Officina in Essen

The food is very good. The atmosphere depends on the time of day. But it's definitely worth recommending.

Stable! Almost the perfect pizza - beyond the run-of-the-mill pizza from the delivery service

Great pizzas, super friendly, definitely good value for money

We reserved the 1st floor for our family celebration with 50 people. Planning the date, menu, table arrangement and process was great. All of our guests felt very comfortable. The children had their own table and space to run around and play. The service team looked after guests big and small in a courteous and friendly manner. Family atmosphere and good mood - an all-round successful evening.

There are few places where everything is as harmonious as here. Really recommended.

Great food, nice service and great ambience!

As always, very tasty, tastefully prepared. Individual requests are always possible. Service attentive, nice, fast.

The food is good. The noise level is high.

Everything was great... super tasty food, very attentive and friendly staff. Recommended

Even the starter – warm goat cheese with truffle honey, wild herb salad and fresh truffle – was an absolute delight. The tagliolini with beef fillet tips in truffle cream for the main course were perfectly balanced and full of flavor. For dessert, a creamy tiramisu in a glass. The truffle note was wonderfully present in all courses, but never intrusive - in just the right amount! A little note: When the place is full, it can get quite loud. If you like it quieter, you should choose an earlier or later time.

Great food, super friendly service!!

An absolutely recommended restaurant. The food was delicious, fresh, authentic and prepared with a lot of love. The service was extremely friendly and attentive, you felt welcome from the first moment. The ambience was also very inviting and cozy and invites you to linger. I would definitely like to come back!

Eight of us ate there. Very tasty and friendly service. Unfortunately a bit loud, so a small deduction.

Wir waren mit 10 Personen dort essen. Ich hatte u. a. die Kürbis Currysuppe mit Gambas, die so scharf war, dass ich sie nicht essen konnte. Das 1 Gamba lag zerstückelt in der Suppe und schmeckte extrem fischig. Auf der Speisekarte gab es keinen Hinweis, dass das Gericht sehr scharf sei. Ich habe dieses dem Kellner mitgeteilt, der meinte, dass die die Suppe eigentlich nicht scharf sein solle. Das war es. Keine Entschuldigung oder die Frage, ob ich etwas anderes von der Karte bestellen wolle. Viele meiner Freunde hatten Pizza bestellt und "sägten" die ganze Zeit daran rum, weil der Rand so hart gebacken war. Die Location ist schön aber extrem laut. Sehr schade, denn die Internetseite verspricht "Zutaten höchster Qualität" und eine "ehrliche und gute Küche" .

None of the eleven participants were really satisfied. Unfortunately! My spaghetti with shrimp was too salty. The shrimp, however, were very freshly made and delicious. I have known the Officina for a very long time and was disappointed today.

very good Italian restaurant, original dishes for some and very nice decor. Thanks to Ivi for her welcome and her availability. fast and dynamic service You have to book because it quickly fills up despite the two floors. intermediate value for money

tres bon restaurant italien , plats originaux pour certains et decor bien sympathique Merci a Ivi pour son accueil et sa disponibilité . service rapide et dynamique il faut reserver car c est vite complet malgré les deux etages . rapport qualité prix intermediaire

I can only recommend the very tasty food. The only drawback... it was too loud for me personally in the restaurant.

Ate pizza twice, great dough, very large, was lukewarm quite quickly. Pizza Calabrese with spicy salami is extremely spicy. Tiramisu is quite creamy and sweet. 1A service!

I would give 4.5 stars. It's tasty but not perfect. Great for families or children.

We've been there a few times. Definitely highly recommended. Higher price category, but rightly so when it comes to the quality of the food. Service is also good, but sometimes quite hectic. The ambience inside is also good. There's just something like a small terrace outside in the yard, which I think could be enlarged. There would be space and unfortunately you cannot reserve seats outside. That's why only 4 stars.

There is the best pizza in the area.

Modern Italian with a very cozy atmosphere. The food is solid, but not outstanding. I would recommend classic, simple pizzas. The bruschetta is more like a pizza with fresh cherry tomatoes on top, but very tasty. The Spumante is very drinkable.

Very nice and authentic atmosphere, very friendly service and great quality. The pizzas were amazing. Really big and super tasty.

Unfortunately, today was a complete disappointment. The wheat pizza wasn't quite cool, and several pizzas at our table were burnt on the outside and soggy in the middle. In 2.5 hours, we were only able to order drinks once. What a shame.

