Pizzeria San Gennaro - Zurigo Centrale — Restaurant in Zurich

Lately I've made several trips around the eastern US and I've made an effort to taste test the areas best pizza places (Brooklyn, North Jersey, Raleigh, Northern VA, and a few others). On a recent trip to NY, I wrote off trying any more Neopolitan Pizza after going to Eataly in Manhattan. It was just bland and uninspiring even though they touted the sourcing of their tomatoes from Italy. But today I started the first day of my trip to Switzerland and visited the Christmas Market in Zurich Mainstation. Coming indoors from a frigid and rainy evening, we wanted to sit down at a restaurant and warm up and what better meal to do that than Pizza. Being the closest I've been to Italy I felt that maybe their pizza would have a chance to redeem the entire Neopolitan style.. ANY WOW DID IT! This pizza looks really good but it's also deceiving. Look through photos and you see a heavily raised crust making you expect a thick and dense crust and a pizza to split between 3 people. On the contrary, the undercarriage is very thin and the edge crust is so beautifully airy that I gladly ate my kids' which they always cut off. We got the Margharinara (sp?) And the superstar here are the tomatoes. Not only for the sauce but especially the pomodorini confit. We all just fell in love with the pizza and I'm glad that we found this gem on Day 1 when we have to return through Zurich Mainstation at least 3 more times this week! Service is so friendly, food prep is shockingly fast, the ambience is extrodinary, and I've already went over the food. Don't hesitate, just make sure you get a pie when going through this beautiful...

But if you happen to be on your way home, passing through Zurich Main Station,and you are feeling homesick or just thinking about the last trip to lovely Italy, I suggest you head to the main hall. Near the big clock, also known as the meeting point, you will see the small white/light blue sign of San Gennaro. They offer authentic Napolitan food, sparing you and your loved ones the trip to Napoli. While most Italian restaurants are small, loud and rushed, this one is situated in a massive renovated 5 meter high and open hall, with carefully restored crown molding and very detailed painted ceilings. Two large shiny wood fire ovens are the heart and soul of the Kitchen. As their menu is simple and reduced to Pizza and a few easy appetizers, they use the area around the oven as their kitchen. It is slightly fenced with a bar around it. You may take your toddler or kid with you and sit there at the bar facing the kitchen and watch, whilst the pizzaiolo prepares your pizza. Last Thursday I treated myself to a margarita and in my opinion this was the best pizza I have had in a long time. Not only extremely delicious but also light. Fluffy dough, with fresh ingredients, baked to perfection topped with fresh basil. A dream! The service is fast, friendly and the prices are fair. Thinking back I had the best night sleep and did not feel one bit guilty for all the carbs. Just saying, I might go...

I booked a table but when I arrived the reservation was not present despite I talked with them by phone. Staff members were talking German and when we I asked to switch in English they got annoyed. Two minutes after we seated, they ask us the order because the kitchen was in a rush to close. We asked for few minutes more just to have the time to read the menu and they literally came back after 30 seconds putting pressure for the order. The pizza was not that good as in Schlieren (their main location): the dough was good, but most of the ingridents were tasteless, especially the tomato sauce, and the bottom was burned. But what really messed by brain was one of the weiters: I pointed him out that a Coke was missing. The guy first pointed to a coke on the table, that was belonging to another person, and then he counted how many cokes were on the table before realising one was missing and bringing it. Seriously? In a nutshell, the pizza was just ok, but the...