pizza vesuvio

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

nice little italian restaurant hidden away at the tygerwaterfalls.

was cravingpizzaso i went on zomato to look for greatpizzaplaces around the northern subs. i found thepizzavesuvio who was 1st on my list and was rated a 4.1. i decided to go there and the place looks like a very small intimate restaurant.

overall experience thepizzawas good i enjoyed it not the bestpizzai have had but was nice having a pure italianpizzawithout having too much stuff on like these take awaypizzaplaces. i’ve read a lot of the reviews about how great they pasta is. so i will definitely come back to try that and maybe then i will give them a higher score.

so if you want to enjoy a pure italian night out trypizzavesuvio the place screams italian. italian owners, italian waiters, italian food, and italian wine.

ps make a booking before you go there. it gets booked out on weekends. looks like it's a very popular place.

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

food 4
service 3.5/4
drinks 5
environment 3.5

the bestpizzai’ve had so far. i really suggest you give them a try. we had the margarita and we wanted to try more but the doh was sold out. the photo of thepizzadoesn’t look amazing, but i promise it was.
improve? a margarita needs basil. i really missed that.
the dessert, tiramisu, wasn’t good. they didn’t use espresso or cheese. but simply cream with a coffee liqueur. that was disappointing. i don’t recommend.

the service was friendly and helpful. (second time the service wasn’t that friendly.)

the environment inside was way too noisy and full so we sat outside. it was way more quiet, and they do have things to block the wind.
improve? add more prettiness, like a candle or something. maybe also a cushion.

we found this lovely italian style ristorante in the heart of tygervalley, lovely decor, we were seated at a small table, bit uncomfortable, service was slow and not attentive, but we loved the food, starter, insulata caprese salad soft, delicious mozzarella cheese, my companion had the mushroom risotto, loved it, lamb shanks average, butpizzawas simply delicious, mouthwatering, highly recommended, but booking essential if you want good seating...good experience all in all, will be back indeed...

authentic neapolitanpizzain cape town. this is one of only 3 restaurants in ct where you can get it. very very good pizza!! i would drive from cape town cbd to go here.

always loved the energy here and the cauliflowerpizzawas 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 vegetarianpizzawith a cauliflower base. we then were finished with our drinks and the other people received there food before we did. we wanted to pay for our drinks and leave but then the food came and it was the wrongpizzabase.

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. thepizzawas good i guess. the chocolate milkshake was warm and not very pleasing. i thought that the price of the food was a bit too high for its quality.

avoid this restaurant!!! it is very expensive with mediocre food and 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 the food "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 hispizza(which the waitress noticed after the food had 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 newpizzawith the chicken whilst we waited for the food still standing under the warmer. my wife's super expensive r 140 wild boar burger was also not hot anymore. i specifically asked for apizzato 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 other food was 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).

bestpizzaever! love this place. a must visit! lovely setting. excellent service and really really excellent food. you will love it, authentic italian food.

stop reading this review right now. get in your car, drive over topizzavesuvio and taste the bestpizzaknown to humankind.
 

i’m not kidding. i’ve never hadpizzathat’s as good as theirs, and i eat a lot of pizza.
this place is an italian gem. the owner and staff are italian, so you know you’re getting proper, authentic italian food. the service is also very good. 

the vibe is very relaxed and intimate during the week, but over the weekends it can get quite rowdy. you have been warned. 

now, i went there literally twice in one week i was so impressed. on the first visit i had the pappardelle pomodoro pasta. you can really taste the home-cooked love and the fact that everything is prepared from scratch.

upon the second visit, i had thepizzanapolitana and that is thepizzathat changed my life. it’s a ‘simple’pizzathat showcases the classic flavour combination of (proper) mozzarella, tomato and basil. it’s my favouritepizzaand their rendition is my favourite.

i will go back soon and try very hard not to just order my favourite, but rather some of the other amazing sounding dishes on their menu.

in conclusion, i hereby officially declarepizzavesuvio’spizzathe best in the cape. well done!

bestpizzaever, so flavourful, not too heavy and just a great texture overall. (i recommend the a la carne, if you like meaty pizzas). the wild mushroom rissotto is my favourite lately and then the alfredo is always a winner dish! the vibe there is just amazing and the staff so friendly! i've been there several times and it never gets old. you have to try it.

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

gone from my favourite local place to the worst italian place......... except for 2 servers the others are rude.... food is 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 apizzayou 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

finally a place that know how to make proper italian pizza!! thepizzabase was amazing, and the cheese was properly stringy; just like in italy! be warned - you need to book in advance! went here with my family on a friday night, the restaurant was very busy so quite loud. the music was also very pleasant adding to the italian ambience. service was slightly slow, but otherwise attentive. only criticism was that we were placed at the table closest to the kitchen, so we overheard all the kitchen talk and banter. the waiters and waitresses were having some sort of argument right behind us and one of them lost his temper and was hitting tables and throwing things around - ruined the mood for us and made things rather awkward in the beginning. other than that we will definitely be back again, perhaps on a more quiet evening.