Pizza E Mozzarella Bar

After reading and hearing a lot about it, we went with hopes of having a good time and food but the service left us feeling bad and disappointed.
Went on a Saturday evening and there were two seats available at the front window when we walked in and asked to dine in. Waiter1, without batting an eye, told us that they were booked out for the night. So we decided to order take-​out. While going through the menu, we checked with waiter2 if we could get seafood soffrito to take away and were told not a problem. We then placed an order for a pizza and the soffrito with waiter1 and he said no, they could not do soffrito for take away. We ended up ordering 2 pizzas for takeaway and were asked to pay promptly, which we did.
Another couple walked in without a reservation later on and were seated at the window by waiter2 right in front of us. There was nothing we could do at this time as we had already ordered take-​out. But it left us feeling bad and disappointed.
When our food was ready, waiter3 comes and asks for payment once again.
Overall it felt like the waiting staff were not all on the same page and one did not know what the other was doing.
Food wise, La Pizza was good and Seafood Pizza was too seafoody for our taste.

The best pizza I’ve ever had. Simple and delicious. The crust is like eating clouds! The service average but it was worth it for the pizza. Mmmmmm

Fantastic place, you should book but they have a bar you can eat at if you’re like us and didn’t book. The staff were all fantastic and the food was as you expect from Enzo’s. Perhaps surprisingly, I orders a steak sandwich in an amazing sour dough roll which was fresh and crisp and had a fantastic mustard base sauce, the most luxurious steak sandwich I’ve had. The classic radicchio salad and arborio rice dish etc was all great.

A great alternative to Etica and Est if looking for authentic Italian style pizza (i.e. crips thins bases with minimal but quality toppings) in the CBD area.
I picked this place for an early dinner on Saturday night with the family (i.e two young kids) as they take reservations (unlike Etica) and opened at 5.30pm. As it was my son’s birthday, I wanted a place for dinner that had a great vibe & ambiance and of course, food we all love. Pizzas ($ 19-​$ 28) and mozzarella plates ($ 15-​$ 36) obviously dominate the food menu. There were other mains available such as the special last night of slow cooked beef cheek. Drinks list were very focused on Italian imported wines ($ 8-​$ 11, by the glass) and beers.
We were warmly welcomed and our waitress, Alex, was very attentive especially to my kids, chatting with them and making sure they were comfortable. I ordered a selection of pizzas, the seafood and white wine soffritto and tuna carpaccio & buffalo mozzarella. My five and 2 year old loved every single dish! And so did I, except the tiramisu which I thought was a bit ordinary.
Loved the vintage tables and tableware — from the plates to the water glasses (check out the photos). There were many seating options — the tables and long benches at the front of the restaurant where the open kitchen and pizza oven were, and the larger upstairs area which can accommodate bigger groups, as well as this little nook to the right of the restaurant as you walk up the stairs, where couples can have an intimate space.
Great vibe + delicious authentic pizzas & mozzarella plates + fantastic service = I recommend this place and will be back for sure.

Oh. Wow. !! This is seriously the BEST pizza place in the city …
I have been past here many times, but have been put off due to the crowds. When organising meeting friends for dinner after work, we booked in here, as there was sure to be something to please everyone.
Pizzas are all 12″ — we ended up ordering three for 4 adults and one child, and this was just the right amount (assuming that you want to save room for dessert!). We order the classic Margherita (which wasn’t the best Margherita we’d tried, but still delicious), the Quattro Stagioni (Ham, Olives, Artichokes, Salami — this was supposed to be one ingredient on each quarter of the pizza, but we had them mixed since we were sharing), and the most amazing pizza of all … the Quattro Formaggio — 3 cheeses on one pizza with rocket on top! Oh my, I could have just had that last one to myself (in fact, next time I might!).
The service was very quick and very friendly, and there is quite a lot of seating — a large space at the back of the restaurant that I wasn’t aware of.
This is definitely somewhere I am looking forward to re-​visiting again!

