Pizzeria La Smorfia — Restaurant in Monterosso al Mare

I’m always on the hunt for gluten free dishes and their gluten free pizza was definitely the best one I’ve eaten during our whole Cinque terre trip. All the ingredients seemed fresh and were very tasteful! They have tons of pizza’s and for every one it’s possible to order it without gluten, how amazing :) I also think they have good prices! The service was also great. It was super busy for take out, but the waitress was still very attentive to the needs of all the people waiting in front of their restaurant. Instead of me having to approach her, she noticed I was new in line and she came to me and handed me a menu. Even when I was looking for the English menu, she noticed and came to bring the right one when it became available. Attentiveness like this while it’s super busy, is very rare these days I find :) I would say the place doesn’t look so nice to go for a sit, especially since a lot of people choose for take out and are standing in front of your table then..I would recommend getting their pizza and find a cute place to sit at...

Went to this restaurant with my family (party of 3). We were told it was a 20 minute wait, which was somewhat accurate. However, when we got seated we were sat at a table for 2. Immediately I was questioning how this was going to work as the restaurant was quite cramped. As I was standing wondering where I was going to sit as there was only two seats, the waitress brought out a stool which we later found out was from the bathroom. I found it a little embarrassing that I had to ask for a proper chair with back support (which all other customers had). The small table eventually became a problem when our pizzas came out as they took up quite a bit of space. We had to put our drinks on the floor just to make room for our food. The worst part is that I could put all of these inconveniences aside if the service was half decent. Our waitress came across as rude and at some points straight up ignored us. I would not recommend this place to anyone visiting Monterosso as it left me hungry and with a bad impression. I'm sure you can find a...

It was fine. The service was good. It was quick. The pizza tasted good. But they need to work on their presentation. I ordered a pie with black olives, artichokes, ham, and mushrooms and they literally put individual piles of the ingredients onto the pizza. So, I had about two slices each with individual toppings. Two slices each of black olives, artichokes, ham, and mushrooms. It’s like the person making the pizza either was deliberately trying to screw with me or he/she wasn’t thinking at all and just put their handful of toppings in separate piles neglecting to spread them across the face of the pie for an all inclusive tasting experience. Either way, what a horrible presentation and poor eating experience for the customer. I ordered take out so I didn’t see the pizza pie with the individual clumps of toppings till after I retired to my room to eat my dinner. There was no sense in going back at that point. The...