Can anyone recommend a restaurant in Rome near Vatican Museum where we will be staying the night before our Rick Steves tour. We will be arriving around 8 pm and I'm sure we will be hungry and tired so don't want to have to search too much. We are always up for dining at the places the locals go to.
Isola della Pizza has a good menu, much more than pizza. You can look at their web page.
I have enjoyed meals at La Rustichella, described p. 968 and 989 in Rick's Italy book.
We enjoy Osteria delle Commari.
Arlu, Borgo Pio 135, everything homemade, family-run.
Il Mozzicone on Borgo Pio, 180. Try the grilled veal chop or the Involtini.