Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria

Looked on website for hours of operation on Monday night, website states open til 10p. Walked about 10 minutes from hotel, arrived at 850pm and they were closing and not serving anyone else.

Good food... nice staff!

Giving 3 stars because the pizza was quite delicious. It was a bit wetter than some Neapolitan pizzas we've had but the crust is so good and chewy we just used it to mop up the extra sauce. Yummy! Having said that, the rest was a train wreck. We ordered the bruschetta. We had expected it would come out on a toasted bread. It came out on a rubbery slice of bread. It was a bit of a struggle to bite through it without dumping the tomatoes in your lap. We decided not to continue with that item. The server noticed the plate pushed to the edge of the table and asked if it was okay. We explained that we had expected a crusty, toasty bread. She said the bread is toasted but then they "put it in a bucket that has a lid on it". : / We also ordered the margherita and caesar salad with the dressing on the side. And we ordered a glass of Montepulciano. The pizza was incredibly tasty as mentioned above. But the server brought us side plates one of which had a big piece of food stuck to it. And she handed out the plates, so it wasn't as if we discovered it when we unstacked them. She either wasn't paying attention or chose not to address it. We slid it over to the edge of the table and used the small app plate that had been brought for the bruschetta instead. While we waited on the salad, I asked for another glass of wine. I decided to try the Pinot Noir. I had pushed my empty glass over to the edge of the table now designated for uneaten/unwanted items. It was crawling with fruit flies and this seemed a good solution to draw them away from us while we dined as we had chosen to sit outside. Unfortunately, the server walked straight over and poured the Pinot in the Montepulciano glass, bugs and all, before we could stop her. Again, : / To wrap this up, the caesar did arrive, but it was already dressed, not with the dressing on the side as we had requested. We had a couple bites, finding it unremarkable, left the remainder. My husband took the bug wine inside and got a fresh glass for me. Ultimately, we would go back to pick up a pizza. The pizza was really good. But there is a lack of service that makes the rest of the experience...rough. Bruschetta - 1 Salad - 1 Pizza - 4.5 Service - 2 Environment - 2 (we sat outside by choice, but the table that we were directed to wasn't clean and the area didn't appear to have been swept in days.) ProTip - Grab a pizza or two and take it to go.

The best pizzas in tampa! Especially the Nutella dessert pizza.

my boyfriend and i ordered the penne vodka pasta and limoncello pizza to share, both were delicious and we really liked it. service was good, could’ve been a little faster but the restaurant was closing up so that’s understandable. however, we ordered 3 cannolis for dessert and there was something seriously wrong with them. i’ve had so many cannolis throughout my life, but these ones tasted like the cream had salt instead of sugar. the cream was not sweet whatsoever, almost bitter and salty (maybe the cream went bad). almost tasted like a bitter sour cream. my boyfriend and i aren’t very confrontational and don’t like sending food back (plus it was late and we just wanted to go home) so we just asked them to pack them up for us and threw them out as soon as we left. writing this in hope that they throw out whatever batch of cream that was!

Not filling for the the expensive price and the pizza was sour....

Vegetarian options: Pizza was

We were in town for the boys USL National Soccer Cup. On Friday night, we reserved our spot at Bavaro’s for a lovely pizza dinner with my boys. Despite its simple exterior, the interior design was quite impressive. The large stone oven in the restaurant immediately caught our attention. We started our meal with garlic bread and Caesar salad. The dough used in both the pizza and garlic bread was very tasty. The sauces were just right, and the salad was served with very fresh and high-quality cheese. The pizzas were quite large; each of us ordered one, but we could only eat half. One pizza easily serves two people. We planned to try dessert, but there was no room left. We loved it; the food was delicious, and the service was excellent. I definitely recommend it.