La Scala

What La Scala does

La Scala Gaststätten GmbH operates a single-location Italian restaurant and pizzeria branded as Pizzeria La Scala (also Ristorante Pizzeria La Scala), situated inside the Bodenseecenter shopping center in Friedrichshafen am Bodensee, Germany. The business, managed by Enrico Tatavitto as Geschäftsführer, offers a unified dine-in service built around four menus: a full a la carte menu (Speisen & Getränke) of pizza, pasta, meat dishes, steaks, and fresh fish specialties; a weekday lunch menu (Mittagsmenü) priced €8.90–€14.50 with an included side salad served Monday–Friday 11:30–15:00; a chef's recommendations menu (Empfehlungskarte) featuring premium Italian dishes; and a dedicated takeaway menu (Mitnehmen-Karte). The venue includes a convertible winter garden/terrace and operates seven days per week with extended evening hours.

The business model is straightforward retail food-and-beverage service. Revenue is generated per-cover through dine-in transactions and takeaway orders, with no subscription, licensing, or third-party delivery integration. All reservations are taken exclusively by phone (+49 7541 953999); email reservations are explicitly not accepted. Pricing is unit-based and pay-as-you-go across all menu offerings, with no published tiered pricing or corporate catering packages despite the restaurant hosting private events. The customer base is local residents of Friedrichshafen and visitors to the area, with a primary persona segment of working professionals using the lunch offering and a secondary segment of families and corporates using the venue for celebrations, birthdays, and anniversaries.

Marketing is passive: the company relies on its website (pizzeria-la-scala.de) augmented by social-share plugins for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, and XING, with no formal campaigns, app, loyalty program, online booking system, or API. There is no evidence of external investors, parent company structure, subsidiaries, M&A activity, intellectual property, or regulatory matters.

Name

La Scala

Legal name

La Scala Gaststätten GmbH

Website

https://pizzeria-la-scala.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Scala is a single-location Italian restaurant and pizzeria in the Bodenseecenter shopping center in Friedrichshafen, Germany, serving local residents and visitors with dine-in, weekday lunch, takeaway, and private event offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Pizzeria services
• Lunch menu service
• Takeaway food
• Private event catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Friedrichshafen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Service: Traditional sit-down restaurant service offering Italian cuisine including pasta, pizza, meat dishes, fish specialties, and Italian wines. Customers dine in the cozy restaurant atmosphere with warm decor.
2. Lunch Menu Service: Weekday lunch service (Monday to Friday, 11:30-15:00) offering set lunch menus including salad, priced between €8.90-€14.50.
3. Takeaway Service: Food takeaway service allowing customers to order dishes for collection. Takeaway menu available on website.
4. Private Events and Celebrations: Catering to private events including family celebrations, birthdays, corporate events, and anniversaries.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

La Scala is a single-location Italian restaurant and pizzeria operating in the Bodenseecenter shopping center in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It provides dine-in restaurant service featuring an à la carte menu of Italian cuisine (pizza, pasta, meat dishes, fish specialties, Italian wines and coffee), a weekday lunch menu, a chef's recommendation menu, and a takeaway menu. The business also hosts private events such as birthdays, family celebrations, corporate events, and anniversaries.

Product overview

Pizzeria La Scala is a single-location Italian restaurant and pizzeria operating in the Bodenseecenter shopping center in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The business offers a unified dining service that includes dine-in restaurant service with a full à la carte menu (Speisen & Getränke), a weekday lunch menu (Mittagsmenü), a chef's recommendation menu (Empfehlungskarte), and a take-away menu (Mitnehmen-Karte). The restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine including pizza, pasta, meat dishes, steaks, and fresh fish specialties, complemented by Italian wines and coffee with fresh cakes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pizzeria La Scala Restaurant Services
• Lunch Menu (Mittagsmenü)
• Main Menu (Speisen & Getränke)
• Recommendation Menu (Empfehlungskarte)
• Take-Away Menu (Mitnehmen-Karte)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• L'Osteria: German-headquartered casual Italian full-service restaurant chain offering pizza, pasta, and wine in a sit-down, family-friendly format. Directly comparable business model, target customer, and Italian-cuisine positioning to La Scala, scaled across multiple German locations.
• Vapiano: Casual Italian fresh-pasta and pizza restaurant chain operating in Germany and internationally with made-to-order pasta and dine-in service. Matches La Scala's sit-down Italian casual dining format, though at significantly larger scale.
• Maredo Restaurants: German steakhouse and Italian-leaning grill restaurant chain offering full-service dining across multiple cities. Comparable in service model and target demographic of casual full-service dining in Germany, with steak and grill as the primary offer.

Regional players

• Block House Restaurants: German full-service steakhouse chain operating primarily in Germany and a few neighboring countries. Comparable full-service, sit-down casual dining operations with similar target customers, though specializing in steaks/grill rather than Italian cuisine.
• Sausalitos: German casual-dining restaurant chain serving Tex-Mex food and cocktails in a sit-down format. Comparable in full-service, mid-market casual positioning and German geographic footprint, though a different cuisine category.

Broad incumbents

• Pizza Hut: Global pizza restaurant chain with dine-in and delivery operations active in Germany. Overlaps with La Scala's pizza portion of the menu, but operates under a broader franchised QSR/casual model with mass-market positioning.
• Domino's Pizza Germany: Germany's leading pizza delivery chain with hundreds of locations. Competes with La Scala specifically for pizza takeaway occasions, though operating under a delivery-led QSR model rather than sit-down dining.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lascalafn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ristorante-la-scala

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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