★★★★★
The children made their own ravioli and have talked about it since we got home. The chef was patient with them and the kitchen was set up so everyone had their own space to work in.
Catherine · Family with young children · July 2025
Eat and Walk Italy
Rome Food, Made by You: Fettuccine, Ravioli and Tiramisu
Three hours, three things made from scratch
A minute from Piazza Navona
The kitchen is a working restaurant on Via Giuseppe Zanardelli, in the middle of the old centre.
Fettuccine by hand
Rolled and cut by you, served with the sauce of your choice.
Ricotta ravioli
Filled and sealed by hand, finished with butter and sage.
Your own tiramisu
Made in the session and eaten at the end of it.
Everything included
Wine or a soft drink, water, and espresso or limoncello with the dessert.
Step-free, and set up for children
Wheelchair and stroller accessible with infant seats available, which is rare among these kitchens.
This is the most-reviewed product on either platform in this city by a margin of several thousand, which is unusual for a cooking class rather than a walk. The reason is that it does three things in three hours and sits you down to all of them, so it is a lesson and dinner at once rather than a demonstration you watch and then go hungry from.
It is also the one page here where a limit is worth stating plainly rather than burying: the listing’s exclusion column says "making the sauce". You make the pasta and the dessert; the sauce is prepared for you. That is a pasta class, not a sauce class, and knowing it in advance is better than finding it out at the stove.
Runs3 hours
Group sizeUp to 18
MeetsGusto al Passetto, Via Giuseppe Zanardelli 14, a minute from Piazza Navona
FareFrom $61 per person
CancellationFree up to 24 hours ahead
Step-freeThe listing calls this route wheelchair accessible
StrollersStroller accessible
What the three hours look like
- Check-in. Arrive ten minutes early at Gusto al Passetto, Via Giuseppe Zanardelli 14. Late arrivals may miss part of the session.
- The dough. Egg into flour, worked, rested, rolled and cut into fettuccine.
- The ravioli. Ricotta filling, sealed by hand, to be finished with butter and sage.
- The tiramisu. Made while the pasta rests, so it is set by the time you eat.
- The table. Sit down to all three, with wine or a soft drink, water and a coffee or limoncello.
Who it suits, and who should choose something else
Book this if
You would rather come home able to make it than able to describe it, or you are travelling with children who will not stand still at a cured-meat counter for three hours. It is also the sensible booking in November, when Rome takes 108 mm of rain.
Book something else if
You want to be shown the city as well as fed. A class never leaves the room; the twilight Trastevere walk crosses a whole quarter, and the street-food crossing does it for less.
What the fare covers
In the fare
- Fettuccine you make, served with the sauce you choose
- Ricotta ravioli from scratch, with butter and sage
- Your own tiramisu
- Wine or a soft drink
- Water
- Espresso or limoncello
Not in the fare
- Making the sauce — it is served, not cooked by you
- Any food or drink beyond the list
- Tips
Finding the kitchen
Gusto al Passetto sits on Via Giuseppe Zanardelli, a minute north of Piazza Navona and a short walk from Largo di Torre Argentina. It is a working restaurant, so look for the address rather than for a school sign, and the listing asks you to arrive ten minutes before the start time for check-in.
Know before you go
- The sauce is served, not made. Stated in the listing’s own exclusions; everything else on the plate is yours.
- Arrive ten minutes early. Late arrivals may miss part of the experience.
- Flour is everywhere. Gluten-free pasta can be provided, but the room cannot be guaranteed contamination-free, so this is not a coeliac option.
- Tell them about diets at booking. Vegetarian, nut-free and alcohol-free menus are available with notice.
- Eighteen is the cap. A large class by the standards of this site, so book together if you want to be on the same bench.
- You will not need dinner. Two pastas and a dessert is a meal, whatever time your slot runs.
What travellers said about this kitchen
★★★★★
Three hours went quickly and we came out able to make two pastas and a tiramisu. Sitting down to eat what you have just made, with a glass of wine, is a better dinner than most restaurants managed that week.
Marilyn · Couple · June 2025
★★★★☆
Well run and good value, and I liked that the recipes were simple enough to repeat. Worth knowing that the sauce is prepared for you rather than by you — the class is about the pasta.
Victoria · Solo traveller · May 2026
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Questions this one gets asked
Do I really make all three things?
Yes — the fettuccine, the ricotta ravioli and the tiramisu are each made from scratch by you. The one thing the listing puts in its exclusion column is making the sauce, which is prepared for you.
What if I have never cooked pasta before?
That is the usual case. The chef works the room and the dough is more forgiving than it looks; traveller feedback here includes people who came out able to repeat it at home.
Is there anything to drink?
Wine or a soft drink, water, and an espresso or a limoncello at the end, all counted in the fare. Nothing else is included.
Can vegetarians do it?
Yes. Vegetarian, nut-free and alcohol-free options are all available, and gluten-free pasta can be provided — though wheat flour is used throughout the room, so it is not a coeliac-safe environment.
Is it suitable for a wheelchair or a stroller?
Its Additional Info says wheelchair accessible and stroller accessible, and infant seats are available. That is unusual among the classes here and worth confirming with the operator when you book.
I would rather eat than cook — what should I take?
The twilight Trastevere walk: four hours, six or seven stops and a seated pasta course somebody else made. It is the direct alternative to this one.
The other two we would put in front of you
- Winner 2026 Rome Twilight Trastevere Food Tour by Eating Europe — From $122
- Rome: Trastevere & Campo de Fiori Street Food Walking Tour — From $48
- All Rome Food Tours — every walk, class and day trip, sorted by rating against review volume
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