Pizzeria Mennella — Restaurant in Genoa

This was genuinely THE worst pizza I’ve EVER had at a restaurant in my life, let alone Italy. Where do I begin…. To start off, I got in on a bit of a tight schedule, so I only had about an hour to get in, order, and eat. You’d think that would be enough, well… Right off the bat, they got my order wrong. They have pizzas with similar-sounding names, so unless you speak fluent Italian with an impeccable accent, watch out. This led to me getting the entirety wrong pizza. But when I got the pizza, I had no time to reorder. Some 20-25 minutes had already passed, so we wouldn’t have had time to reorder. So after explaining the mistake to the worker, I reluctantly decided to take what I got. And let me tell you, what I got was the worst pizza I’ve had. The pizza was served on a thin paper plate, instead of a real plate, which was fitting, because the pizza’s dough and crust was also paper-thin. Paper-thin, no colour, no flavour, not even cooked correctly, undercooked, which also lead to the cheese forming clumps on the tomato sauce, and falling off sometimes, as the ingredients seemingly were thrown together in no calculated manner whatsoever. It truly tasted like the diy pizzas I’ve made at home but worse. The taste was so so subpar, compared to what you’d expect from a pizzeria of such ratings online. But, as bad as I had it, it was my friend who had it worst, he got a baked calzone, and the insides were mushed up and wet like the insides of a gazelle after a pride of lions had killed it. Well, all in all, at least the water was...

Saw Elias0177 leave a very stupid 1 star review and tried the pizza for myself. Very delicious, great price, friendly staff, comfortable seating (both for eating in and waiting to pick up your order). Also got to see how the pizzas were made - overall great experience, and came back...

Some vegan options on the menu, however it would have been a lot better if they had had vegan cheese. I mean, you can basically just go to any pizza place and remove the cheese. The pizzas were still nice, with a grilled flavour. I hope they start using vegan cheese on their...