Non Solo Pizze can be hired for private events of up to 60 guests seated or 80 in a standing cocktail format. It is a Sicilian pizzeria and restaurant at 5 rue Mesnil, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a short walk from the Victor Hugo metro station.
Seminars and company events
The official site offers the restaurant for private hire and describes it as a large, modern and warm space. For a company, the two formats are a seated dinner for 60 or a cocktail reception for 80. This suits a team dinner, a client evening, a farewell or an end-of-year gathering. The site does not describe a meeting room, a screen or any equipment, so the place fits a meal-based event rather than a seminar day.
The owner, Giuseppe Messina, and his pizza chef prepare a menu for the event. The site does not list set menus, so the content is agreed with the restaurant. Requests for a private event go through the restaurant, and the site asks for a phone call to the restaurant rather than an email for reservations.
Weddings and receptions
The site does not mention weddings. It does mention private receptions in general, so family celebrations such as a birthday or an anniversary can be discussed with the team, within the limit of 60 seated or 80 standing guests.
Rooms and capacities
The restaurant is presented as one large room, with no separate named rooms. The two figures given are 60 guests seated and 80 in cocktail format. The site does not state a surface area or a split between floors.
Catering
Catering is in house and Sicilian. The owner opened the pizzeria in 2013 after customers of his first restaurant, Non Solo Cucina, kept asking where to eat a good pizza in Paris. He developed the dough with a pizza chef from Castelbuono, in the Palermo region. The dough rests for four days and mixes white flour with a slightly coarser semolina flour, which gives crisp edges. Toppings use Sicilian ingredients, among them Sicilian courgettes, aubergines, tuna in olive oil, fresh sausages with fennel and buffalo mozzarella. Desserts include cannoli and cassata brought from Sicily and tarts from the owner's mother. The same group offers a catering side under the name Non Solo a Casa, which the site lists but does not describe.
History and setting
The restaurant belongs to a Sicilian family of restaurants in Paris and sits in a residential part of the 16th arrondissement. The atmosphere described is that of a modern neighborhood restaurant with a Sicilian menu.
Getting there
The nearest metro station is Victor Hugo, on line 2. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Sunday. Reservations and private event requests are handled by phone.
