Venezia’s New York Style Pizzeria

Used to live in the neighborhood, this place was so great, I missed it after we moved. It’s been a few years since we stopped in, it happened to be on the way home and they have a special for what XL 1 topping for 23.99. I have teenage boys, this is a good deal! Got there and they were pulling them hot out of the oven. Girl up front barely made eye contact with me, didn’t even smile, maybe it was a rough night, I didn’t judge her, I’ve done that job. Got the Pizzas home, barely any cheese on them, and one half of them was cheese alone, it was hard to tell. Half of one was mushrooms, it literally looked like they took half a mushroom, that’s being generous, and sliced the smallest pieces ever and spread it around an entire half. The other Pizza was half bo half pepp, ingredient ratio was decent, still lacking in cheese. Over all the pizza itself was very lacking in flavor, wasn’t appealing to the eye, super skimpy on the ingredients. I had 2 pieces of the mushroom and threw the rest away. The quality seems to be so much more subpar than it used to be. We won’t be coming back anymore, not worth the 12.50 per Pizza I spent. The 1 star is because it was hot. I won’t spend money on food that is just eh.

Let’s start with the fact that when I asked for an itemized receipt because I felt like it was more expensive than usual, the girl told me she «couldn’t give me one». Then our pizza had NO sauce. Literally none. When we asked for it to be remade they girl looked at it and said «oh no, it has sauce, I can tell» and then walked away from us. I’ve been ordering from here for years, but honestly might never eat their food again.

This used to be our go to pizza place (3 or more times a month), but lately the standards have dropped. The pizzas ordered «well done» are soggy messes. The last one we ordered was so bad that it balled up in our hands and the grease soaked through the box. After having to many deliveries like this and disappointing dine in experiences, we called to complain. The manager supervised the cook on our pizza and delivered it to us. Huzzah! Pizza was cooked properly! I added two stars for the prompt fix the on duty manager did. I am a bit scared to order again, as the last five or so experiences were awful. I’ll revisit the review if things get straightened out. They really need to train their people better.

The customer service was pretty spotty when we went to pick up our takeout order. The girl working the counter seemed as though we were bothering her by picking up our food. Pizza wise, it just wasn’t good. We got a simple pepperoni pizza. I really can’t describe it, it just wasn’t very good. Still have yet to find a good pizza place here in AZ

I absolutely hate giving this review because I love this location and the food is amazing, buuuuuut I just don’t understand why you offer a check in deal with Unilocal!and not honor it. There are many people who make dining choices based on these. We were told that sometimes the codes don’t work, but I’ll go ahead and give you a dollar off, when it should have been closer to 10.

After living in Italy, depending on which pizza you get I’d say they are pretty tasty and authentic more like New York style though. Definitely recommend this place to others! Tables usually aren’t cleaned promptly but we always seem to come when its busy so it’s understandable.

I don’t know what is is about this pizza I don’t like but it just a little weird to me… the service is pretty great and delivery is too. If your going to have a party this is your go too with the BIG one!!!

Great pizza and service at a great price. Quality ingredients definitely make this a favorite of our family’s! The sausage has excellent flavor. Try the lasagna or ziti– you won’t regret it! The Caesar salad and buffalo wings are great, too! The fact that they serve China Mist passion tea is the icing on the cake!

Very disappointing. I have been coming to this location since it opened and have enjoyed it very much. The food was always fresh and delicious. Until today .
Had to wait 20 minutes for a slice of cheese pizza. Was told it would be a fresh pie.
But when the pizza came it was cold and old. When I expressed my disappointment he lied to me and said the pizza was fresh.
I have been eating pizza all my life, and the pizza was old.
VERY DISAPPOINTING

Great high quality and delicious pizza here. Price is affordable and service is fast. Thumbs up!!!

As a born & bred New Jersey native, admittedly I am a pizza snob. But this place has it right. New York style; medium-​thin crust, not too crisp, a slightly sweet sauce (and not too much of it sliding all over the pie), good fresh cheese. Very good. I recently upgraded review to 5 stars. after trying lots of pizza places. really nothing is closer to a true east coast pie than Venezia’s.
props, yo.

