Vittorio Ovio

The food is good and really cheap but the restaurant isn't that nice

Ho mangiato un discreto fritto di calamari. Ambiente semplice e pulito. Servizio abbastanza veloce. Posizione centrale, nella passeggiata di Varallo Sesia.

Edoardo Scinica

We had a pretty good time. The outside table we were given was a little too small for four people and a bit in the middle of the street, but despite that, the pizzas were very good and the service was quick. The prices were reasonable.

Antonietta Coluccino

A restaurant right in the center with a large indoor dining room and small outdoor tables. Both inside and out, however, it's so chaotic that it feels more like a trattoria than a restaurant. They sat us in the farthest corner of the outdoor area, alone, under a balcony with people upstairs arguing. The menu is varied, but the dishes chosen don't reflect what's written. For example, the penne with creamed zucchini and shrimp (I quote the menu) were served as penne with chopped zucchini and two shrimp, but above all, with tons of pepper and no oil. It was so inedible that we left it alone. Another surprise was finding spaghetti besides the penne; basically, everything was cooked together. The seafood spaghetti was bland and lacked seafood. The salad was not fresh, with several rotten leaves. The bread, oil, and salt were requested but not brought immediately. The service, while courteous and very friendly, even affable because it's a busy hub, was very confusing and left customers feeling a bit abandoned. In fact, we were truly isolated and almost had to get up to call them. The final price took into account the failure of the penne with zucchini dish, which was pointed out as inedible and was not included in the total amount paid. All of this also resulted in a significant hygiene flaw. A shame because expectations for the place were initially high, but the result was quite disappointing. A.

+7

Eravamo in tre. Pizze arrivate in tre momenti diversi. Ognuno ha mangiato per conto suo. Difficoltà a tagliare la pizza... davvero dura sul fondo. Buona la vista sulla piazzetta.

welove mercuri

Given the high tourist traffic, it's still a place that manages to stay busy, especially given its location. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this pizzeria for its food or service. Since the pizza is very dry, I recommend getting one with buffalo mozzarella.

Mamy Blue

ONLY GO THERE IF YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE, so you don't starve! On August 15th, two friends and I, along with their dog, went in for a simple, unpretentious lunch. It was crowded, but they still found us a table inside. We appreciated it. It was immediately obvious that the place wasn't the best in terms of hygiene and service, but it was okay. We opted for three pizzas and some fries to snack on, since the first courses didn't appeal to us at all: I had a vegetable pizza, my friend had cherry tomatoes and arugula, and my friend had onion and parmesan (unclear in what form). The wait was long, but it didn't bother us because we were aware of the people ahead of us, and the fries arrived fairly quickly. Meanwhile, we noticed a few unpresentable figures (perhaps the manager) coming and going from the kitchen, and (presumably) clean glasses being brought to the tables by sticking fingers in them. The pizzas arrive, a symbol of the shortage: mine with a slice of eggplant and a slice of zucchini, my friend's with a cherry tomato cut into quarters and a bit of arugula on top for filling, and my friend's with five small pieces of onion sprinkled (and here's the highlight) with still-clumpy grated Parmesan, like a pasta. We eat with resignation; all in all, it's edible. A stop in the bathroom: cleanliness is unknown. The whole thing could have ended there. We get to the checkout and the dog, to our surprise since this has never happened before, pees right in the passageway: she had done it before entering, perhaps the heat or some other discomfort. It shouldn't happen, but it did. My friend immediately handles the situation, apologizing numerous times and insisting on cleaning up after herself to make up for what happened. The manager, visibly annoyed, comments with a sharp and intuitive remark, "You should have taken him out first (the dog), not been there last!" (THANK THE FIRE!!), almost as if to call the owner incompetent. Meanwhile, a kind lady arrives to clean. I pay, and the young lady at the cashier, caught up in the mood, decides to make a joke of her own, thinking she's being funny: "Then let's add 10 euros for cleaning, hahaha." A joke that, when I look at her, she tries to dismiss with a "I was just kidding." It seemed like a ragtag bunch of people with evidently poor cooking skills and little knowledge of the basics (hygiene first and foremost) for that type of business. It goes without saying that we don't recommend it, nor will we return.

Arrivati una sera con tavolo prenotato per quattro, il tavolo non era pronto ed è stato preparato sul momento in 10 minuti. Per i successivi 30 minuti nessuno ci ha considerati, nemmeno per prendere il bere, al punto che ci siamo alzati e ce ne siamo andati (senza quasi essere notati). Oltretutto, saletta interna in cui siamo stati collocati maleodorante, probabilmente causa bagno accanto, con grembiuli agli attaccapanni visibilmente sporchi. Personale confuso, con diverse urla abbastanza frequenti, considerando che il locale era pieno appena per metà. Non valuto il cibo non avendolo potuto provare.

