Large modern brewery tap that carries a very wide range of Italian micros on draft and in the bottle, as well as to take away. Friendly young staff. Finger food was very tasty, more substantial fare was limited to burgers. Worth a visit.

Pleasantly located on a narrow back street not far from the river. Great interior that crosses between funky bar and stylish restaurant but manages to retain a cozy feel. Extensive beer list with something like 40 taps and a couple of hand pumps but as a result the beers are not always kept well. The chick at the bar had no problems with pouring genorous size samples for free. You will find over 100 bottles available here, which are on show adorning the wall behind the bar. Food is simple Italian-American fare like cheeses, burgers, grilled chicken etc. You will find micros from all over Italy as well as the Baladin range. Edit: After a number of visits over the a few months I have found the service to be dreadful at best - ordinary staff and just too expensive for the quality of beers being served.

Hit this about 3PM. Plaster, stainless steel, modern furniture, tastefully abutted by a much less modern roojm. About 15% full. Service was excellent, and the English was much better than my Italian. Many good beers, and not just Italian. Food was good - and simple. Beers were well kept and excellent. You can buy and take away. Eat your heart out Shelton Bros.

Visited a couple of times during a recent visit to Roma (Oct ’12). One large room with a massive wall of bottles behind the bar, then a smaller side room. When coming here it is a little easy to walk straight past as I did ! Sat at the bar on both occasions, service was a little erratic but overall friendly and knowledgeable. Beers were E5 for 33cl pours or for a 20cl pour of the Xyauyu range. The latter was a nice touch as despite being bottled they had one of each bottle in a fridge at the correct temperature and would open a bottle and re-cork! I also hit on the sampler on my 2nd visit. This wasn’t the greatest vfm deal at E20 for 5 20cl pours (excluding the Xyauyu’s) when you bear in mind E20 gets you 1.32l of 4 beers! Still the cheapest way to accumulate new rates tho’! I had bar snacks on both visits, they were pitching at an American brew pub range, so various fried items and dips. Ok - but not top notch. Good venue, good choice, a definate must visit on a trip to Roma.

Beautiful bar with a huge tap list of almost all Italian micros. It gets crowded in the evening, so you will need a reservation after 19:00 or so, and then the service starts to falter as well. Get there early, and you can chat with the bartenders and take your time. They let me buy tasting sets which were not on the menu and they said it was only possible when they weren’t busy. Get the Baladin strong beers by the glass. Food was very good. An abosulute must for trying Italian beers.

First, I TOTALLY DISAGREE with the current ratebeer classification as a restaurant. This place is way more a pub/bar than a restaurant. Yes they serve food but so do 90% of the pubs/bars on ratebeer. And not on to the review… Close to the Rome tourist area but located on a tiny street that very few tourist will find. The little door on this little street doesn’t prepare you for what’s inside. Superb interior that is both classy and warm. Medium size, sits about 100. The bar itself has one of the nicest display I have ever seen with a high mirror wall and hundreds of bottle nicely laid-out on many rows. The pub has a full menu but not much traditional Italian Cuisine. I did not eat there because as a tourist I am not eating a burger in Rome, no sir. The place does not feel like a restaurant, it really has a pub atmosphere, not a restaurant atmosphere. No tv anywhere, yeah! Smooth rock music at acceptable low volume. Open Baladin is probably the place to go to drink Italian micros on tap. The other main beer places in town (Ma Che Siete, Brasserie 4:20, etc.) are nice but they do not focus on Italian micros like Open Baladin does. Only Bir&Fud restaurant comes close to Open Baladin as far as Italian micros selection is concerned. The tap selection is impressive, about 40 taps of mostly Italian micros. I thought I knew a bit about Italian micros but honestly I was flipping a coin to make my selections. Obviously there is a lot of Baladin on tap but there is also a very nice selection from about a dozen of other Italian micros. There is also an extensive bottle list but with that many Italian micro brews on tap I did not bother with the bottle list. Great service, they will let you sample anything before you buy. The two staff I talked to we able to speak decent english. And just to make things better, they have free wi-fi. This new bar is a must-go for anybody interested in Italian micros. Plus it is walking distance from Ma Che Siete and Bir&Fud, two other must-visit in town.

First of all; the service at this particular place was just amazing, easily the best service I have had so far visiting beer bars in Europe. I could buy as many Italian 100ml samples as I was able to drink at the time. The Italian-Danish waitress did an exceptional and knowledgeable job giving me tasters of suggested beers, and was very eager to know my opinion of them. The selection of Italian craft beers was overwhelming added by a few guest ales from the British Isles, USA and Belgium, as well as a few bottled beers to takeaway. I gave up counting all the taps, but according to the useful Italian blog romadabere there should be about 45 operating taps. The place could best be described as a retro, high ceiling café when it comes to design and interior decoration. The first thing you notice when entering Open Baladin is the stunning beer wall behind the counter. Good food, chicken Caesar salad, too. No wine offerings at this place. To be perfect they need to improve the toilet facilities. Anyway, Open Baladin appeared as a very complete beer destination, even playing the right kind of music from Animals, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Smiths and Doors. Frau Eva and I visited the place from 14.00 until about 17.00 on a Saturday afternoon which seemed to be the right time for joyful drinking, eating and rating (visited, 31.03.2012).

One of the best spaces for a beer bar that I’ve yet to encounter. Tons of room inside with an EPIC bottle display and range of taps. I can’t believe they had so many of their own offerings on tap. The place was dead when I was there, but the staff was more than helpful and I had a great time. Not to be missed while in Rome.

This could have been a world class joint. It has a fine atmosphere and okay service. The tap selction is amazing. However most of the beers are unclean and buttery. A shame . . this could have been so muc better!!! They need to clean the taps more often!

Stunning interior, incredible selection mainly of italian beers, which is what I personnally was looking for. Beers were all in top condition. Food was kind of hit or miss. Menu is american brewpub style: burgers, chicken wings, fried stuff, and sadly it is not well executed. Bread of the burger was full of nuts and cereals and was stiff like hell. Potato croquettes were still cold in the middle. The tartar was one of the good I’ve eaten though and I appreciate the effort of fresh ingredients and following the principles of the slow food movement. Then, the service was uneven. Depending on the waiter, I could wait 30 minutes without beer in a place almost empty. The other time, service was excellent. Go figure. Overall a very nice place that could use a little bit of tightening up to live up to the expectations of its name.