Gema Pizzeria

ducharmejeanmarc

1 Review

2.5

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

2.0

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

3.0

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

2.0

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.

Ricko_684

1 Review

2.0

Réputation surfaite, pizzas insignifiantes. 32$ pour 2 pizzas au comptoir pour apportez. La croute était dure, il n'y avait pratiquement pas de sauce & seulement 4 feuilles de basilic... Pas fort. L'autre avait quelques morceaux de peperoni lancé nonchalamant. Encore là, pratiquement pas de sauce, & pas de fromage. Pour avoir suivi des cours avec Stefano, nous sommes loin de ce qu'il enseigne. J'aurais du ouvrir les boites avant de quitter le comptoir, j'aurais demandé un remboursement.

dandy

2 Reviews

4.5

Nous avons goutés à deux sortes de pizza, les produits étaient d'une grande qualité, bravo!, la pâte à pizza bon goût, mais manquait de cuisson, croute un peu pâle, & le centre trop mollet, disons que nous apprécions une croûte plus croustillante, plus cuite. Les entrés, supplis étaient un peu secs à notre goût & les calmars frits excellents, une panure légère & gouteuse avec jus de citron, je recommande. Dans l'ensemble bien apprécié, nous y retournerons pour voir l'évolution suite aux commentaires.

FoodManiac74

26 Reviews

5.0

What an amazing evening we had at the new Pizzeria Gema in Little Italy, I had the margherita pizza, delicious, fresh tomato sauce, cheese & basil, the dough was divine, one of the best pizzas I've had in a long time (Bottega's pizza is really good too). The service was just as top notch, nothing more to say. I will surely be back many many more times. Little Italy is starting to be worth visiting again.

Foodie

1 Review

3.5

Pas encore au point, laissons la chance au coureur. Mais quand on paie 17$ plus taxes, pour une petite pizza, on s'attend à presque la perfection. Surtout avec Stefano Faita comme propriétaire.... la rançon de la gloire.
Garnitiure mal réparti, concentré sur un côté de la pizza. Croute blanche, manque de cuisson. Pointe un peu molle qui ne se tient pas, mais produits de qualité, fraîcheur au rendez-vous, c'est clair. Avons commandé au comptoir pour apportez, voulions des breuvages pour ccompagner la pizza, mais il n'y en avait pas !? Bon un dépanneur n'était pas loin. Mais il faut être positif, tout ne peut que s'améliorer, nous laisserons passer quelques semaines pour le rodage & nous retenterons l'expérience !

Nicola Travaglini

1 Review

3.0

Went to the newly opened GEMA pizzeria this Friday what a disappointment. All was not lost, the flavor indicated fresh genuine products, the dough was quite tasty if you like to eat dough but the toppings were scarce.
The rapini & sausage pizza had a sprinkling of rapini, very much like a sprinkling of parsley & a few bits of sausage & no olives.
The zucchini flower pizza was tasty but with too much dough & few toppings.
The porchetta ( Impasto )pizza quite original & tasty but at $17, all daugh & a few bits of porchetta at the center.

For appetizers ( $9 a pop) we had the classic fried calamari which were OK. The sausage with peperonata again a disappointment 4 pieces (I counted them)of sausage one inch in length that comes to $2.25 an inch. I happened to look at the next table which also had an order of sausage & to my surprise the appetizer plate was filled to the rim with sausage. Maybe one has to know someone to get a larger portion !

We ended the meal with the home made ice cream, which was very good.
Would I go back? Probably not, costs too much dough for a lot of dough.

I haven't tried GEMA yet but plan to, are you the Nicola Travaglini of said store next to the JTM? If so you shouldn't be talking about price of pizza as you wayyyy over charge for your slap pizza. It's very good but very overpriced.

Bison Stew

Aug 10, 2014

Hello Mr. Stew, Thank you for the comment. Let me assure you that I am not the Nicola Travaglini with the store by the Jean-Talon market we just share a common name and yes I share your views about how expensive his pizza is. His pizza is original and tasty but a little heavy on the price. Did u try his porchetta sandwich good value for the price. Ciao

Nicola Travaglini

Aug 10, 2014

OK, just checking! ;)

Bison Stew

Aug 11, 2014