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Patsy Grimaldi's Pizzeria
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Romantic
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
75 reviews for Patsy Grimaldi's Pizzeria
Review Highlights
"Simply the best thin crust in AZ period."
(in 13 reviews)
"But Grimaldi's is all about the coal brick oven."
(in 2 reviews)
"Well run, nice staff, great new york style pizza."
(in 3 reviews)
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75 reviews in English
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Review from Mike S.
Long Beach, CA
1/28/2012 3 Check-ins Here
Some of the best pizza I've ever had. The sauce is amazing. Every time I'm in town I get the sausage and pepperoni with extra sauce.
There's nothing else to say, really. Go here for good pizza. -
Review from Amy L.
4.5* for Lunch Special Menu (M-F 11-4pm)
Since most peeps here like the pizza here but not the price I decided to come by for their lunch specials (not sure if it's only for this location). Their individual 6" pizza & calzones starts @ $3.99 w/ salad @ $2.99. This is a great deal compared to the dinner prices!!!
Combo Sausage 6" pizza w/ Grimadi's House & drink (4.5*) for only $8.49. The pizza is the best I had in Chandler so far. http://www.yelp.com/bi... I also tried the Caesar but prefer the house salad a little more.
Food 4.5*
Ambiance 3.5* (didn't sit out at the patio)
Service 4* -
Review from Michael O.
Phoenix, AZ
11/15/2011
Brooklyn style pizza (the only real pizza) at it's absolute BEST. Half the spots in Brooklyn don't even match Patsy Grimaldi's. Don't waste your money or risk your tastebuds on any imitations...
The margarita (fresh tomato, mozzarella and basil) is my favorite, and most purists will agree a good pizza rarely needs more. Also a great wine selection, service, and atmosphere. This location is my favorite, however they are all great and consistently high in quality and service. -
Review from Michael B.
Chandler, AZ
1/4/2012
Love love love Grimaldi's. Wood fired pizza is so tasty!
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Review from Joshua G.
Scottsdale, AZ
1/7/2012
My girlfriend and I went out to dinner here and let me just say that our experience was less than spectacular for the price.
I'm I'm going to pay $50 for a "gourmet" pizza and two glasses of wine it better knock my socks off. Sadly, it didn't. We would have been better off with Digorno's and a bottle of Korbel.
I won't be back. -
Review from Michael L.
Chandler, AZ
10/4/2011 1 Check-in Here
Great Pizza joint.
Upscale, with a side of small back east pizza joint. Food is consistently good no matter when I go. Great view on the Patio in Chandler (Only one I have been to so far)
Flavorful and about average price wise. Would absolutely go back again.
I have to try out there other locations, Gilbert would be my next stop. -
Review from Archie F.
Scottsdale, AZ
6/19/2011
So I finally broke down and tried Grimaldi's pizza. One thing I've learned about living in the Phoenix area is to never have high expectations for any restaurant, that way, you'll never leave disappointed. Grimaldi's fulfilled my low expectations and was mediocre in every way.
To start, the pizza crust was good, crispy throughout and bubbled up around the edges, as one would expect from a brick oven pizza. However, there was no discernible flavor to the crust, so, who cares.
Now for the sauce. The most bland, flavorless, nothing of a sauce that makes a person wonder if the chef understands that there is something called "spices" that can be added to food to enhance flavor. Whatever happened to the sauce being the secret to a dish? Here is a note: Oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, etc. are spices that Italians love to use in their food -you should try them. Or maybe just begin with salt and pepper. -
Review from S H.
Chandler, AZ
11/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
Simply the best thin crust in AZ period. Sit at the bar with a glass of Wine and the always friendly bar staff.
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Review from Jessica A.
Crosby, MN
5/2/2011 1 Check-in Here
We love Grimaldi's, and get the same thing every time!
Pepperoni, Sausage, and Red Onions.... Mmmmm
We used to live in SE Chandler, so this used to be the closest Grimald's to us. And we used to frequent it quite often. My husband even signed up for an email sign-up list or something, and with his birthday this location sent him a free large 1-topping birthday pizza.