Siamo andati in una quindicina per un compleanno. Ci siamo trovati malissimo . Siamo stati messi in una stanza dove era presente il bagno affianco a noi , e quando la gente andava a fare la numero due l'odore veniva in sala mentre mangiavamo . Personale giovane ma un pò impreparato, ci hanno serviti per più volte cose che erano già state portate. Le patatine avevano un sapore di fritto misto . Quando ci hanno servito i piatti per il dolce alcuni erano sporchi . Quando siamo usciti per pagare la cassiera ci ha fatto il conto alla romana senza chiedere niente , ognuno di noi voleva pagare il proprio ma non è stato possibile, la cassiera poi ha anche sbagliato a dare il resto . Esperienza da dimenticare.....

ORRIBILE. Appena entrati abbiamo pensato "sarà terra terra" non facciamo gli schizzinosi. Appena seduti ci hanno portato un foglio scritto a mano con le pietanze del giorno con calligrafia incomprensibile, abbiamo quindi deciso di prendere la cosa più indolore 2 pizze e 2 piatti di gnocchi al sugo per le bimbe. Proprietario nonché cuoco maneggiava soldi in cassa e farciva le pizze senza ausilio di guanti o provvedendo a lavarsi le mani,la cameriera visibilmente trasandata, tra una portata e l'altra usciva a fumare tant'è che abbiamo dovuto chiedere di chiudere la porta perché entrava odore di fumo. Bagno sporco con odore di straccio bagnato dimenticato lì. MAI PIÙ! NON ANDATECI tanto più se siete in villeggiatura.perche vi rovinate la vacanza. Voto alla pizza 4.5 e sono stata larga. Nei freezer a vista giacciono uno accanto all'altro i dolci "del giorno" e i sacchetti surgelati di patatone e simili. Prezzo nella media ma qualità scadente. Mi spiace solo non aver fatto foto ma davvero non ne ho avuto la forza.

Cortesia e gentilezza pari a zero , locale non climatizzato , zanzare ovunque, puzza di fritto tremenda (olio esausto) quella puzza che ti resta addosso per giorni , pizza pessima , pessima esperienza

Se potessi non darei nemmeno una stella non si meritano neanche quella.Posto pessimo. Eravamo 2 coppie ci siamo fermati per un pranzo veloce visto che era l'unico locale dove c'era posto.La tovaglia era sporca dai precedenti pranzi e non l'hanno cambiata e non si sono neanche preoccupati di farlo.Il personale era senza mascherina,non aveva un abbigliamento consono da lavoro ristorativo ma sopratutto erano tutti con i vestiti sporchi,come se li avessero da gg addosso. Il locale mette ribrezzo molto sporco con vistose ragnatele,gli arredi erano pieni di polvere e ti faceva anche shifo toccare i menù perchè erano inpolverati da quando hanno aperto forse non sono stati mai puliti.Non ci hanno chiesto il green pass e niente.Non ci siamo alzati per non creare disagio ad altri clienti che stavano pranzando.Facendogli notare tutto ciò dopo aver preso 4 pizze ci hanno fatto pagare anche il coperto e hanno detto che noi dovevamo segnalare la tovaglia sporca. SCONSIGLIATISSIMO

Elisabetta Mocci

Don't even come in... After seeing the filth in the bathroom, I had to run away... the toilet was worse than any public restroom in a Calcutta station. Then came the lipstick-stained water glass, a long white dog or cat hair on one of the pizzas, the stained tablecloth, and we were the first customers. The ham on the prosciutto pizza wasn't sliced, as it usually is, but in tufts that looked already chewed. An experience to forget.

emanuel flores

.... The only thing that's reminiscent of the Blue Grotto is the name... which doesn't match the setting at all. A very neglected, unsanitary place that's both impressive and perplexing, not to mention the cleanliness of the bathroom. A place to avoid, especially if you have children.

Giulia Barberis

We were four friends on vacation who, having found no other open places, opted for this pizzeria. Three pizzas with buffalo mozzarella and cherry tomatoes: holes in them, and one buffalo mozzarella was missing. The dough was RAW. A star-and-stripes pizza was also raw, with toppings thrown on top and burned. The table was stuck in a corner with broken chairs, next to dirty walls and a dusty floor. The only positive note was the more than fair bill.

Ele Pero

I think their good fortune is the traffic, as it's a tourist spot, and they'll obviously never return. Interminable waits. You're escorted to your table and you sit there, without a menu, waiting. You have to get up or call the waiters because they don't even look at you. Even when you manage to order, the wait is interminable. They don't bring drinks right away. Our food arrived before the beer. The guys seem disoriented, clearly unprepared, and the pizza chef (owner?) is rude, rude to his colleagues and taunts the customers. I'm sorry because the guys apologized multiple times. The pizza is obviously not good, thick, and difficult to cut.

Red Rebel

A terrible restaurant, very disorganized, with very rude and unprofessional staff. We were seated outside, a group of 20. We asked for starters, then pizzas. The pizzas arrived first, and the starters an hour later! The food was terrible; the pizza was like cardboard and tasteless. When we went to pay, it was disorganized; they had no records or receipts (obviously to avoid paying taxes), and I don't know what I paid since the total kept changing and there was no breakdown. I do not recommend this place; it was a terrible experience. Horrible. I wouldn't even give it one star if I could. It was a nightmare evening for all of us. We will never return to this place. I can't seriously call it a restaurant. It definitely isn't.