Il Pastaiolo is where you can find the most delicious Italian takeaway!…read more Lunch: Delicious sandwiches and pizza! One sandwich will cost you around €4.50 and you have so many options - my favorite is the bresaola on focaccia with olive oil and lemon juice and my husband always orders the vitello tonnato. If I'm not in the mood for sandwiches I'll order a slice of fresh pizza which goes for €2.50 for a quarter slice. Dinner: Where to begin! So many pastas and other dishes that you can take home to enjoy later for dinner. Often I will come by on a Friday and just buy a lot of meat, cheese, and olives to enjoy with a fresh loaf of ciabatta. With the leftovers I like to use them as toppings for homemade pizza the next evening. Il Pastaiola also boasts a great Italian wine offering to compliment your meal. Everything I've tried had been delicious! Don't forget that Fridays and Saturdays are super busy and you need to take a number. You also can find the menu online and call ahead if you're short on time!

Beautifully prepared Italian food. My favourites are slices of pizza (about 3 euros per slice); the…read morepatate al ligure (meltingly prepared potatoes with onions and olives); and the fantasia del Pastaiolo. You cannot miss here.

This place is really a fancy pizza place, but the atmosphere is so wonderful and food so good, that…read moreit's worth the trip. It's a small restaurant so best to make reservations for Thursday or Saturday but you may be lucky and they can squeeze you in at the bar. Great place for a relaxed night of wine and pizza.

Inspired by a Yelping hand, I went to the restaurant solo. So many good reviews, right around my…read morecorner, cheap menu for food. So OK, I walk in this really nice and trendy hot spot. You really have no feeling that you are in a pizzeria, what so ever. Since I'm by myself I'm having no trouble sitting at the bar (YES! Finally a Belgian restaurant where you can sit at the bar). I received the menu quickly and got presented the specials for the evening. They have great wines by the glass so I order a white 6 Mura and pizza with rucola, Parmesan and Italian ham. When they bring my 7.5 EUR glass of wine, I'm a bit disappointed. The glass was barely filled. I understand when you serve special wines by the glass they are a tad more expensive but this is just to little. But OK, I won't bother myself and as a good Yelper, I check in. FYI: Asked for the WIFI-password! They will be happy to give it to you! Immediately a friend (Bart D) responds if he can join me with friend (Myriam G). Off course they can join so I ask the waitress if it's OK if they join me for a glass. That won't be a problem but they have to within the hour because they are fully booked which we understand off course. When Bart sees my pizza, he just can't let it pass by and orders one for himself too. The staff didn't really bother that and took his order. We had a couple drinks more and the staff never really asked us to leave until 2 hours later. Which is a big plus knowing that they at first wanted us out within the hour. When the bill arrived... I was thinking on faking a heart attack... Although I guess i had a small one when i saw it. 2 wines, 1 pizza and 1 Montenegro liquor (AMAZING taste) has cost me 40 EUR! And i wasn't even drunk. But i had a great time, the pizza was great and the wines where very tasteful nonetheless there wasn't much in the glass.

Fresh, so fresh!…read more That is the best way I can describe the food you get on your plate. Besides the fact that it has an open kitchen so you can see how they are preparing your dish, you can taste the freshness of their ingredients that are visible in the counter. The pasta itself is cooked as it should. If you bite it, it feels tender in the mouth, yet with a little bite to it. Just how it supposed to be. (Instead of that mushy pasta most places serve.) Every week there are new pasta suggestions. And the pizza's? they stick to the basics, that way you'll also taste the toppings AND the pizza itself. You can surely taste the difference with other pizza places. Deffinitely a must go! The price range of pizzas & pastas is between €13 - €18 (give or take..)

Possibly my favourite place to eat in Antwerp. I love Italian food and this place is authentic to a…read morefault. I've had terrific linguine vongole, seafood pasta, Osso Bucco - all of them have been hits! The ingredients are wonderfully fresh and the pasta perfectly al dente and bursting with flavour. The service is prompt and friendly and this place is so popular on weekends and Fridays you HAVE to call to get a place for dinner. I can't recommend Cucina 48 highly enough!

Nice authentic Italian restaurant in the middle of Antwerp, this is pure Italy!read more

Drop Mic! I came in…read moreknowing it had high reviews and they delivered!! What stood out about this place is how they executed and incorporated the fresh ingredients. The dough is pure artistry. It's definitely my top 5 pizza dough! The service we received was SPECTACULAR! Good food, Good drinks, Great service, Awesome dining partners = EPIC NIGHT!

Fantastic Pizza! We…read morewent back for a second time, though we only spend three days in Antwerp. The Pizza is absolutely delicious here! They serve several white Pizzas here, which are really lovely. Now the beverages were great too, we had the Nero d'Avola and the Rosé: delicious. Service is very observant and witty. You can sit outside and enjoy the bustle of the neighborhood.

Margherita Pizza and baked burrata dishes were spot on. Points docked though for inconsistent…read moreadvertising as well as refusing to honor the Yelp discount coupon that activated at checkin. They have an amazing wood oven (394C by the temperature reader! ) and the pizzas were very tasty. The open kitchen was fun for the kiddo to watch, and the chef kindly entertained him with the fresh hot pizza mock attack! The burrata with basil and tomatoes were creamy totally delish on bread. However, the menu photos showed the burrata coming with fresh focaccia, and what showed up were slices of baguette shaped bread chunks. When we inquired with the server, she just said "yeah, it's different" and didn't do anything about it. At check out, when I showed her the Yelp checkin coupon, also got the response that it can't be used. Sadly made the whole experience not as wonderful despite the tasty food.

Great prices. Great pizza. Very nice decor and friendly service. I've come here a few times and…read morewhile they have some suitable menu options I really had to build my own pizza to find the magic this place can offer. I strongly recommend their pesto sauce with mozzarella and the toppings of your choice (mushrooms, peppers, & arugula for me). The only reason I wouldn't give a 5th star is due to my feeling that the marinara sauce is spread a bit thin on the crust and doesn't quite give the flavor impact I would like but it's a minor criticism for an otherwise great little pizza shop. Check it out!