La Pizza Veloce — Restaurant in Sigulda

Dropped by La Pizza Veloce with a rumbling stomach and a controversial craving: Hawaiian pizza. Yes, I willingly ordered pineapple on pizza, and no, I have no regrets.

The pizza arrived in exactly 7 minutes and 17 seconds — blink and it’s in front of you. True to the name, they don’t mess around with “veloce.” The service was equally speedy and super helpful, like they’d been trained by Formula 1 pit crews and customer service angels.

Now, onto the pizza. First off, the additional garlic sauce? Surprisingly good. Tangy, rich, and they tasted homemade — the kind of sauce that’s been stirred with love and maybe just a little passive-aggressive Italian pride. The toppings? Generous. No stinginess here. Ham, pineapple, cheese — all showing up and clocking in for work. A hungry person like me didn’t have to go on a topping treasure hunt.

The dough had a nice bite to it, though I’ll admit the price leaned slightly into “treat-yourself” territory. Not outrageous, but enough to make you raise one eyebrow like a suspicious detective in a pizza...

Revisited after two years: It seems the owner has changed and for one reason or the other, I did not feel the positive vibe from earlier. The prices are way over the quality we received, unless the long black hair in the dough was somehow special. The music is general pop and is so loud I could not always hear my girlfriend from across the table who speaks relatively softly.

I'm saddened to state the below review is historical and thus inaccurate. The location is A+ but the execution is not worthwhile. I do not suggest this place anymore.

"These pizzas are -the- best pizzas in Latvia and the beer from a near-local brewery was heavenly after almost 90km of road by bicycle and the huge climb when approaching from Turaida.

The owner was very kind and talkative, full of stories that might equally well be local urban legends. ;)

Greetings post-marathon! I placed well over the 50%, cycling 32km/h on average." -R.I.P La...

This was cute little pizzeria, we visited this place with friends and ordered about 10 pizzas altogether. Pizza base is was different than usual and I really enjoyed it. It was a little bit like biscotti type of dough in the taste. Ingredients were fresh and seemed to follow local preferences. Service was very good and personnel was very friendly, helpful and efficient.

There is room for development with the flavours and balancing the amount of ingredients compared to cheese, that could lift some flavour to be more distinctive, instead of being overly mixed with cheese.

The taste is very different from Napoli and Roma type of pizzas, but that’s why I enjoyed the pizzas here.

I can warmly...