OOBATZ — Restaurant in Paris

As a true Pizza Napoletana enthusiast, I make it a point to visit local pizzerias in every city I travel to — tasting both traditional flavors and creative variations. In Paris, I visited OOBATZ, since it was listed among the Top 50 Pizza Europa 2025.

Let’s start with the positives: their tomato sauce and cheese were well-balanced, and the ingredients were of good quality.

Unfortunately, the restaurant also has some serious drawbacks. First, the service. I arrived right on time for my reservation and fully understood that the restaurant was busy. Still, one waitress glanced at me and then went on pretending to clean tables, completely ignoring me. It wasn’t until much later that a male waiter, clearly overwhelmed, finally seated me. Later, when I tried to order, the same waitress was standing near the bar doing nothing. I caught her eye several times to signal that I was ready, but the moment our eyes met, she just pretended to be busy wiping tables - it was just baffling.

Then came the issue of quality control. I ordered two pizzas from the menu — Quatre and Cinq. The first pizza arrived with a visibly burnt crust (see photo). Though I was doubtful, I still tried a slice, only to find it extremely bitter from the charring. I immediately informed the waiter, who took it back to the kitchen. After quite a long wait, my second pizza arrived. It was acceptable this time—slightly overbaked, but not burnt. However, to my surprise, the manager soon came back with the first burnt pizza, saying: “The chef says this is how a Pizza Napoletana is supposed to be.” At that point, I almost rolled my eyes. Poor quality control is bad enough, but their unwillingness to acknowledge such an obvious issue was even worse. Did they assume that, because I’m Asian, I wouldn’t know what a real Neapolitan pizza should taste like? But let me be clear: that was definitely a burnt pizza.

After leaving, I read other reviews and realized that poor service seems to be a recurring complaint. What truly puzzles me, though, is how such a restaurant could make it into the Top 50 Pizza Europa. Honestly, the random Neapolitan pizzeria I walked into in Paris the next day offered far better pizza—and far...

Food is fantastic, service though ruins the entire experience. Despite having a 18:00 reservation, the two tables sat to either side of us got seated after us, yet were served before us. We sat for nearly 30 minutes before anyone came to take our order then waited 20 minutes between each food order which in my opinion is completely unacceptable. The one group sat next to us were clearly friends of the head chef and got their order taken and delivered immediately. The women on our other side too were seated 20 minutes AFTER us yet somehow had their order taken and delivered before ours. To top it off, the waitress who took our order came back after several minutes to retake it because she forgot what we bloody asked for. It was one of the most infuriating experiences at any restaurant I've ever had in this city. After an agonizing 2.5 hour dinner service I had to get up for the bill because I was tired of constantly waiting on someone to help us. The waitress got the card reader then walked away to go help someone else... what a cherry on top of an insulting and horrendous experience. Won't be coming back anytime soon and will no longer recommend this place to friends.

Long story short, unless you're buddies with the people who work here, expect to be sat in a corner and...

I have a strong opinion on pizza's and how one should prepare them. All due to our experiences at Chateau Mondou and our beloved Pizza Nights. Our guests in the holiday homes love our home made pizza's. Untill last night. It changed every opinion I had about how a pizza should taste. We made sure we were there just before opening time. Everything you do in the first 5 minutes decides the outcome of your guest's experience and this young, beautiful, friendly Spanish looking lady did everything right. She gave us the best of restaurant experiences, together with the chef, because these pizza's, they must have flown them in from Pizza Heaven. Never have we tasted tastier and better pizza's. We have another reason to make a stop in Paris on our way to Villeneuve sur Lot. By the way, the first pizza we ordered, the one with very thin sliced potato parts and a lemon topping, is in our van right now. We ordered an extra one to take home and eat during our 6-hour drive to Amsterdam Beach. We asked the chef for the recipe of the lemon topping. He politely told us it takes 4 months to prepare it. We believed him. It was that good. To end this review: a picture from Saar, our dog. Because the waitress and Saar had an...