Kim Kardashian and North West were “polite and gracious” while dining at a revered restaurant in Rome, Italy, over the weekend — despite spurring online discourse about the 12-year-old’s outfit choice.

The mother-daughter duo, along with two of Kardashian’s close gal pals, dined on authentic Italian dishes in a private corner table at Pierluigi in the charming Piazza de’ Ricci last Saturday, an inside source exclusively tells Page Six.

We’re told patrons were “caught off guard” when flashes from paparazzi cameras started going off as Kardashian and her group arrived on the scene.

“[The paparazzi] had followed the van from their hotel to the restaurant, arriving first on scooters,” the insider said. “By the time the van doors opened, the paparazzi were already in place.”

We hear Karda

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