Great food, great service and great location! There's nothing more to say about it ☺️

still the best pizza in Essen! But the other dishes are all very tasty too. We have never been disappointed. Be sure to try the chocolate cake for dessert!

Very tasty, very friendly, Italian flair. That's how I would describe the delicious food at Officina. There's no lunch menu, but it's open for lunch.

The ambiance is beautiful and cozy. Service is fast, and the food is very friendly and welcoming. The pizza is incredibly delicious, with some unusual combinations! The pizza zucca was superb, and the tiramisu was fantastic. ♡ Thank you so much for making my long-time girlfriend and I's evening so special! It was a real hit!

Really Italian, super delicious food!

Service great, food fantastic. Benches a bit uncomfortable in the long run.

This is by far the best Italian restaurant in Essen; great kitchen, nice and professional service, mostly crowded however. Great place nonetheless

Great, chic location, delicious food, we'll keep coming back :-)

An all around perfect evening!!!@

Very good selection and quality. Great service. In the middle of Bredeney.

Enjoyed very tasty sea bream with fresh side dishes! The colleague had an excellent lasagna! Very busy at lunchtime. It tastes excellent and the service was very nice!

The service was hectic and slightly annoyed, which was certainly not our fault! Otherwise it was a nice evening with a nice atmosphere and good food!

Really recommended. I ate a Lassgne. And that's exactly how I imagine an original Italian lasagne. All other dishes (pizzas and pasta) looked very good and were said to have tasted good.

For me, a restaurant always has to measure itself against its own standards - and it doesn't fit here. The restaurant presents itself as an upscale Italian restaurant with correspondingly upscale prices, especially when it comes to drinks. We had a business lunch at Officina. To eat: We shared the starters. The carpaccio was boring, the vitello tonato was cut too thick and the tuna cream had a weak taste, the mixed vegetable platter was also rather small and boring, the bread was okay. So overall not a highlight. For the main course I had the sea bream fillets with rosemary potatoes and a side salad. The sea bream was very neutral, barely seasoned and overcooked in the oven. The rosemary potatoes were simple potato wedges cooked in the oven - unfortunately without rosemary. The salad was the best taste of the whole dish. Some of the other dishes looked good, for example the beef fillet or the pizza. Some items seemed random on the menu, such as a chicken curry or other Asian influences like pizza with tuna carpaccio and wasabi. About the service: The food and drinks always came quickly, but unfortunately they were served very carelessly and without charm - rather hectic. The service wasn't particularly attentive either. About the ambience: The restaurant is very bright, which I really liked. But here and there it doesn't seem consistent. The tables are closely spaced - at least on the first floor. It is very loud in the restaurant and the air was unfortunately very bad.

The food was good and served very quickly. The service was very friendly. However, the volume was far too loud and you couldn't have a conversation, so we decided not to have dessert.

Very tasty food, attentive staff! It was a nice evening 💫

Friendly service, good food and nice ambience. But it can be very loud in the evenings.

Great location for a business lunch. Food was very tasty and the service was very friendly.

Very nice atmosphere, good food, and the service, very friendly.

Unfortunately expectations were not met. Reception was not customer friendly. The food was average, but the service was super nice. The ambience is nice, but way too loud. Pleasant conversation was not possible. Will not visit the restaurant again.

The ambience is quite unusual, but not created with much effort; it is probably an old factory hall. Partial dampness on the walls, which would cause any tenant to threaten a rent reduction. The service was great, the employees were quick, attentive and knew who the food and drinks belonged to, even without asking, if there were several people. The food was basically okay, but unfortunately it had already cooled down a bit or wasn't heated through properly and wasn't particularly attractively presented.

La dolce vita. You enter the restaurant via a main street and reach the backyard where it is located. Even from outside, the light radiates a coziness from the lighting. Once inside, you are impressed by the high room, which is hung with numerous ceiling lights. Long and small wooden tables with white chairs. Steel stairs take you to the second floor and you don't know where to look because of all the loving details. We felt A thousand photos were taken of the furnishings alone. Here an old coffee machine, old scales... there a huge, modern asparagus photograph. Absolutely impressive and cozy. The audience is completely relaxed because you actually feel like you're in a perfect living room. Everyone is relaxed. Even though everything is fully booked, the service is super helpful and deeply relaxed. A very good wine list, lovingly set table and excellent food. We were there with a larger group and tried a lot of things. From the starters to the dessert, everything had an Italian feeling. Perfect for a romantic dinner or with friends or family...We will definitely be back soon.

