gigi pizzeria

went here with a vegan friend and a vegetarian friend. both of them loved the place. one expressed that the reason she loved it was that they didn't make a big deal, and made food sogoodthat non-vegans wouldn't even notice it was vegan.

as a non-vegan, i found the food exceptionally mediocre. i can't fault the place or the staff, they were great. i'm fine with vegetarian pizza, but find pizza without cheese bland.

if you're vegan, you'll probably love it. if your tastes are broader, there's a heap of better places around.

the place is always extremely popular, people enjoy their time there and the owner i'm sure is very happy with the business, the food i'd say isgoodif you know what to expect! 
however in my case i was extremely disappointed, i went to an italian restaurant with a sign on the door saying "vera pizza napoletana" and that's  completely a lie!! all the items on the menu' are either vegetarian or vegan!!!  i went there in the hope for agooditalian pizza and i got vegan tasteless food! 
i have absolutely nothing against vegans or vegetarians, everyone should eat as they like, but saying  that they make the "vera pizza" and serving only vegan food is very deceitful!!

have you ever eaten a pizza and felt healthy? this is the place. it would be hard to forget your cherry tomatoes pizza. it's my favourite. and gigi's salad is so simple yet spectacular. a simple menu, simple presentation, but consistent and quality. the restaurant is always crowded.goodmusic,goodvibe. highly recommend.

just amazing pizza made with love and skills!
my personal opinion all the pizzas are supergoodbut my favorite is the one with cavolo.

remember to save some little space for desserts which are incredible.

i love this place.

service very slow 30 minutes for a couple of pizzas is notgood- even if they look good!

whoah, this is some seriouslygoodpizza! as a huge pizza fan and a vegetarian, i was delighted to go to a pizza restaurant where i had so many delicious options to chose from. the pizzas came out very quickly and were incredible tasty - pillowy pizza crust and flavourful fresh toppings. i would say their pizza is on par with lucio pizzeria in darlinghurst (although more adventurous, which i liked), which is a huge compliment. my advice would be to definitely get there before opening time though - i arrived a few minutes before 6pm on a friday when they opened and joined the quickly-forming queue to get straight in (and felt rather smug when i saw the size of the queue by the time i left!). can't wait to go back!

reallygoodfood but,
the service was the worst i’ve ever experienced. waiters were impatient, edgy and rude. the way they placed our items on the table was very harsh i felt like the plates are gonna break on me. the waiter who brought our food just put it all hastily said the names in italian (which none of us spoke) and rushed off before we can ask what’s what. when the second round of food came he didn’t even bother saying the names he just placed them on the table, very awkwardly positioned on top of each other and left. they got bothered when we asked for tomato sauce or ketchup, they said they’re italians and have only italian sauces??!? we did inform the manager who seemed like he didn’t want to be informed because after every remark i’d make he would go back to speaking about food quality disregarding staff quality. when asked why is it that it’s all men that work there the guy sarcastically said “because women are meant to stay home”. i kind of accepted the sarcasm but after seeing the attitudes of the waiters and the negativity coming out of them while serving us, i highly doubt it was sarcasm in the first place.
every time our plates our empty they’d come ask if they can take them when in fact our cutlery was still positioned in a way that the reflects that we are still eating - someone should teach them etiquette of eating.
at the end of our dinner, after they’ve taken away almost everything on the table a friend of mine was still eating and there was still a fair amount of food in her plate and her cutlery still signaled that she’s eating and the waiter still stuffed his fingers across the food and took the plate without asking. she called him back and he put it back without apologizing but she was too disgusted by the way his hands touched the food and by the service itself that she couldn’t finish eating.

thegoodand the meh:
the pizzas and the calezone were amazing. the arancinis were overrated. the prices are bit above average considering what goes into the pizza.

music too loud. management turned music volume up after i asked another staff member if music volume could be turned down. management then told me they had no controls for the volume of the music and after i stated i could see the control on the wall and just watched him use them and heard the volume go up he refused to turn it down telling me everyone else is having agoodtime. management then took a plate from our table which was unfinished gnocchi that we had paid for.

by default, gigi will always have a special place in our heart! my wife and i first met in gigi on a first date back in 2016! it has been a while since we dined here, so took a box of calzone for takeaway. despite not being eaten straight away at the restaurant, quality is still asgoodwhen dined at home. you have us as loyal customers for life!

the pizza base was on the chewy side for this kind, otherwise it was good. i wasn't game to try any with the cheese substitutes so i got the potato one and it had a lot of potato and strong flavours, although the bigger toppings were thrown about haphazardly, making it harder to eat. the pizza price is in line with othergoodpizzas but the sides were very expensive and not even very good. in particular, the minuscule serve of tiramisu was very boring - it seemed like the cream substitute worked well but they seriously skimped on the coffee and alcohol and anything else that normally goes into it.

everything on the menu sounded sogoodit was hard to choose but we settled on the arancini balls, fungi pizza and the eggplant pizza. they were all delicious! the food came out quickly considering the restaurant was full.
100% recommend!

vegan food may be getting up to some rather marvellous things in the last few years, but i’ve always drawn the line at vegan pizza. surely a dish that mandates the addition of cheese in its most traditional form can’t possibly tastegoodwithout it, right?  and frankly, if it weren’t for jan and her recommendation of gigi pizzeria, i would’ve gone on happily believing the same forevermore.

there are a few things to love about this place. i absolutely adore that this is a vegan pizzeria that doesn’t really advertise as such. i didn’t see it on the walls of the restaurant, or signage, or the menu. they just happen to not use animal products. now, i like meat, but i think it’s much healthier for the planet to eat less of it, and for humans to eat less meat than we do. having a delicious option to meat and not make a fuss about it (and serve negronis andgooditalian wine too). well, that’s worth celebrating.

best vegan pizza ever! the pizza dough is exceptional and cooked to perfection. our favourite is the melazanne, absolutely delicious! the pizza is honestly thatgoodyou don’t even realize they don’t use traditional cheese. definitely worth a visit. it does get super busy on weekends and unfortunately you can’t book, but it is worth the wait!! would recommend trying on a quieter night of the week.

you can't go wrong at gigi's, the fact that it's right next door to my brother's place and service epic pizza is a win-win. i was taken here for my birthday and it did not disappoint. pick any pizza and you are ingoodhands. if you hav not been, there is somethign wrong with you.