The
secret to getting
good service in a
restaurant in
Italy is to realize that you
do not rush Italians. They don't like it.
Rome may be a huge, bustling city filled with
homicidal motorists and people who will
kill you for a
parking space, but the
waiters will always take their time to finish a
cigarette or glass of
wine before coming to your table.
Just because they won't say "you want fries with that?" doesn't mean you'll be eating bad food. You'll just have to wait for it, which isn't such a bad thing after all. Rome is not without it's charms.
Let it be.