Pizzeria Braceria CESARI

It is quite amazing we found this Michelin Italian restaurant founded by a Japanese chef who won the aware for best pizza in the world back in 2010. You can either choose to just eat pizza at one shop and the other shop next to eat is for pizza cum pasta etc. I had their scallops pasta and it was re...ally delicious.

Visited January 2024

The only bummer was a bit of sand in the Clam pasta from the not fully cleaned clams. Otherwise I would rate 5. Set menu A today (~ 2K ¥) Antipasto of the day 4 small tastes all excellent. Pizza Margarita like in Napoli, past alla Vongole , wine by glass and desert. Molto BENE!

Visited March 2023

I arrived here upon the recommendation of several friends who live in Osu and had pointed out the impressive accolades the chef and restaurant boast (Michlin recognition and world champion Neopolitan pizza making champion). We called in to make reservations and arrived on time (7pm on the nose). We ...were taken to a faux patio in the back which had steel chairs and gaudy outdoor ceramic tile tables. The chairs didn't fit under the tables, so leg space was very awkward to sort out. No waiter came for the first 15 minutues even though they were serving people around us. I finally flagged one down and ordered a bottle of San Pelegrino, a bottle of Italian wine (Y60000) that they were pushing hard on their menue as highly recomended, a salad, fried calamari, and two pizzas. It took us 20 minutes to get water (keep in mind it was well over 90 degrees out and we were parched), 30 minutes to get our wine, an hour to get our salad, an hour and a half to get our starter, and two hours before the first pizza showed up. that was for my wife, so I had to watch her eat her pizza while I waited for mine which arrived after she had hers. We got out of there after almost three hours! It was an incredibly frustrating and uncomfortable experience. I can usually laugh at some aspect of such horrid service (the waiter was constantly spilling people's wine and just generally rude (he scoffed and rolled his eyes when I asked him for our water after we had been waiting for 15 minutes!). The food was horrible. The salad was simply several leaves of arugula, undressed. That was Y700. The calamari was passable, but not great. The first pizza was burnt to a cinder and the second was undercooked and soggy. The wine was absolutely horrible. They marked it up three times and if they are going to do that it should at least be quaffable. I was so upset I wanted to have dominos delivered to us directly at the restaurant to show them how fast you could get a pizza that wasn't burnt black and a salad with dressing on it. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT EAT HERE! I don't know how they could possibly have Michelin recognition, but they don't deserve it and the association that awarded the world champion prize should redact it. It was the worst dining experience of my life--hands down.

Visited August 2022

Lunchtime set was very affordable with good portions. The food was so flavorful and I was impressed with the coffee, too! The only downside is that our food took so long to come out but it was busy and the staff was apologetic so I would come again.

Visited December 2021

We were travelling in Japanese and took time out from traditional food to eat here. Really good pizza, I had extra salami and garlic together with a really good atmosphere and service. Very friendly and good value.

Visited May 2019