So.... we made the trek again down to Chandler.
Love the pizza, as always. Weather was nice tonight, but due to my allergies we dined indoors. We did notice that they've expanded the patio area though here -- much larger, so now you can have larger tables.
Yes, thin pizza which we love. But Grimaldi's is all about the coal brick oven. So, unlike Napoletana-style pizza's... the crust has a bit of chewiness and crunch throughout. (Unliike Napoletana which can sometimes bit soggy in the middle.) Also few "blisters" in the crust, but not charred per se like Napoletana.
They use good quality ingredients. Love the mozzarella, and the pepperoni is pretty good.
Adequate wine list. And love the Lavazza coffee.
Yes, younger staff here. But everyone is friendly and the pizza's awesome! -
Review from Kevin G.
4/8/2011
My soon to be wife and I had our first date here, I won her over with pizza and had her take a slice of cheesecake home for her Mom, that's how you do it boys.
While this location isn't quite as "jazzy" as the Old Town spot, it is still awesome and has, in my opinion, perfect pizza. Yep, I've eaten at pizza places all around NYC and the country in general, and Grimaldi's is my favorite. Coal-fired, thin crust perfection. Throw in a good mix of old jazz music and a good wine list and you have a recipe for awesomeness. My fave is the pesto pizza with ricotta and sausage... heaven. They have good salads too, but who cares?
The Chandler Grimaldi's is fantastic, four stars for sure, but if you have the option, hit up the five star Old Town location in Scottsdale, but you can't lose either way.Listed in: Date Night!
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Review from Todd P.
Maricopa, AZ
11/12/2011
Great atmosphere. Pizza is above average.
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Review from Robert P.
Chandler, AZ
7/23/2011
Everyone has a favorite pizza joint.
Grimaldi's isn't really a joint it's a bit more upscale, nice atmosphere and this location in Chandler is awesome to eat at on the patio (when it isn't 115 degrees outside). The pizza is thin crust, full-flavored and it's easy to scarf an entire pie without even realizing it.
If you have outta towners looking for a good place to go for authentic pizza and good service, Patsy Grilmaldi's is the place to go. Hand's down.
Robert Pfeifer -
Review from Danielle T.
Chandler, AZ
8/22/2011
I've had Grimaldi's saved in my bookmarks for awhile, and this Saturday I found an excuse to go. Family dinner night! I was in charge of figuring out where to eat and since we were all craving pizza and my mom was paying, I chose this place. By the end of the night, most of my family was a little ticked off at me for my choice.
I was super excited to try this place based on the reviews, and I am really sad that it did not live up to my expectations. I was literally expecting some of the best pizza I have ever had in my life. We come in around 7pm and its busy but we still manage to get a table right away. None of us order drinks because I think we all looked at the price of the pizza and figured this was going to be pretty expensive. We decided on two small pizzas: one half pepperoni (for my sister) and half mushroom, the other with the sweet roasted red peppers.
The service was a little strange. Our waiter didn't make eye contact all night. He looked at other tables, at his paper, or down at the floor when he talked to us. Was there something on our faces? I don't know, but it was really odd. The guy that delivered the pizzas to our table was nice though, and he served us all our first slice. I thought that was a nice touch. He was also very willing to get us new plates right away when the ones at our table were dirty.
The pizzas did not take long to come out, but I was a little surprised by them when they did. I literally couldn't tell the pepperoni or the red peppers from the sauce. The pepperonis were the tiniest I have ever seen. I didn't get any feedback from my sister or my husband on whether or not these were any good, so I am assuming they were either ok, or kind of boring. The mushrooms were flavorless and really thin. I think on my slice of pizza there were four mushrooms. Sad day, I love mushrooms. I am a little bit bothered by the fact that they still charge you $2 per topping even if you only get it on half of the pizza. Considering as well the toppings were tiny and hard to see. The red peppers were even more of a let down. $4 for that option as a topping. They were flavorless as well. And again, really sparse. The pizzas in general were really lacking in the flavor department. I tasted no specific spices, let alone no salt. The cheese was really bland as well. How can you have bland mozzarella? It seemed impossible to me.
