Tomorrow is my folks’ wedding anniversary, but my brother Jake, who’s in town for the long weekend, would be heading back to Manila already, so we decided to take Mom and Pop out for lunch today. We brought them to Picobello Ristorante Italiano, which is a great little place for family get-togethers.
Picobello’s offerings are some of the best you’ll ever find in Davao, whether you’re a fan of Italian food or not. Their pizzas sell like crazy, and their other pasta dishes are just heavenly! And to top it all off, Picobello’s waitstaff are well-trained and show it with their brand of service.
For the life of me, I forgot to take pictures of what we ordered today! For some photos of their food, why don’t you head on over to Davao’s Food Huntress‘ review of Picobello?
For starters, we had Crema di Pomodori, which is my favorite. It’s so creamy and thick and tastes positively healthy! For the main course, we had La Decisione — for the undecided, with grilled marlin and a steak of beef in 2 different but complementing sauces. Pollo al Forno — juicy, oven-baked chicken breast that’s decidedly Italian in flavor. Costoletta something (I really should take down notes next time) — a dish with a huge slab of tender pork chops. And Tortellini, another favorite of mine, with those tasty pasta bags of ground beef. Plus, sinfully rich risotto.
My brother and his girlfriend Cara had the Cassata Napolitana for dessert. It’s an ice cream cake, and looks so colorful and pretty. I didn’t try it, though, because I was enjoying the Tiramisu, which went so perfectly with Picobello’s brewed coffee. According to the menu, it’s Italy’s national dessert. How interesting.
Picobello Ristorante Italiano. Very highly recommended! The place is comfortable and classy, and the service is excellent. The price? Well, my brother and I paid less than P1,500 for the above (plus drinks and a salad).
They’re located at the 5th floor of Gaisano South Citimall in downtown Davao, and they’re open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. For reservations, call (82)221-1696. They’re going to have a website very soon — I’ll announce it on this blog as soon as it’s up!
Here are some stock photos, courtesy of my friend, Rochelle Venuti:
I remember my college days where we’d hang out in between classes at Picobello and get pizza buy 1 take 1 from 2-5pm. is this still happening there? i miss Davao already.
Hello Mike! Yes, the buy-1-take-1 pizzas are still happening at Picobello. :)
Btw, submit mo pala blog(s) mo sa Davao Blogs Directory at saka sa Mindanao Blog Directory!
lol i mispelled my name. there.
I had a feeling you did… Hehehe!
Hi I use to go there for like every day, well first of course to visit my sis and at the same time to enjoy thier good food, I have 2 kids, 4 yrs old and 19 yrs old, that both love pizza, specially my 4 yrs old, so we make sure that we go there fr 2-5 pm to get the buy 1 take 1 pizza. there is 1 dish there that I really love, forgot the name, but its a meat w rice and gravy on it, so delicious, my sis knows the name… I miss Davao, I am here in Houston Tx now w my famly, hopefully to come and visit Davao May of next yr. I have friends to come visit Davao this Dec… Well, thank you, hope you doing well…
Hi Genevieve! I don’t know what dish that was — there are quite a few of them with rice, meat and gravy… :)
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how much is the pizza ? nthe buy 1 take 1 ?
Their pizzas range in price from about 200 to 300. In the buy-one-take-one promo, you pay for whichever is higher. :)
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