Basierend auf 716 Bewertungen gefunden auf 2 Websites
Basierend auf 716 Bewertungen gefunden auf 2 Websites
Nº 150 unter 298 unter Ulm
Nº 55 von 117 Restaurant unter Ulm
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Young, friendly and nimble staff. Food top
Melanie Staller . 2024-10-24
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Finally a worthy Italian restaurant. Excellent first courses, pizza and burgers. Definitely coming back, well done Luigi, Greetings.
cilval . 2024-10-22
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We were there for lunch with 2 adults and 2 children. The atmosphere is modern and nice, but the restaurant is very loud. Service was very nice and also extremely child-friendly. Pizza and pasta were delicious. Unfortunately, the bowl only consisted of tomatoes and rocket and a huge load of chickpeas. Unfortunately, in terms of price, you have to say that it is too expensive. Offering a vegetarian pizza for around 15 euros and the monotonous bowl for 16 euros is exaggerated…
FMLJ Goett. . 2024-10-19
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Very nice staff, fresh food and in the middle of the city. Respond to individual wishes. Top!
Chris Lorenz . 2024-10-19
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We were there with three kids without making a reservation. We were immediately greeted in a very friendly manner and shown to the table. The children were given coloring paper and pencils to fill the waiting time. The pizzas were surprisingly large for the price and also super tasty. The salad for lunch was also cleverly prepared. Next time I'm in Ulm I'll definitely go there again.
Jochen Leuthner . 2024-10-18
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Very polite service. A lady from Poland deserves recognition ✌️ (good burgers)
Dawid Nowak . 2024-10-18
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Ciao Bella offers authentic Italian cuisine with fresh ingredients and generous portions. The pizzas and pasta dishes impress with their taste and quality. A cozy atmosphere and friendly service make it a recommended place for fans of Italian cuisine.
Meta, K. . 2024-10-17
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Great food, cozy atmosphere to relax, friendly, cheerful service and simply authentic Italian
Alexander Katruff . 2024-10-11
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Ciao Bella scores with delicious Italian food and a wonderful atmosphere. You feel completely comfortable! Always my pleasure!!
Nicoleta Stickelmann . 2024-10-11
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Cool furnishings and great location right next to the cathedral. Unfortunately, the pizza was just soggy, the base was completely soggy and tasteless. The only thing that is too salty is probably the prices - €6.90 for a 0.7 table water is definitely decent.
Czi Stu . 2024-10-08
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Very nice restaurant in the main square with a view of the Münster. Food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. Kids are welcomed. We even forgot something there and they so nicely shipped it back to us 👌 great service! Will definitely come back.
corina Popa . 2024-10-08
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Cozy atmosphere, good cuisine, very attentive and friendly staff.
Leander . 2024-10-01
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The pizzas were really very good. Only very soft/soggy in the middle. Certainly not a problem with a knife and fork, but we were at Münsterplatz with our team and it wasn't that easy to pick up the pizza. Maybe it was due to the number of orders. In the end we ate everything.
Emanuel J. . 2024-09-30
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Extremely good Italian! The food was amazing, the staff was super friendly. Eight of us came and spontaneously got a place. I would love to eat here again!!
davebiesi . 2024-09-28
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Hello, basically it can be said that you can expect a nice atmosphere here. Service is completely out of place at large events. Ordered a few beers. Having to wait 30 minutes because “the barrel had to be tapped again.” From extensive experience I know that this process should take a maximum of 1 minute. After asking to pay 3 times, it finally worked. Not recommended for large events. LG
Maximilian Bleher . 2024-09-21
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Service was great! Giuseppe best waiter
Habibe Ünal . 2024-09-21
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Delicious food, very friendly service staff and a nice atmosphere...we felt very comfortable and would love to come back.🥰
Beate Glasbrenner . 2024-09-21
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Super delicious food, whether pizza, pasta or salad, everything tastes great. And the service staff are all very courteous and friendly.
