Pizza Il Focolaio

Plusieurs fois que je vais manger ici et jamais été déçue!
Un grand choix de pizza, impossible de ne pas trouver son bonheur. Les pizzas cuites au feu de bois, sont bonnes et honnêtement avec un bon prix et bon service! Je recommande
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One of the best pizzas I have ever had in my life. The prpsciuto one and the goat cheese one, formidable. Long line but they serve quickly.

Went to lunch at this lovely restaurant that uses a wood burning oven for their almost 100 different thin crust pizzas. They also serve various pasta dishes.
Service was prompt, friendly and very accomodating. I would definitely put this on my "must go to" restaurants when I am in Montreal.

Located in the downtown area, I highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area to give it a try.
Authentic Italian Restaurant with an original menu.
Professional staff & pleasant service.

La pâte est parfaite, les fromages sont délicieux. Je vous recommande chaudement la Quattro fromaggi! (Toutes les autres aussi, mais celle-là plus encore)

Will definitely be back. This place is going to be my go to for lunch whenever I'll want pizza.

Pizza is okay, I had high expectations due to hype of this place. Service is good. Maybe I ordered the wrong pizza, though it’s one of the best sellers. Not sure if I would come back.

Superbe pizza au feu de bois.
77 choix de pizzas, ce qui est énorme. Je recommande. Le personnel est très sympathique. Rien à dire, ils sont au top.

Deuxième passage dans cette pizzeria, déçu. Venant de France, j 'y suis retourné avec plaisir.
Pas beaucoup de monde et service très long.
Pizza pas extraordinaire.
Personnels sympas.
Je ne pense pas y retourner

A must try if you are in Montreal. The line at lunch time took about 30 minutes but once I tried their pizzas omg… it was all worth it. The three cheese pizza was something out of this world. Will definitely recommend to all my friends.

We ordered online for 7: 00 pm delivery. Our 3 pizzas arrived HOT within 2 or 3 minutes after 7: 00.
My husband and I truly enjoyed our Montrealais and à La Vongolé pizzas for his birthday takeout.
Highflying recommend

Amazing pizza selection.and I mean it! Be ready to take 20 mins to decide what to order reading through their extremely large variety! Good place for vegetarians, vegans, seafood lovers, meat lovers alike. The crust is thin and smoked to perfection in their ovens. Portions are huge. Sangrias are to die for! But there might be some waiting because they're usually pretty busy.

Great food great service. Won't come again though, I don't like standing in the cold for an hour waiting for a table.

The staffs were so friendly.the pizza was great, as expected from an italian restaurant.definitely will come back.

I'd focolaio with this pizza way more often if I could.

I've never had such a delicious gluten free pizza before. The texture and mouth feel of the dough is so much like the "real deal" it's incredible, not to mention it holds up after a night in the fridge.

The amount of options is incredible, and I'm looking forward to coming back to try every single one.

Service at this particular location was fantastic! My server accidentally brought me a regular crust pizza, which was quickly replaced with a gluten free one despite the place being packed and busy with many gracious apologies.

We'll likely be visiting Montreal specifically to eat here!

It was my first time trying pizza over there. I was surprised of the different choices available. If I'm not mistaken, I think there was 60+ different pizza choices which was a first for me. The pizza is amazing. 100% recommend. The only thing is, expect a waiting time of 30 to 45 minutes outside.

Good vegan cheese. In order to make vegetarian pizzas vegan, you need to order vegan cheese & whole wheat pizza dough. Vegetarian pizzas are labelled on the menu. Pizzas aren't very big, that is my only complaint.

Pizza was amazing! Many options available. Service was also top notch. There was a wait but not too long!

Delivery is the most convenient option if you want to skip the queue. I recommend the quattro f and the margherita.

Pizza was great, loved the dough. Next time I'm back in Montreal, I'll add a stop here. No photos, I was too busy eating

They made my mouth water but were not very tasty. I had to add lots of spices. Pizza was not crispy.

Quel service! Quel accueil!
Vous avez des serveurs exceptionnels.
Les pizzas sont délicieuses. Mais ça, tout le monde le sait déjà.
Merci pour ce bon moment. C'est à chaque fois un plaisir.