So by the end of the meal my whole family was annoyed with me because we could have gone to any other pizza place and gotten 3 times as much pizza for half the price. Two small pizzas with essentially two (marginal) toppings cost $40. No drinks, no wine, no salad, no desert. My mom didn't say it, but she wasn't happy either, since she paid. Sorry mom, but don't worry I wont make that mistake again. -
Review from Michael M.
Mesa, AZ
9/13/2011
I have tried the other well known Pizza places featured on the Food Network and local magazines and still Grimaldi's makes the BEST PIZZA HANDS DOWN! The Pizzas are consistent and so delicious, also the service has been great. Another thing they have shown that means a lot is there attentiveness to customers.
After going there my first couple of times, I noticed the slices being poorly cut/uneven in size. Maybe its my OCD?, but I mentioned it to the manager and she took notice and since then every pizza has been sliced to perfection. I really appreciate a place that makes great food and respects opinions by customers.
I have been happily fulfilling my pizza graving every sunday. I am definitely hooked on there Pizza! -
Review from Theresa S.
Queen Creek, AZ
3/3/2011
I went to Grimaldi's for the first time last night with a large party.
The service was lackluster. I'm not sure if our waiter was overworked, having a bad day, or what... I got there after most of our party and he immediately asked what I wanted to drink. I asked what kind of beer they had on tap and instead of telling me, he pointed at a book on the other end of the table and said the list was inside it. He then said he'd be right back to take my order. When I opened the drink menu, there was only like 5 or 6 beers on tap so why did I have to go to the other end of the table to get the menu instead of him just telling me what my options were? Then, there is the fact that he didn't come back for over 10 minutes to take my drink order.
The pizza. I don't know what to say about it after reading the glowing reviews of their pizza. I, for one, wasn't impressed. We ordered four pizzas and I tried two of them. The cheese on all four didn't appear to be fully melted - it had a cottage cheese-like consistency. The toppings were sparse and small... the smallest pepperoni I've ever seen on a pizza! Sauce was good. The crust was decent - it didn't blow me away, but it was good.
Based on the reviews, maybe it was just a bad night for the waiter AND the cook. I'll try it again, but if the experience is the same, I won't be back.
3-1/2 stars. -
Review from Jerod M.
Maricopa, AZ
this is by far my favorite pizza restaurant. We have never once had a bad experience here, and the food is always amazing. They do have a full bar, with a tv in that area. The outdoor seating is very nice and overlooks a man-made pond. The service is always very quick, and the pizza tastes amazingly fresh. We have been here 10+ times and absolutly love it. If you want my suggestion for a topping, try the meatball. We normally do Meatball, peppers, onions....its literally perfect, the sprinkle some of the garlic powder on it (you have to ask for the garlic powder)
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Review from Britni J.
Chandler, AZ
8/30/2011
Pizza isn't half bad....but it's way overrated, and overpriced. If I want good pizza there are plenty of places I would think to go before Grimaldi's.
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Review from Tim S.
5/21/2011
I am one step closer to completing my goal. I want to visit every Grimaldis in the US before I die. After tonights visit to this one, I have most of AZ taken care of.
We decided to come here because we had never been to this one. We arrived and were seated right away. Surprisingly this one wasn't crowded at all and that was fine by us.
We got a small caesar salad, a small pepperoni and garlic, and a personal white pizza with roasted red peppers. A few minutes later we got our salad. It was really good. Just enough dressing, lots of cheese and croutons. It was a good starter. A few minutes after that, our pizza came out. If you have read my other reviews, you will know that I think Grimaldis is the best.....this pizza was no different. I really liked the white with roasted red peppers. Everything was delicious and even though there was some doubt we could finish off 2 pizzas, I turned on my inner fat boy, and finished off all the pizza. It was tough, but someone had to do it....little kids are starving in Africa somewhere....lll be damned if I'm going to waste some slices of this amazing pizza. Down the hatch it went....my stomach doesn't like me right now because its so full, but he will forgive me once he doesn't get any of this delicatessen back in San Diego LOL.Listed in: Arizona, Greatest Pizzas in the US
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Review from Leanne S.
