Carini's Pizzeria & Restaurant

Best pizza in Wallingford by a long shot

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Id give zero stars after our visit more than a few years ago if I could. We did not get the pizza we ordered. Server was afraid to tell the cook. We convinced her to.

she came back and said the cook said we ordered a pizza and we got a pizza. There were loads of flies in restaurant. Server went around trying to kill them. A/c wasn't working. We couldn't wait to leave. We had to ask to have the pizza taken off of our bill since it was the wrong one and were given a hard time. We will never go back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food is.delicious. Pizza is New York style.
I have been getting pizza here for 30 years. Food has been great the entire time.

If I could give this place a negative review, I would. Visited for the first time to get 2 Italian subs with roasted reds, mayo, oil and vinegar. The lettuce N tomato should be included in the price due to the menu. Came out to 42$. Like how? I asked this and was given the answer that it was 6$ to add each additional toppings to the grinders. At first, I was okay with the price because we also ordered a small cheese pizza. After being rung up and waiting for the pizza at the counter. The gentleman who rang me out asked why I was standing their and I replied with, "waiting on the pizza we ordered," he responded with, "I didn't ring you up for that"! So 42$ wasn't enough. Then, I was charged an additional 10$. Very basic food didn't taste that great, and service was horrid. I'd never return this establishment again. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME! Also, the bread wasn't worth it. Should've went else where!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Cold Italian Combo Grinder

My family loved it. Generous toppings and fresh veggies.

best pizza in Wallingford hands down!!

Highly recommend

Parking: Good

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Great pizza!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome Carinnis special!!!

Beware of any reviews pre-pandemic. Sadly, this used to be a great hidden gem (I would always make a point of dropping in whenever I was driving through the area). The dine-in fare used to be great. Now, it's just another takeout pizza joint.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

Good Italian comfort food. Lovely folks who own it.

I can't say enough great things about this place. Friendly staff, fresh food, and in my opinion, the best red sauce I've ever had. You can't go wrong with this menu. This will always be my wife and I's favorite spot to eat. Covid unfortunately forced them to go fully take out, and we'll miss sitting down and chatting with the friendly staff, but man is this place worth the call and drive. We love Carini's and we wish them all the success.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered 2 small pizzas (a bacon and onion pizza and a Carini's special sub onion for pineapple) along with a mozzarella fritta. We were charged $2 to remove a topping off a pizza, which is very strange (and charged another $2 to add pineapple, which I figured). I know this because when I called to confirm, I was told I was charged $20.95 for the special - $4 more than menu price and the orher things we ordered were the same price as the menu. Food was good, but sharing this for anyone else to be warned about.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great people family owned and operated food is excellent.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Calzone was decent. tho I ordered a small one and they gave me a large.