Canned mushrooms on their pizza ai funghi. I probably don't need to say anything more.
I had misgivings about eating in Verona after wandering past place after place with stock food photographs in the windows (I guess these must have once worked to lure in the unsuspecting tourist, but who doesn't know that these indicate bad, overpriced food? I digress). Boccondivino didn't seem to have the lousy pictures, though I can be wrong because I was delirious with hunger and past all reason. At the point where we landed here, we were kind of desperate as it was noon and we hadn't eaten all day after traveling in from Florence.
I figured I'd just play it safe and get a marinara pizza but then I thought the ai funghi promised wild mushrooms, so I asked for it sans the cheese cuz that's how I roll. Beyond the canned horrors, the pizza itself was an unappealing mess of bland sauce and pedestrian crust. My friend's pizza with cheese and cured meats wasn't much better, according to her. Keep in mind a marinara pizza is 4 Euro, yet adding in the canned mushrooms doubles the price. WTF?
A tourist trap to be avoided. The staff was very nice, however. read more