I showed up here for lunch with a friend without a booking and the place was packed. The city lunch rush was in full swing. We were seated with the warning that we only had half an hour but that suited us fine.
They seated us quickly and the pizza materialised instantly. It was a nice wood fired base, but the tomato was very waterey, combined with some mozzarella juice, which led to a bit of sogginess, although the flavours and crust were spot on.
The venue is really noisy because of the high open ceilings and wooden floors. It’s not the place to bring parents or have an intimate dinner, particularly if you are seated on the upper floors, although downstairs near the windows would probably be ok.

A quick lunchtime dash over to Pirie Street to try the pizzas on offer at Pizza E Mozzarella Bar. Took a gamble by not booking on a Friday but were able to be squeezed in for a half-​hour speed lunch before a table booking arrived.
Orders were taken quickly and we opted to share the Margherita with a last-​minute add of salami. The pizza arrived quickly and was gone just as rapidly. A tasty treat, perhaps a little damp but definitely good enough to eat the crust (which I don’t often do).
When we arrived, the place was only about half full but a large table arriving for their midday bookings meant the noise levels escalated quickly. It wasn’t unsuitable for our purposes but if you’re looking for quiet intimacy, perhaps pick your times!

This adorable diner style Italian joint reminds me of places I would eat at as a kid… only with much better food!
I dined here with a group, so we got to taste a bit of everything and explore a bit of the wine list. The charcuterie share plate was an awesome start with super fresh (mostly house made) charcuterie.
Then followed the wood fire oven pizzas. Great bases, nothing stodgy or greasy and even their Gluten Free options are delicious and good enough to fool any carb loving palette.
The wine list features a mix of Italian and local Adelaide wines, the waitress helping us select a great Italian white to match our choices.
This place was really popular with everyone — families, young couples, big groups. Just fun casual Italian dining at it’s best.

Yeah, I had that craving for pizza. Don’t we all get it at some point?!
With Pizza E Mozzarella Bar looking small on the outside walking in was a surprise seeing the super large seating area and the cosy heat of the pizza oven being on, super toasty!
At the time we arrived it was lunch time which meant it was busy but the waiter never failed to forget us. By taking us to our seats, bringing us a jug of water and not taking long to take our order, yay! I was already happy with the service.
I decided to order the Maiale with included salami, porchetta, cacciatore. It arrived hot, smelling amazing and HUGE! Now the pricing of the pizza is expensive once you look at the menu but once you actually order it, let me just say I wish they offered halves but it was so good I’m glad they don’t ha!
Overall I totally understood why they called it a mozzarella bar, the mozzarella was to die for. Should defiantly just make a pizza of just the mozzarella and I’ll be a happy customer! Either way, I left Pizza E Mozzarella Bar feeling like I served my craving, full with smiles all around.
Will be back!

Have eaten here a few times now and every time has been great. Beautiful pizzas (lovely thin base not greasy) and the lamb ribs were tasty an generously portioned too. Great venue and atmosphere, can’t wait to go back for a banquet!

My mouth is drooling right now thinking about this place… The food and the atmosphere was amazing.
With a dual level layout and dual wood ovens, italian opera music playing in the background the italian exchange student serving me… I felt like I had stepped into a downtown restaurant in the commercial hub of a bustling italian city. Then there were the funky tables and chairs which looked like that had been pulled straight from my grandparents old house
Well that was the atmosphere, the food was awesome, fresh, quick and full of flavour and in my opinion well priced for its location on Pirie… oh and that bread, I still dream about it… wondering how did they possibly make it soo good.
I will be back and I intend to try everything unless it has anchovies on it.
Make sure you get the bread…

This is as good as it gets. We skipped the pizzas altogether and had antipasto and a cheese platter… and «a few glasses» of wine. The antipasto platter was simple but cooked with love and served with love… and yeah it tasted great. Ti amo!

I have visited here a few times and it never disappoints! Fantastic pizza.
I have ventured away from the pizza menu to try the fish on one occasion and it was delicious. The staff are always cheery and friendly. I will be returning !

One of the best pizza restaurants in Adelaide city. True Italian style, with fresh pizza base made everyday. Great friendly service, very personable staff!