Wir waren mal wieder dort essen,das Saltimbocca war gut aber früher gab es drei kleine Kalbsschnitzel heute nur noch zwei,auch der Spinat sehr wenig,uns war die Portionsgröße nicht ausreichend,die Bierpreise 0,5 Ltr.6€ empfinde ich als zu teuer

Unfortunately our food wasn't what we imagined The pizza was soggy except for the edge. The noodle dish was drowned by the sauce What tasted good was the bruschetta

Small shop in a backyard in Essen Rüttenscheid in a converted workshop. Service very nice. The best thing to eat is the foccacia, actually a pizza with a lot of cheese as a topping and the rocket salad. The pasta not quite as good.

If you're in the mood for good Italian food combined with an exceptional location, this is the place for you. Pizza and pasta are also worth it, as you sometimes forget how good both can taste 😀

Everything was great, restaurant on 2 floors with a nice atmosphere, a reservation is advantageous.

Super delicious food. We'll definitely come back when we're nearby

We often order our favorite dishes because they are unbeatably delicious, but the other dishes we tried were also very tasty. You can tell that people work here with passion! Special praise goes to our waiter, who recognizes us every time and serves us so warmly and attentively. His charm and friendliness make every visit a special experience. As an Italian, I'm always very happy to be served by a fellow countryman - that gives the whole thing an extra bit of home feeling. Thank you, we'll always be happy to come back!

We had our Christmas party here. Everything was right! Perfect for anyone who wants to experience a wonderful evening with delicious food, good staff in a great atmosphere.

Very tasty food and great service.

What an amazing restaurant! The food was absolutely delicious. There was a wide variety of dishes and all of them looked delicious. The staff was super friendly, and the service was very fast, we didn't have to wait long to get our dinner, even when it was quite busy when we arrived there. The atmosphere was cozy, and I felt happy being there. Would visit again without any doubt.

In a group of eight people we had various dishes, from pizza to spaghetti and Maultaschen to veal liver, all of which tasted very good. The service was attentive and quick. Although the restaurant was completely full, some with Christmas parties of 20 people, drinks and food arrived in no time. Only the acoustics weren't that pleasant due to the number of people. All in all, highly recommended if you are looking for something special and good, as the price is already in the higher range.

Christmas party with girls. Always happy to come again.

Cozy, solid restaurant with a nice variety and good food. Very nice and tasty salads.

Slightly hidden, small pizzeria with an upscale, beautiful ambience. The pizza was very tasty. The price was reasonable.

The service is incredibly good! The shop is always full, the food is great and the decoration in the shop is so beautiful, no one knows how they always manage it. Full marks. Actually you can't write it at all, it's getting more and more difficult to get a table.

One of the best restaurants in the south of Essen!

It is and remains my favorite restaurant in Essen.

Unfortunately we had to wait quite a long time before we could place our drink order. But will definitely come back.

We were particularly impressed by the Officina's lovingly furnished and tastefully decorated ambience. The harmonious design creates a cozy, inviting atmosphere in which you immediately feel at home. The restaurant was also impressive in terms of cuisine: the pizza was crispy and well topped, the pasta was al dente, and the risotto was wonderfully creamy. The dessert was particularly positive and rounded off our menu perfectly. The service was attentive and the staff very friendly, which made the entire experience even more enjoyable. Overall, a wonderful experience in which the ambience, food and service are equally impressive!

Pricey. Enjoy your meal. Nice service. Sometimes a bit noisy when it's full.

Very nice restaurant - quite busy even during the week, so the background noise is quite high. Food as always good.

Four of us were there on Saturday. The ambience is great. The prices are quite ambitious. The Pizza Napoletana was generously sized, too many olives for my taste, unfortunately stoned, and not enough anchovies and capers. In my opinion, the tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms didn't have enough bite. The open wines are no longer inexpensive at €8 per glass, but are poured a little more generously.

Authentic. Honest. Good. Inconspicuous on the outside, wonderful on the inside.

Very tasty varied Italian food. Service was also very polite and prompt. Unfortunately the kitchen closes at 9 p.m. - even on a Friday/Saturday evening. Personally, I think it's way too early.

We had a wonderful girls' night!

