pizza vesuvio

it's an interesting italian restaurant, owned by an italian family . everybody is very kind. thefoodis close to original italian , with good pizzas and pastas. the worst are the desserts, like the tiramisu (not so tasty, fluffed up and not dense enough) or what they call gelato ( italian ice cream) that tastes a bit fake. so indulge in starters and mains and skip desserts. the area unfortunately doesn't help the experience. a bit dead and with no charm. they would do much better in town.

real family italian cooking.  mom in the kitchen, dad in charge of the pizza oven and their two kids serve the tables.  real hearty cooking,fooddelicious and the vibe warm and cozy!

pizza vesuvio is an absolute gem. very unexpected, it is traditional italian amily run, silvana cooks amazing fresh italianfoodwith only the freshest ingredients. id suggest having something other than the izza. the pizza is good but the rest is amazing!!

disappointingfoodand service. staff is very rude

my cousin had a work event at this establishment and advised me to never go here - the service was apparently slow and half the orders never came by the end of the evening. despite this, i tried going twice as they are conveniently close to where i stay. bad idea! poor service and thefoodjust not measuring up to expectations, especially considering the greatfoodavailable from any of the restaurants in the area.

thoroughly enjoyed our evening celebrating a friends birthday!
thefoodwas amazing! we had the seafood pappardelle and filled calamari gnocchi, which both had beautiful flavours and were cooked well. the only down side was the small portions for the price which did leave you wanting more. we didn’t have any other courses so did feel a bigger portion would have been better.
the ambiance was perfect to celebrate with friends - at no point was i distracted by other tables, the kitchen, noise etc. our waiter was also great and looked after us well the entire evening!

always loved the energy here and the cauliflower pizza was real good and real quick to deliver.

although when i went here in december the service i recieved was appalling. the waiter gave us so much attitude. he took the order of people who arrived after us and brought there drinks first. we ordered the same thing we always get which was a vegetarian pizza with a cauliflower base. we then were finished with our drinks and the other people received therefoodbefore we did. we wanted to pay for our drinks and leave but then thefoodcame and it was the wrong pizza base.

we ended up paying just for our drinks and leaving dissatisfied and without an apology from any staff.

the waiter was very slow and took really long to attend to us. though it was a busy evening, we did see him lounging around often and i had to wave my arm in the air to try and get his attention for a while. the pizza was good i guess. the chocolate milkshake was warm and not very pleasing. i thought that the price of thefoodwas a bit too high for its quality.

avoid this restaurant!!! it is very expensive with mediocrefoodand shocking service, only surpassed by the unprofessional attitude from our waitress (the daughter of the owner), her boyfriend server(who unceremoniously told us that our qualms with thefood"is how they make their food") and questionably qualified kitchen staff(except for the front of house manager who did his best and acted professionally to address our bad experience).

sadly, this restaurant has not lived up to its reputation when we had dinner there tonight. one person in our group ordered gnocchi was given the extra chicken which another person ordered for his pizza (which the waitress noticed after thefoodhad been standing under the warmer for almost 10 minutes-which was quite evident when i tasted my almost luke warm soggy pizza). they had to prepare a new pizza with the chicken whilst we waited for thefoodstill standing under the warmer. my wife's super expensive r 140 wild boar burger was also not hot anymore. i specifically asked for a pizza to be brought straight from the oven (thinking that, like any good restaurant, they would not simply pop it back in the oven but remake it fresh seeing that it costs r 120). my wife's burger, unsurprisingly, was also heated up in stead of being re-prepared fresh. it was a forgettable over seasoned patty. fortunately the gnocchi with the gratuitously non-ordered added chicken was edible. the other pizza, now with its extra chicken (at r 140!) was up to the usual standard because it succeeded in escaping the extensive warmer treatment to which the otherfoodwas subjected. we ordered three cups of cappucino and one caffe latte. two were cold when they arrived, one the right strength and the other just coloured milk and badly weak. intent on not disappointing us with the the lack of professionalism, the two cold coffees were simply heated up in the frother (proudly proclaimed by our argumentative waitress when i questioned the reason for heating it up in the microwave-the point escaping her that the mechanism of heating it up not being the issue). i requested fresh cappucino to be prepared. the two cups of weak cappucino were whisked away and replaced by the bill (with the two whisked away cups of cappucino never seen again still added to the bill-admittedly removed when pointed out to the front of house manager).

we have been coming here for more than 6 years and it only gets better! we love pizza vesuvio. thefoodis awesome and the service is top knotch. our regular waitress, chanelle, treats us like family.

this place is absolutely perfect. run by authentic italians and yes maybe they need and extra waiter on busy nights but maybe you just need to actually spend time with your loved ones in the super cosy restaurant. i have come back to this place countless times and referred all my friends because i have yet to taste such amazing italianfood(even after being to rome).

gone from my favourite local place to the worst italian place......... except for 2 servers the others are rude....foodis slipping, soggy pizzas (as its left on the hot plate for 15mins - we sat there staring it at) then when telling the waitress she threw a baby fit. her boyfriend server came over and picked a fight with me then claiming “they make their pizzas soggy deal with it.” coffee was terrible, sent it back and they simply reheated it, told them we expected to have a new cup and they refused saying they will charge us again. asked to speak to the owner and then was simply handed a bill and refused to speak to us.... billed us for the coffee even though they took it away to reheat it. they have also significantly increased their prices..... if you pay 140 bucks for a pizza you expect it to be good not worse than a romans pizza. sayonara and will never be back even if i am paid..... save yourself the trip and go somewhere else they obviously don't need your business, especially they way they treat their customers who have legitimate complaints

what an amazing place!!! we went there on date night and my boyfriend who is a picky eater could not stop talking about thefoodreally great for date nights and everything on the menu is amazing the staff is super friendly!!! definitely worth the visit!!!

amazingfoodand atmosphere. we were two people and sat at a tiny table but at no point did we feel closed in. the service was excellent and our waitron knew exactly when she was needed. will definately go back.

i really love this place. thefoodis amazing with generous portion sizes. the menu is also well thought out. the staff makes you feel part of the family with extremely friendly service. they will see me every time i am in the area.