After a day at McLaren Vale on work xmas lunch and then a few drinks at the Union (hot, crowded and super noisy) when the doc picked me up he suggested we try and get in at PeMB. Big call at 7.30 on a Friday night. It was packed as we expected, but lo and behold unknown to us one of the owners is well known to doc so they squished us in at the bar which was great as you get to see all the action there!
Before I go on I need to say we have our own wood fired pizza oven built by the doc a few years ago, and we have spent the time since trying to make the perfect pizza — with some success. And we love buffalo mozzarella!
So what do you order when you aren’t all that hungry but just want a top up? A Margarita pizza (the true test of pizza) and a couple of glasses of good SA Shiraz. So it comes out smelling great, the crust very light, for me a bit «water crackery» but cooked perfectly. The tomato sauce is exceptional. The buffalo mozzarella and basil were very sparse, I counted four basil leaves and some very small patches of the cheese. I know it’s expensive, we use if for our margarita pizzas, but this was just a little stingy.
Nevertheless, we will return — need to check out the little piggy and the mozzarella plates looked really good. And of course to have another pizza…

When the moon hitsa your eye lika big pizza pie that’s amoré!
Nonna would be proud at the heaven on a plate that is served up from Pizza E Mozzarella Bar.
A décor of mismatched plates, old lino covered tables and mix and match chairs and tables in a church feeling type venue somehow works perfectly for this place. The only thing missing from the décor? A piano accordion playing Italian in the corner.
This place serves up wood oven cooked everything. From home made sausage (literally a pig is brought in every week and made into the good stuff for the week), simply seasoned ribs and of course pizza.
The food is made Calabrese style, in light of the owner Peter’s heritage (also owner of Zucca at the Bay). It is for that reason everything here feels like it has been made with passion, romance, amoré and a special kind of moorish Italian spice.
Even more impressive is the gluten free pizza option here. No more feeling like you’re eating cardboard, nor feeling bloated and heavy after a meal. Our gluten eating friends were not savvy enough to pick the difference!
The wine list is do die for and so is the dreamy «Wine Guy» somliers who come to your table and ask you in a French (apparently the two countries are friends now) accent what they can get you to drink. Swoon!
The only down side with this place… It’s only open for lunch on weekdays and dinner on Friday nights. They just want to leave you wanting more I think!

Just got back from lunch at Pizza e Mozzarella Bar! A friend took his fiancé there on Friday night and decided to introduce me to the place on the Monday after. That’s a good indication of how good this place is.
The service delivered by the Swiss waiter was polite and helpful, the décor of the bar was very ‘vintage’, very atmospheric; it felt just right, a world away from the busy yet quiet Adelaide streets outside. We had some sparkling mineral water, two pizzas and some Italian beers. The pizzas ordered were both great. The proscuitto on mine was not too salty but very flavoursome and the base on the pizza was very traditional.
The beers ended up being given to us for free — they left them off the bill and once this was brought to their attention they said not to worry. The good feeling demonstrated here is another reason to return.
Will be back — whether with colleagues during the week or with a lady on a Friday night.
Go there!

Do you know what comes out of a wood oven? Goddamn magic that’s what.
Or, in the case of the Pizza E Mozzarella Bar, everything. That is, everything you eat at this place is cooked in the massive wood ovens in the open kitchen at the front of the restaurant.
I’ve eaten here twice now, a lunch and a dinner, and each time I’ve ordered far too many dishes and too many bottles of wine. Both times I’ve sent all the plates back clean and the bottles dry.
Salsicce and pork belly are made on site and cooked in the wood oven. Suffice to say they are pretty good. Pizzas are flavorsome and crisp (the chef does the cirque du soleil spinny thing with the bases which is worth watching). The waiters have «wine guy» embroided on their aprons and seem to live up to the claim.
If you grew up in an Italian family, you’ll recognize the crockery. Actually, you’ll recognize the whole scene as being like going to some wog auntie’s place.
Complaints? It gets busy: I’ve had to eat earlier than I’d really like to in order to get a table. Also, dinner is only available Fridays, which is a bit limiting. Not open at all on weekends either.
None the less, I dig it like a hole.