Gino’s NY Pizza Itaewon 지노스 피자 이태원

It took me a few minutes to understand the vibe of Gino’s. At first I thought it was an attempt to be an interpretation of a NYC pizza place in Korea. It has its roots in NYC but is its own place with its own vibe, that turns out to be great. The pizza was cooked perfectly, the ingredients authentic. The vibe is mellow and I now understand why they tell you when you enter - you can only stay 1 1/2 hours because it would be easy to stay much longer. A footnote: I ended up staying a couple of hours and there was no pressure to leave.

What can I say! If you are looking for arguably one of the best pizza’s in Seoul then look no further this place absolutely just destroyed me in the best way possible, I am European so I take pizzas very seriously and this New York style pizza place was absolute perfection, anyone rating this place lower than five stars needs there head checked because everything was on point. I had the Wu tang and the wings and I’ll be coming back tomorrow for the same thing. I will be recommending this to all of my clients from now on.

Delicious pizza, some of the best I’ve had in the many trips I’ve made to Korea. Been to Seoul, Busan, Sokcho, Gangneung, Chuncheon, Gwangju, Jeonju, Gyeongju, Incheon, you name it, nobody made a pizza exactly how it’s done in America as Gino’s did. Loved the staff especially, all young dudes and gals who looked happy to be there. Good vibes. This location also has a really nice view of Itaewon. Get there early, it gets popular though. Menu is in Korean or English.

New York style pizza in the middle of Seoul. I thought it was good overall although the dough was slightly too wet from the sauce. You couldn't hold a slice properly without all the toppings falling off. The taste was on point though. Great atmosphere, music a tad loud. Went at 2pm, still have to wait 15min in line. Overall pleasant. Would visit again!

Excellent pizza; probably within the top 3 I have had in the world (including in Italy). Very good. We had the butcher and the pepperoni. Very light and tasty, not heavy at all. I didn't love the whole order-on-your-phone thing, but oh well. Still fantastic.

So, I went to Gino's pizza because I saw a post on IG. This is my experience, I will let my experience speak for itself. When I walked in, I said to the lady that I had 2 people for dinner, but my wife was outside talking on the phone. The lady asked me 2 times where my wife was, I saw the rule in the stairwell, but I found the intonation of the worker to be very rude. When I told her that my wife would be upstairs soon, she let me sit down. Then, the worker directed me to the menu, but it was my first time and I didn't have the NPC setting on my.phone enabled..I tried to access the menu o n the table many times, I even asked the male worker for help, and he just threw the menu directions as me, expecting me to understand the Korean directions, even though I walked in and spoke English. Reminder, the IG ad was in English, so I thought it would he ok to speak English in the restaurant, but when I spoke English, the workers responded very inconsiderate. I did not feel welcome or feel that they appreciated my business, but I guess if they have a lot of business then they do not need go care about in-person customers. Perhaps it is their policy to only get customers in and out quickly for profit, but that might just be my speculation. I want everyone to know that this is my experience, perhaps theybwere just having a bad day, but I will never eat here again, but probably, they don't care because they might not care about their customers because their pizza is tastes good.

American style pizza and wings. The best pizza of Itaewon. Fantastic.

Salad and hot wings were very good. We also had Brooklyn's best pizza, but it fell a little short of my expectations. There were all of 4 pieces of sausage and the sauce was a bit bland. The crust was too crispy, not like the NY pizza I know of. It was ok, but not NY style. Maybe I'll try the plain cheese next time.