Pizzeria Taverna La Gabbia - PERUGIA

Considering its the height of the tourist season and the place was heaving, we found the service and food really enjoyable. simple food of Pasta and pizza at reasonable prices in the centre of Perugia what more could you ask for. worth a lunch....

Our second stop on a two week trip to Italia is Perugia. Having gotten in late, we found our hotel and walked to the Piazza IV Novembre to find a place for dinner. We were lucky to find Raad and his family run Pizzeria. With his wife, 8 yr old son and brother, this ristorante is a nice mix of trattoria and local Umbrian cuisine. Our family of 4 enjoyed starters, large portions of pasta and veal to accommodate everyone 's desire to try the cuisine, plus drinks and dessert. The bruschetta with fresh tomato was excellent. The tiramisu was divine. Raad and his family were wonderfully helpful and entertaining. A bottle of Limoncello and cups of espresso pleasantly arrived after dessert courtesy of Raad. A wonderful meal and experience. Highly recommended. Note Raad speaks fluent English and happily translated the menu for our kids as well! The ristorante was taken over by Raad in Aug 2012, so previous reviews will not be accurate.

Was the best of the best .. I tried looke 10 restaurante in Perugia . But the gabbia Was realy realy the best of out off all of them Quality and price wise .. Try it once and I promiss you you will go back for all your visit ..

Even on a fairly blustery day in October, tavernas were packed to the gills with tourists. La Gabbia is off to one side of the main piazza, so the outside terrace was sheltered from the breeze and also very quiet. We chose a couple of salads from the fairly extensive menu and these were pretty good and also good value at 7 euros. A glass of white wine was also keenly priced at just 2 euros. The waiter spoke excellent English but service was rather lackadaisical. Unusually for this part of Italy, we were offered shots of limoncello with the bill. Unfortunately, we can't stand the stuff and it ended up in the pot plant which was virtually dead anyway.

Extremely poor service: waitresses were impolite and not welcoming. Although the weather was turning rainy, they basically forced us to sit outside. Only after it rained on us we were finally allowed in. The food, however, turned out to be of good quality and the size of the portions was proper. The price was fair: we paid 21 euros for two first courses and soft drinks.