Sempre Pizza & Calzone

I’m comparing my pizza to the photos I saw on google when checking this place out, it was also listed as one of the best pizzas you can buy in Melbourne. I was disappointed because it wasn’t an authentic Neapolitan pizza like I had seen, the pizza for $20 was quite small and not filling. I think it works well as a snack with some drinks, and if you aren’t fussy about pizza.

As an Italian person I am deeply disappointed about the quality of the pizza. Sempre used to be a beautiful pizzeria, pizza was tasting fresh and more importantly it was round and proper size. Pizza is now square, ridiscoulsly small and expensive. I would rate customer service as 0, as the owner was rude and very unfriendly. We paid $51 for those 2 pizzas, which didn't even taste good. For this money you would expect tap water to be provided on the table at least, nothing. When we left the owner didn't even ask how was it, didn't smile and didn't even say bye to us as his mouth was full of Sempre's horrible pizza. Honestly will never come back again, it was horrible experience. If you want to experience real Italian pizza, please don't go there as you will never want to eat pizza again. A message to the owner: please learn some manners and implement customer service as it doesn't exist in your restaurant. Regards.

This is like a restaurant you'd find in Italy. Their pizza is almost identical to the one my Italian grandmother produces. Cut in squares, full of flavour and crunchy on the bottom. I think the owners aren't actually aware of the quality of product they're producing - they are very humble. Definitely come here if you want to know what pizza in the Italian household is like. The restaurant is small and cosy, seemingly quiet and with good service. I came here by accident and I'm glad.

This place used to be the best pizza in town, went back for the first time in a year and the product quality as dropped dramatically. The base was thin and crunchy, dry as a biscuit and did not keep its heat, it was cold to eat 5 mins after it came out of the oven, the portion size is a much smaller square size now, but the price is still $25+ per pizza. When I opened the box I thought half the pizza was missing.

The food was nice, if expensive - you'd expect that in the city. However, the service was pretty average. The man who seated us, took our order and brought our food (possibly the owner) was very terse, looked annoyed when we asked questions about the size of the pizza, and humphed around when we asked for water. It would have been a very enjoyable evening if not for his attitude.