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.
Across the reviews, Gema Pizzeria is consistently praised for delicious pizza with a blistered crust and well balanced toppings, a warm casual vibe, and a strong wine and antipasti lineup, with the Jean Talon market salad standing out for freshness; the atmosphere and service are repeatedly described as friendly and attentive, though some visits note undercooked crust in the center, overly oily slices, uneven toppings, long waits or noisy, crowded rooms, and occasional value concerns at higher prices, leading to a generally enjoyable yet sometimes mixed experience that leaves many guests eager to return.
Nous avons apprécié l'ambiance conviviale & chaleureuse sans prise de tête ! Il y a une grande attention porté sur la qualité des plats & du service. Menu toscan exemplaire avec des suppli typique de Rome & une pizza à la mortadelle/pistache délicieuse. Je recommande fortement.
Sep 27, 2025
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Beau resto de quartier, bonne pizza, moi j'ai pris la APENNINE & mon conjoint CAPRICCIOSA. Une belle expérience en général. J'aurais aimé un peu plus de bonne humeur de la part des serveurs.
J'y suis allée avec mon mari, l'accueil & le service rien à dire, rapide & courtois, pour les plats nous avons commandé la salade de poulpe, le Frito Misto, & 2 pizzas (1889 & Affumicata), la poulpe était caoutchouteuse & le frito misto , calamars & crevettes frits mais on a eu que le calamar, en revanche les pizza étaient excellentes, l'ambiance trop bruyante & les lieux trop étroit, on entendait la conversation des clients assis à coté de nous plus que la notre.
Aug 25, 2025
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Nothing great about the food. Pizza sauce was pretty much just raw tomato, toppings were sparse. Actually, taste was bland. Not worth the money, left still hungry.
Extra long wait & we arrived before lunch rush just for one pizza. Pizza served on the « cooler » end like it had been waiting to be served. Extra oily.
Stopped in for a bite, no reservations. They were able to squeeze us in. Ordered their pizza of the month: thin crust with pesto, micro arugula, prosciutto, burrata, & carmalized peaches. So tasty we ordered another pizza! 2nd one had prosciutto, melted leaks, buratta. Also delicious. Staff was friendly & efficient. For drinks we had espresso martinis, amoretto sour & two types of wine. All marvelous & the amoretto sour was the best I had so far on our vacation. For dessert, pistachio gelato with roasted peanuts. My wife thought she was in heaven. The server was wonderful & treated us as though we were family.
Première & dernière expérience chez Gema.
Le service était très long alors que le restaurant était loin d'être saturé de clients (45 à 50 minutes d'attente pour 2 pizzas), aucune compensation proposée & un personnel quasi absent.
La pizza Apennine était imbibée (ou était baignée à vous de choisir !) d'huile, cela dégoulinait dans l'assiette.
La salade du marché jean talon ne présente aucun intérêt, aucune élaboration.
Aucun plaisir gustatif, nous repartons déçus & frustrés.
Les tarifs sont élevés pour la qualité des plats proposés.
Les arancinis étaient bons, mais la pizza Apennine était vraiment pas bonne, je me suis forcé pour pas jeter.
C'était une flaque d'huile sur une tonne de pistaches contre 4 très fines tranches de pancetta, à chaque part je laissais couler l'huile en tenant la part à la verticale mais même comme ça, la pâte était imbibée d'huile.
En fait c'était un pizza pistache - huile..
Pour le service il n'y avait aucune chaleur & 45min c'était un peu long
Every time I give this restaurant another try it disappoints. No attention to detail & very inattentive staff. Tonight we sent back half a pizza that had a hair inside the ingredients & they did nothing to make it right, they even had the nerve to tell us they can't give a discount (what an insult) for that (even though they did it!) & offered an ice cream which we refused, I paid the full bill (not to make a scene) & left. Very unprofessional & poorly handled once again as it's not the first time they screw up. I hope Stefano & Michael know how their staff are & clients are treated this way!
