas de gamme mais des prix excessifs. Seule la position du café sur la Piazza del Popolo est positive.