Panella

4 stars, a few brief points.
Delicious spinach and tomato bread. It comes bagged and in several shapes — flowers, stars, or squares. Their bread likely has very little preservative but is still tasty the next day or so.
Huge fan of their tea selection as well! They use Tea Forte (
) which makes for a beautifully fragrant cup depending on which flavor you choose.
Self-​service pastries are «point and they bag/​plate for you». Then, you shuffle back over to the cash register and hand over Euros. Pear /​chocolate puff pastry! Oh and do not forget to browse their walls in the back and sides of the store as they sell a good selection of jarred items, spices, savory items, and dried pastas.
I’ll be back, I really liked this place and the surrounding area. :)

Visited upon a recommendation from a local. The food was ok and I’m sure better than many places nearby for breakfast. However, the staff and service were truly awful. We waited to be seated and were ignored by every member of staff. When we got their attention they were rude and dismissive. After being told there wasn’t a table available, a group of people began leaving so we just sat down at theirs. Competent staff know which tables are likely to become free. Waited an age just to get an order, which took forever to arrive and was missing one person’s meal. Waited another 7 – 8 minutes then asked staff about it and finally received an obviously forgotten cold crêpe. No apology given.
This place is mediocre at best with staff who need to be reminded upon which side of the counter they reside.

I definitely recommend going and doing self service as many of the others have pointed out. Would be five stars if the table service wasn’t so so slow!
BEST baked goods in Roma; such high quality it puts every other bakery to shame! The coffee drinks are fantastic. Highly recommend a regular cappuccino, cappuccino del professor, or the shaken iced coffee.

The food and coffee are great, but just do the self-​service option. The outdoor seating is split in half by self-​service and full-​service. We sat in the full service area and it was awful. The service was so bad. Everything took so long. If I hadn’t asked for menus we’d probably still be sitting there. There was only one server and he seemed totally overwhelmed. Whatever system the place is using it’s very inefficient. Just do self-​service, go inside and look at all the beautiful baked goods.

Stopped by to grab breakfast before heading to the Coliseum. We got some donut like thing that had a hint of lemon. And a cappuccino. Both were fine and well made. If you’re near by and not sure, don’t worry you can find a lot worse in Rome. Just hop in and pick something up. I saw a lot of Italians eating here before work.

Really enjoyed this place. Breakfast was very good, very traditional Italian. Good service. Good value.

We made reservations for the 10 euro buffet and were very excited about eating at Panella because our host strongly recommended this eatery. We came early and were left at a table and NO ONE acknowledged us for approximately 10 minutes. My husband finally got up to ask what we were supposed to do for the buffet and they said five more minutes and this stretched to another ten minutes. We were on the patio and enjoyed sitting there, but were very hungry after walking to the restaurant. Finally we were told we could go to the buffet and when I started to take a plate, a very nasty server admonished me and ran to the front of the restaurant to confirm we had paid. When we started to choose selections from the buffet, the server who put the food on our plate said we had enough and shooed us away. We had five very small items on our plates. Frankly, I felt as if my hand had been slapped and I was in kindergarten. Very, very rude server. We came back in line and once again, rude server. There is no dessert and a cover charge to sit on the patio. We paid 30 euros, for 2 pops (coca-​cola) a few hors d’oeuvres and the ability to sit down cost 10 extra euros. I will never go there again, nor would we recommend this restaurant.

We came here twice — once for lunch and once for a late-​night stop — and had two incredibly different experiences. At lunch, we ordered crepes, arancini and pizza, all of which were pretty mediocre and the service (as others have noted) was not organized or friendly to non-​locals. We wouldn’t have stopped back except we walked past it again at night on the way to our hotel a couple days later and it was packed with locals. We stopped and got some pastry desserts and a bottle of wine. The food was much better, as was the experience. It’s worth stopping by late night or for the buffet, but not worth stopping by for lunch.

