Pizzeria San Bastian — Restaurant in Montabone

It’s always difficult to write a poor review of a restaurant, especially a very local restaurant to a smallish community, where there seems to be a history of five star reviews and gushing comments, and yet here I sit in my charming agritourismo bedroom just up the hill, angry at having been ignored for slightly more than 40 minutes after arriving. For the first 15 minutes, my wife and I sat chatting while the staff went in and out past us, clearly busy addressing a largely local and familiar clientelle outside on the balcony. Eventually we put her hands up and stopped someone to ask if we could at least have the menu, and it took one more reminder before even that showed up. We raised our hands several times as staff went past us from kitchen to the outside area. At one point we asked if we could move outside in the hope that that might make us more visible, but no, we were told that wasn’t possible and even when some spaces became available, no one asked us if we wanted to get up and move. I can assure you that I am no routine complaining reviewer, if you’re in any doubt please have a look at my reviews, I take a pride in reviewing good restaurants for people working hard to make a living and realise that looking after their customers is a vital part of their likely success, and it makes me feel bad to say anything critical, it’s just what I really don’t like doing. But here in Pizzeria San Sebastián, I just can’t let it go…. I felt treated like an outsider, casually ignored and in the end we got up and left without anyone even making an effort of any kind to come and see where we were going? So in all fairness I can’t say don’t go there, but I do say keep my review in mind, because at least now you know that it’s not impossible that you could be completely ignored. There are other dining options in the village, so explore them too. … and to the owner of pizzeria San Bastian, please take this as a gentle reminder of the importance of your customers, even the non-local foreign ones like us, and that it’s a privilege that we come and support your...

We slept at a Airbnb not far from the place, and passed by it one night.

The food is as good as the place is charming, we came back the next night. The pizzas were great, as well as the pastas, and was really a good value. The place has very reasonable prices. The wine varaity was lacking, but that's about the only minus I could think of.

The people who own the place always have a smile and were very sincere.

We really had...

This pizza place is two minutes from my house, I usually go once a week and just love it. The pizza is always hot and fresh, the owners are part of the community, and the outdoor seating area has a...