Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan｜Italian spotto Chimney

Great Italian restaurant in Tsukuba City! It was our first time to have lunch at this place and we’re so glad that we did! We ordered the lunch set C, which consists of soup of the day, appetizer or dessert, pasta of your choice, and a drink, for a price of ¥1,450 (USD $14). This would already make you feel full but because we were extra hungry today, we ordered 2 pizzas as well. And let me tell you, everything was scrumptious! I especially liked the seafood pizza — size was around 9 inches. I forgot to take a photo of it because it looked and smelled so good. *laughs*. But if you don’t want to order the lunch set, you may opt for ala carte. There are many dishes to choose from the menu. A little tip: try coming here early to avoid the queue.

Excellent pizza and pasta!! The pizza was amazing, crunchy and lots of cheese!!! The pasta al dente and great taste

2022/11 update: They seem to be doing Wednesdays as their day off (again). Not listed on Google or their website, but it was closed with a sign out front clearly saying it was 定休 this past Wednesday. Better to call first before you go if you aren't sure. Everything I've had here, minus the salads, is super tasty. (The salads are all pretty basic, absolutely nothing special about them.) The soup, the crusty oven toasted bread with the drizzle of olive oil, all their pastas... Plus their servings are really generous. Spicy options also seem to be a specialty of theirs, with the "pepeboro" being sometimes insanely spicy. I highly recommend going if you can - but the lunch rush even on weekdays is awful. Go before noon, otherwise the parking lot fills up right away, and make a reservation at least a day ahead whenever possible. Also, their website advertises a reservation system through LINE, but it is completely nonfunctional at the time I tried (June 2022). It always says there are no available days to make a reservation, so unless they're actually booked for lunch and dinner for the entire month... If you want to make a reservation, it can only be done through phone.