11/14/2010 1 Check-in Here
If you're not into waiting for 4 hours at the Phoenix pizza hot spot (you know which one I mean) Patsy Grimaldi's will definitely satisfy any pizza lover.
Portions are quite large so consider sharing. The salads are also excellent and don't get me started on the wine list...
Love Patsy Grimaldi's :) -
Review from Alberto G.
North Hollywood, CA
8/30/2011
Love this place!!! I've been to the original in Brooklyn quite a few times and Grimaldi's is a favorite of mine. I happened to be in Arizona over the weekend and went to this version of Grimaldi's and it was just as good as the original in Brooklyn... for quality pizza you'll definitely have to check this place out, its awesome!!!
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Review from SCOTT T.
3/24/2011
took LEANNE S's advice and decided not to wait 4 hours (literally, we showed a little after 5 pm and the hostess told us not before 9 pm) at the PHOENIX pizza hot spot. turns out she was right -- this place definitely satisfied.
PATSY GRIMALDI's is very old school. the FRANK SINATRA photos behind the hostess desk and OLD BLUE-EYES crooning on the sound system were a dead giveaway ...
their coal-fired oven produces an excellent crust, from a technical perspective probably the best i've ever eaten -- thin, crispy and perfectly cooked.
the sauce ("raw" style alert in case you're overly partial to the long, slow simmered variety) goes on top. this is not a style for fans of bloated, soggy (super-sized) pizza piled high with toppings and big, greasy blobs of cheese.
two personal pizzas fed four with some left over. service was attentive. if you're a pizza minimalist (like me), i haven't found anybody that does it better. -
Review from A M.
8/12/2011
We've been to this Grimaldi's on three separate occasions now, and each experience has been worse- I don't know that we'll go back. If we crave their pizza, we'll order take-out.
On the last two occasions (nearly a year apart), the service has been so terrible we've debated just asking for our cheque and leaving. Most recently, it took over 75 minutes to order and receive our 2 pizzas. Unacceptable. Our waitress was nowhere to be found, and the manager speed-walked past our table, asking how we were doing, replying fine to herself, without even stopping or returning. Ridiculous!
I've found the pizza less desirable each time as well. The first visit was delicious- super crispy, fresh toppings, yum. The second visit was pretty good, but the cheese wasn't melted in many spots over the pizza. This last visit was very "meh"- crust was burnt to a crisp in a number of places, and there were pieces of the pizza that had almost no toppings on them, while other pieces were slathered in toppings. Pesto sauce was tasty, but the white sauce had no taste to it all.
I doubt we'll return. -
Review from Michael B.
Scottsdale, AZ
5/2/2011 1 Check-in Here
Even though it is a chain, it doesn't taste like it. Great pizza and a nice atmosphere here. The patio is superb.
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Review from Scott J.
Phoenix, AZ
6/20/2010 1 photo
Excellent pizza! It lives up to the hype! To rank my top 3 pizzerias in the PHX metro area is as follows: 1) Grimaldis 2) Rosatis 3) NYPD (actually- just as good as Rosatis, IMO, just differently made and I like them for different reasons. Cibo & Pizzeria Bianco are tied for 4th in my book.
The dough at Grimaldis is excellent. Airy and crispy and not burnt on the bottom. Cheese is really tasty and is laid down as thin slices, not shredded like most pizza places. The pepperoni and sausage were very flavorful and juicy. The sauce was not too sweet nor tart. Perfect balance. Too bad this place is soo far away or I'd visit more often.
Service was great and you can't leave without trying their famous canolis at the end. Came across these bad boys at a wedding convention and was sold. Even better straight from the restaurant.
A+. I will be back. You can keep your 3 hour wait at Bianco. -
Review from Lynn W.
