La Bottega Enoteca

La Bottega Enoteca is an Italian restaurant and pizzeria at 346 Joo Chiat Road. Its own tagline sums it up: wine, salumi and tradition, or "a slice of Italy in Katong". Pizza is the main draw, but the menu also covers pasta, grilled meats and seafood.

The chef and owner is Antonio Miscellaneo. He hosted private dinners for more than ten years before opening La Bottega in 2021. His earlier private dining table was called Casa Nostra. His mother is from Sardinia and his father from Abruzzo, and he grew up in the Veneto region.

Pizza and awards

The kitchen makes two styles of pizza. Newpolitan is the house take on Neapolitan pizza, with a soft, puffy crust and a crisp base. DoubleCrunch is the crispier of the two, with a light, crackly base.

Toppings run from a classic Margherita with San Marzano tomatoes and Agerola fior di latte to a Diavola with house-made spicy salame. The San Daniele adds prosciutto, and the Due Formaggi pairs gorgonzola with candied lemon. Antonio's Nightmare, with cooked ham and pineapple three ways, is a cheeky nod to the ham-and-pineapple debate.

The pizzas have earned notice beyond Singapore. La Bottega has appeared in the 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific ranking, including the 2024 list shown on its website. In the 2026 edition, it placed 31st.

What else to order

The kitchen makes its own fresh pasta, such as pappardelle. It also cures its own meats, including the spicy salame on the Diavola.

Reviews from 2023 point to starters such as arrosticini, small lamb skewers from Abruzzo, and grilled baby squid. Larger plates have included caciucco, a Tuscan seafood stew, served with Sardinian fregola. For dessert, look for seadas, a Sardinian fried pastry filled with cheese, or the DIY bomboloni, where you fill the doughnuts yourself. Menus change, so check what is on when you visit.

The setting

From the street, the entrance sits behind wrought-iron grilles and is easy to walk past. Past the entrance is an outdoor area styled like an Italian back lane, with red brick walls, old-style lamps and a wishing well in the middle. Indoors, family photos hang on the walls and the pizza ovens are in full view.

Good to know before you go

• Bookings: book through the website, by email or by WhatsApp.
• Lunch and dinner: dinner is served every evening, but lunch is only from Friday to Sunday.
• Children: dinner is for guests aged 6 and over. Younger children can come at lunch, but there are no baby chairs.
• Vegetarian: the Supermarinara pizza is marked as vegetarian on the menu.

Nearby

After dinner, walk over to the colourful Koon Seng Road shophouses. For more food in the area, Kim Choo Kueh Chang sells Peranakan rice dumplings, and Birds of Paradise Gelato Boutique is a good dessert stop. If you want to stay nearby, look at Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong.

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