La Bottega - Lainate In Lainate

I gave 5 stars to everything except the service because there was a small issue with a delay in confirming the reservation. Otherwise, everything was excellent: delicious food, friendly but cold staff. We'll gladly return next time.

The food was delicious, and the pizza was spectacular! The service was a bit slow, and the atmosphere was too noisy. Highly recommended, though.

Good food. Excellent pizza. Friendly and efficient staff. Very, very noisy place.

Great for lunch break The dining room is a bit chilly in winter.

Pizza party with colleagues: I have to say that the pizza is very good and the prices are fair.

I frequent this place during my work break. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, always ready to answer customer requests. I've tried both the pizzas and the cooked dishes, both excellent. Recommended

Excellent gourmet pizzas, well-cooked in a wood-fired oven and light. But the wait to eat is long... Decent dining rooms but very crowded. Avoid weekends and in summer, prefer the outdoor courtyard (except for the mosquitoes).

Sunday, lunch. Four adults. We arrive shortly after 12:30. I made a reservation. The dining room is almost empty. They seat us and take us to our table with menus. Within a few minutes, the waiter arrives to take our drink orders and, shortly after, our food. We order two appetizers: a platter and meatballs. The portions are for one, but even knowing this, we decide to make it enough. The meatballs are five, while the cold cuts include three slices of cooked ham, five or six slices of spicy salami, and three slices of prosciutto crudo, accompanied by four small goat cheeses and slices of polenta. They didn't even bring us bread, and I had to ask for it after the pizzas! We order two pasta dishes: tonnarelli all'amatriciana and tonnarelli allo scoglio, and two pizzas, one "vado al massimo" and one "sua maestà". Wait time: a bit long, but the dining room is full. To try to get ahead of the game, I ordered four desserts and three coffees with a bitter liqueur: the latter arrived a few minutes later. Too bad we had to wait over twenty minutes for the desserts! I noticed only two waiters taking orders and two (different) people delivering the dishes. Perhaps not enough to properly serve a full room. The coffees are made by the girl at the cash register, so she doesn't coordinate with the delivery times of the other dishes. Surely no one warned her we were waiting for the desserts before the coffees! In the end, we spent over thirty-five euros each. Less than a year ago, we'd spent around thirty euros each, despite ordering two liqueurs at the end, four pizzas, four desserts, three bottles of water, an appetizer, and coffee. In my opinion, the guanciale for the amatriciana was overcooked, but both the pasta all'amatriciana and the pasta allo scoglio were good. I really liked the "His Majesty" pizza, but I didn't like the "I go to the maximum" one because the cheese, remaining cold, combined with the heat of the pasta and tomato sauce, created an unpleasant sensation in the mouth.

December 14, 2025 Christmas lunch with friends. There's not much to say. I come here often, but over the past six months, the restaurant's service has become terrible. It only took 40 minutes before we managed to get our order, and only because I kept calling the waiter. After ordering, it must have been another 30 minutes before we were able to eat two platters and two pizzas as appetizers. After the appetizers, it was another 30 minutes before we received all the other dishes, of which the risottos were overcooked and cold; the other first and second courses were fine. Desserts and coffee took another 30 minutes, and finally, out of exhaustion, we went to drink coffee at the counter, especially since it was already 4:00 PM.

Food, service and venue all excellent.