11/28/2009 ROTD 8/31/2010
Friday night is pizza night at our house. We just moved to Chandler so we are now exploring all the new places we have to eat and we has seen Grimaldi's earlier that day and decided to go back and give them a try. We were greeted and seated promptly near the kitchen so my daughter could watch them making the pizza. It was busy and the pizza looked amazing. It's just pizza and salad on the menu. I always say find something and do it well......and Grimaldi's has done just that. We started with a Cesear salad and I must say, it was the best Ceasear I have had in years. The lettuce was nice and fresh, lots of croutons and parmesean.......excellent! I could not wait for the pizza....and it was everything I expected. A beautiful thin crust with a wonderful consistency and flavor. Devine. Heaven. Delicioso! I'm so glad we live close by.
The food is great but I want to talk about the staff for a moment. I observed the manager running a very tight ship. She was in and out of the kitchen keeping on eye on the staff and making sure people were doing what they should be doing and what needed to be done. Before we left, my daughter needed to use the restroom. I could hear someone talking on their phone in the restroom. The manager walked in and waiting for someone to get out of the stall.....it was the young hostess. The manager told her to get off the phone and get back to work. This is the first time I have ever witnessed something like that in a restaurant. And good for that manager!! The young hostess was probably 18 or so. Work ethic is so sadly lacking in a lot of teenagers today. This manager was on the ball and I'm sure that's part of what makes this a great place! -
Review from Julie M.
Chandler, AZ
7/10/2011
Great Pizza. The salad is good too but the pizza is better. I gave it four stars because I think it is a bit over priced for pizza but its definitely good.
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Review from Kiarash Z.
Lima, OH
1/10/2008
After getting over the sticker shock (and I wasn't paying), I sipped on water and chatted with my cousin for what seemed like an hour.
He wisely ordered a salad, which held us over as the sun set, the seasons changed and my nephew made his way through elementary school.
The Caesar salad had the perfect amount of dressing, quality lettuce and fresh-ground pepper. A small order was enough appetizer for two guys.
The pizza finally arrived, and it was fantastic. We ordered a large white pizza with pepperoni, sun dried tomatoes, onions and sausage. The toppings were perfect, and the crust was divine. Grimaldi's only uses fresh ingredients, and it makes a world of flavor difference.
One factor that annoyed me but pleased my cousin was the constant interruptions by the waitstaff.
"More water?"
"Everything OK?"
"Anything else?"
"How's that pizza working out for you?"
How's the pizza working out for me? The hell?
If you see my water empty, fill it. If I'm not complaining, everything's fine. You can ask me once about that. Don't cut off my dinner conversation with a repetitive interview.
My advice: Call ahead and order your delicious pizza. You can skip the wait, avoid the waitstaff and save some bucks on tip. -
Review from Kevin M.
Chandler, AZ
7/25/2011
They have my favorite pizza around. Thin, with fresh quality ingredients. The cannolis are also top notch. I usually order pick up but have eaten at the location. Service is always friendly and prompt.
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Review from Patrick G.
Redwood City, CA
12/19/2009
Food, food, food. Having lived in Brooklyn Heights a couple of blocks away from the original Patsy's under the Brooklyn Bridge, I bring a pretty accurate ruler to measure the worth of this pizza joint.
Ain't America great? Who could have guessed that some of the family would move out to the Phoenix area and manage to bring the pizza magic with them?
While visiting today we went and had great pizza, great Caesar salad, great beer on tap. The pizza crust is really the secret - they make it perfectly thin and tasty. The toppings are highest quality as well. We had a plain, which is great, and a pepperoni and mushroom, which was even better. The salad was surprisingly tasty. No little fishies observed, but that is OK with me. I had the Fat Tire on tap - get it when you can - perfect with pizza.
My compatriots had a slice of cheesecake (huge and delicious), and a tiramisu (not really my thing, but they swore it was great).
Patsy's, I mean Grimaldi's, is worth the drive. I eat here whenever I come to Phoenix. Yum. -
Review from Richard Z.
