Stone-Oven Pizza
Hand-stretched daily, baked in minutes, 20+ toppings to choose from.
From €12
Cucina Italiana · Muntstraat, Leuven
Enter a fairy tale, any night of the week.
Stone-oven pizza, delicious pasta and a candlelit orangery in the heart of Leuven — the kind of place you can afford to make a habit of.
Family-run since 2017
Real stone oven, every pizza
Two minutes from the Oude Markt
Groups & students always welcome
From the kitchen
A taste of what's cooking.
Fresh Pasta
Rigatoni, linguine, cannelloni — a dozen ways to eat it.
From €21
Antipasti to Share
Small plates built for the middle of the table.
From €12
From the Oven
Slow-baked, generously portioned, always warm.
From €18
Bestseller · Only at La Favola
Barca Adriatica
A whole grilled dorade, king prawns, clams and calamari over linguine, piled onto one shared platter for two. It's the dish regulars order for the table before anything else.
€82 — for two
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Our story
A little fairy tale, not a fancy one.
We opened our doors on Muntstraat in 2017 with a simple idea: cook delicious Italian food, keep the room warm, and set a table for whoever walks in — whether that's a first date, a big birthday, or four students splitting a pizza after an exam.
People sometimes assume a restaurant this atmospheric must be expensive. It isn't. Our stone-oven pizzas start at €12, and our pasta is built to be ordered often, not saved for special occasions.
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The room
Cherry blossom over candlelight.
Stone walls, low light and a pair of blossom trees that never stop flowering — La Favola looks like somewhere you'd need a reason to visit. You don't need one. Walk-ins are always welcome, and so are your muddy trainers straight from campus.