Vabene in Dortmund

We went to the restaurant late in the evening and ordered spaghetti aglio olio. They were used to the excellent quality of the previous owner. What we got was an unseasoned pasta and oil soup. My girlfriend couldn't eat it because it made her sick, and I was foolish enough to eat a little more. I even felt sick the next day.

The pizza is truly delicious – fresh dough, perfectly baked, and prepared with love. 🍕 Plus, the people there are incredibly friendly – ​​you immediately feel welcome and in good hands. Definitely a clear recommendation

Very disappointing. We had to wait over half an hour for a takeout order – even though the place was barely busy. Instead of attending to customers, it seemed more important to turn on the music. Upon asking, it turned out that our food hadn't even been started. When we finally got something, we were presented with a plate like dogs, which we were supposed to share – even though we had specifically paid for two portions of pasta. In the end, we only went home with one portion of pizza. That's neither customer-friendly nor professional. Absolutely not recommended.

I came to this location because of the reviews. The products served here have nothing to do with Italian food. The pizza was freshly made, but it did not respect the specific ingredients of the pizza diabola in my case, and had many spices that had no place on a pizza. The pasta carbonara was spaghetti with cream sauce and ham with a pinch of noodles in an envelope. The food looked like it was made by someone who was cooking for the first time in his life. It was edible, but it has nothing to do with restaurant food. Payment could only be made in cash because many merchants in Germany use POS that only work for cards issued in Germany.

Very delicious food! The service is always very good and friendly. The food comes very quickly. We always enjoy coming back!

Half of my order was missing. I called and they said it was on its way. It's been four hours, but no one answers the phone. I'm going to file a police report tomorrow morning. This is a disaster. I can't understand the good reviews at all.

Yes, very quiet in a side street

Best pizza, fries, and schnitzel Great service, good prices, simply delicious

The food wasn't particularly tasty, but it was okay for a pizzeria/snack bar.

Had the Pizza Diavolo at My Vabene – simply 🔥! The dough was super crispy, the spice was just right, and everything was super fresh 🍕🍕. You can taste the quality and attention to detail. The service was also top-notch – friendly and fast. If you love pizza, you should definitely stop by here. Highly recommended! 🍕

Very tasty since the new owner arrived

The new owners have stylishly renovated the restaurant, and the food tastes better than its predecessor. My best friend, her friend, and I really enjoyed it. I hope you stay with us. We'd love to come back.

Top Top Top We were there in the evening and were more than satisfied. Please keep it that way!

I'm from Iserlohn and was here for the first time. We spontaneously walked in and the staff were super friendly and helpful and the food was really a 10 out of 10.

*⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5* The food was fresh, perfectly seasoned, and made with love – the pasta and pizza in particular were a dream! 🍝🍕 The service was friendly and attentive, and the ambiance was cozy and stylish. We'll definitely be back. Highly recommended! 👌 -

Super delicious food without a long wait! Even so, we had a quick snack beforehand (roll + homemade herb butter), amazing! The pasta was super tasty and the perfect amount 💪 I can only recommend it!

The pizza at Vabene was truly delicious – crispy base, fresh ingredients, just what you'd expect! I'd especially like to highlight the service: absolutely friendly, attentive, and super personable – a solid 10 out of 10! I'd love to come back!

The food was absolutely disgusting. Out of three dishes, not a single one tasted good. Pesto from a jar and unseasoned. When we asked, we were asked if they had any other pesto. 😂 Apparently, the owner doesn't know what bruschetta means either. We just tried it and then left EVERYTHING. The boss wanted us to pay anyway. Even the pizza rolls, which we neither ordered nor ate. 😂 Absolutely incompetent to run a restaurant and beyond brazen. An insult to Italian cuisine. Simply embarrassing.

Unfortunately, I can't understand anyone who left a bad review. Great staff, pleasant atmosphere, and great service. 10/10

It's very tasty and super nice and the place is very clean, I can recommend eating there...

Unpleasant atmosphere – not recommended. In addition to the unfriendly staff and the extremely long wait (almost two hours!), the owner's behavior was simply inappropriate. He sat at the next table and talked loudly about cheating on his wife!!! – completely disregarding the guests. You don't want to hear that while dining. The whole experience was embarrassing and disturbing, not to mention the terrible food. I certainly won't be back.