Aliso Viejo, CA
2/13/2009
Look. If you like only Chicago style pizza, don't go here. Also, you're a moron. Also, the Cubs will never win the world series and the Bears eat a dick.
For the rest of us, this pizza is absolutely sublime. Things that set it apart: the coal brick-oven makes the crust perfectly crispy on the outside and bready on the inside. The crust is hand-tossed, not too thin but certainly not too thick. The sauce actually looks like it's made from real tomatoes, not tomato paste. The mozzarella cheese is actually real mozzarella cheese, not part-skim junk. The pepperonis are small and crispy around the edges. This is what it's all about.
They have a magnificent pesto pizza and decent salads. The cannoli is brilliant. But what I suggest, humbly, to you is to take a friend or two to your nearest Grimaldi's and enjoy the best (except Pizzeria Bianco, which isn't a fair comparison) pizza you can buy in the city. Plus, they have a more-than-respectable bar.
One other thing: you New Yorkers can kiss my ass too, because I know you think your city's the shit also. Well it isn't. -
Review from WeWho E.
Phoenix, AZ
9/12/2010 1 Check-in Here
Well I have to say I was very impressed with this establishment. Well run, nice staff, great new york style pizza. Very good quality ingredients and very tasty sause. All their pizzas come in your choice of three different sauce styles (regular, white and pesto). Not sure that I can say whether I like it better than florencia's, its just different. But if you're into new york style pizza I've yet to find a better spot in phoenix.
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Review from Lisa N.
Stevenson Ranch, CA
2/11/2008 5 photos
Perfect pizza! We practically had the place to ourselves so our service was attentive and efficient.
If you like the chain places that make their pizzas in a kicked-up Easy Bake Oven with a conveyor belt, this place may not be for you.
The pizza and house salad were made with high-quality, fresh ingredients and I thought reasonably priced. Pizzas are priced similary, if not less than the chain places, and is a million-percent better.
The small salad ($5) was a good size for 2 and included crisp romaine, mushrooms, red onions, terrific roasted red peppers and we added fresh mozarella for an additional $2. The mozarella was so tasty!
We ordered the 16 inch cheese pizza which was $13. It was the best pizza I have every had, and I have eaten alot of pizza! Thin crust was crunchy, but still a little chewy, the crushed tomatoes they used for sauce had a very nice tomato flavor, and we had 2 bubbles, which I've found you can only get at places that are cooking their pizza at high temperatures.
The menu said they are opening a new location soon in Gilbert.
I'll definitely be back whenever I'm in the area. If I could have, I would have eaten there twice while I was there! -
Review from Erin M.
Chandler, AZ
7/8/2009
Great pizza, weird menu set up. I would have though that a pizzeria would have their own little creative pizzas, but they dont. They give you a 8 1/2 by 22 inch menu that has plain pizza sizes and prices then toppings below that are $2 each , salads , sodas, desserts. We ordered a small pepporoni with ricotta cheese, DEEELICIOUS!!!
Our waitress, very blah. I'm in the bar industry and i dont know if she was having a bad day or just hated her job but she def. wasn't attentative as she should have been. I had a cranberry juice and a water and both were empty most the time, she never refilled my drinks, I had to ask the busser to do it and it happily did it. Also, I noticed she delieved pizzas to her other tables and put a piece of pizza on each persons plates at the tables but ours....no big deal but again, strange. She also never made eye contact when talking to us, which I found odd.. I'll probably go to the straight to the bar next time, or get pizza to go.
A Plus, Tuesdays are 1/2 off wines! I went on a Tuesday but unfortunantly for me I was taking the day off from drinking lol. -
Review from Joshua M.
Canyon Lake, CA
4/3/2010 1 Check-in Here
Summary: Delicious New York style (super thin crust) pizza at a decent price.
The Food: Delicious Pizza. Thin Crust. Gourmet toppings. FRESH mozzarella. Cheese quality is a huge determining factor when assessing good pizza; their cheese is amazingly fresh and delicious.
