Gino's Stellenbosch

9.1 / 10

open now, until 21:30

Italian restaurant Pizza Place

Gino's is a family restaurant well known for its delicious pizzas. Gino's Restaurant was born on the 1st of November of 1983. Although this was the braninchild of eldest son Gino (Biagino) Mazza, the entire family from father Guiseppe to mom Antonia as well as sisters Carmela and Maria and youngest brother, Domenico (Dom) were drawn into the business in true Italian style. Read more The opening of a restaurant in the very quiet, "untrendy" southern suburbs of Johannesburg was a very risky business decision as most thriving restaurants were established in the main streets of Johannesburg's northern suburbs at that time. The business risk paid off. People as far as the northern suburbs were venturing for the first time to Robertsham in the southern suburbs to find Johannesburg's best kept secret and get a taste of the best pizza in town. The waiting list on Friday and Saturday nights were sometimes an incredible five hours for large tables prepared to wait for a meal at Gino's! The restaurant, which was intitially called "Paesa", which is how you would address someone from the same village as yourself, moved premises to the industrial area across the road, where a central kitchen was located upstairs from the restaurant. Gino's was now officially called "Gino's" thanks to the customers who could not pronounce "Paesa" and so used the name of the restaurant's bar instead. In the mid 90's the family felt pressurised by the business trend to franchise and the move to the "industrial" part of Robertsham was yet another unconventional one, but due to the increase in size, the central kitchen, run by Babbo (Mr Mazza snr) and his daughter, Carmela could facilitate in producing the food for the franchises. After opening several franchises across the country, the plan was abandoned as the restaurant struggled to maintain it's authenticity. Today Gino's has two family run restaurants. The original Gino's still remains in the heart of Robertsham and is run by Gino and his sister Carmela. Gino's two daughters help out on weekends and school holidays and many of the original staff members are still loyal employees at the restautant. Babbo and Antonia have retired and spend their time in their village, Monte San Giacomo, in the south of Italy and South Africa. The second restaurant is in Stellenbosch and was started on 12 August 1996 in Die Boord shopping Update description

Address:

63 Dorp Street
Stellenbosch

Telephone:

+27218879786

Web site:

ginos.co.za ⇒

Opening hours:

Tuesday: 11:00-21:30

Wednesday: 11:00-21:30

Thursday: 11:00-21:30

Friday: 11:00-21:30

Saturday: 11:00-21:30

Sunday: 11:00-21:00

On facebook:

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Reviews Updates (5)

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Aron H. 2016-05-31

I got to Gino's on Sunday evening because I see Gino's and the manager separately. I still do. But on Sunday evening, I was told by the manager to...

Aron G. 2016-05-29

I am a regular customer at Gino's. I love their pizzas'. The service is generally very good. I appreciate Dom. He has down to earth nature. I like him...

Gisela G. 2018-03-15
After having a great experience two years ago, I was very disappointed this year. The mussels: not fresh and drowned in a neutral thick creamy sauce…

Armandt R. 2016-10-10

Always an excellent choice when it comes to pizza and a beer. Best pizza in Stellenbosch by far

Wayne C. 2016-10-04

Slow service, barmen doesn't know what to do (nor do they understand english very well), very rude manager - unprofessional, throws away the franchise...

Carolle S. 2016-09-21

Best calamari I ever had! If was baked, not fried. The sauce was to die for. The Lamb stew is also excellent! You have to wait a bit to be served but...

Tracey E. 2016-09-16

Thanks Ginos. We had an awesome time last night. Food out of this world. Ascot Tours staff gives you a 5 star

Chelle R. 2016-06-22

Fabulous food. Great vibe. Always busy which is what makes this place amazing as you do not find yourself waiting for your food...

Devin K. 2016-05-20

We got to the restaurant at 18:10 and ordered our food at 18:30. Knowing how busy it is on a Friday evening I expected it to take a while. By 20:15 I...

Samantha S. 2016-03-26

Best pizzas in South Africa! Always great quality, cooked to perfection served with a friendly smile from the staff. Love Ginos!

Ciska K. 2016-03-15

Great food at an amazing price! Really good service and atmosphere. Ample and comfortable parking. Had a great time and will defs introduce my friends...

Traci E. 2016-03-10

Food awesome , nice ambience and most of all friendly staff....always a great experience here! :-D

Lyle van der M. 2016-02-26

Best place, best vibe and greatest staff to go with it. Easiest place to have a great time!

Danette van der W. 2016-02-13

Excellent service. Friendly staff. Great atmosphere and amazing food. Those calzones though! Was there for my brother's birthday and we were treated...

Will WrenchMonkey R. 2016-02-09

57 5 stars ratings and now 50 1 star ratings. its not looking good is it Gino.....

Paul Peter-John F. 2016-02-06

Have a really bad attitude towards motorcyclists and have refused service. Such a shame.

Vincent Beven De W. 2016-01-28

Always enjoy the great service and still the best pizza around. Thanx for last night, i really enjoyed it!

Fredri Melaki G. 2016-01-27

BEST PIZZA IN STELLENBOSCH! Dom, Gary and the staff are the best! Always a lekker time when you are dining at Gino's!

Denyse Anastassia I. 2016-01-27

What can I say best pizza best service awesome staff very welcoming better then some 5* restaurants

Kenji L. 2016-01-27

Wow, heard the owner saying Fuck Off to a customer on a bike this past Sunday! Had my son with. Please I urge you, don't go there, you might learn a...

Updates from Gino's Stellenbosch

Gino's S. 2019-04-04
Graduation April 2019

Gino's S. 2019-04-03
https://www.goodthingsguy.com/lifestyle/best-sa-pizza-places/ check out number 16..!

Gino's S. 2019-03-29
Hilton College’s Rugby team enjoying a lunch at Gino’s before their encounter with The Italian All Stars in the World Schools Festival at 12:30 tomorrow

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9.1 / 10

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Gino's Stellenbosch has a total of 15886 visitors (checkins) and 5963 likes.

19 reviews of Gino's Stellenbosch. Average grade 4 av 5.

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