"Opened in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 by chef Sei Shiroma, who relocated from New York, this pizzeria emphasizes naturally fermented dough baked in a wood-fired oven to yield a light, crispy crust more akin to Neapolitan-style pies than the heavier, topping-laden Brazilian norm; Shiroma originally discouraged cutlery and recommended eating his pizzas with your hands, using customers’ requests for forks as moments to teach the hand-eating technique, but he has since equipped tables with forks and knives and expanded the business to multiple locations (on the way to a fourth), prioritizing simply serving excellent pizza without dictating how patrons must eat it." - Carla Vianna
Food:
Pizzeria is 4th place of TOP50 in Latin America, so we had high expectations.
The pizzas were very delicious and innovative, however, as a pizza enthusiast myself I expected more from the dough and crust. Tastes like a dough made the same day.
Service:
Service is terrible! Clients were queuing at 6pm despite reservation because staff was still cleaning up. They didn’t inform anybody that they needed a few more minutes (which we would have understood). Instead we were completely ignored for the full 10min. Not very attentive staff. All on their phone rather than taking orders. Doesnt seem like restaurant is dependent on clients…
Juliana C M
Google
Very cool place in a very busy and hip area in Rio. The restaurant is located at “SoHo” area of Botafogo. The pizzas are very inventive! We had ricotta with honey and pepper❤️. It was fantastic. The drinks are delicious too. The appetizer buffalo muzarela in the oven was very criativo. Another thing I loved is that you can choose a sauce to dip your crust to accompany your pizza.
Madeleine AC
Google
Place is small but very cozy. We waited for around 10 minutes to get in, with the surprise that they also had a second floor.
Pizza was great, very crunchy and delicious.
The service was a little bit slow.
Filippo Fadda
Google
The pizza is good, not mind-blowing, but definitely good, I would say a solid 8. The price is adeguate: in Sao Paulo for the same quality I was spending more. Service is generally good as well. The location is great, but the facility could use a deep cleaning, especially the couches.
Aelson Sobral
Google
The pizza was good, but the best -the best I’ve tried so far- we had was the burrata (as an appetizer). Service was amazing, every single one from there is very attentive and caring. The only thing that was not of my taste is that it can be noisy due to the traffic on the street(take into account that some tables are in the sidewalk), and the tables were too close from each other.
Rodrigo Coelho
Google
Great pizza! They really know how to build flavors! I found the prices a bit high for beer, wine and service compared to other places around, but It is okay.
Laura Joyce
Google
Delicious food, great wine and overall a great time. Brendo was amazing! What a great waiter. He gave us excellent recommendations and made our visit feel really welcoming.
Artur Barbosa de Oliveira
Google
Amazing place! Best pizza in Rio! Specially the gentle manager Tom and his team.