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Café San Gennaro

Authentic Neapolitan pizza finds its true home in the heart of Little Italy.

Little-Italy
4.8$$ & $$$
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Café San Gennaro specializes in authentic Roman-style pizza al taglio, featuring rectangular slices with a characteristically light and airy crust. The menu highlights traditional Italian ingredients, ranging from classic margherita to seasonal vegetable and savory meat toppings. Beyond the savory options, the establishment functions as a dedicated espresso bar that serves high-quality Italian coffee alongside an assortment of artisanal pastries and house-made sweets. Cannoli and bomboloni remain core components of the dessert selection, prepared with traditional techniques to ensure consistent texture and flavor profiles. Patrons encounter a bustling, high-energy atmosphere defined by industrial aesthetics and communal seating arrangements. The focus remains on rapid, high-quality service for those seeking an immediate taste of Rome through both baked goods and layered, crispy-bottomed pizza squares sold by weight.

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Café San Gennaro is widely celebrated as a premier destination in Montreal for authentic Roman-style pizza, fresh pastries, and high-quality coffee. Visitors frequently praise the exceptional service provided by a friendly and knowledgeable team, noting that the welcoming atmosphere makes it a beloved local gem. While the indoor seating is somewhat limited, the inviting outdoor terrace serves as a popular spot to enjoy popular items like the caprese pizza, pistachio bomboloni, and perfectly crafted cannoli. Although experiences regarding pricing and coffee blends have occasionally varied, the overall consensus highlights a vibrant, high-quality experience that brings a genuine taste of Italy to the heart of the city.
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Christopher
5.0

Sooooo good!

Aug 24, 2024
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Laura
5.0

Delicious pizzas & sandwiches! The nutella croissant is a must! Highly recommended 👌🏻

Aug 22, 2024
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Cédric
5.0

La meilleure pizza que j'ai mangé a Montréal ! & que dire du tiramisu, une tuerie !

Aug 20, 2024
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Christine
5.0

Came here from Jarry Park after getting a recommendation from a friend & it didn't disappoint! At first they only had the sausage rapini so we got some hot slices & a pitcher of aperol spritz & sat on the terrace ( dog friendly for well behaved dogs, so we brought our little dog. ) We realized we definitely needed more pizza to go with our spritzes & luckily they had just pulled out caciocavallo & pepperoni pizzas so we got some of those & a couple of cannoli. All of the pizza was great! The caciocavllo was definitely the most unique, it reminded me of raclette. Buttery potatoes with melted cheese over. Very tasty. The cannoli were also really good, even after 7 slices of pizza between two people we ate them easily. The cream was super rich & the perfect sweetness. We went near the end of the day on Saturday (around 530) & it stayed pretty busy for the hour & a half we were there. A lot of people were picking up whole pizzas. One random nice thing that maybe matters more to me than most is they had carbonated water on tap

Aug 19, 2024
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Jay
5.0

One of the best Roman style pizza in town. Try the pepperoni you will not regret it & finish it off with a bomboloni.

Aug 19, 2024
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Kali
5.0

The pizza is to die for. Their coffee is excellent too.

Aug 19, 2024
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Leonardo
5.0

One of the best pizza options in town, square cut. Must try the superb pizza Cacciocavallo.

Aug 18, 2024
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James
5.0

Café excellent ainsi que les desserts.

Aug 17, 2024
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Gilles
5.0

Les pizzas sont très bonnes

Aug 15, 2024
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Cristine
5.0

I love hole in walls restaurants & this is one of them. The staff was so nice & very informative on the pizzas. I took the sausage & rapini pizza. It was soo delicious. My kids loved their Margherita pizza. We shall be back!

Aug 13, 2024
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