AVOID THE PLACE — Biggest deception ever ! Bad food, awful service, expensive for no reason ! Who do they think they are when they treat you as if you were not there ??? Because they do not speak English they’re not comfortable ??? Then speak English and be nice to your Customers!!! See what I got — and cold — for 23,50 EUR! We’re in Roma not in Dubai !! Shame on you !

This place is amazing!!! I will be visiting Rome for 6 days and will have a meal at this restaurant every day. The selection is vast and the food and coffee is of good quality.
As for the service there is a language barrier issue with some of the staff and the so called «roman way» but if you learn a little Italian it will go a long way.
I highly suggest coming here to at least let your nose and eyes make a decision for you.

Good food and great bread and pizza, but mostly abysmal service.
The whole ordering process is also chaotic, disorganized and not thought out very well — much like Rome is, as I’ve come to learn this week. Some of the younger people are civil, but the old lady who does the register has got to go. The next time she throws my change at me I might throw it back at her.
Try the pastries and baked items. Although pricey they are well made and very good.
Just grit your teeth, hand over a wad of cash, and suffer through the ‘Roman charm’.

Wow what a place!
A shop in the heart of Rome which is much more than just a simple bakery!
Their «aperitivo» which starts around 6ish is the best «deal» anyone can get! For 12Euros you get an unlimited buffet of freshly prepared food and a drink which are simply delicious or a glass from their great selection of wine.
Their Sunday Brunch is also a «bargain» and well worth going, however in both cases for brunch and aperitivo it might be worth to reserve a table since the wait can be at times, especially in the weekend, well over 1 hour! But its totally worth it!
In many occasions I’ve been there, for me the aperitivo was my dinner since you have a lot of food selection and its all delicious!
Inside they have also a store that sells the great products they use in their very own preparation, and the prices are modest.
Had breakfast also here on a few occasions as well as lunch, especially on a sunny day its amazing to eat in the little square, that is next to the shop (Largo Leopardi), right behind the Colosseum!
Definitely worth visiting a place that is almost a century old and its still family run!

Super friendly and helpful. Let them help you, well, if you are as lost and confused as I am in a foreign country at times. Seriously you can’t go wrong with anything you order. We had this wonderful wholegrain bar that’s stands out the most. The rice balls are also amazing! A bit pricey but worth it IMHO thus the 4 stars.

So many options you can certainly find what your looking for. I went here soecicially bc I was told they had gluten free options which they do but what I didn’t realize was that in order for them
To make fresh gluten free things for you you like a pizza you have to preorder it but if you just walk in they just offer the Schar brand of everything gluten free like at the farmacia they have a wide selection but I think it’s a bit pricier for the gluten free stuff there

l’apertivo for the win at this place. buy a drink for 12 euro and eat small bites AYCE. cant beat it, sat outside under the umbrellas during a particularly cold rainy march april month. made a few trips inside to refill our small plates, there are servers there which put what you would like on the plate for you.
their bakery was simply amazing and sister and i got a nice treat for easter to bring home. pistachio cream cake deliciousness

The best English tea in town. My wife was blown away with the organic pyramid shaped tea that sat perfectly in the lid of the cup. The hot chocolate should be served with cream, drank immediately and re-​ordered. (It’s made with real chocolate only).
The service was a breath of fresh air and we tried our best Italian to compliment this wonderful café.

Oh how I love this place! If it wasn’t so expensive it would be a 5 star for sure.
I strongly recommend getting the pizza, but pretty much anything we got here was yummy in my tummy.
When we walked in, we saw that they had 2 pizzas to select from that day. Both were made in a long strip and you tell them how big of a piece you would like and they cut it to size. You then pay by weight.
We also ordered some drinks which cost a bundle. Something like 5 or 6 euros each and I thought they were insane. Then when we sat down, they brought us some crostini and they explained that the crostini goes with the drinks. Then we thought, maybe they’re not that insane afterall…
Don’t forget to explore the back of the bakery. In the back they have some other jarred food items for sale. We didn’t get anything as it really was too expensive but it was fun to browse.

One of the best bakeries I’ve ever been to. Service was ok, but food was very special, and coffee was great as well.