il piccione d'oro — Restaurant in Kamakura

Food is good and personable service equally so. Stand out for me is all pizzas, appetisers and this guys deep understanding of wine and pairing. I am terribly biased with French and & modern South African wines as my expertise. That being said I deeply love and admire the breadth and quality of Italian wine but Italian restaurants in Japan very often serve heavy, over extracted wines at bath temperatures. On the other side you got the restaurants charging you to death on fine wines….which is great if you can afford it, midweek. Here in my opInion is a wonderful natural talent and super experienced professional that serves wines that you cannot beat at price point and quality with whatever pairing he recommends. Trust me I’m super biased but this lovely man makes me doubt myself completely in a truly...

Me and my Japanese family went to this very cool spot in Kamakura for pizza… As Italian and as a passionate cook I can tell that’s this is the place to go if you want to taste delicious appetizers ( we had the nduia crostini and cacio cavallo fondue) and a good Italian style pizza, the dough was very crunchy even in the middle and the ingredients so fresh, pizza tomato sauce also good…i would just suggest to always put the basil after cooking outside oven and also to put the bufala mozzarella after cooking the pizza out the oven to maintain the freshness and don’t let it melt and watered out… The owner was so kind, polite and professional and glad he spoke a little Italian…. We will definitely back next time we go to Japan...

Such a hidden gem in this neighborhood. We go there for our pizza fix every time we are in town and a local favorite 😍. I had the prosciutto with black truffle pizza and Dang! It was so delicious. Great quality prosciutto, and the crust is chewy yet crisp and cooked in a wood fire oven. We also got the fish crudo salad with it and super fresh veggies and dressed to perfection. Great wines to sip, cozy neighborhood atmosphere. Upstairs seating available. Must check. The chef used to work for a notable Italian restaurant in Tokyo and also spent...