This place is in slow decline! I was here 3 months ago and it was ok. I gave it 5 stars but probably should have been 4 stars. Thought it might be Covid related. 3 months later much of the same. Not sure if it's new owners, they are using different wood to cook the pizza, or just bad chefs but the pizza is at best just OK now and that is very sad to say. Many employees working around food are NOT wearing hair nets, as well as a severely overcrowded kitchen area. People touching money without washing hands afterwards as well. Overall I'm not sure what happened, but it happened, and we won't be back. I will spend a fortune for good pizza anywhere and anytime but this is no longer good pizza!

If this is new owners, shame on you for ruining something great!

If it isn't, then that's a really sad decline of a once GREAT woodfired pizza joint!

A great place to have pizza. They have a huge variety of flavors, and all I have tried were delicious. The dough is thin with a crispy crust. And the best thing, your order will be ready in a few minutes. Definitely a must in Montreal.

The best pizza eveeeeer
Although the place is crowded, they serve quickly. Highly recommend it

Une des très bonnes pizzas au four à bois à Montréal. Il y a amplement de choix pour tous les goûts.

N'hésitez pas à essayer le Calzone.

Everything about this place is perfect, the cheese to tomato sauce to dough ratio really speaks to their level of expertise. Every flavor we tried was perfect, can't go wrong with any!

La premier chose que j'avais pensé quand j'ai vu la ménu était WOW! 77 choix de pizza.et chaque semblais différent! J'ai choisi #62 "SAID" et c'était délicieux avec de jambon épicé. Le pizza était grand aussi. Mon ami avais manger un pizza sans-gluten et la croûte était bon. ça c'estait une surprise.le gâteau était fantastique aussi. 5/5!

A realistic 4.3 stars. 77 wood fire oven pizzas to choose from (which is not ideal for those who suffer from indecision). Dough has great texture and pies come loaded with toppings. Beware of line-ups at peak times (half hour wait on a Saturday night at 8pm). You’re also looking at ~$20 for a personal pizza which is a little steep. Friendly service.

Edit: appreciated the response from owner that demonstrated care for reducing the cost to customers where possible!

蒙特利尔最好吃的pizza没有之一！The best pizza in Montreal, argument not accepted! I was introduced this pizza place 5 years ago by my boyfirend, and for our 5 year anniversary we chose to come here to celebrate! It's the place where he charmed my stomach and my heart Blindly pick a pizza from their numerous list and you can never go wrong!

The pizza was so good, on our way out of the city, we stopped to grab pizzas for the road. We have no idea when we are coming back to Montreal, so we had to have it twice before we leave! Great service too!

Update: we went back recently while passing through Montreal and it is still amazing. Literally, any time we are close to Montreal we stop here. Best pizza we ever had!

Its all worth for delicious fresh pizza. You cant go wrong with this place. Heard so many good things about this place rightly so. Highly impressed with the quick service (thats what you expect after long wait time). We ordered Calzoni Volcano, Carrie Philips pizza and fresh connoli, all things were beyond delicious. Only one complaint, they have menu card printed in only french language, it’s difficult to understand people like me who doesn’t understand french, so it will be helpful if they have menu card printed in both English n French, rest all good.

54 choices of pizza! All kinds of original combinations of toppings. The pizza is delicious, the service is friendly, and although the line was long we didn't wait more than 15 minutes.

The waiter is very honest, I asked him which desert is the least sweet one and he answered all of them are sweet. I appreciate him. He could simply tell me anything and make me order.

The pizza is really tasty and fast speed serving. Didn’t have to wait in line as well!

Amazing crust and a wide variety of pizza to choose from. Service was a tad slower due to lacking staff, but they were super kind and honest about it.

One of the best pizza place in downtown Montreal!
The owner is one of the nicest person!
The pizza is always fresh out of the oven and perfect every time I order. Highly recommended!

