Située au coeur de la Petite Italie et à Laval, la Pizzeria Bottega est une entreprise de restauration familiale réputée. On y sert une grande variété de plats italiens allant de l’authentique pizza napolitaine à un choix de sfizi, tapas de style napolitain. Son four à bois importé directement de Naples cuit la pizza conformément à la tradition de sa région d’origine. Enfin, son personnel dévoué et engageant contribue à son ambiance chaleureuse et accueillant.
Bottega est décrite comme une adresse italienne authentique où la pizza au four à bois est souvent la vedette, avec une pâte légère et une sauce tomate maison, accompagnée d'arancini et de boulettes et de pizzas à garnitures généreuses. Le service est en général apprécié pour son efficacité et son accueil, mais des avis signalent du bruit, des tables trop proches et parfois des temps d'attente ou de pression pour libérer la table. Les prix et les portions varient selon les plats, avec certains commentaires sur des repas chers ou des portions plus petites que souhaitées, tandis que d'autres soulignent un rapport qualité-prix raisonnable pour l'expérience. Dans l'ensemble, Bottega est perçue comme une expérience italienne solide, avec une pizza au four à bois très appréciée, des entrées et desserts convaincants et un service qui peut être mémorable lorsque tout va bien.
Wasn't impressed. Calzone left a taste of creamy butter & bread. Crust was a solid 5/10. Atmosphere was nice. Service was good but what pizza place has no meat lover pizza. $10 for a cannoli. Meh.
Nothing to rave home about. Dough was very gummy. The pizza had a lot of crust & barely any toppings, so basically you're eating just dough; same for the calzone, barely stuffed with any ingredients. The radicchio salad had 4 small pieces of radicchio & the rest was spinach, not really a radicchio salad more of a spinach salad. The flourless chocolate cake was not fresh.
4 mars 2025
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The service was slow & when the food arrived, the pizza crust & bottom were pretty burned for everyone on the table. One of the pizzas was overly salty. Also, the server upsold us on water. Definitely didn't expect this quality of food from the reviews. The ambiance was nice though, but it's the first & last time we go there.
Top 3 pizza in the large Montreal area . If I can be picky, dough was good but was missing a bit of air ( crust was full instead of being filled with large air bubble in true neapolitan style) , sauce lacked a hint of salt but I ate it all . Tiramisu was 12$ & was meh , no coffee flavor at all , the ladyfinger were like cake pieces . My friend had the homemade gelato & he was raving about it. Would go back for the excellent pizza but would not take the tiramisu ever again.
I was pleasantly surprised with the service, the food & the ambiance of this place! We were warmly welcomed by the hostess upon arrival who took our coats & hung them herself. We then got a place at the bar because there was no table available. I usually do not like high chair but these were supper comfortable (we stayed here about 3 hours). Then despite the restaurant being so busy, we were greeted right away by our waitress Genevieve who was super welcoming. They gave us a complimentary bread for starter & it was delicious with olive oil that you can add to taste. We order 2 entrees & a pizza, the entrees got delivered together & almost as soon as we were done we got our pizza. Perhaps the BEST PIZZA IN TOWN! everything about it tasted delicious even the crust!. We finished off with a coffee & dessert. The whole time we were there the service was impeccable! I remember dropping my napkin & I didn't even notice until someone from the staff handed me a new one after picking mine from the floor! I absolutely wowed by this place! It felt like being in a high end restaurant. 100% recommend
A wonderful meal in a timely manner--Italian food done right.
Entrees consisted of a plate of calamari & prosciutto with burrata. The calamari was well portioned, fresh & well seasoned; the tomato sauce that came with it was light & flavourful--absolutely excellent. The prosciutto & burrata was also delightful; it had chew with no sinew.
Our main course consisted of two pizzas: one with burrata, tomato sauce & basal, the other with rapini, sausage, & mozzarella. Both were cooked to perfection; the usual error of overloading the bottom of the pizza with flour to avoid sticking in the oven was not present--the chefs clearly know what they are doing! Crust was light, crispy on the outside, & had a good, flakey chew. Flavours were very much on point, & well salted. The rapini & sausage pizza was on the dry side as there was no sauce, but olive oil was provided & ameliorated the dish.
The desserts consisted of a meringue & an ice cream; I found the ice-cream to be slightly underwhelming--it was somewhat solid when I was expecting a soft & light texture, though the flavours were certainly there. The meringue, on the other hand, was out of this world. Light, sweet, & well portioned.
One other note: I ordered an espresso (as I often do) & was blown away by the quality. At every other restaurant I have ever dined, the espresso is always burnt & watered down. Though it was somewhat thin, & the "schiuma" not quite formed, the coffee itself was sweet, & slightly bitter, as it should be. While not the best espresso in the city (you will need to suffer an Italian bar for one of those), this was far an away the best espresso I have ever had at a restaurant. I ordered a second to be sure I was not mistaken, & was not disappointed!
Overall, with tax & tip, our bill came to just over 200$--well worth the money.
