Zella's Pizzeria & Italian
9360 US-441, Ocala
(352) 203-4955
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Staff is extremely friendly. I tried the pizza. It was pretty good, but had a lot of sauce on it. Garlic parm crust taste like it had a little bit in it, but not a lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
pizza was great but this guy named Zach I really hope he changes his attitude that isnt a way a manager in training should carry himself if he keeps this up I’ll have to come back and slap some sense into him
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Their pizza is the BEST pizza I have had in a very long time. Absolutely delicious! Service was outstanding also. Thank you!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was great and our waitress was very accommodating for our group! The eating area was not what we were expecting, it's small. Overall, we would eat there again, just as take-out!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread
Our first time here and we just grabbed appetizers pepperoni rolls, mozzarella sticks X2 and onion petals everything was delicious we're definitely coming back to sample the menu
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mozzarella Sticks
Native NY-er and self-proclaimed pizza snob here. Since moving to FL 6 years ago I’ve been on the hunt for decent pizza and after trying all the “New York style” pizza joints I came upon, as well as restaurant versions of pizza, I gave up my search. I resigned myself to the fact that food will never compare to what I grew up on, and despite the constant Friday crave, I rarely bother with pizza anymore.
Well, I’m happy to report the pizza drought is over. I ran into someone from Jersey and I asked the quintessential question: have you ever had a good pizza in Central Florida? To my surprise he said Yes, at Zella’s.
So we hopped in the car and drove 40 minutes to try just one more pizza.
Walking in to the tiny store we looked at each other and said, Well, if it isn’t good then we just won’t come back.
I’m here to say—and I couldn’t wait to post this—that our low expectations were more than exceeded. We were greeted and served by the nicest lady, Angel, who made us feel welcome and appreciated. The menu had quite a few options for toppings including fresh garlic which seems to be a rarity these days. The hyped up, high-priced NY pizza joint in St. Augustine’s didn’t even have garlic powder let alone actual garlic as a topping. Another place we recently visited failed to put any garlic at all on the pie and wouldn’t even reverse the $2.50 charge because “the chef remembers putting it on.”
Ok, back to Zella’s: we each got a personal pizza to start small (since we had our doubts). Hubby had the specialty garlic and herb crust with mushroom & garlic toppings, I had the regular crust with basil.
To say the pizza was delicious would be an understatement. They were both cooked to perfection, the sauce was seasoned just right with evidence of real plum tomatoes, the cheese was abundant and stringy, and above all the oil was exactly what we’d hoped for. It all came together in the closest to NY as you’ll find in Central Florida. We will be back! And if you haven’t tried Zella’s yet, please do. You’ll thank me later!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Probably the worst pizza we've had in Ocala/Belleview. Not worth the money. Giant pizza but unfortunately that means a lot of wasted food.
Food: 1
Recommended dishes: Mozzarella Sticks, New York Style Cheese Pizza
That little sign that says the Bronx… weights a lot when it comes to comparing FL pizza to NY style 🍕… I tried their cheese 🧀 🍕 with extra cheese 🧀 and it was amazing… I was NOT disappointed!!! great wings too!!! Thank you
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Have gone there 10-12 times for pizza or sandwiches. Garlic nots are very good. Pizza never consistent, joined vip, never got $ bonus deducted from bill, expensive, a lot of lip service but the vip was supposed to save you a buck every once in awhile they promote it but after 10 large pizzas I asked about my points they said I had none... $25.00 for large pizza is way too much as it's always a different quality... no consistency... so I have officially given up..
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
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10 Garlic Parm Wings, all flats and 1 large NY style pepperoni pizza - super damn good and their garlic crust and ranch dip bangs. Worth the price!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Greasy and no flavor. For a mom and pop place that claims to be Italian, Is in fact not the case. I guess I have to stay with the big chains till I trust I wont waste my money on trying a new place like I did today.
My husband said the calzone was the best he's had in years. The pizza was great too
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was insanely good tonight. We eat here all the time and never have had a bad experience. Definitely recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The pizza was so so delicious and the staff were very kind. ❤️
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