La Bocca City - St. Gallen

We were amazed when the two of us entered the restaurant on New Year's Eve. It was still early and the restaurant was pretty empty. To our surprise, we were not served in a spacious restaurant but in a hot, loud party cellar. With Apache scooters on our ears, we were served our food. The food was good quality and tasty but the service was inattentive and deceitful. We ordered 2 small salads and got 2 large ones. My companion also ordered a small menu and got the large one again. There was also a trick with the drinks; instead of the 0.5 liter for 5.90, the 0.33 cola was served for 5 francs. So we listened to Apache loudly, stewed in the cellar and were finally surprised by the bill. At least the view in the basement was nice between windowless walls, bright colors, and tables not set up. At most, the Italian flair reminded me of a shabby night of partying in Rimini.

Lovely setting, horrible food. Saturday night all the restaurants are packed and this one is empty. No wonder: the food is terrible. I ordered a chef salad of lettuce and grilled vegetables. What I received was a bowl of oil with a few chucks of oily vegetables and lettuce leaves dripping in a different oil. Inedible.

Prompt service, professional yet personal touch, casual and cosy atmosphere, great pizzas and pasta. I enjoyed their Pizza Julia!

The pappardelle bucalapi was delicious. Full disclosure, I’m not Italian. For those of us who aren’t Swiss it’s always nice to find a place with an open kitchen at 4pm

The one pizza was a little fat, but otherwise everything was delicious. Thank you.