Very tasty, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, highly recommended.

The food here was perfect. I'd definitely come back! There's a huge selection and super friendly service!

Delicious food in Dortmund. Great service right in the city center. I highly recommend it.

Best restaurant ever! With so much choice!

The food was amazing. Try it yourself. A 12/10!😍🤤

It was a special day for me and my family. The food was excellent—it feels like being in Italy, with the same authentic taste and wonderful aroma. The service was extremely friendly and attentive. I will definitely visit this restaurant again soon.

The service at this restaurant is the best. The food is very delicious. I loved the pasta and pizza. They serve a variety of delicious salads and drinks. I recommend going there. Good luck. You are the best in this area.

My new favorite pizzeria I have never eaten such delicious pizza and pasta simply wow and very nice customer service everything is perfect

Very good food and the pizzas are exceptionally delicious. Best place in Dortmund.

It was delicious and beautifully served. Service was also friendly.

I had schnitzeled chicken with tagliatelle there. It tasted very good. The staff was very friendly. 👍

Misleading photos from other guests. There's no beer here, but I can't deduct a point for that. The food, service, and atmosphere are great!

I've been a regular at Vabene in Dortmund for a while now, and for good reason! Today I had pizza again, and as always, it was absolutely delicious. Fresh, crispy, and tasted amazing. And the pasta? You have to try it! The quality is top-notch every time. The team is incredibly friendly, the owner is super nice and accommodating, and you always feel welcome. Highly recommended! Always happy to go back!

Very good shop, the tastiest pasta in Dortmund, I would recommend it to everyone.😍

Very nice owner, and good food. I can only recommend it.

The golden mean in Dortmund is highly recommended!

Very very tasty, highly recommended

Very nice service and very tasty food.

Great store, Great atmosphere & super friendly staff 🥰

Great staff and delicious food. The shop is very clean.

Really great, great food, great service!!

Very good service, the food was delicious and the prices were very fair for what you get

The pasta there is highly recommended. The service person was very friendly. I can only recommend it to everyone!!

The food was very tasty, I recommend it to everyone! Best pasta dishes

Yes the food is very tasty and cool music great service.

The pizza was very tasty and baked perfectly. The staff was very nice and accommodating. We would love to come back :)

Ordered 2 pizzas. Took a while. But it was worth it... Pond thin and very tasty... Quiet corner...

We got a table straight away and the food came after a short time. It tasted very good and the staff was very, very friendly. Gladly again!

good service, and pizza was delicious . 100% would recomand it

A lot of love in the food, it tastes great ❤️

I can only recommend the food and service as always

We were there for the first time yesterday. It was really really tasty. The bruschetta were perfect! The staff (including the boss) were very friendly. Price-performance ratio, completely okay. We'll definitely be back!

I ate gnochi with prawns, zuchini and herb cream. It tasted good, but after I ate it I had a stomach ache. Then came nausea. The next day it continued and I puked. Storing food well is important. Even if it's a type of fish. My friends had pasta with spinach and it smelled unusually disgusting. They haven't eaten either. I will never trust them again and wouldn't recommend them.

Very very tasty + top service 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

🥰🥰"The food is very tasty 🥰🥰"The service is very good

Really good noodles were very tasty

The food was very tasty, the service was also great, always a pleasure

Great food, great service, I’ll be back 🙏

The food was not good at all, we ordered pizza and pasta the waiter seemed really stressed even though we were the only ones there . The pizza was very salty and didnt taste like pizza at all and the pasta had no taste of anything, so i do not recommend this place to anyone if you want italian tasting food.

The food tasted as if there had been a whole pack of salt in it - really not recommended

Went there today by chance and ate the tastiest pizza we've had in a long time. We'll definitely be back. But a good wipe down of the tables every now and then would be great, they stuck everywhere.

Best Cabonara with ham and tagliatelle. Service was good. I will come again.

Se ye disappointing! The food was really disgusting - neither fresh nor tasty. It had an unpleasant smell and looked unappetizing. I only tried a few bites and couldn't eat any more. Absolutely not recommended!

The place is good. In the city center. The establishments are cozy. The food is very 😋 delicious.