Amazing.simply amazing haha I am actually heading there tonight to pick up so brick oven pizza! They have an awesome promo where you buy 3 pizzas get one free! So we of course buy 8 for the 5 of us XD delicious, thin crust and man is their spicy oil amazing need it on all their pizzas! Quattro formaggi and Margherita are our all time favorite and guess what they have LACTOSE FREE OPTION

My favorite pizza in their menu is the one with truffles! This is a real Italian pizza place, it’s delicious and they have a great salades too highly recommend it!

All customers before me today were offered kind customer service. I wasn’t. I wasn’t offered the spicy oil like others were, I wasn’t offered a bag, I had to ask. Given burnt pizza. If you’re Muslim don’t go here. They discriminate.

Delicious wood oven pizza at an understated Montreal institution. Huge variety of pizzas, and can be a bit overwhelming for those new to the restaurant. Try the Renaissance pizza, the sangria, and the volcano calzone.

I have tried a lot of pizzas in my life and I can definitely say that it is one of the best, the restaurants ambiance is festive, great place to go with family and friends. Many options, I am sure all are good, but my favourite is the hawaian pizza.

Beau choix de pizza, la portion est juste assez pour une personne et le service est ultra rapide et courtois. Tout se gâche, a cause de la salle à manger qui est minuscule et qui aurait grandement besoin d’un agrandissement. Les tables sont minuscules et toute collée les unes sur les autres vous pourrez facilement suivre la conversation de vos voisins. Je vous suggère d’y aller pour un «takeout»…

La pizza est excellente et le service super. C'est toujours bon. Le seul point négatif est que c'est tellement populaire et apprécié que c'est toujours plein de monde et qu'on est tassé comme des sardines. Mais la pizza est tellement bonne que ça vaut le coup.

Love this place. Staff is very friendly. Ambience is chill and relaxed. Service is quick. Prices reasonable. And the pizza, mamma mia. We had the pesto sauce pizza, tartufo and the Margarita. All were pretty good. My favourite was the Margarita. Sometimes the simple ones are the best. Definitely recommend this place for a great bite!

This place is amazing. Hands down, the very best gluten free pizza I have ever eaten. The place is super busy, because it's that good. These guys basically do one thing (make pizza) and they have perfected it. There is no reason to eat pizza anywhere else!

This place is my personal favourite for it's lip smacking Pizza n Salad Located in the centre of the most important street of Montreal, Saint Catherine, this place is super chic! Not to miss, it's amazing selection of Desserts offer a great deal of taste. Tira-misu is my favourite though!

Amazing Neapolitan pizza, it's almost like being on Napoli.
I recommend this place there are a lot of choices, but I recommend
Sauce, champignons, oignons, pancetta épicée, mozzarella, olives noires.
Drizzled with spicy olive oil.

So many amazing pizzas to try from! Over 20 on the menu! I only had the opportunity to try 1 but it was so delicious! I’d highly recommend checking this place out. I enjoyed sitting by the window and people watching downtown with my pizza. A very lovely afternoon:)

My favorite pizza downtown Montreal. Love chilling with a pizza, in the summer time, on the terrace followed by a nice cappuccino. Bring sunscreen.lol

Pizzeria avec un choix immense de pizzas et cuites au feu de bois. J'avais pris celle aux crevettes. Elles étaient minuscules (de Matane?) mais bonnes. Le restaurant est rempli à ras bord pour le lunch et c'est pire au souper donc évitez d'y aller à ces moments. Levservice est courtois et très rapide.

Amazing pizza. Top 3 in Montreal I would say. A lot of choices for US&CAN tastes, but cant go wrong with italian classics. Will be back to try the calzones.

Came here because of the good reviews. There was a line but it moved really fast. We showed up around 6pm so we were totally expecting it. There are a dizzying amount of topping choices here and what we got was excellent. The ingredients were super fresh, the crust was perfect, the service was good. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't have any entrees but once I finished my pizza I realized that I wouldn't have needed them anyway.

Best pizza in Montreal bar none. Pizza is done the right way in a super hot wood fired oven. Rapini pizza is my go to but I'm sure they're all good.

The pizza was very good however the restaurant is crowded, there are too many tables in the tiny space available, the waiters dont even have room to walk between tables.

Great pizza in the downtown golden square mile. Usually very busy during the weekday lunches so make sure to beat the rush and get there early. You won't be disappointed.