The Atmosphere: Beautiful restaurant with a great water-bridged patio. Eat outside.
The Staff: Our waiter was kind of a tool. He was friendly enough, but left stacks of dirty plates on our table, left our drinks empty for long periods of time, and relied on his fellow servers to run all of his food. However, everyone else was quite helpful and friendly. -
Review from Johnny S.
Mesa, AZ
1/10/2010
I've heard good and bad about Grimaldis, but I love all styles of pizza so I had to try it. If you are looking for good brick oven pizza, Patsy Grimaldi's is a nice choice. This is a nice joint with a relaxing atmosphere and good service, but I still much prefer the other NY style pizza joint La Piazza al Forno.
Don't get me wrong, Grimaldi's is good and we will definitely go there again, but the menu is limited in comparison. Grimaldi's only offers salads and pizza.
We had the Caesar Salad, which was excellent! Very fresh lettuce and the parmesan cheese was delicious. Easily among the best caesar salads I've ever had and reasonably priced. My wife and I shared the small and there was plenty.
We then ordered a large Italian Sausage / Pepperoni. This was a very good quality pizza with fresh ingredients. Perfectly cooked! I found the pepperoni to be quite different as they were sweeter than most and very small in diameter.
We also ordered the white pizza, which is mozzarella, garlic, basil, oil and absolutely delicious. Again though we prefer the La Piazza's take on the white pizza, but this was also very good.
Also you must try the NY Cheesecake, awesome.
Oh and to the douchebags who go out of their way to talk trash about Chicago and Chicago pizza, go fuck yourself. -
Review from Ruben A.
Chula Vista, CA
2/21/2011 4 Check-ins Here
Almost as good as the New york location. Wish we could have one in San Diego.
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Review from Aaron L.
1/12/2010 2 Check-ins Here
I think the pizza here is some of the best I've had, and I ate a lot of pizza in Italy too. Grimaldi's could use a small price adjustment. I would go there far more often if they were 15-20% lower on the price. They'd still be more expensive then the normal NYPD and such but it would be worth the cost... as it is right now, I eat there once every 6 months since it is expensive for pizza.
Picazzo's is of similar quality and price (except when you use http://Restaurant.com certificates it is a better price). Grimaldi's is closer so I go here more often. -
Review from Brian S.
Gilbert, AZ
2/6/2010
Great pizza but service was well below average. With only two other tables active in the restaurant, you would think that the service would have been much better. Seemed like we were inconveniencing the staff by being there. We arrived at about 2:30 and waited to be seated for about 5 minutes before being taken to our table. We sat there for another 10 minutes before our order was taken. We received our drinks soon after and wouldn't se a refill until after our food was completely gone and the bus boy had taken all of our dishes away. At that point, the server asked if we wanted desert and mumbled something about padding his tip before dropping the bill off.
This was my first experience at this restaurant and I have to say that it didn't live up to the expectations. For the money, $30 for a pizza three drinks and tip, I could have had much better service and equally as good pizza at NYPD or Bell Italia. You will not find me visiting this restaurant in the near future. -
Review from Evan B.
2/10/2010 3 photos
It's pizza, decent pizza NY style in a coal fired oven. Why must this always be a fancy, pricey meal outside of NY?
The pizza is thin, the crust has a bit of a crispness to it. The cheese is well melted and right at the edge where the fats start to separate from the cheese. The options for toppings is vast, and they are also a way to quickly make your pizza pricier than frois grois stuffed Kobe fillet. Keep this in mind, you may be better off ordering a speciality pie than adding garlic, ricotta and tomatoes to your standard pie unless you like to spend 20+ for a thin large pizza that can marginally feed 3.
As with any upscale pizza experience they offer a wide selection of marked up wines.
The service and atmosphere is decent with a small lake out back that also has a view of a main road.
I would like this place more if the prices were more in line with the product. -
Review from Bob L.
Chandler, AZ
10/28/2010
Crust is the best part. Toppings are minimal. Sauce is bland with very little flavor. Nothing like good NY pie.
