La Dolce Vita, Safire Plaza,2 Kowa Link,Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent,Wuse II Abuja- TEL 08057828087
This was my second time visiting La Dolce. This restaurant came highly recommended from a friend during my first few months in Abuja when I was seriously craving a good pizza. Now the restaurant itself is very nice. A lot of thought went into capturing just the right mood. From the name you should have already deduced that this is an Italian restaurant. Stepping into this wonderful place feels worlds apart from all the hustle and bustle of Abuja. It’s a restaurant but also has a lounge feel to it. It’s separated into two different sections – the seat down area for meals and the lounge area where you can sit with a glass of wine or whatever drink of your choice and some appetizers. The restaurant gets another cool point by having an outdoor seating area where you can eat or have a drink while enjoying the cool night breeze. And if you’re into photography you definitely have to check out their art decor which I think is really cool. They are mostly black and white pictures of some old celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Robert Deniro (I think from the movie, Taxi) and a couple other pictures. A very nice place for lunch, dinner or just a couple drinks and guys bringing your date/girlfriend here will definitely score you high on her cool list (yeah we keep cool list hahahahaha).
And off course the food, well twice I’ve been there I only had their pizza. I’m not huge on Italian food, maybe off course it’s lasagna or spaghetti with a meaty sauce and that’s far enough for me. So for now I’m only well versed on their pizza menu. The first time I ate here I had their margherita pizza (plain cheese pizza) and it was very good, pricey, but good. Their pizzas are made with a thin crust which should be good news for those who keep track of their calories. The pizza was perfectly made and had a generous amount of cheese on it. I can’t find any fault with it.
My second time around, I came with my mom and younger sister. We were treating mom to lunch. We started our meal with a serving of vegetarian spring roll (a single serving is 3 spring rolls) which was pure heaven accompanied with some kind of chilli sauce. I ordered a blended fruit drink or should I say frozen fruit drink- frozen fruits blended with some kind of juice, good but also quite expensive (really fine dining or dining in general is a wallet buster in Abuja) and then finally our order of spicy pepperoni pizza. Now if you are expecting to see the red, disc shaped pepperoni that some of you are used to, forget it because that’s not what we consider pepperoni. Instead, their pepperoni resembles thinly sliced beef that have been well seasoned. An alternative, but more gourmet looking than the standard pepperoni you find on any pizza hut pizza or papa john pizza. The meal was delicious and even though I was stuffed, I could have easily gone for another plate. The size of the pizza is quite generous but if you have a huge appetite you might want to order one for yourself and another for your guest. The price for the pepperoni pizza was 2800 naira and the margherita pizza cost 2000 naira.
My final grade: definitely a two thumbs way up. This restaurant made it on my cool list :)
Cost: High range 2000 naira and above
Spring roll with chilli sauce