Nice atmosphere, friendly service and very tasty food. Fits. All of this in a pleasantly relaxed atmosphere. The tuna and wasabi pizza was great. That's how it has to be, sashimi and not canned tuna.

It's always a pleasure to eat here. The food is simply delicious and the service is great!

One of the best Italians! Four of us visited on a Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. with a baby and we were very happy. The service was very friendly and accommodating and we were helped straight away to find a suitable table with the stroller. The atmosphere is great, you immediately feel at home and the food is delicious and very original. We'd love to come back.

Always the restaurant of our choice! Delicious food and good service.

I felt like I was having dinner in Italy… Excellent food and wine… I highly recommend…

Very good food. We didn't order pizza for a change. The ravioli with porcini mushroom filling and a sage sauce were incredibly tasty. I can also highly recommend the gnocchi with basil pesto. The service was very friendly. Full recommendation!

Came across it almost by accident as a cycling holidaymaker. Very nice, cool atmosphere. Very nice attentive service. And antipasti, pizza and pasta are almost rare.

The prices are not low but the food is worth every euro! Sitting in the beer garden is very comfortable and there is enough shade. We liked it and we will definitely come back!

Ate well...everything was to my/our satisfaction... Prices are still way too expensive for me... Nothing has changed... Is always well attended . August 27, 2024

Attentive service, very tasty food, nice ambience

This is what Italian food means.

Delicious and very nice ambience as there is a garden attached where you can choose the sunny or more shady spot. Price performance OK,

A very special place for fans of Italian cuisine with an urban guest garden in the inner courtyard and a great ambience in the 2-story interior. All of this coupled with excellent service that was very attentive and polite. If you like Italian food and enjoy eating pizza with an excellent pizza dough that is left to rise for 72 hours in the Officina, you should definitely consider a visit there. We'll definitely be coming back soon.

Everything delicious and fresh. Always welcome and thank you for the lovely evening.

A no-frills Italian restaurant that all in all keeps its promises. The prices are in the German average, the portions, however, are decidedly generous. A cuisine with strong but very Italian flavours. A no-frills Italian restaurant that all in all keeps its promises. Prices are average in Germany, the portions, on the other hand, are decidedly generous. A cuisine with strong but very Italian flavours.

Went there yesterday and sat in an idyllic backyard beer garden in the nice weather. I ate green asparagus with ham and sage butter from the daily menu... The hammer! It was soooo delicious 🤩🤩🤩 A decent portion as a starter. I could have saved myself the small side salad. It completely pales next to the delicious asparagus and I only took it because I thought the "starter" wouldn't be enough to satisfy my hunger. Friends had pizza and loved it too. No, overall a very pleasant restaurant with delicious Italian food. I will definitely come back and recommend it! P.S. The prices are high like they are everywhere now, even in "normal" restaurants, but if the quality, the taste, the ambience and also the care of the waiters (!!!!) are right, I'm happy to pay it 🫶❣️

A culinary delight! I love the atmosphere and the food. A very nice team and extremely friendly waiters. The starters are the real highlight for me. It's best to reserve a table! The store is always full!

Pizza is always good, although not cheap. I'm just wondering when the curry dip will be available Bread abolished. Doesn't fit at all.

Food great Service great Ambience very nice

The food was very tasty. The portion is very large. Very nice staff. Very short waiting time. Great ambience.

It was very tasty and always flavorful.

Very, very good cuisine, tastes good and is plentiful.

What happened to you? The service is a disaster. The pizza doesn't taste good anymore and the pasta was terrible. All of us (5 people) were not satisfied with the starters and main courses.

Pizza Vitello tonnato, something completely different, very tasty and appetizing 😜

The food is very tasty and came very quickly. The price-performance ratio is right. The service was prompt and quick; could work on your warmth though. The waiters seemed very arrogant and tight-lipped. Cleanliness also needs to be worked on. The tables were cleared very late and the men's toilet was heavily marked by human remains. A note to the staff was dismissed with the statement "we'll close soon and then the cleaning lady will come."

Cool atmosphere, nice service. The pizzas are very good and the homemade pasta is a highlight.

Iced tea was good, as was the pizza and the service was friendly. The dip with the bread was strange and some dishes are questionably expensive. Tiramisu is ok, but nothing more and the rocket pizza was oversalted with parmesan.

Very cozy, nice outdoor area, nice service and delicious food. We had a nice evening :)