My order was messed up. They had to remake my order. I was very upset because I had to wait a long time. I left upset because all they said to me was they were sorry. I got home and realized they forgot a pizza I ordered that made me more upset. So I called to let them know and the manager said yes they forgot my pizza but I was upset and just left so he gave me a full refund and my order was over 50 dollars. Thanks for making it up to me and my family. I will be back just because of that.

Love the gluten free pizza. My family has never been disappointed w anything on the menu.

First couple of times we ordered pizza to be delivered it was a solid 3. It can take up to an hour to be delivered causing the pizza to be cold. We ordered 1 topping pizzas because they are a good deal.
Now we order their Specialty Pizza. The Italian Station or the Veggie. Both taste wonderful to me and have come warm. If you want a pizza straight out of the oven recommend not ordering by delivery or picking up on your way home.
Note: Husband states he would only give it 4 stars, however I am the reviewer and give it 5

Whenever we have ordered pizza here, the food is awesome. However, twice in a row now I have had problems with online orders. The first two times I had a super long wait but finally got my order. There were plenty of people working but they didn’t seem to have a system for prepaid take out orders – just one long line for everybody. Tonight I finally asked for a refund after waiting 30 minutes past the time I was quoted online. A guy who said he was a manager told me «5 minutes» (same thing he was saying to most of the crowd waiting for orders). When I asked for the refund they confirmed that my order hadn’t even been started. Went to Little Caesar’s and walked out with 2 pizzas in less than 2 minutes!

Went here for lunch today, lunch specials are great. Pizza is amazing, I would highly recommend!

On my return from work for the last 1.5 years I always end up driving right by this place. After some discussion with my wife last night, we decided to order pizza for carryout. We do not normally go to Venezia’s for pizza. We ordered a large Park Avenue pizza. The pizza was good, but there are other places in Mesa AZ that we believe make pizza a little bit more the way we like it. The pizza we ordered was good though.
As we were talking about this, we kind of both realized that perhaps both of us had been to a Venezia’s pizza before. My wife works in North Scottsdale and remembers going to a Venezia’s for lunch with her colleagues from work. Me, about 1 year ago, when I first started at my current job in NE Mesa, I remember coming to this exact location with my colleagues for lunch, and ordering two slices of Buffalo Chicken Pizza.
Anyway, the pizza was good. It is just that we (my wife and I) know of other places in Mesa where the pizza is more suited to our tastes.

I will not be ordering from this place again. I have been a customer for years. My last order was botched so I called to report and received a credit to use to give this place a chance to redeem itself. I ordered a small sausage pizza, meatballs, garlic bread, a slice of chocolate cake, a chocolate cannoli, and a traditional canolli. And a 2 liter of Pepsi. The Pepsi is the only thing that came in the expected condition.
The pizza was cold.
The traditional cannoli was somehow crushed during transit? How, it boggles the mind.
The meatballs packaging was not put together properly, the lid popped partially off, and everything in the bag was covered in the sauce that spilled.
The garlic bread was dry and cold. Barely any garlic butter on them. A sorry state for garlic bread. But they were smothered in meatball sauce from the spilled meatball sauce as well so…
The chocolate canolli was intact but the filling was melted.
The chocolate cake was crammed into its packaging and when the packaging was opened it stuck to the lid and made a large mess of the cake.
The delivery guy was here at the expected time at least.
But this was the last straw. I don’t like spending my hard earned money for garbage food and garbage service.

We love this place and our food is usually good. On this visit however the boneless wings were gross.
The chicken pieces were mostly hard pieces of deep fried batter. There was also pieces with very little sauce on them.
Won’t be getting those again!

Tried out this place because of the great reviews; however, being from NYC, I was skeptical as to how the slices would match up against my beloved authentic corner pie places in the city. Let me tell you– came pretty darn close!
The pizza was great. We tried the pesto chicken with ricotta and a slice of chicken, spinach, and bacon. The sauce was a little too sweet for my tastes, but it didn’t stop me from finishing it :)
Greek salad was really good as well. I can’t speak to the or pizza places in the area, but I would recommend this one!