Ristorante Pizzeria Maruzzella Zara — Restaurant in Milan

Amazing. Let’s start off with that. I’ll follow that up with this is the first real meal we had in Italy. While this could be perceived as skewing my point of view I will say I have eaten in many fine restaurants all over the world and this was as I said, amazing. It is absolutely a local joint, while there are descriptions in English on the menu I believe we were the only native English speakers in the joint. We got there early, shortly after they opened for dinner service at 1900. There was one other family in The restaurant at the time.

The staff was friendly and did their best to work with me as the only other language I speak poorly besides English is Spanish. We got everything we asked for and it was fantastic. We ordered the prosciutto and mozzarella appetizer to start as well as a carafe of their house wine. This was followed by the pistachio macaroni and the Fantasia pizza. We finished of the dinner with another carafe of red house wine and their Tiramisu.

Everything was homemade, the sauce, the dough and I’m sure the cheese. The Tiramisu was one of the best if not the best I’ve ever had (only ever had Tiramisu in the States so....). The staff was very nice and helpful with my 1 y/o and we never felt rushed even when the line was growing outside. Between shortly after 1900 and when we left around 2000 the restaurant was full with people and others were waiting to be seated. So lesson to be learned is go early or you will have to wait for a bit to get a seat. Early or late though it is absolutely worth it.

The cost was marginal compared to my favorite and in my opinion the best pizzeria back home in Albuquerque (Farinas Pizzeria).

So. If you want a fantastic fresh Italian meal with a cozy atmosphere and yet still see a vibrant popular place in Milan then please check it out and have a glass of their...

The best people we've encountered on our travels. We went here for lunch and it was delicious and comforting. A great environment, the cook came and took our order (his english was not great but he was bubbly and joyful and kind. Also we kept trying to speak Italian and they corrected us with a shrug and a laugh) we ordered way too much food but ate it all. We then came back for dinner because we were staying around the corner. They recognized us and were genuinely happy to see us. We had a good laugh with all the staff and it felt like they knew us like regulars. Great service and extremely affordable a wood fired 12" pizza for 7 euro... seafood salad, pastas, salads, tiramasu amazing. Just Loving people and it shows in the cooking!...

Ingredienti della pizza di media qualità(salsa di pomodoro un po' acidula e prosciutto cotto forse di spalla)..impasto molto soffice,leggero e ben lievitato..peccato che gli ingredienti cascano dalla fetta,xchè troppo morbida e sottile..è vero che la pizza napoletana deve avere il cornicione ed essere sottile al centro..ma questa non è una pizza che puoi mangiare con le mani,ma solo con coltello e forchetta,xchè la fetta non ti rimane rigida in mano..infine,consiglio caldamente di controllare,al momento di pagare,che il conto corrisponda ai prezzi delle pizze sul menù..xchè ci potrebbero essere delle differenze di prezzo..Rispondo al proprietario:conosco molto bene la pizza napoletana,xchè sono una chef..anzi,devo sottolineare che preferisco la pizza napoletana,sottile e con il cornicione,alla pala romana,che è molto più rigida e croccante..volevo solo dire che ho visto altre pizze napoletane e conosciuto pizzaioli napoletani che facevano impasti di pizza napoletana che trattenevano gli ingredienti sulla pizza e non li facevano scivolare via se solo sollevavi un trancio di pizza..xció,forse,la vostra formula d'impasto di pizza napoletana non è la migliore..inoltre,ci tengo a precisare che non avevo fatto aggiungere alcun ingrediente alla pizza,xchè mi fosse aumentata di prezzo..anzi,avevo fatto togliere anche la mozzarella..il problema è che le vostre cameriere non aggiornano gli aumenti di prezzo sul menù..di conseguenza i clienti,quando pagano il conto,si sentono dire un prezzo della pizza che hanno scelto superiore a quello scritto sul menù..magari alcuni clienti poco attenti non ci fanno caso e pagano più del dovuto..questa è quasi una truffa,xchè,in ristorazione,fa fede ció che è scritto sul menù..una cameriera alla cassa non ti puó venire a dire che devo pagare di più una pizza,xchè secondo lei è aumentata di prezzo,se sul menù c'era scritto che la pizza costava di meno..xció aggiornate i menù..altrimenti i clienti non tornano..ma non x i difetti dell'impasto della pizza..che puó anche non essere perfetta..ma xchè fate la cresta sul prezzo delle pizze ai clienti..mi auguro x voi che la cosa sia una svista e non ci sia malafede nel vostro personale x guadagnare di più attraverso questo...