Nessi Hgf . 2024-09-20
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The bottom of the pizza was burnt. Pasta was extremely oily. Salad was nice
Zehra Hilal Toprak . 2024-09-17
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We had to wait a while to be served, even though there were hardly any guests left. The pizza tasted good and had good toppings. It could have been a little warmer 🙈 Nice ambience. Would eat here again.
Judy's Nähliebe . 2024-09-16
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The service staff are top! We came with a stroller, we were already seen and the door was immediately held open for us. They also brought a children's chair to the table. They are all very friendly and personable. The food was excellent. If we are in Ulm again we would like to come back
Veronika Weiß . 2024-09-13
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Very tasty pizza and attentive service. We'd love to come back.
Eduard Buss . 2024-09-12
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A good restaurant, with new furnishings, good food, friendly service, I needed more. Best recommendation!!!
Bernadette Hermle . 2024-09-11
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Right next to the cathedral and not at all the feeling of being just a tourist! Class! The waiter from Afghanistan in particular is just great.
Hans Reuter . 2024-09-05
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Great addition to Ulm and this prominent location in Ulm. Great selection of food & drinks, always super satisfied so far. Very quick and friendly service.
Frank Junginger . 2024-09-05
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Pizza was okay, pasta was empty after 3 bites, very small quantity for unfortunately a lot of money.
Justin Glomb . 2024-09-02
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Location is super! Just in front of Ulmer Munster. You can have food while still seeing the great view of the place. Food is good but as it is in the middle of summer bees and fry will be around your drink ...
shane buranapong . 2024-09-01
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We liked the food very delicious
Nur fatma Paksoy . 2024-08-31
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Very good meal and quality service. Lots of humor from the servers, notably Ahmad (the Turkish server 🫠)
Habiba . 2024-08-30
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Farhad very friendly and attentive. great!!!!
conny häussler . 2024-08-29
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The only thing nice about this restaurant was the view of Münsterplatz. Pizza doesn't taste any better than the Fridge from supermarkets, but it costs a lot. I've had better pizza for a cheaper price. I ordered pizza with shrimp, and it was just wet and oily, it really tasted like it came from the fridge, and as if all the ingredients were just carelessly thrown onto the piece of dough, e.g. all the shrimp weren't quite done and everything fell off the piece of dough which was so wet. Beer also cost more than €5, but tasted like the worst Sterni that had been open in a long time. Pizza wasn't even cut, I thought that was probably the case in the restaurant, but then I noticed that it was only like that for some guests. Was very disappointed. For 40€ you get such a tasteless meal. Only the name is Italian. But what the restaurant doesn't deserve.
R И . 2024-08-28
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My meal was served much later than the rest of the group. Food was okay, but I think the price for pasta is a bit steep. The chairs are not the most comfortable, but you have a nice view of the cathedral
T “Bernd Das Brot” . 2024-08-25
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Very tasty food and great service! Only recommended!
nico Ruhland . 2024-08-23
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Beautiful place, shame about the amount of wasps.
Francesca Nava . 2024-08-21
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All very good, located in a great location. Excellent food, fresh and cooked to perfection.
Giovanni Piccininni . 2024-08-16
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Very nice staff, great service. Highly recommended
Denise Scarafilo . 2024-08-16
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Thank you, everything was delicious, helpful staff!
Елена Мельник . 2024-08-16
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Wonderful place, very kind staff, especially the waiter Giuseppe, very attentive and professional. It gave me a wonderful start to my holidays, I will definitely be back! A thousand thanks!
Luana Costas . 2024-08-14
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The atmosphere right next to the cathedral is super nice, the food is delicious and comes quickly and the service is super nice. Our highlight: bicicletta! ;)
Jessi Wahl . 2024-08-13
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VERY GOOD pizza, very friendly staff, quick and friendly preparation, I absolutely recommend it
Giuseppina Gai . 2024-08-12
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The best cuisine and service in the world, a pleasure to be at CiaoBell
Maras :D . 2024-08-09
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Well, unfortunately that was the worst pizza in years. The price is probably a little higher than normal because of the good location. Then the food would have to taste better. €6.90 for 0.7l of table water is a bit of a joke and definitely too expensive.
