La Cucina Pizzeria Kitchener

Great service and very unique food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Took the recommendation from our server Catherine and she absolutely nailed it. She clearly knows the menu inside out and suggested the perfect pizza for us — hands down the best choice at the table. Meanwhile, my friends tried to be “smart” with their own picks and totally fumbled their orders 😂
I usually prefer pizza over pasta, and this just confirmed why. The wood-fired flavour, the quality of ingredients, and that perfect crust were next level.
The place is straight fire. Staff is superb — professional, calm, and attentive without being overbearing. The vibe is quiet and relaxed, perfect to chill with family or friends.
Definitely coming back. If Catherine recommends something, just trust her. 👌🔥

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The tiramisu cake is amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Forgot to write this from back in October. To keep things straightforward, the waitress who served our family was very nice and attentive, especially with our toddler. However a man who appeared to be management or a supervisor hovering around the bar was extremely rude. Multiple times we saw him visibly scolding us. We were the only table in the restaurant at the time, a table had just left not long after we sat down and there was a single man at the bar. Our daughter was playing and being vocal, however the place being mostly empty and the waitress being very friendly and talkative with us, there was not any issue apparent to us about our 15 month old babbling and being silly. Yet we felt very uncomfortable after a while and decided to leave as soon as we could. We spent over $100 on our meal, we cleaned our table and any scrapes that fell on the floor by our toddler. As soon as we were at the door leaving, we noticed that same man who had been giving us dirty looks and not returning our smiles, rush to our table to investigate. Not a goodbye, or thanks for coming in. It was raining that day so probably service was slow, however, after that experience we will never be returning and will make sure our family and friends know to spend their money elsewhere.
It was way worse than I can describe it here but anyone would feel uncomfortable being treated by a staff member that way. When there were multiple instances between myself and my partner where the man was dismissive, or just plain rude. He would be whispering to the waitress while watching our table. Another example, my partner was watching the only tv that faced our table, the man came over and changed the channel. Literally for no reason other than so we probably didn’t stay too long. I guess he didn’t like children and it’s not a family friendly restaurant.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

As always we had great service, great food and a great time! We were there with a group of six and everyone spoke highly of the restaurant. We'll definitely be back !

It’s hard for me to say this but I do want to share this with people now. I think I never experienced racism for 10 years I’m in Canada. Except on 2022 I celebrated some special event by myself in this restaurant. The waiter treated me badly, like I don’t exist and served burned bread to me, whereas she’s very nice to other customers. But I was young, feels wrong but didn’t realize what it is. As years passed by I realized it is the smallest malice makes things go off. I hope no one has the burned bread here.
Actually, I experienced mistreat 2 times as a single woman dining out, looks like early 20s, and I guess it is true that looking young, being a girl and alone not respected. It’s sad but it’s true.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Great food, though quality and taste have reduced a bit in recent times .. Long wait times, especially during holidays..

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bruschetta, Caesar Salad, Creme Brulee, Pasta Al Pomodoro

Food was pretty average. We ordered calamari & a pizza and both were very bland and didn’t have enough flavours. Calamari was extremely dry and they didn’t even serve it with a dip. or sauce. Not sure if this is how authentic italian tastes or what but it surely didn’t satisfy me. Would not recommend if you like tasty flavourful food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Our waiter was really talkative and humorous, the pasta was delicious and freshly made in house. The over all experience was a 10/10 and i recommend it to my friends.

We were seated promptly and asked if we were ok here!!! Service was great! Waitress answered all questions and concerns about food choices!

One of the best pizza i had so far. amazing,i judy went there today and the service and food was amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We randomly went to this place on A Tuesday
It was quite Tuesday, but the place was clean and cozy
Our service was good, not great, but that's fine for a Tuesday
We had beer, an espresso martini, pizza and a pasta
The espresso martini was average; we expected it to be better at an Italian restaurant
The pizza was quite good, but the pasta was bad, the gnocchi was good, but the sauce was watery and tasteless

We did end with a cheesecake, which was locally sourced from a lady, and tasted really good

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

The food was great! The homemade pasta was worth to try!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Bruschetta

Incredible food and good time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Neil is one of the best servers I ever had. My wife and me visited, and he more than took care of us. The food and atmosphere is amazing for a date night, and the service made the experience all the better.
Should be a restaurant anyone in town should try.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5