Boccalino — Restaurant in Carouge

About as Italian as garlic bread, domino's or Clint Eastwood. Seriously, anyone who's posted that the pasta is authentic or the pizza is great is honestly pretty clueless when it comes to such foods - I mean just the fact the "Carbonara" is made with cream and grana padano cheese should say it all to anyone who knows anything about Italian food.

Seriously, the food is average at best, it's not that it's "bad" per se, perfectly edible yes, but it's not a cheap local quick eat, which is what it's food and decor suggests. I don't mind food which is merely "fine" if that's what I'm paying for. If the food cost 40-50% less I wouldn't actually have any issue at all, but they are charging premium prices for very average, not actually Italian food. Likewise don't advertise spicy pepperoni sausage - even have pictures of such thing on your menu (Inferno pizza) and then give bog standard large mildly paprika flavoured salami slices instead. I won't be...

Decent food but beware the green salad scam and super cold customer service!

Plat du jour 19.50 + 2 for a green salad advertised … charged 6.50 for the salad, because presumably we did not mention that we wanted a “small” one. Fair mistake for first timers. Plus we were never asked to disambiguate, small or regular. Asking for a compensation gesture, we got rejected with a stern look and acrid comments on our lack of attention to details. And shown the way out. Will never get back there again, and recommend you pick another option for your...

Here's the deal with Restaurant Boccalino - it's got REALLY GOOD PIZZA!!! It is the only pizza I've had in Geneva but I have got to believe it is one of the best in the city. Nicely sized, well topped, and cooked with a bit of a wood oven flavor profile... seriously it's just fantastic. Delicious fresh ingredients and a crispy thin crust that holds up well. Also MUCH LARGER than I expected.

The patio is large and beautiful. It's in a great part of the city. Excellent WINE as you'd...