D. C. . 2024-08-05
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Very tasty food. Waiting team very friendly. Unfortunately the chairs outside were dirty and no salt/pepper on the table. Can recommend it!
Vincent Hying . 2024-08-04
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Pasta very good, pizza good, service fast and friendly, prices acceptable for this location, recommended!
Jochen L. . 2024-08-04
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The food is very tasty and was served very quickly. But sorry for 0.7l of still water from a bottle that you've certainly felt at the tap.. you're charging €6.90, that's really cheeky
Ossilampe . 2024-07-29
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We had a very early dinner here and the personnel was really accommodating towards us. We have a really large dog and they provided a spot in the restaurant where the dog would have enough space to be comfortable. The food was nice and the service was fast.
Charlot Christi . 2024-07-28
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Good tasty food with friendly service
Pepijn van de Griendt . 2024-07-27
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Nice service Always in a good mood and a wonderful place to relax and drink a wine!!!! Grace Jossepe!!!
MARIMAR Ramirez . 2024-07-27
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Extremely delicious. We recommend.
David Falk . 2024-07-26
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Unfortunately we let ourselves be enveloped by the beautiful ambience, the food was all from the frozen food department and became rubbery after 10 minutes. The total tourist trap because of the view of the Ulm Minster.
Vivien Reise . 2024-07-26
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Beautiful view of the Ulm Minster and the food is simply fabulous
Simon Schneider . 2024-07-25
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Eating pizza right in front of the Münster is something 😂 the quality of the pizza is great, only the chairs could be a little more comfortable, the hard plastic chairs could at least be equipped with seat cushions. Nice and cheerful staff 👍🏻👌🏻
Andrea Zikeli . 2024-07-23
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Very nice staff and a nice facility! However, the food is very expensive and the gift is really mediocre. In addition, our pizza was charred on the bottom.
kara . 2024-07-23
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We (4 people) spent the whole evening at Ciao Bella today from around 5 p.m. because we wanted to listen to Zucchero's concert. The staff was very accommodating when we reserved the table in the early afternoon - big thank you for that! The food was pretty decent throughout, but there was still a bit missing for the final star. - the bread for the bruschetta should be toasted a little better so that it doesn't get soggy so quickly. - the "largest" salad plate (Della Casa) could be a little more colorful. By the way, the dressing is really delicious! - the dough for pizza and pizza rolls should be a little crispier... I know that better. The staff really tried hard to accommodate the large crowds today, but things often didn't go very smoothly. All in all very good!
drago kober . 2024-07-22
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Unfortunately we were a bit very disappointed! After You only read positive things, we thought - let's take a look! Unfortunately, we were neither warmly welcomed nor served in a friendly manner! We were allowed to order after three quarters of an hour, after being asked if we could! Food came super quickly but unfortunately it wasn't good! The pizza was super oily and tasteless! For the prices you would expect more! The drinks we ordered didn't come at all! Well - tried it but never again! Sorry
Teresa Lunghi . 2024-07-22
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I would really like to give even more stars because you absolutely feel like you are in a star restaurant here . I was here with a friend on Saturday afternoon and I have to say that I can absolutely recommend Ciao Bella. In recent years I have never eaten anything as delicious as I did here! The food is absolutely delicious and really fresh. The staff is also very friendly, helpful and competent. Questions about the food will of course be answered very nicely. It was just really great and delicious!! I'm already looking forward to my next visit with you! Thank you very much for the super fast and nice service
Daniela V. . 2024-07-04
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The restaurant is new and centrally located, the decor is pleasant, the staff is very friendly, attentive and quick. In preparation for our visit with my daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren, I studied the menu on the website to see what meat dishes were available, because I prefer carne to pasta or pizza for dinner. So I was happy that there was a decent selection of beef and pork dishes on the menu. There was great disappointment on site: not a single meat dish. Only a burger with fried salsicce and salads with which you could order beef strips and chicken. So, in a pinch, ordered the salsicce burger. The underside of the burger was black, the salsicce was bone dry and tasteless. The salad was fresh but not Italian. However, the other family members enjoyed the pizza and pasta.
