Gabriele Bonci’s famous Roman pizza arrives with pasta, mains and more.
- Bonci brings its celebrated Roman pizza al taglio to Dubai.
- A 48-hour dough process creates its signature light texture.
- Fresh pasta and Italian mains expand the dining experience.
- Chef’s Society becomes home to Rome’s famous pizza philosophy.
There’s something wonderfully immediate about choosing a pizza from a tray, pointing at the slice you want and watching it get cut right in front of you. That familiar Roman ritual has found a new setting in Dubai, where Bonci Dubai is bringing Gabriele Bonci’s famous pizza al taglio to Chef’s Society at City Centre Mirdif, alongside a much broader Italian menu.
At the counter, the ritual is part of the fun. Large rectangular trays display freshly baked pizzas with colourful toppings, from tomato and white-based varieties to combinations featuring eggplant, zucchini, onion and potato. Guests choose their portion, then watch as it is cut with scissors, weighed and priced. It feels casual. But there’s serious craft underneath.
Bonci uses a signature flour blend and gives it 48 hours to ferment, creating a base that is airy inside, crisp outside and full of flavour. At the live pizza station, diners can watch the pizzaiolo stretch and shape the dough before it heads towards the oven.
For anyone turning a quick mall visit into lunch with friends, there’s more to explore beyond the counter. Bonci Dubai has expanded the Roman pizza concept into a full Italian dine-in experience, with freshly prepared pasta, starters, salads, desserts and Italian mains.
Truffle Pasta and Mushroom Pasta sit alongside Genovese Ragù and Potato & Parmigiano pizzas, while Chicken Cacciatore and Milanese-style cutlets bring heartier options to the table. That makes the restaurant just as suited to a family lunch as it is to an after-shopping dinner.
Morning diners aren’t left out either. Bonci serves breakfast from its Mirdif location, which opens daily from 9am until midnight. That broad schedule gives the concept a different rhythm from a typical pizzeria, with early coffees, midday pizza stops and late dinners all fitting naturally into the same address.
Dubai already has a crowded Italian dining scene, so details matter. Here, the visual theatre of the pizza trays, the scissors slicing through rectangular pieces and the pizzaiolo working dough in full view give the meal something to watch as well as taste.
At the centre of it all is Gabriele Bonci, the Roman pizzaiolo known for treating pizza as a craft shaped by flour, fermentation, ingredients and agriculture. His philosophy is bigger than a single slice.
For Mirdif diners, that philosophy now comes with a table, a menu and plenty of reasons to stay longer. Head to Chef’s Society at City Centre Mirdif, pick a slice or settle in for the full Italian spread, and let the Roman pizza ritual take it from there!
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