Wir kennen den Koch, Alex, schon seit Mitte der 90-er Jahre (da hatte er noch nicht sein eigenes…read moreRestaurant gehabt). Meine Frau probiert regelmäßig seine Sonderkreationen aus und ist immer sehr zufrieden, ich lande doch meistens wieder bei spaghetti carbonara. Die Sauce ist einfach super. Alles immer mit frischen Zutaten zubereitet, das schmeckt man auch. Der zweite der Fratellis, Jens, serviert coole Drinks und kümmert sich um die Gäste. Leider hat es sich langsam an der Kö herumgesprochen, dass es dort so gut schmeckt und da die Gaststätte nicht so groß ist, mussten wir feststellen, dass es ohne Tischreservierung schwierig ist, am WE hineinzukommen.

This cozy restaurant is in a quiet neighborhood setting a short walk from the center of Leipzig. My…read morewife and I sat outside in the tree-covered patio. Our appetizer arugula salad with Parmesan was delicious. We shared a pasta with salmon dish and a vegetarian pizza. Both were generous portions and superb. Prices were very reasonable, especially after coming from Berlin. Service was excellent with kind staff willing to help us, the only non-German speakers there. We considered this a real find.

Rude, rude, rude staff. Accepted a reservation for a party for 8 PM and upon arrival told us they…read morewould kick us out at 10. "I won't keep this open a single minute past 22:00" said the manager. Once we had a couple of extra people, they refused to move a couple of tables in order to get everyone seated together. The food was bland and overpriced for its quality.

Odd that the Greek food spot next door and Rizzi share the same staff and tables. Initially went to…read morethe Greek food spot, was told need cash, went to get cash, came back. No English menu for either, I asked. I was going to order Greek food but then peeked at the Rizzi menu - noticed a gnocchi section. An entire section for gnocchi. Wow. So I ended up getting gnocchi with sausage and pepper sauce, and it was delicious. Glad I made that choice! Gnocchi was chewy, sauce was flavorful, good amount of food for €11.

After not being able to enter the place we were trying to go for dinner the reviews and location of…read morethis place fit us nicely. We were quickly given a table and were given a moment to review menu and order some good beverages and later ordered a pizza to share with the promise to quickly order more should we need it. We shared a pizza with great crust and toping ratio. If back in the area and craving pizza or italian would definatly hit this place up again as the staff was super friendly and accomodating, food was great!

From the owner: Trattoria Nr. 1 ist ein niveauvolles italienisches Restaurant, wo man sich in einer lockeren…read moreAtmosphäre eine schönen Abend mit frischen Fisch, Fleisch, Pizza oder Pasta verbringen kann.

From the owner: Ristorante & Pizzeria ist vor allem durch seine vielfältigen Steinofenpizzen , aber auch für seine…read morebesonderen italienischen Spezialitäten und dem gutem Service beliebt . Der Gast erlebt ein echtes Italo Feeling und die dort gebotene Handwerkskunst wissen seit über 20 Jahren viele Stammgäste zu schätzen . Sollten Sie den Weg in dieses gemütliche Lokal bei einem spontanen Besuch entdecken , dann gehören auch Sie bestimmt bald zu den Stammgästen ! Denn ob als Singel , Familie oder anlässlich einer Feier mit Freunden ist das " Da Salvo " immer ein Erlebnis der besonders angenehmen Art! Es erwartet Sie ein Gastraum mit viel Atmosphäre , an dem sich ein Wintergarten anschließt und letztlich ein romantischer Freisitz im Innenhof! Das " DA SALVO " hat für Sie jeden Tag zum Mittagstisch vom 12:00 bis 14:30 sowie jeden Abend vom 18:00 bis 23:00 geöffnet und verwöhnt Sie mit italienischen Speisen von Pasta - , Fleisch - , Fischgerichten und vielen speziellen Leckereien . Somit ist Italien pur hier Programm , durch die Steinofenpizzen in reichhaltiger Auswahl mit ihren frischen , leckeren Zutaten und einer ergänzenden , oft wechselnde Speisekarte mit besonderen Extras vom Meister selbst kreiert sowie zubereitet kann der Gast genießen ! Das Ristorante & Pizzeria " Da Salvo " ist für jeden Gast gut zu Fuß , per Straßenbahn oder Auto zu erreichen! Aufgrund der hohen Nachfrage, bitte unbedingt vorher reservieren.

Very friendly staff. And the food here is all Halal delicious so people dont have to worry about…read morefood options. Also they have gluten free options too.

We ate dinner there on October 5 - but first, an explanation of what led us to this place: I've…read morespent a rather significant amount of time in Germany during the past 41 years. My husband & I drink only water with (non-breakfast) meals, and we hate the fact that you have to pay for water (at restaurants) in Germany (also in certain other European countries); it's a matter of principle with us. We found a few places in Berlin (prior to visiting Leipzig) where they agreed not to charge us for water, but we were in a touristic section of Leipzig and four or five restaurants refused to comply with that when we asked (all of those restaurants had great menus and the interiors looked lovely - but my feeling is that it's their loss if we didn't patronize them). We were just about to give up, when we passed by this little place. I asked the guy behind the counter, and he readily agreed to give us water with no charge. We ordered two individual pizzas (which were *very* reasonably-priced), thinking we'd share them - the pizza salmon with spinach & mushrooms and the vegetarian pizza - but the size of the pizzas turned out to be *much* bigger than we'd imagined and we had to take nearly half of the remainder with us (and then we were too full to eat the leftovers). Anyway; the pizzas were *delicious*! Also: the nice guy behind the counter was *incredibly* sweet-natured, so we tipped him the amount that we would have paid for water. Note: This place doesn't accept credit cards.