We have been here twice now to eat pizza with children away from the hustle and bustle of the city center. Each time the little ones were treated extremely nicely and courteously. Everyone also enjoyed the food. If we are in Dortmund again, we will definitely come back!

not so good，salty and waited LONG time because they forgot our order， but we were the only guests there！！pizza was not juicy as typical Italian food

Well, where should I begin? We received a reasonably friendly welcome, but even as we were ordering, we had a strange feeling. It was loud and hectic around us (which is perfectly fine for a Saturday), and some guests complained about waiting times, while others left. Our starters were completely forgotten; my pizza was OK; my husband's lasagna was cold inside, and when he sent it back, it came back after ages, hot but burnt. My son's pizza rolls were also forgotten, and my daughter's gnocchi were also only lukewarm. The server explained to us that there had recently been a change of ownership, and that's why they weren't yet very well-coordinated. That may be true, but we still wouldn't recommend the restaurant (which is more like a fast-food joint).

Pizza somewhat ok. Lasagna was warmed up, oversalted and cold inside. The food arrived at a delayed time; Two things we ordered didn't come at all. I've actually never experienced anything like that. Really disappointing.

We waited 2 hours for the food… When it finally came, several orders were wrong. Other guests at the next table have already left the restaurant in anger. Unfortunately a very bad impression of the restaurant. Staff seemed very overwhelmed and had no plan. NOT RECOMMENDED!

The service was completely overwhelmed. We had to wait almost 2 hours for our food. No recommendation!

The pasta is delicious, the extra toppings has a generous portion, and the staff is patient.👍

Waited 40 minutes for a pizza, very unstructured shop….

Wow wow, you rarely see such nice employees Ambience great Food 10/10 comes from here

I don't know if the owners have changed. Otherwise the food there was 1A, homemade pizza rolls. Today I ordered pasta special with spaghetti and vegetarian pasta with tagliatelle and extra pizza rolls to pick up. On the one hand they were homemade, on the other hand the others were simply baked ones from Rewe. Then the big hit: €28. Both noodles cost €17 rounded up via Lieferando. But I thought, because I only checked afterwards, that the prices had gone up. Which I find absolutely crazy. The noodles weren't even overbaked. And then I gave the waiter/cashier €30, he didn't even make any move to give me my two euros back money. I didn't feel like arguing. It was the last time I got anything there. The contributions were also entered in a calculator, not in the cash register. So I didn't get a receipt either. The person who prepared the items was very nice and friendly.

Haben 2 Margaritas bestellt, über eine Stunde gewartet. Die ersten sind verbrannt und wurde weggeschmissen die zweiten waren kalt und ungenießbar. Definitiv nicht Empfehlenswert!

I had dinner there with my girlfriend. We always really enjoy eating there. But this time it was a disaster. Pizza rolls should be... Food will be served. Didn't come. When asked, the rolls were sold out. There were no imitations either. Well the staff isn't the best either. I wanted my food packed. Nobody came. I had to have it done at the checkout. That was the last time I ate there. V Hmm yes no

Unfortunately I have to give one star. This thing doesn't work at all. We were there last week. They didn't even have beer on offer. We were almost the only customers and waited forever for our food. When asked, there was no correct answer. This pizzeria doesn't work at all.

Food itself was very tasty and fast service, Unfortunately, the extra ingredient was forgotten on the pizza and the wrong pasta dish was served, the pizza rolls for the pasta dish were placed right before the starter, fresh would have been more appropriate for the pasta dish, but so far everything tasted good, prices are okay, strange that under one Large pizza is understood to be a family pizza, you have to order a medium one, it was cozy and not overcrowded on site

Friendly, but their tomato soup tasted like ready-made soup

Went there for the first time today but there's no need for a second time. The lasagne, pizza and pizza rolls tasted ok but nothing special. The lasagne was also cold inside. Prices are relatively high here and somehow don't match what you get for it. Normally I only wanted to give it 2 stars, but I gave it 3 stars because there are still plastic straws here, not the cardboard things like elsewhere.

