gino's brick oven pizza

gino's has been my favorite since then. the ambiance is quitegoodand the food is awesome specially their salted egg pasta that has a unique taste that will make you crave for more and of course their famous smegg pizza, oh so yummy 😋

food:👍👍👍
was generally okay. pizza was a little oily but was tasty. pasta wasgoodbut not great.

service:👍👍👍👍
attentive staff, didn’t needed to repeat orders not follow up.

ambiance :👍👍
overall it was comfy. but when we came their air conditioning was broken or not working properly.
it was warm even with the fans.


cost:👍👍👍
not affordable.
i ordered imported ale/beers which was priced fair but the rest you will leave feeling you didn’t get the best bang for buck

may 12, 2018 dinner time
the place
the place is quite small. if you’re going on a “peak” time or in a group, better call in advance to reserve a table. we waited for about 20minutes to get a table for 6. what’s more disappointing is, the inside seating was warmer than the temperature outside. they have 3 air coolers, but it is still not sufficient to ventilate the entire room. place is clean though and had minimal decors.

the service
it’s okay. they were attentive and prompt. nothing stands out.

the food
bacon and spinach pizza & meat pizza - tasted good, loved the taste of the crust - the charredness gave it more character. however, the crust was very soggy towards the center. didn’t like that part, but otherwise pizza were really good.
mushroom parmigiano pasta - this was okay. what stands out more is how greasy it was - there’s even a visible pool of butter in the photo. if it weren’t for that, this would have been really good. it’s very very buttery. serving size isgoodfor 1.
stuffed chicken pasta - i had a different expectation of what this would look like, but it tasted good. the aglio olio pasta is less greasy than the mushroom parmigiano and tasted better. it was served with stuffed chicken and cream sauce — imagine cordon bleu, but stuffed with a meatball.

overall experience
i was expecting more from this experience. not sure if this is only in this branch, but i will try a different location and see how that goes.
food was good, but quite greasy/oily. hope they improve the ac issue coz that definitely ruined the experience especially on hot summer days!

first time eating here after the movies. it's quite uncommon to see a wood oven pizza place that is affordable as this one. this place is located at serendra along bgc. the interiors gives a rustic cottage feel with red brick walls and wood and oregano pots hanging on one wall. nice.

the staff was attentive. they recommended for us to try the smegg pizza which is one of their bestsellers and the salted egg carbonara. so we decided to get what she suggested. the pizza, smegg i guess was named so because of the shiitake mushrooms and egg toppings. it was nice and creamy, the pizza dogh itself has a nice crust as expected from a pizza cooked in a wood oven, slightly chewy and a bit too thin for me but it was ok. the salted egg carbonara was also nice and eggy and creamy.  both dishes weregoodon its own, but when i ate them together, i think i got an egg overload. everything tasted so rich. maybe next time i would order a different pizza with the  salted egg carbonara. it was agoodthing we ordered angelizzas which are small bite sized pizzas. think crispy potato chips with pizza toppings. this one i really loved and it somehow saved me from having too much egg for my dinner. we had iced tea by the pitcher for our drinks.

price was reasonable seeing the quality of the food. the place is cozy and can be a great place to hang out with family and friends. will be coming back to this place.

we liked that the menu is straightforward but contains interesting selections. we loved our classic burrata, panna sausage pizza, and salted egg pasta. the service wasgoodand we didn't have to wait too long for our food. overall, a pleasant experience.

on the table:
bacon gouda pizza 395php
tomato basil pasta 205php
crack pie, slice 55php
nutella soup 195php

i super love gino's bacon gouda! i'm a certified bacon-lover and this pizza gets a two thumbs up for me. the tomato basil pasta's sourness is a perfect match to the bacon gouda's flavors. for our dessert, we had the crack pie slice and the nutella soup. i'm not a huge fan of nutella and anything super sweet so i didn't like it that much. the crack pie tastesgoodand it's very reasonable at only 55php.

we'll definitely come back at gino's and try their famous burrata and i'm sure that i'll order their bacon gouda again.

ambiance ★★★★☆
price ★★★☆☆
service ★★★★☆
taste ★★★★☆
serving ★★★☆☆

i am excited to try this place because of thegoodreviews i’ve been hearing.

