Gema Pizzeria
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Gema Pizzeria
Opens Today at 5 pm
| Monday | 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Thursday | 11:30 am - 2 pm, 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Friday | 11:30 am - 2 pm, 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Saturday | 11:30 am - 2 pm, 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
| Sunday | 11:30 am - 2 pm, 5 pm - 10:30 pm |
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Impasto's owners, Stefano Faita and Michele Forgione are bringing their culinary skills to their new pizzeria called GEMA (an acronym for their children's names). The establishment serves fresh pizzas and decadent desserts.
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Daniele
Tres bonne soirée avec un excellent service, un bonne pizza & un ambiance detendu.
Sol hic: une boutteille d"eau San Pellegrino à 13$
Je n'ai pas regardé ma note sur le moment, mais que après...View more
MARIE
Très bonnes pizza originales & raffinées ! Le service est très agréable.
Petit bémol pour le bruit dans la salleView more
Alicia
Tout était au top. Du service à l'assiette, de loin la meilleure pizza de Montréal, aussi petit clin d'oeil pour la menthe sur la 4 fromages, une découverte qui m'a beaucoup plu.View more
Marc
Nous avons eu une très belle expérience chez Gema! L'ambiance était très agréable. The Food also was perfect! Je vous le recommande fortement.
Ils ont une glace à la vanille comme dessert & je vous le recommande aussi.View more
Alain
La salade de tomate Gema est sublimation... & que dire de la pizze
Tout était parfait dans une ambiance familiale italienne
Bravo à toute l'équipeView more
Petra
Salads : the good & the bad & the not so ugly. Fantastic, best of the late summer tomato salad , fresh, tasty & daring in big savoury chunks with great buratta — & the worst fennel potato octopus salad ever - potato from the day before yesterday back of the fridge tasteless fennel & onion - so so sad— although the octopus (pieuvre) was good
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Jppineau
Le resto de Stefano. Carte italienne intéressante & prix raisonnables. Un peu bruyant comme atmosphère & places limitées. Réservez! Pour y accéder en voiture, cependant, sachez qu'il est difficile de trouver du stationnement.View more
Alexis
100$ for one burnt pizza, one salad that only consisted of leaves & oil & two glasses of wine.
There's cheaper & better pizza one block down from here.
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Ju
Vu les nombreux avis positifs je suis probablement tombé un mauvais jour ce jeudi 18 mai. Après une première commande d’un verre de Prosecco (il n’y en avait plus), d’une pizza à la mortadelle maison (il n’y en avait plus non plus) on a finalement eu un troisième « on n’en a plus » pour le topping caramel pour le dessert… Nous sommes pourtant arrivés tôt (18:45) & on ne peut pas dire que c’était plein à craquer. Rajoutons à ça la pizza brûlée sur le dessous (je n’étais pas le seul car la table derrière nous a renvoyé sa pizza pour la même raison). Les deux étoiles sont pour le personnel qui était bien gentil & qui, je pense, se rendait bien compte de la situation plus que moyenne.View more
Lindsay
Lively restaurant with a great atmosphere. One of the best pizzas I’ve had in Montréal. The Capricciosa pizza is my personal favorite. The times I have been the dining room & bar have always been full, so probably best to make a reservation. Never disappointed!
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Bruno
Super bonne, on regretterait presque de ne pas en avoir assez....View more
Mehdi
Bonne pizzeria, rien de fou. Salade de pieuvre manque... de pieuvre justement. Service plutôt bonView more
Meryem
I have rarely received such passionate, honest & love filled service! A huge thank you for this young librarian with her contagious smile & her solar energy �💛 & a huge congratulations to the chef because it's hands down the best pizza in Montreal (sorry forgot to take picture of the pizzas) 🤤😍
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Samina
Lovely restaurant. A warm ambience. But seating is a bit crowded. Great food.
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foodie-8162
1 Review
Borderline pizza quality Sparkling wine served too warm 2 pizzas, 1 bottle of average quality wine, 2 small ice cream dessert, 180$ including service (15%). A TOTAL RIPOFF.
DianaVie-7699
1 Review
I don't normally comment on restaurants etc but I had to leave a comment about Gema, it's absolutly amazing!! My boyfriend & I recently went & it was my first time, it's by far the best pizza I've had!!!!!! I love the restaurant it's a great ambiance, great service & delicious tasty pizza!
