Pepe's Italian Restaurant

We (my fiancé & I) went out for dinner & it was our first time here. We started off with a pitcher of Sangria Red, & appetizer was fried Calamari was golden & delicious, was a large portion. The bread was soft & fresh accompanied with dipping oil which is very flavourful. For dinner she had Putanesca & I had
Seafood Diablo. The food came out pipping hot ? (temp), very tasty, and the portion size is big. We were full with some to go home for leftovers. We got a Lemoncello triple layer cake for dessert to go. The service was awesome Jaclyn (hope I spelled it right) our waitress was very tentative & polite. The atmosphere is great. I can say enough about the food portions are well worth it, the food is very tasty & piping hot!!! We will definitely be coming back!!
Definitely 5 Star!!! Thank you for the awesome experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Italian

Went with party of 8. Eggplant stacker appetizer was excellent as well as the pizzas we ordered.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari, Buffalo Chicken Pizza, Italian, Potato Pizza, Italian Pizza

We were all very disappointed. One of the worst dining experiences I've ever had. I do not recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! ? Listen to all the bad reviews and please do not go here! When we entered the restaurant looked so unclean, I lost my appetite. There are probably roaches with how dirty is…. silverware and tablecloth both had some mysterious, brown stains. ? The staff were all so racist to us and rude. If I could give this restaurant a negative star rating I would but since I can’t, I give it a 1 out of 5. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

This is the WORST restaurant in Worcester!!! Please do NOT go here - they are SO RACIST. in addition to this, the service was awful and the food was overly salty. We waited over an hour for our food and the servers rolled their eyes.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Italian

went here for lunch, i got the carbonara and it was terrible. it had no flavor and the noodles were undercooked. i told the waiter i didn't like it and he said "have you never had carbonara? did you think it was different?" i said yeah i just don't like it he says "this is real carbonara straight from italy" and said he could not take it off the bill. i told him it was okay i just wouldn't eat it, and then he comes back later on and offers a pizza instead which i agreed too. the pizza was pretty good but he still charged me for the pasta which was more expensive than the pizza. when it came time for the bill, we just wanted to split it two ways, he agrees and then comes back with one bill saying he couldn't split it but can do it with two cards. he comes back and my friend tells him what to put on what card and he laughs and says "guys i know" then says to "figure it out ourselves because of the tax", we ended up just having to put it on one card. i will say they have very good portions but other than that the service was bad and food wasn't that great. wouldn't return here.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

No garlic bread no piccata salad dressing was terrible only two options rude service

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Veal Parmesan

Ordered the $22 Rocky Pizza and it came with no toppings. Only a bit of cheese on very undercooked bread. What kind of place sends this out? The other Dominic Pizza I ordered was also missing ricotta cheese. Terrible.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Excellent food great taste

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Good eggplant and pizza

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They made it right! I ordered Chicken Marsala. When delivered, the person stated both mine and my husband’s meals: Chicken Alfredo and Chicken Marsala. I thought immediately my was not the usually Chicken Marsala even mentioned it to my husband. But never been to the restaurant before I started to eat it and the dish was very good. Half way through the meal, who I believe was a manager or owner came to the table asking how things were. We said very good. And I mentioned by meal was not like other Marsalas I had before. He looked at it and said that it’s Piccata not Marsala! Without me even saying more he said I’ll made a new dish for you ! Shortly after, a fresh full portion of chicken Marsala was delivered!! And it was delicious!!! He apologized if the error and without question made things right. We’re from RI and if back in Worcester would definitely go back to Pepe’s!!! Thank you. ps and yes the waitress wrote down the correct meal of chicken Marsala! And the chicken was definitely fresh and tender.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Marsala, Italian

I read some bad reviews before eating at this restaurant which almost caused us not to go. Went to Pepe's as a party of 6. 4 adults 2 kids. We had a great experience, everyone's meal was fantastic. Portion sizes were good and prices decent. We all left happy we decided on this location for our dinner. We will certainly be back!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I'm puzzled as to how the owners are able to afford to stay open. No one was there as we walked in on a Thursday evening at 6:30. While we dined, two other tables of two came in, that's it. We got the calamari, it was lacking flavor. We also got the mozzarella sticks, they were your basic frozen ones, I thought maybe they would make their own but I was wrong. Then we got a calzone and the dough was just not good. We took it home but no one ate it. We got one dessert and it was good but it was bought, not a home made dessert. I've had their pizza before but its hit or miss - lack of consistency has been many a restaurant's demise. Its too bad because its a good location and they have parking, which is rare for Shrewsbury Street. The interior of the restaurant was pretty bare, lacking decor and class. It was an all around disappointing evening.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Servers were great, pizza is delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We come from Leominster for Pepe’s food and service, it is that amazing. We recently picked up pizza and brought it back to Leominster. We accidentally received the wrong order and called to notify them. They personally went out of their way to make sure we got the correct order. The owner and service here are 5 stars!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5