Cappa Cafe’

During my three-​day visit in Verona, I came here twice — I loved the atmosphere, the spritzes, just everything. Except the pigeons. They started flying on my table towards the end of my first visit and I left, after spending over 3 hours relaxing. The wait staff is friendly but not always attentive. Still, they didn’t try to rush me so that was nice. The food is quite good and a margarita pizza is only € 6. But, during my second visit, the pigeons were very aggressive and I had to go inside. If they don’t scare you, then definitely try this place out!

An interesting and somewhat out-​of-​the-​way place mostly for locals or tourists who may stumble upon it. Quiet and good for conversation. Good cocktails and reasonably friendly staff. I could do without the pigeons all over the tables though.

This charming café has a surprising abundance of seating and lots of little nooks and crannies in which to make your temporary dining home. The best part, by far, is the back patio. Pass the outside tables, go through the main dining room and bar, go through the back dining room to your right and go up the steps to the rear patio.
Friendly — but not overly aggressive — birds will visit nearby while you have a bite to eat and look out at the water. The roman arena is just across the canal so the view is prime. If you just get beer (there’s a local Verona beer served here, just ask!) the friendly and multilingual waitress will bring you dishes of munchies.
For a starter I had polenta with Gorgonzola and Marie P. had an arugula salad with lots of sliced Parmesan and mushrooms. There are large bottles of EVOO and aged balsamic on the table. For mains I had the lasagna which had amazingly fresh and light noodles with buttery ricotta cheese layered between sauce and seasoned beef. Marie P. had a Margarita pizza which, while not the specialty of the region, was still great (and huge, for only 6 euro). Pizza is of the thinner crust variety here.
There’s a 1 euro seating fee per person, which seems to be the norm in the area.
The café has a good mix of locals and tourists though locals seem to congregate in the bar area with it’s comfortable seating and free wifi.