I defiantly recommend this place to anyone who wants a really good pizza this is the place to be! Love it!
ducharmejeanmarc
1 Review
Was there in July 2017, party of 2. Ordered drinks, wine, appetizers & entrees & desserts. Cocktails were the high note. Food is made up of high quality ingredients. There is just not enough of them in every dished. Barely no octopus in the octopus salad. Barely no mozzarella di buffala on our pizza (literally had to look for it). Same for every serving
Was there early in the evening - no rush. The servers didn't even inform us of items not on the regular menu. Seated outside, there was no way to find out.
We like Stefano quite a bit but were very disappointed this time. There are many other "higher" end pizzerias in Montreal. Will not be coming back here
siwaa
1 Review
Très déçu. Les calamari était très tendre mais pas crousiant. La salade verte avec radis melon d'eau n'avait aucun goût. La pizza tomate, di Buffalo (prèsque pas de fromage) était brulé.
Je ne retournera jamais & je le recommander pas du tout. Il y a beaucoup de resto dans la petit Italie qu'il font une très meilleur pizza.
C'est dommage.l
SylvetteGr-855
1 Review
Nous sommes allés manger dimanche le 7 février 2016. L'accueil est correct & le service fut très adéquat. Les deux serveuses sont attentives & diligentes.
Au niveau de la nourriture, on constate que la qualité des ingrédients semble au rendez-vous. Toutefois, la pizza est servie presque dénudée d'ingrédients. C'est nettement insuffisant. Surtout à un prix moyen de $17-18 pour une pizza. La croûte est bonne sans plus. Nous avions observé la même chose chez Impasto. La quantité servie pour le prix est plus que questionnable. Le profit semble prendre le pas sur l'expérience culinaire. Pourtant...
Tant qu'à l'espace physique du restaurant Gema, c'est minimaliste & sans chaleur. Très bruyant également. Je ne recommande pas ce restaurant tant pour la nourriture que pour l'endroit. Le rapport goût & quatité prix est faible. Nous voyageons beaucoup & connaissons de très bonnes pizzérias avec ingrédients maisons. Pour le moment, Gema est loin du compte.
Pooks
1 Review
Having seen Stefano Faita's cooking show on CBC & now co-owner of Gema, I had high hopes for this restaurant. Unfortunately, I left very disappointed.
This is why...
Being a foodie, I've tasted quite a few of the top restaurants in Montreal, & always looking into exploring good food in Montreal. Gema's meals tasted quite ordinary, nothing extraordinary or tastier than most Italian restaurants I've been to. Which are quite a few!
The pizza I had, was just "Ok" Yes, I ordered a tomato & cheese pizza.Nothing fancy about this. Which the pizza on the menu is called "1889" The crust was crusty & well cooked. Great! The cheese, well.. I'm still looking for it. I'm not a fan of greasy super cheesy pizzas, but I'm also not a fan of pizzas that are mostly tomato sauce with little to no flavour & I have to search for the cheese. Mine only had four spots of cheese throughout the entire pizza. Along with three very fresh & tasty basil leaves, yet only three. On the menu, it said the cheese is Quebec Mozzarella di Bufala(Buffalo Mozzarella)Wonderful, I love local products! The taste was not creamy, or silky as it should be. Instead it was overcooked & crispy. The little bit of cheese that I was able to taste. All this for $13.00
The service was Ok. Not bad or anything to very happy with. Simply just Ok.
The siting chairs, that was my biggest issue of the entire restaurant. When you pay $50+ for a meal, you'd expect something better than the very simple metal chairs you often see in school gyms. Yes, they fit with their theme of the decor, yet I cannot believe they never thought about comfort. These chairs are flat, no cushion or a nice back rest. Much less an arm rest. Just a simple piece of metal shaped into a chair. After 30 minutes, I was past the level of discomfort. The chair was simply unbearable. Yet, I couldn't leave in the middle of my dinner. Out of respect for my guests.
Now onto their desserts. Overall not a large or impressive variety. Yes, they are known for their "custard" ice cream($5.00) with different sauces($1.50) extra each. Their ice cream had a lovely vanilla bean flavour, & not too sweet. I chose chocolate sauce as an extra, I only received a very small drizzle. Disappointing again! Their ice cream, well nothing out of the ordinary from a texture of a soft serve ice cream, except that it's more flavorful.
The waitress specified that we received a child size portion at a discounted price. Thank-you! (I did not order that size!) due to the small amount of ice cream they had. The discount, was only 20 cents! A discount not even worth mentioning after paying in total of $50+ for the entire night.
Overall very disappointing. I will think twice whether to give it a second chance or to return at all.