Jörg Lehmann . 2024-07-03
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The shop is cozy and really nicely decorated. Everything very clean! You feel good. The food was tasty and the prices were okay! Paid just under €35-40 for two people with pasta and pizza and a drink. Service was actually friendly... what I didn't like was that the food didn't come at the same time, but with a time difference of 10 minutes. Next to the table it was even longer, almost 20-30 minutes. That's rude. Serves food to the table at the same time/in a timely manner. Why else do we eat “together”? The shop owner should please take care of it. Thanks
Enes Karaca . 2024-06-30
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I went to eat at Ciao Bella for my bachelorette farewell. The service was very friendly and accommodating. You can really tell that the staff feel comfortable here. Every waiter was very humorous and knew all the tables well View. The food itself was great. We all had pizza and the dough was really well made and tasted great 👍🏻. The price of the card was very good, even though the Ulm Minster is within easy reach. All in all, we can only recommend Ciao Bella and I for one will definitely come back. Please keep it up 👍🏻
Lars (Bumpdee) . 2024-06-30
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We only came here for an Aperol and were completely satisfied. Super friendly service with high entertainment value. Beautiful outdoor area with a view of Ulm Minster. Toilet in the basement.
Xela S (XelaS) . 2024-06-29
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Great family restaurant. Good fun staff. Attentive and kind. Really good service!
Terence Gallanagh . 2024-06-21
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Delicious! We'd love to come back :)
AG Performance . 2024-06-15
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Very modern restaurant. The service was very quick and friendly with Italian charm. Food was delicious and arrived very quickly. Prices for Ulm are very expensive
Julia gu . 2024-06-14
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Pizza was boringly seasoned. Staff barely understands German and only 1 size of pizza was the same size for children as for adults. No free choice of table
Claudia Hauslaib . 2024-06-03
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Very courteous and friendly staff
Ali Khudhair . 2024-06-02
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Pizza is not good, tried different types, they were bland: dough, cheese, and other ingredients didn't taste.
Joseph Fourier . 2024-05-31
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The service and the quality of the dishes are simply top! A MUST in Ulm with a view of the Münster.
Tim Gulde . 2024-05-27
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Good prices for a place right in the center, the cutlery is clean, the waiter is always around and very friendly, the food is not the most delicious but very good, we ordered pizza with shrimps and pizza with prosciutto.
Sado Hanna . 2024-05-26
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My husband and I now regularly visit Ciao Bella for date night. A great pizzeria. Pizza, pasta and salads are both great. Super friendly staff. For me one of the best pizzerias in Ulm and the surrounding area.
Clara Leifheit . 2024-05-25
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This is my favorite place to go in Ulm! The food is great, the service is friendly and warm! In addition, the location right next to Ulm Minster is simply fantastic! Almost like Bella Italia! I would recommend it again and again!!
Lina Schmid . 2024-05-25
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Never again, I ordered still water and paid 7 euros for it, but I got tap water and it tasted sour, you can tell it's tap water. Never again !!!!
Zdrave Ivanovski . 2024-05-24
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Very tasty food and very attentive staff. Absolutely recommended 😊
Ke V . 2024-05-23
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Beautiful restaurant above the roofs of Ulm. Mega ambience with a view of the Ulm Minster from the terrace. Delicious international dishes, great breakfast and very courteous, friendly staff. The events with theme evenings or the candlelight dinner are recommended. But you should reserve early for this. Best and most beautiful location in Ulm, can only recommend it to everyone.
Alex . 2024-05-23
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Pasta box to go - farfalle pesto, tomato - the pasta is overcooked and mushy. The pesto is tasteless. Overall very dry and no taste. I tried it several times. I won't be getting any more noodle boxes here. Service: Lady behind the ToGo counter was very nice and friendly.
Ivan Baic . 2024-05-22
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The food is good but unfortunately my last visit here was not satisfactory. Unfortunately, when we ordered spaghetti it was totally hard, as if it had been from the previous day. Price-performance ratio doesn't really fit. The food tastes average but in my opinion it's too expensive, and the portions aren't too big either 1x still water and a pasta dish €18 For the price you can find something better somewhere else. Still okay. Service staff are nice.
