Trattoria Renato Pizzeria — Restaurant in Gauteng

Very authentic old school Italian decor, cozy and cramped layout with a visible wood fired pizza oven as the heart of the restaurant. Minimal staff - 1 waiter who seemed to be serving every table pretty much on his own, and a waitress who showed people to tables and occasionally delivered a meal or two. On a warm night, the place is quite hot - consider sitting outside. All drinks arrived without ice, which was odd. The caprese salad had no basil, was basically a tomato sliced on top of slabs of fairly flavourless mozzarella with 3 small olives on top. Garlic focaccia was crumbly and dry, and the promised accompanying butter never arrived. Lasagne was a rich mess, overwhelmed with tomato and you could barely taste the bechamel, cheese or meat. Spaghetti bolognaise was disappointingly flavourless. Pizza was good enough, but nothing special. All portions were very conservative (small) considering the price and the only thing saving the experience was the friendly and enthusiastic...

We really love Trattoria Renato, it's like finding a little treasure around the corner you really should have noticed earlier. They make delicious pizza's, I highly recommend the Quattro Stagioni, (AKA a four seasons). I have no idea what it is but I can tell you the dough they use is some how different than the average pizzeria. Inside feels like a little piece of Italy, not over the top décor just nice enough to feel comfortable and relaxed while in a softly lit ambiance heated by an old school oven. Oh before I forget as a strange but cool quirk if you do take-away they don't cut the pizza it some how helps for transport apparently, so if you'd like it pre cut as I do...

A real neighbourhood gem that goes above and beyond. My dad recently had his 60th birthday and unfortunately none of us 'kids' could be there to celebrate with my parents. We phoned the restaurant from Cape Town a few minutes prior to my parents' arrival for a unique request. The restaurant met my parents with a bottle of prosecco on ice, a lovely table and sweet birthday note. They made my dad feel super special and made the occasion festive on what might have otherwise been a more lonely night without us. Thank you very much for your effort and especially for the lady called Memory who helped us set it all up! Besides that, both my parents mentioned their...