Il Focolare Pizzeria

2150 Sumter St, Columbia
(803) 563-5052

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TRAVIS

Best Pizza me and my wife ever had, staff is friendly, the sourdough bread was an amazing pleasant surprise. 10/10 will go again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Luis Perez

This is the first time that I ever feel so unwelcome in a food place. After 3 minutes we figured that it was the wrong place to have a family dinner.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Maddie H.

Atmosphere is great, pizza is absolutely fantastic (we got the cheeseburger + prosciutto/pineapple) and the owner is very helpful and kind! Will definitely return. :)

Michele Calhoun

Delicious! Definitely try this wonderful restaurant!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Giovanni Di Marino

As Italian I can confirm this is as close as it gets to italian pizza. Good menu, good ingredients. Highly recommended.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Thomas Pieczynski

Really really good wood fired pizza. A little more expensive but they don't accept tips.

Hamilton Steimer

Fantastic pizzeria. Chopped pepperoni with basil was great. Lots of flop, great crust with crunch, perfect sauce and cheese ratio. Very tasty sauce. Olive oil cake with peach topping was sublime. Staff are very very friendly. They pay their staff a livable wage, reflected in their prices (so no tip), which are still very reasonable and fair

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread, Spicy Pepperoni, Olive Oil Cake

Phil Allison

Great food in a relaxed, if slightly crowded, atmosphere. I love that gratuity is built into the prices. We really enjoyed the pizza and the Olive Oil cake dessert

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Cheese Pizza Mushroom Pizza

Amanda Bain-Mustard

Amazing pizza and cool people

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Anna Flynn

We love coming here for some delicious garlic bread, wine, and pizza! Olivia was our server and was so helpful, personable, and friendly. The food was already delicious, but she made our experience a 10/10. She recommended the cheeseburger pizza (which is a special), and it was amazing. Definitely make sure to check out this hidden gem if you're in the area!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jared Clary

Best pizza in Columbia without a doubt! I always order takeout but this place would be great for date night as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chase Harris

Bean was my server, highly recommend for all reasons. 5 stars isn’t enough. Best pizza I’ve had in SC

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

T McMinn

Delicious small pizza joint.

This is a cute little pizza spot. Not very many tables here. Artfully yummy pizzas. In addition to the usual pizza toppings, they have toppings and combos that run deliciously a little different. Special combo pizzas change seasonally. Double spicy pepperoni pizza was quite tasty with some jalapeño hit to it.
The salad and garlic bread also were delicious.
Service from our waiter Bean (yes Bean) was attentive and efficient, all the more remarkable since this is a no-tipping restauraunt.

I thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jenny Gates

We really enjoyed this little spot! Delicious food and VERY friendly staff! Gus even educated us on the secret to making perfect pizza crust!! 💗

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Pepperoni, Mixed Greens Salad

Zach Morris

Wonderful, authentic thin crust, Italian pizza or Italian inspired there’s a handful of Italian pizzas that I would’ve wanted particularly the Quattro for Maggie‘s but overall, I was very impressed with the crust. It was very well prepared thin crust only one piece was slightly overcooked. I really loved theenvironment. The parking was not great, but the Woodfire oven was spectacular and what I really loved. Was that the tip was included. I was kind of disappointed because I wanted to leave my server at Tipp but the Tipp was included which you can only be so disappointed about that but I really love the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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