Minanur Bozkan . 2024-05-17
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Were there for the first time and we really liked it! Can be recommended without hesitation!
Ralf Meyer . 2024-05-16
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Were there for dinner on a girls' trip. We can only recommend 👌 Very polite, attentive staff 🌹 Great to sit outside. Fast service, delicious dishes.
Marion Held . 2024-05-15
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Incredibly good service - friendly, nice, quick and reliable. The pizzas taste great, the pasta is like Nonna's. Highly Recommended!!
Linda Skopnick . 2024-05-14
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Since the Ciao Bella was right next to my hotel, I took the opportunity to try it out today. The ambience is rather rustic but cozy but doesn't have an Italian flair. The staff is very friendly and attentive and it was no problem getting a table without a reservation. The food itself was really good, although the portion of pasta I had was a bit manageable for the price. Despite everything, I would recommend Ciao Bella at any time.
Alex Weber . 2024-05-07
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The service staff should not only walk back and forth, but also ask the guests what they want... Otherwise everything is perfect!
Barbara Anke . 2024-05-04
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We love being here. Everything is so authentic and very tasty. Super friendly service on top of that👍🏼
Jürgen Schlaier . 2024-04-28
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Very professional. Will definitely come back.
Bernhard Neumann . 2024-04-28
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Pizza was very tasty. Staff very friendly and highly motivated.
Claudia Allig . 2024-04-26
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Ich war Geschäftlich da .. mit einer riesen Truppe von Kollegen. Das Essen ist gut und im Service wird sich mühe gegeben. Kleiner Tipp … organisiert euch besser .. so das Essen nicht kalt serviert wird .
Storia e Vino by Giuseppe Racanelli . 2024-04-19
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We were here on a Friday evening. It was very well attended, but we still managed to get a spot. The food was very tasty. You can recommend this restaurant with a clear conscience. The service was also very friendly.
Walensee . 2024-04-19
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Had lunch there today, pasta dish with asparagus. The taste was good but the portion was small, a handful and there was just a stalk of asparagus in it. Went out hungry for 14 euros. When asked if you could get a pizza corner from street sales at your table, the answer was no. This is very inflexible.
ni mssmng . 2024-04-18
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great place, food is delicious...recommend it
M. J. . 2024-04-15
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A really good pizzaria with a nice location right next to the Münster. Service sometimes a bit slow but really not bad. All in all, one of the best pizzas I've had in a long time.
Quirin . 2024-04-13
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Waiting times underground 2 pizzas 1 hour wait
Felix S. . 2024-04-13
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We had reserved. Nevertheless, I sat with the chair practically in the hallway, even though there would have been more comfortable seats available until the end. The service was more businesslike than friendly. The food was very good.
Astrid . 2024-04-11
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Very tasty food and friendly service! Gladly again
Christian . 2024-04-10
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Supper, delicious, again and again
Josef Weinberger . 2024-04-07
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Delicious Italian food. Nice staff.
Müller Andi . 2024-04-06
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I had the opportunity to try it on two separate days. I tried pizza and lasagna dishes. The taste was very good, I can recommend it. Unfortunately, the staff's English is not sufficient.
Orkun Gökçe . 2024-04-04
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The staff was really nice, the food came quickly
Maria Arat . 2024-04-03
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Very tasty pizza bianco with tartufo. Eaten quicker than photographed 😀 Very nice and attentive service.
Silke Krebs . 2024-04-02
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Pasta was very good :-) Service friendly, price ok.
Thomas Eibel . 2024-03-30
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Very nice place to eat Italian food in the heart of the city of Ulm
Dora Rafaelli . 2024-03-30
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Sell great food, everyone very very friendly!!!!
Harsharn Kaur . 2024-03-26
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Don’t order the salad. I had grilled chicken Alla Cesare that was watery and tasteless. No flavor from any ingredient. Chicken was spongy and weird.
Anne Marie Ryan . 2024-03-26
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