Al Cavallino In Gorizia

Fantastic daily food on the handwritten menu

They made us vegan calzones and they were delicious!

Even it was not on the menu, they prepared great vegan calzone! Thanks!

The Neapolitan pizza was good. There were so many different types of cake. I had the Mozart cake, which was good but too much. We waited 45 minutes for the pizza, even though the place was empty.

Delicious pizza, I discovered it on the recommendation of a colleague and I'm happy to go back.

Very good pizzas, modern and bright environment which unfortunately is quite noisy.

Good pizzas and a great variety of desserts

Good pizzas. Well-cooked, light. Friendly staff. Fast service. Screens inside and outside. The Neapolitan calzone is delicious. We also tried the home delivery service. If you book in advance, the time is respected. The pizzas arrive well-cooked and hot.

This is a long-winded review that I assume will be treated with little constructiveness, like the other "negative" reviews, but I want it to be well-structured. Let's start from the premise that dough, no matter how standardized the process, will never be identical, even on the same day at different times, and anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the subject knows this... dough is alive, not a machine. A necessary preface is needed to emphasize that any judgment on this pizzeria's dough is influenced by personal tastes, but also by possible and probable variations. The pizza I ate on a gloomy afternoon in mid-September was decidedly well-made, expertly cooked and stretched, served by a helpful and kind waitress, and accompanied by a decent Paulaner on tap. Don't expect the airy texture of contemporary pizza or other current fads. Here you can eat a classic Neapolitan pizza as it should be (no, it's not raw or even rubbery; you're probably used to the piadina-like pizzas of northern Italy or the crunchy ones of the city center). Parking is easy in front of the modern restaurant. Why 3 stars? The bathroom wasn't the cleanest, and the worst part was the smell coming from the drains. The plate was chipped in two places. Even though we were the only table eating pizza inside the restaurant, the three pizzas we ordered took a bit too long to arrive (the pizza chef was giving priority to takeout orders). I found the "gourmet" or, better yet, "slow food" and off-menu pizza menu to be too expensive, and overall, I found the toppings to be very (too) standard on all the options. That day, there was apparently a delivery issue with suppliers, so many vegetables and the corresponding pizzas were missing. It's unusual to order two pizzas listed on the menu and find out after several minutes that both are unavailable. Last but not least, a negative note: I "settled" for a porcini pizza, and as soon as it was brought to the table, the mushrooms weren't even visible, so much so that the waitress went to ask the pizza chef for clarification. "The mushrooms are under the mozzarella," he said. The moral of the story is that there were mushrooms (porcini?!)... they were few and (even worse) in oil... soft, yellowish, and pickled. The tomato on the Margherita didn't seem to be of great quality either (yes, I read it's organic, which isn't always synonymous with "good"), while I'd say the Agerola fior di latte was good. In summary, I think a good-quality pizza like yours deserves more attention to the ingredients, given that the price isn't among the most popular. PS Reply to the owner's response 1) The bathroom was average for a typical restaurant, nothing serious... but to be blunt: it smelled like sewer (I'd have the drains and traps checked). 2) The porcini mushrooms were few and in oil (if you tell me they weren't pickled), they certainly weren't fresh porcini mushrooms. I invite you to eat a REAL porcini pizza to understand that they don't even put mushrooms in oil on pizza at the train station. I've never had a pizza without seeing (and the very kind waitress who went to ask the pizza chef about it) the toppings on the pizza I ordered. It's a shame I didn't take a photo of your porcini pizza, which looked like a Margherita. 3) The place was half empty and there was only one pizza chef, and I saw him fill several takeout boxes before putting our pizzas in the oven. This meant the supplier hadn't delivered the vegetables and couldn't offer us what we ordered (which happened for two out of three pizzas we ordered!). Denying the evidence in this way only makes the above worse.

Excellent pizza. We will definitely come back.