The food was good. However, the service and the ambience were very poor. There was nothing going on and yet we asked three times about the food and drinks we had ordered and then something was forgotten. In the counter area, unnecessary noise was caused in a completely inconsiderate manner by sorting dishes, cutlery and other things and then people talked very loudly with friends or acquaintances who stopped by for a moment, as if there were no guests there. When we wanted to pay, no one knew what we had ordered. So basically we listed our order for the fourth time. Sorry, but that's not how good service works.

Too long waiting times and unfriendly service. Pizzas were prepared incorrectly and then swapped with bare hands behind the counter. Absolutely disgusting. A noise level like in the subway. Not to mention storing the food. What surprises me most is that there aren't any bugs there yet

Pizza was very tasty and everyone was very nice. We had a lot of fun.😋😌

It's been a long time since I've eaten such a juicy, large pizza. Not a long wait. Friendly

Four of us were in the restaurant in the afternoon on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024. Unfortunately the service did not meet our expectations. The employee who served us seemed unfriendly and there was an unpleasant smell. We were also served a large amount of pizza rolls for just 4 people, and we had to order the herb butter separately. Unfortunately, the pizza we ordered was overcooked on the edges, almost burnt. On the positive side, however, the pasta was well prepared. Unfortunately, a salad we ordered wasn't served either. Overall, we didn't think the price was appropriate for what was offered: for 4 drinks, 1 salad (which didn't come), a pizza and 4 pasta dishes, we paid €88, which we found to be too high. We usually evaluate objectively, but in this case the experience was unfortunately not satisfactory.

Pizza & pasta are very, very tasty. The service is also very nice and friendly. We'll definitely be back 💪🐞🍀👍

The rolls are homemade and taste really great

Super nice staff, freshly made pizza 🍕, super tasty.

I ate penne with Bolognese special. The price for this dish is really almost that cheap. Clear ambience with no frills, just right. Great thanks & keep it up. 👍

Unfortunately not as expected, service from my point of view was subpar, first waiter fell into my arms and almost knocked over the table because he fell over an obstacle on the floor that he should have known about, second waiter forgot that I had something else I ordered and only remembered it when I paid. Food: Portion Quantity well, it was just fine, had pasta with Primavera sauce and beef, sauce little to no seasoning, so very neutral in taste and beef just hard and far from offering anything in terms of taste. The only highlight were the pizza rolls and the fact that the quantity was just ok and I was fairly full. Price just ok for the “performance” I definitely won't be showing up there again

Tastes better than other places like lostaria, vapiano and so service is better too

Very good pizza really tasty 😋, price is great 👍🏼 highly recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I've never seen such nice and kind-hearted people. They make their food with so much heart. I was there with my group when the shop was closing and they still made us something to eat and were very nice. We have never had such a delicious pizza as we did there and can only recommend it. In Germany, a store like this with this kind of service is rarely really great.

Good pizzeria in the city center. The place is spacious, clean and cozy. The treatment by the waiters was magnificent. It has a wide variety of pizzas and Italian food. We ordered pizzas and they were delicious, the dough was very good and crispy. The prices are very appropriate. I recommend everyone who wants to eat pizzas to come here.

Yesterday the six of us were at the restaurant, ordered and paid for our pizzas. We were told it would take about 40 minutes, which was really ok as everything was overcrowded due to the European Championship game in the evening. When we noticed that people who came after us and ordered were leaving with their food, we asked what that was about and what the problem was that we haven't received anything yet. The answer we received was simply: “We are sorry, we are now moving your order forward so that you can receive it in a few minutes.” In this case, we were annoyed, but we thought that mistakes can happen. After another 45/50 minutes we asked ourselves where our food was. Then a gentleman from the waitress came to us and asked again: “Hey guys, what did you order, then I’ll place your order now & then we’ll make your pizzas.” Note: At that point it had already been over 80 minutes since arrival. We then said what that was all about and we wanted our money back. This was then done, but as I said, we waited there for over 1 hour and 45 minutes in total for nothing.

Today the food was extremely tasty, the service was very nice and very polite, you should definitely order the Pasta Pollo and the pizza also tastes very tasty, the price is very good for the quality and everything was great!!👍

You wait almost 2 hours for 3 dishes and when you ask you get a cheeky answer

The food is extremely good, the price is “fair” (everything has become expensive now) and the service is made up of honorable men

Naughty rude staff Simply no go