Pizzas Raffaelo
Type: Italian
Neighborhood: Centro
Telephone: 924-9943
Address: Calle 60 on the corner of 49
How to Get There from the Centro: Take 60 Street going north. The Pizza place is on your right one block before Santa Ana Park.
Parking: No
AirConditioned: Yes
Outdoors: No
Drinks: Soft Drinks
Hours: M-F – Noon to 4 and 5:30 to 11:30. Sat and Sun – 5 pm to Midnight
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Working Gringos 15 years ago
Thank you, Barry. Very helpful!!
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Barry 15 years ago
Raffaello’s hours of operation are:
Lunes a Viernes - Noon to 4 and 5:30 to 11:30
Sabado y Domingo - 5 pm to Midnight
Like many other small businesses around the Paseo (Olives y Rescoldos too) he will be closed for Carnaval.
You also need to correct outdoors to NO.
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Working Gringos 15 years ago
Thank you, Arnaldo.
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Arnaldo Marucco 15 years ago
The service you are doing to all of us, giving names ,adress etc about restaurant is very usefull,and you should'nt make personal comments about them.Thats could be confusing and open a door to future arguments.Do you have a name of the person who refuse to give you the hours of service?Sorry.
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Ramona 15 years ago
i have mixed feelings about this place. my husband and i went there 4 times. the first 3 times the food was absolutely fantastic, and we were raving about how this was the best restaurant and best pizza in merida. i almost wrote into working gringos about adding it into their list. the 4th time, the salad looked wilted and the items were slightly turning. and we were told that there would be no olives because they had gone bad. my husband got violently ill after our meal and remained so for over a week after he ate some sun dried tomatoes from the antipasto plate (that was the only thing i didn't eat and i didn't get sick so we know that was it). sadly, he refuses to eat there ever again and i don't blame him after how sick he got. about the service: the 1st time was great, raffaelo was very attentive. the next 3 times, raffaelo and the lady who works there just sat on their laptop a few tables over intently surfing and playing games (with the bird on his shoulder) and not paying attention to our table (drinks, bread, etc were out..). in my opinion this is very inappropriate and also a little gross when the bird poops on the rag on his shoulder. all 4 times we were there all the fans and air conditoning were off, and we have to ask them to turn on the fan above our table the last time because we were burning up in there. honestly, i think we could live with everything i listed above if my husband did not get so sick from there as we really did like the pizza. the place looked clean with clean bathrooms, but any place that finds out their food is bad at the last minute before serving it and also serves food that has gone bad (as well as having a bird loose in the eating area) really makes me question the cleanliness of the areas that really matter, i.e. the food storage and preparation.
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Working Gringos 15 years ago
OK, we spelled the name correctly and we corrected the air-conditioning... thank you! And you know what? we actually haven't been there, but that isn't the point. We were listing it here because we've heard about it from various people. And we don't live next door, and we work all day... so that's why we used the phone to call to get the hours! It doesn't seem much to ask for someone to tell us over the phone. Anyway, they didn't want to.
If one of you who loves it and goes there often would like to pass on this precious piece of information, we would be happy to add it to the record here! Thanks!
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Barry 15 years ago
From the review it appears that neither the working gringos nor Peter have ever been to Raffaello's, the correct spelling. The place is very clean, air conditioned and indoors. He has, by far, the best real pizza in Merida. Plus Raffaello and Conchi are extremely personable, helpful and fun to be around. The hours are clearly posted for those that actually go there.
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Nancy 15 years ago
I agree with Gordon, Tray and Tom...Raffaelo's is the BEST real Italian pizza in Merida. Rescaldo's is an awesome restaurant as well, but each offers a different style of pizza. Raffaelo's is a corner pizza joint with a great selection of toppings, excellent fresh green salads and delicious, albeit unique, panninis. The service has always been wonderfully personal and the place very clean. If you are looking for white tablecloths, real napkins and beer or wine with your meal...by all means head to La Tratto.
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Tom 15 years ago
I am surprised by the first review, as I have lived in Italy, ate a ton of pizza there, and think the pizza at Raffaelo's is as authentic and delicious as it gets. (by the way, he's from Calabria). I also love Rescoldos, but to compare them is unfair. They are very different venues suiting different purposes. Maybe the reviewer has deep pockets, as to suggest La Tratto over Rafaelo's confounds me. Further, the cleanliness issue is a non-issue in my opinion. It's always been clean when I've been there.
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Birdnose 15 years ago
Peter's honest review is greatly appreciated. One can always be rightly wary of the usual "Little Miss Sunshine" coverages.
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Tray 15 years ago
We LOVE this place. Eat there all the time. Have never stayed to eat, always to go. Don't feel that it is dirty at all! Rafaelo comes across as a tough fellow, but is actually very nice and accommodating when it comes to making a pie.
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