This is the second Alimentari location by the Falzarano brothers, Antonio and Lorenzo (the original is in Bartolomé de Medina) with Alessandro Mastroianni as front of house. To be honest I’ve mostly had pizzas here – fluffy crispy Neapolitan style cooked on a massive oven stone – and they are terrific. We’ve also enjoyed several of the “tapita” and antipasti and will no doubt try more of the pastas and other dishes one day, if we can stop ordering pizzas all the time (but they are just so damn good).  The menu has an extensive selection of salads, pastas, risottos, fish and meat dishes.

The restaurant is stylish, airy and comfortable, with a pleasant and ample side walk terrace. Good Italian wines, great service.

Very central, just off Reyes Católicos, it has also become my fave pizza take away place because it is dangerously close to my house.

Bread/Service Charge: 1€

Julio César 14
Tel 954 560 449
Open 13.30 – 16 30 / 20.30 – 23.30 Monday – Thursday
13.30 – 23.30 Friday – Sunday (all-day kitchen)
€ € € €

Food 8 | Wine 7 | Service 8 | Ambiance 8

potato croquette with smoked cheese and truffle

pizzetta frita with tomato and shaved Parmigiano Reggiano

battered courgette flowers filled with provolone

mini aubergine parmigiana

breaded provolone

artichoke alla guidia

mozzarella, mushrooms, porcini, Italian sausage

pomodor tomatoes, burrata, prosciutto crudo di Parma

margherita: tomato, mozzarella, basil

baked smoked ham, mozzarella, porcini, basil

trio of fried pizzettas: mortadella and pistachio;
tomato, shaved parmigiano reggiano, basil;  ricotta and eggplant

cacio e 3 peps (black, red, green)

pannacotta with tonka beans and strawberries

Alessandro Mastroianni

Take-away! Pizzas and Calzone

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Updated April 2024

Maccheroni & Co was the second Italian restaurant started by Grupo GMI (Gusto Made in Italy), which began in Calle Harinas before making a move in 2011 to more chic digs in up and coming Calle García de Vinuesa, which is filling up with gourmet food and wine shops and trendy boutiques.

The food here is super fresh and beautifully presented, and the service is very good. There’s a great selection of salads, pastas and pizzas. Everything is fresh and fabulous. You’ll also find some delicious fish and meat dishes. Buon appetito!

Garcia de Vinuesa 26
Tel 954 501 015
Open: 13.30 – 16.00 / 20.30 – midnight
€ € €

Food 8 | Wine 8 | Service 8 | Ambiance 8

baby spinach with grilled speck, shaved parmesan and pinenuts

rocket, mushroom and parmesan salad…

… with edible parmesan bowl

buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes and rocket

mushroom, Italian sausage and extra cheese

pizza messicana with sausage, peppers and chilis

pizza diavolo

gnocchi with gorganzola and walnuts

parmesan cheese

co-owners Franco & Fabrizia

the bar and open kitchen

dining area

the bodega

cosy fireplace

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Updated February 2019

Since L’Oca Giuliva first opened in 2009, husband & wife team Franco Rostini and Fabrizia Innocenzi, along with brother Massimiliano Innocenzi, have expanded their Little Italy in Sevilla empire, which includes Maccheroni & Co, Maccheroni Alfalfa, La Gallina Bianca, as well as their mediterranean concept Gusto, and now two new projects – Il Piscolini, a mediterranean-style fish restaurant, and organic café Bio Mio.

My personal favourite is still L’Oca Giuliva, with its extensive menu featuring fresh pastas that are made in house daily, lovely salads, grilled meat and fish dishes, light-as-air wood-oven-baked Neapolitan pizzas (in my opinion, the best in town) and wonderful desserts, all served in a cosy & comfortable atmosphere with attentive & friendly service. There’s a good selection of Italian wines too.

To be honest, you can get the same high quality food at their other three Italian locations, it’s just that L’Oca Giuliva is across the street from my first home in Sevilla and I have a lot of fond memories attached to this place, and the lovely people who run it. During an extended lockdown due to the pedestrianisation of Mateos Gago, they took advantage of this extra down time to give the restaurant a fresh makeover and to also revamp the kitchen, installing a new wood-burning oven. And now with a pretty side walk terrace that doesn’t have to be up against parked cars.

You are spoiled for choice with their pastas and pizzas, though I like things on the spicy side, so the diavolo and messicana pizzas are favourites. Sometimes I go there just for a salad and some of their gorgeous focaccia, but it’s also great for meat and fish lovers. What else can I say? Five oranges…

They also offer a daily lunch menu that is excellent value.

Bread/Service Charge: 1.50€ PER PERSON

Mateos Gago 9
Tel. 954 21 40 30
Open: 13.30 – 16.00 / 20.00 – midnight
Closed Thursday
€ € € €
*vegetarian friendly

Food 9 | Wine 8 | Service 8 | Ambiance 9

 black olives with orange peel

wilted spinach salad with “speck” (Tyrol ham) and parmesan

ravioli filled with spinach and ricotta, bolognese sauce

pizza diavola

orecchiette al pesto calabrece

caprese salad

mushroom and italian sausage pizza

tortellini filled with meat in a cream, nutmeg, sausage & paresan sauce

messicana pizza with spicy sausage
rich brandy-soaked tiramisu

fresh fruit with vanilla icrecream

chocolate cake

Owners Franco & Fabrizia

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Updated August 2021