Jon & Vinny's Slauson

Food is good, but the prices and portions are not (AAA card for comparison). Came here with a friend driving by and followed the strong, delicious smell of garlic coming from the location.

The menu looked good, so we ordered garlic bread, pasta, and pizza. The garlic bread was $5 and was literally a slice of bread (forgot to take a pciture). The pasta was $27 for a small portion, barely enough for a person. The pizza was $25 for a personal sized pizza. I'll admit both were good, but the high prices and small portions outweighed the taste.

Service was good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Superb pasta, beet salad was excellent. Pizza had a thin, crisp crust with a nice wood char and smokey flavor. They have an excellent wine selection. The atmosphere is casual. My food reviews are relative to others in a class... a hole in the wall 5-star review is not the same as my Michellin 5-star review.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Came in around 8:30pm today and the young lady at the front desk was rude.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The cashier and table service is nice. Once you make an entrance to the place. I order a pizza with just cheese. Extra crisp... the pizza itself is not so good. I still ate only because I spent 20 dollars on a kids pizza. Overall I don't think this place is so well when it comes to pizza. Did not like the food. Experience with the service is smooth.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

To be honest I had low expectations for this place, partially because of all the reviews on here. However, this place blew me away. The Gem salad was light and refreshing with just the right amount of kick. The ricotta on toast was just out of this world. Probably my favorite. We saved a piece to eat as our dessert. The Roman Gladiator pizza was delicious- no flop. And I also got the wood grilled chicken (breast). Too much olives on the chicken for my taste but the tomatoes on the side were like candy. I wish I asked for more tomatoes. The spicy fusilli was the most overhyped and underwhelming thing. It’s ok and tastes fine but not $24 worth.

They comped us on our ricotta for a drink spill on the table and the waitress was nice. They’ve also taken away the 18% charge on the bill so that was a nice surprise.

I’ll be back for sure.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Gem Lettuce

Consistently delicious and the servers and hosts are so sweet. For brunch, soft scramble eggs are delish. For dinner, pizza over pasta would be my recommendation. Salads are always delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Really nice bathrooms

Very salty food

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

It used to be our favorite pizza place in LA. We used to have their Margherita almost once a week - it reminded me of my grandmas pizza, it was perfect. A couple of months ago they decided to add garlic to the sauce, change the cheese and they started intentionally burning/overcooking pizzas to make them more rigid. They were able to turn a masterpiece into a below average pizza..

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

Good but pricey.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Margherita Pizza

A wonderful and delicious restaurant and the service is excellent. I recommend trying

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

walked-in friday afternoon for 4 people and by the hosts reaction, you can tell that if we would have walked-in a little later in the night without reservations it would have been a problem so i recommend making reservations.
the booth table is super small for 4 people, theres not much room for food. eventhough theres a plenty of servers walking past you, we had to make an effort getting their attention for something we need. as for the food, the pasta is great - i enjoyed the corn agnolotti, it was different and surpring for the taste buds; the spicy fusilli had the perfect spice and texture. the pizza was not much different to any other oven-fired pizza out there. the shaved zucchini salad was mostly arugula with a sprinkle of everything in the description. and they couldnt even pull out the yellowing/browning arugula. it just stood out in all the greens.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

People will never understand the run Jon & Vinny's had from 2015-2019. You really had to be there. Oddly reminiscent of a Prime Tim Duncan. Sure, you can go back and watch highlights, but you won't really get it. "So he was just hitting bank shots and grabbing rebounds??" *Old head hits cig*

I felt like 20% of Snapchat stories on my feed were of the iconic Jon & Vinny's green logo pizza box or the spicy fusili pasta. I never actually went because it was hard to get a res at the Fairfax location, and because at some point I can't feed into the hype like that. I am my own man.

All this to say, when big bro and I were deliberating where to eat and my 4th suggestion was given a "ehhhhhhhhh," he said "what about Jon & Vinny's?" Yes. It was time to pop my J&V cherry.

I pulled into the parking lot off Slauson and parked my Toyota Rav4, which could easily be mistaken for a Range Rover, next to a bright green Lexus wrapped in Jon & Vinnys "Pizza" font. Interesting.

I walked in at 1:34pm on a Saturday and was SHOCKED that I was the only one in the place. I was worried that we wouldn't even get a seat when I was on the way, now I was worried they weren't open.

I was walked to a booth past a beautiful open kitchen that included an authentic pizza oven, bar seating, and the shelves lined with green pizza boxes. The interior of Jon and Vinny's reminded me of Sugarfish, and I don't know if I could give a higher compliment. I mf LOVE Sugarfish.

I knew big bro would be late so I ordered an americano to keep my energy levels up, and it was actually quality espresso. Rarely do I sip an americano and do a stank face along with a slow head nod as if to say "damn this is gas!!"

When Big Bro came and started scanning the menu, I could tell he was excited too. The menu is much bigger than I anticipated. We ordered the market lettuce, the lola pizza, and the wood grilled chicken.

The vegetables in the market lettuce were so fresh I felt like they were picked from a local garden, something a prime Erewhon would serve. The Pizza had anchovies on it, but big bro is dating a girl from Amsterdam where anchovies are a big part of the culture. I tried with an open mind and the chovies were actually great. The pizza itself was also cooked PERFECTLY, with a thin crispy crust and no flop. The chicken also blew us away. Woodfire grilled AND IT SHOWED!

We were both in agreement that it was the perfect meal, oddly similar to a Tim Duncan 21 and 11 game. Quality ingredients and quality taste without leaving us stuffed. Jon & Vinny's is BACK.

The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars is because they tried to sneak a tip on top of the 18% service charge that is already added to your bill. That's nasty work. They almost got us too...

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They use fresh, organic and best-quality ingredients and the service is very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love recommendations so when a family member who eats out quite often said we needed to go I brought my appetite. Despite not having reservations we got a table within minutes on a Thursday night. We ordered Wine Flights, Ricotta Crostino, Little Gem Lettuce Salad, Little Nats Pizza, Spicy Fusilli and Cacio E Pepe. Man what a feast and everything was great. The staff was continuously checking on us and of course we had leftovers because there was a lot of food ordered but I had to taste. Definitely 2 thumbs up!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5