BOCCA garage — Restaurant in Colle di Val d'Elsa

This was a tricky one... Great reviews online and recommended by our hosts, but overall, quite disappointing.

We didn't make a reservation, because we couldn't find any website or means of doing this online.

We were seated outside, but in the back of the restaurant area, not on the terrace with the view. Staff seemed to take orders from 3 other tables at the same time as us, with one staff member telling another to do a different table first.

We were given an English menu, and ordered two different style pizzas than we had had before. Neither seemed to mention that they were not tomato based which was regrettable - both were a bit dry and lacked suitable seasoning. We didn't partially enjoy either.

We ordered the local bottle of white wine, but wouldn't recommend it.

I found finishing my pizza difficult due to the cheap cutlery that didn't want to hold it's shape.

Really shame. Had much higher...

Very agreeable experience. Cosy and elegant pizzeria with a good selection of wines. Simple but very effective setup, which includes a multitude of rooms and tables, including outside, in a renaissance building. Our pizza was excellent, the right balance of crust thickness (thin) and baking time. Sushi Garage is their Tuscan interpretation of raw food, featuring raw sausage with local herbs and soy sauce - very nice. We went there with 3 young children and were seated in a lovely inner court outside, giving everyone freedom of movement. Pricing is very reasonable and service friendly and quick. Highly...

As tourists we were looking forward to trying the pizzas after seeing the good reviews. However, we were shoved on a table with an English menu placed on the table when passing. That was the last interaction that we had with any staff members. Many other people came after us and were served before us. Nobody seemed interested in taking our order or even engaging with us in any way so we left. If I could put zero...