Bocca - Cape Town

Definitely deserves its rating <br/ Good food that you can taste is homemade! Lovely and attentive staff, and although quiet while we were there, had a warm atmosphere. <br/ We ordered veg pizza, prawn pasta and a chicken panini, all very tasty! <br/

Unfortunately no gluten free pizza option. Food tastes amazing. The music was just loud enough that we could enjoy a private conversation; I had romantic evening. Very elegant Italian restuarent. Clever menu to represent the different food portions.

Ambience and music is very pleasant. Staff are really friendly and if you come at 6pm when the kitchen opens, expect very fast service! Pizza base is one of the best I’ve had in Cape Town! Partners salad was average. Definitely a spot to consider for a first date over pizza and wine.

Really good Neapolitan-style pizza great wine selection and a very warm and cozy ambience. Perfect for sharing plates. Zucchini fries are a must!

Decided to come here for the pizza after reading all of the good reviews on Zomato. We initially sat downstairs but moved to the upstairs booth after birds from the street flew inside were playing about in the rafters, the place was very quiet with only one other table of five. <br/ <br/ We were attended to promptly by the manager working on his laptop upstairs drinks came within 5 minutes. I ordered what I thought was a raspberry rooibos cocktail with archers, vodka and lemon juice (R60 . It tasted very sweet upon arrival definitely lacked the flavour of any lemon/vodka but I thought that it was just how it tasted, until I got the bill and saw that I was charged R35 for the drink. I assume that there is a non alcoholic version of the drink with the exact same name on the menu (I didn’t order “virgin” so just be clear to clarify if you want a cocktail.<br/ <br/ We ordered a Margherita R77 The commissioner (Bacon/Avo/Feta R133. This is authentic Italian pizza, rolled out by hand, so it comes in wonderfully not-so-round shapes. The Margherita was simple but incredibly tasty, while I found the other pizza to be a bit expensive for what you got, although the bacon chunks were quite big and had delicious crispy bits here and there. The crusts of the pizza had a great crispy yet chewy texture, and the complimentary (very minimal Chilli oil was a great lubricant for this. We ordered a tomato, grana padano olive salad as a side dish (R60 . This comes with a variety of frisée lettuce (not stated on the menu and can be dressed with the table balsamic and olive oil. <br/ <br/ Waitress only came to check on us waaay after we had gotten our meals, so if there were any issues, we would’ve had to wait to address this. Luckily for us, there were none we happily chewed away.<br/ <br/ Service was friendly extremely prompt by manager on duty, waitress was lacking a bit especially given that there were only two occupied tables in the entire restaurant. Cutlery was not 100% clean, but luckily they give you a pizza cutter with your meal so you can cut your own slices and avoid table cutlery if enjoy eating with your hands.<br/ <br/ This has become my go-to place for great tasting pizza, but I might just order a beer or cool drink next time to avoid the cocktail dilemma again.<br/ <br/ Edit: visited again for a quick bite before heading into town for the evening. Pizza was served within 10 minutes of ordering, great flavour and wonderfully chewy crust. The best pizza place I’ve come across.