Bar Basso

Business lunch. Salad was good, nicely balanced, just underseasoned and the greens gritty (not rinsed thoroughly enough). My colleagues pizza looked servicable, if boring. Service was slow and impersonable, but functional. 0 atmosphere.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bar Basso is simply the best of the best! The food!!! Absolutely delicious. The drinks!! Perfection in a glass. But what truly makes this place special is the people—kind, welcoming, and full of heart. Mr. Rashid and the team go above and beyond to make you feel at home. Whether you need a great meal, an amazing drink, or just a warm atmosphere, this is *the* place to be. 10/10, highly recommend! The best food of the city!

Love the pizza here. Both outside and inside sitting. Can be crowded so better make reservations

We went to Bar Basso for celebrating the graduation of my colleague. It was nice that they offered a vegan option for us. The service was not super fast but acceptable. The meal was average: we had a plate of appetizers (olives and tomato were vegan only) with some bread, a small pumpkin soup (around 300ml), a risotto with mushrooms and vegetables, and a small pudding (around 200 ml). Everything except the appetizers were shared between two persons (did they forget we were two vegans?). Except for the main dish, the portions were small. We also had a cup of wine and a green tea. We paid 144 CHF together, which is in our opinion too much for this menu. Not recommendable.

Nice place to eat some Italian food. The people were very nice and, even that we come up with no reservation, could find a nice table outside. The artichoke was really nice, I would recommend it. The pizza was good, can’t say the best I’ve ever had, but good. I was a bit disappointed by the orecchiette. The pasta wasn’t home made, a bit over cooked and no so tasty. They also have nice dark draft beer.

Nice bar and restaurant in Zurich city center, close to the Hallenbad City indoor swimming pool. Enjoy the pizza and focaccia baked in the wood oven (one of the very few in Zurich and surroundings). Child friendly place, located directly on the Sihl canal, stylish industrial design inside, it has also tables outside. Cappuccino and coffee is good. I recommend it both for an aperitif and to eat. Open at lunch and for dinner.

Wonderful Negroni and more! Pizzas are unique and yummy - the pumpkin pizza could use a bit more pumpkin seed oil or seeds to make it taste like pumpkin. The Gorgonzola pear pizza could have used a bit more Gorgonzola taste. The spicy salami pizza is recommended. Good place for groups - reservation then recommended.

Came here over a year ago for lunch and food was ok, same this time, bit average and definitely a bit higher price. Looks nice and simple interior design. Service was a straight 0 though. Needed a receipt for myself not the whole table and first got a "we don't do that" x2. But I needed it for tax purpose so insisted. Got snarky comments from both staff and handed the payment device saying the price of my pizza. I confirmed, that's my pizza. "Owww, no tip?? 🙄" But then, all other 5 coworkers got the same snark and exactly same comment, almost comical. Really unnecessary. Would never come back.

I tried to make a reservation here on a Friday night last December, but they were fully booked. So today I was excited to finally be able to eat dinner here with some friends. One of my friends also brought her dog, which was welcome to sit under our table. The waiter even brought out a bowl of water for the dog when asked. We sat by the wood-burning oven, so it was warm and cozy. I ordered the most expensive pizza with buffalo mozzarella, prosciutto, and rucola at CHF 27. The pizza was ok, but the prosciutto was way too salty. My other friend ordered a customized pizza of just mushrooms and buffalo mozzarella, and the waiter was happy to do so. I didn't know you could do that. He also hit his head on the ceiling on the way back from the bathroom... so tall peeps, beware of the low ceiling there! They offered a little shot glass of some sweet red schnapps after the meal. It tasted faintly of alcohol and was slightly reminiscent of grape juice. All in all, I would say it was a pleasant place for dinner and a chat with some friends, but I wasn't terribly blown away by the food.

Food wasn't good. Lacked flavor and not worth the value. Don't recommend. The service and people were nice. I saw the likes of ppl come in for a quick meal ie) pizza and beers and out, or groups of girls that were there for what looked like girls night out. The ambiance is great for that, but honestly the food wasn't impressive or good and I wouldn't recommend no matter how cozy the interior is. Ordered a few starters: Sardines (5.50fr), Hummus (5.50fr), and Salami (6.50fr). It was tasty and the hummus was interesting because they used green peas, but it was TINY. Not really worth it and the taste wasn't that exciting. The pizza, not even worth detailing. No taste/flavor. Find a different spot to eat like Don Leon or Miracle (which I highly recommend, but must make a reso!)

I absolutely love this place ;-) Probably the greatest Pizza in town (try the Pizza Bianca!) although the rest of the food is amazing too, super cool interior and a very chilled atmosphere! Aaaand they have lovely brownies :-)

My doppelgänger says to come try this place out on a Friday night, so I do as accordingly. One never questions the doppelgänger. We ended up questioning ourselves why we came here but hey, it satisfied our culinary curiosity of this place. The pizza, which seems to be what people come here for, is uh-huh ok. The dough was a bit dry (smidge hard...) and the sauce a tad slightly on the dry side. What really came to our minds were, we should've just went to Santa Lucia for a pizza. The cost would have been a few francs less for the same type of pizza, though the pizzas here are a bit smaller, and we would've gotten much more prompt and better service. Not that the service was bad here, it was a-ok! The person next to me was daring enough to order a beef tar tar in this casual looking place, which tried to look inspiring but fell short. It was topped with an egg yolk for aesthetic display but what one would wonder more is whether it was safe eating that whole raw concoction. The bar area was small and ok. Nothing overly special. The environment was filled with people in their mid 20-40s out on a Friday night for a date or friends' catch up, eating their a-ok food while downing their a-ok drinkettes.

Great pizza, nice ambiance and excellent service. Would definitely go back on my next trip to Zurich.