when we were ordering, the waitress was not able to balance the glass of water and it fell to my boyfriend. he was wearing khaki pants and most of the left side was wet. we did not get mad because we did not want our night to be ruined. we even joked about it and teased them that we should be getting agoodappetizer.

the food came and we were disappointed. i ordered the lemon mushroom pasta and my boyfriend had the famous salted egg pasta. we also had meat pizza and house salad to share.
3 out of the 4 dishes we ordered were really unsatisfying. the most forgiving one is the pizza — but you can never go wrong with bacon! the pasta were bland and overcooked. the salad was too normal for its price.

we could have forgotten about the incident if only the food was delicious. but the food made it all worse and remember that we were not even given complimentary anything considering what happened.

i am never going back. i am not recommending this place.

the food here is excellent 👍

i tried this with my family on a hot sunday afternoon after attending church. we tried the burratta with house salad, angelizzas, lemon mushroom pasta, bolognese pasta and the smegg pizza.

the burratta with house salad is salad composed of figs, walnuts, mozzarella skin with a ball of kesong puti on the side. the vinaigrette dressing is very good.

the bolognese and lemon mushroom pasta weregoodas well. the lemon mushroom was not super creamy, it was just right. the bolognese was excellent!

the smegg pizza was delicious! the dough is excellent.

while the angelizzas is the perfect appetizer for italian food lovers. it was the exact same angelizzas of angelino's way back in 1993, which my parents would order on their dates.

i am updating my review from 1 to 5 star. my last review, the 2 pizzas that were given to me were charcoal burnt. gino's management literally contacted me right away today, insisting that they will replace and deliver the 2 pizzas which i bought last aug 14 sat.

i received the pizza arouns 4 today, and i am uploading the pictures together in this review. this is the best italian pizza ive tasted so far compared to other italian pizzas which i experienced. the things which i look for that is missing in traditional italian pizzas like the presence of more herbs, spices, ingridients that addsgoodflavour, all i found in the pizzas which i ordered.

im giving it 5 star because on how they handled thr situation kindly and professionally. and the major factor is that, their pizza is actually great

not worth the hype and price. saw lots of post about gino's pizza. quite disappointed honestly. crust is too thin that everything falls off when you pick it up. the onlygoodthing about it is the spicy honey.

service 5/5
pizza 4/5

this is my first time trying gino's. i ordered via grabfood -- meat and spinach bacon spinach pizza

my order seemed like it was prepared in a hurry, the pizza was all soggy(wet and oily). after giving a feedback they offered to replace/refund my pizza so for the service i am giving them a 5/5.

the toppings are great, specially the cheese! if you're into authentic cheeses you would like this. mixing their spicy honey to the meat flavored pizza somewhat gives off a hint of cherry, damn! it was an adventure for my taste buds.

their take on the crust is different from the fastfood pizza, its thin, soft and charred. this is something that i personally don't prefer, thus the 4/5 for the pizza, although i don't like their crust i just really loooooved their toppings.

i will order again to try their other pizza flavors and other items on their menu since this place has relativelygoodreviews.

it wasgoodi loved the food. i would wanna eat there again.

it's been years since i've been to gino's but the food is still great! my favorite is their four cheese pizza that has mozzarella, ricotta, blue cheese and parmesan. as well as their burrata classic with prosciutto. everytime i eat at gino's, i always add honey on burrata cheese and prosciutto which makes it taste even better. as for the other pizza we tried, my friend ordered their margherita pizza which was alsogoodbut i still preferred their four cheese pizza. the price for what we've ordered was around 1200php which wasgoodfor 4 persons. happy to have tried it again!
#burratawithprosciutto #fourcheesepizza #margheritapizza #ginos #brickovenpizza #pizza

sogoodpizza paired with their fresh dalandan juice. kaboom! 🎉 quality and taste are consistent with their makati branch.

actually looking forward to eat on this restaurant because of thegoodreviews. i tried several brick oven pizza place and it really amazed me.

we ordered meat pizza and five cheese, ariabita, and carbonara.

ambience: good. however, we can smell the smoke inside the restaurant.

pizza: so-so. i've tasted other brick oven pizza that will really bring the italian vibe. it was not worth the price.

pasta: so-so. not happy at all. serving was very little for the price and taste is just too bland.

verdict: just an average restaurant. money-wise i will opt to eat on other pizza and pasta place.