Pizza Italy Off Soi Bukhao

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

 

Inspired by a recommendation on the Pattaya Restaurants Facebook group, I decided to give Pizza Italy a try. It was a good choice. I've had two pasta meals there and look forward to trying more of the dishes on offer.

 

 

Pizza Italy is located on a subsoi of Soi Bukhao between Soi 15 and Soi Diana. The restaurant isn't visible from Soi Bukhao.

 

The chef is a very friendly Italian guy who really knows his stuff. The restaurant has a wood-burning oven for pizza and other dishes.

 

 

My first meal consisted of a bowl of rigatoni. It was freshly made, not precooked and warmed up in a microwave.

 

 

It wasn't a huge portion. but rigatoni is a heavy dish and the portion was large enough to fill me up. It tasted great, subtly seasoned but full of flavor. It cost 230 baht.

 

 

For my next meal at Pizza Italy I had a tomato and onion salad followed by lasagne. Unlike a lot of tomatoes in Thailand, the ones in my salad had been properly ripened. The assortment of condiments, which included olive oil, was a nice touch.

 

 

The salad cost a modest 60 baht.

 

 

The onion had been sliced paper thin and placed as the bottom layer in the bowl, which meant the diner could choose how much onion he wanted to eat with the tomatoes.

 

 

The tomato salad was a good starter for the lasagne, which had also be freshly prepared.

 

 

Again, the seasoning was subtle, with just the right hint of nutmeg. I definitely knew it was there, but it didn't overpower the dish as a whole.

 

 

The cost was 220 baht.

 

 

Pizza Italy has a full range of Italian dishes. It also offers pizza for delivery and take-away.

 

 

Both times I ate there, I was the only customer, which is a shame. Let's hope that's just a function of low season and rainy evenings.

 

 

Bottom line: Pizza Italy is a good option for hearty Italian food at reasonable prices in a casual setting. Recommended.

 

Evil

 

 

 

 

[Idefix 2,275]

Hi. Yes Pizza Italy is a good place for Pizza.

I use to go there about twice a month with a friend.

 

This restaurant used to be on Soi Xcite (next to the St Georges Bar)

at a far better location, but this area has been razed for a new condo project.

I am a little sad for them to rarely see more than 2 or 3 other tables occupied

when we go eat there. Lost off the main Soi. Only those who know it will find it

In Soi Xcite it was sometime difficult to get a table.

 

Thanks for this report Evil. It may help them :)

[oddball 55]

Never had any pasta dishes there but had a pizza some time ago I found it overall to be disappointing. The base was so thin it was as crunchy as a bread stick, the toppings were sparse and tasteless. If I was to return there for a meal I would give the pizzas a wide berth

[hatter 55]

I stayed right next to there last trip in irovers luv rooms and never thoguht to go in there but on my next trip will be going there for sure now, great stuff as always EP

[Harvey 249]

+1 for yet another great report, Evil.

 

Question: (For evil or anyone else that has eaten there). Anyone tried their pizza? A pizza Margherita and that tomato/onion salad would make a great meal.

[Odense 492]

If this is the same outfit that used to be at the bottom of Soi Exzyte I like their pizza a lot - but is it ?

 

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[Evil Penevil 7,628]

 

+1 for yet another great report, Evil.

 

Question: (For evil or anyone else that has eaten there). Anyone tried their pizza? A pizza Margherita and that tomato/onion salad would make a great meal.

I haven't tried their pizza but will soon. I'll take photos and write a report.

 

 

If this is the same outfit that used to be at the bottom of Soi Exzyte I like their pizza a lot - but is it ?

 

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Yes, it is.

 

Never had any pasta dishes there but had a pizza some time ago I found it overall to be disappointing. The base was so thin it was as crunchy as a bread stick, the toppings were sparse and tasteless. If I was to return there for a meal I would give the pizzas a wide berth

I can't speak from personal experience as I haven't had one of their pizzas, but I generally prefer pizzas with thin crispy crusts and light toppings.

 

Evil

[bronto 0]

Notice you say freshly prepared and not cooked. A proper lasagne will take considerable time to cook from fresh. This clearly looks like a portion cut from a much larger dish, and given the few customers,it wasn't prepared just for you.

How long did you wait for arrival?

[MM 6,562]

I can vouch for their tortellini with ham and a cream sauce. It was very good...the garlic bread was not my style..I prefer the garlic to be cooked into the bread rather than placed on the bread.

 

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

I can vouch for their tortellini with ham and a cream sauce. It was very good...the garlic bread was not my style..I prefer the garlic to be cooked into the bread rather than placed on the bread.

Apparently the original version of garlic bread, which dates back to Roman times, was like bruschetta and similar to the bread in your pic. The version with which most of us are more familiar is modern adaptation that got its start in Italian restaurants in the U.S.

 

Evil

[steamer 158]

I'd give this place a pass myself for the pizza anyway. Tonnes of other better pizza joints close by including the Brooklyn Diner and one just 60 meters further south on Buakhao. There is another joint on 'soi Boomerang' that was recommended by the owner of the Boomerang but we haven't tried that one yet.

[steamer 158]

Never had any pasta dishes there but had a pizza some time ago I found it overall to be disappointing. The base was so thin it was as crunchy as a bread stick, the toppings were sparse and tasteless. If I was to return there for a meal I would give the pizzas a wide berth

Butter on Melba Toast would be equally satisfying gastronomically speaking

[Odense 492]

When they were at Soi Exzyte I - and many friends - found their pizzas to be better than the other places you mention - in fact among the best in town.

 

 

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Edited October 20, 2014 by Odense

[oddball 55]

When they were at Soi Exzyte I - and many friends - found their pizzas to be better than the other places you mention - in fact among the best in town.

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Well if it is the same people as the place on soi exzyte I can only guess that they left all the herbs and toppings at the old place and just took the stale pizza bases with them

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

I dropped into Pizza Italy to try more dishes. I started with the bruschetta topped with chopped tomato and garlic.

It was very good. The bread was perfectly toasted and the topping was properly seasoned and balanced between the garlic and tomato.

The tomato had a lot of flavor (unusual for Thailand). I added a touch of heat with a few drops of olive oil infused with chilies.

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Tortellini in brodo (broth) came next. It's a northern Italian dish that is traditionally served as the first course at Christmas dinner.

The tortellini was fresh an tasty, but the pork broth should have had a stronger flavor.

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Total cost was 380 baht for the two dishes, a San Miguel Light and a Coke Lite. I'll be back again!

Evil