While wandering around St. Louis, I found myself around the hill and thought Italian thats what I wanted for dinner. And could I remember the name of the place a friend told me about? "Onesto!" I shouted in my car, and I was off. Onesto is a small Italian place nestled in the Princeton Heights neighborhood; it is completely surrounded by residential houses. While I walked up, I was greeted by a little Sinatra and a smiling hostess. She led me right to a small table by a window, perfect for gazing out into the street. A small plate of garlic knots magically appeared and were just about right, lots of garlic, butter, and salt. Might had scarfed down the whole plate before drinks, and like magic, more appeared. I had the house sangria, which I can't remember what it was, but it was very tasty. Then the waitress took my order. I had the cannelloni, which was stuffed with beef and pork in a tomato cream sauce and topped with mozzarella. It was delicious. It came with an overflowing Caesar salad and more garlic knots. After that wonderful meal, I was too full for dessert and headed home. Overall, great little Italian place, food hit the spot, and the service was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, Salad
Akemi Ensor
We were in the mood for pizza and found Onesto. What an awesome find. The garlic knots are like crack! I could just eat those all day! We had a salad, pizza and the sangria of the day. The salad and pizza were both delicious. The crust had the perfect crunch. The sangria was yummy.We will definitely go again and bring friends and hang out on their patio.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, Salad
Sue Savage
The queen margaritha pizza is awesome. We get the large, eat 1/2 of it there, and take other other 1/2 home for lunch the next day. And the garlic knots are to die for. Everyone is really friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, House Salad
Naomi Roquet
The staff is great! But the owner is a horrible person. He punched one of his employees several times because they were tired of lying about the pasta being made in house and tired of working for him and was quiting.Working in the industry can be tough, but it is because of owners like this that so many people have left and moved on to other careers.DO NOT SUPPORT ABUSE
Robert Morrison
Probably the most authentic pizza place I have been to in St. Louis. When you walk in you have a perfect view of pizza dough being spun and tossed in the air. The seating area has an upscale casual feel too it. There were white table clothes and plenty of windows to let in all the natural light. If you go at the right time you'll catch a perfect sunset while you chow down.You receive complimentary garlic knots while they go over the daily specials. We went for the pomegranate sangria, not hesitating to go for the pitcher. The staff seemed pretty cool, I actually wanted to be all their friends.They offer pretty tasty sounding house favorite pizzas, including true authentic Neapolitan style. We went for pepperoni, Italian sausage, sundried tomatoes, and basil. The sausage really was Italian, not just pork with Italian seasoning on it, and the basil was fresh.We came for the pizza, but couldn't resist a stromboli as well. They make a BBQ sauce in house so we went for the chicken BBQ stromboli. It was a lot of bread, but also generously stuffed on the inside. Besides who goes to a pizzeria not planning on eating lots of bread? So dough it up and try a stromboli with that pizza.I came in with high hopes for this place and I was not disappointed. So next time you're craving pizza consider stopping by and seeing for yourself.*Side note*We were there right before the dinner rush started to show up on a Saturday. It looks like they fill up fast, but they have a cozy front patio with a fire pit if you end up having to wait a minute.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Rubin
Wonderful service and a great ? parm!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Craig E.
Service was fast and waitress was attentive. This was our first time and the weather was wonderful so we sat on the patio. My wife and I enjoyed the garlic knots, toasted ravioli, house salad and meatball sandwich. We plan on returning and would recommend.
Charles O.
This place had amazing food, amazing atmosphere, and great service. What else could you want? We had Anita very nice person great waitress.
Nikki Messenger
We've been here several times and it's always been phenomenal , however this last time around, we were incredibly disappointed! The pizza we usually get with blobs of pesto on the top was basically a runny pesto mess like the whole thing had been doused with pesto oil instead of actual pesto. Not sure of the next time we will be back bc of that.....
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Thomas Zoumaras
A small neighborhood spot. Or server was stellar. We ordered mushroom pizza and mushroom risotto. Both were great.
The portion sizes were great, the arancini had a soft inside and crispy outside and were DELICIOUS! The toasted ravioli were wonderful and my wife couldn't get enough of the meatballs. Our server was fun, informative and attentive! We will definitely be back!!The tiramasu alone is worth a stop!
I tried to call in an order last night for 40 minutes, 9 different attempts. Each time a recording came on saying "due to high call volume we cannot answer your call, please try back in a few min." I drove to the location to try and place an order abd asked why the phone was on recorder. They said when they get busy they turn it off. On a Tuesday night??? I asked about ordering a pizza and was told it would be 45 min to an hour. I declined saying that's why you should take calls for carry out orders or stop serving carry out. Ridiculous!!
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Rich F.
Very good pizza they just seemed to be very short staffed Loved it though. I'll be back for sure
Kate B
I picked up a to go order for a large BBQ chicken and spinach pizza. Happy to report they were super busy on a Saturday night - so make a reservation if you're dining in or be sure to order ahead if you want to pick up around dinner time. Both pizzas were a hit - cheesy, but not too cheesy. Fresh ingredients, still super high quality ingredients (i've noticed other restaurants skimping but not here!) plenty of toppings. I'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
PharmD00
It took a bit longer than I expected for the food to arrive, but it was great. I highly recommend the toasted ravioli.
While wandering around St. Louis, I found myself around the hill and thought Italian thats what I wanted for dinner. And could I remember the name of the place a friend told me about? "Onesto!" I shouted in my car, and I was off. Onesto is a small Italian place nestled in the Princeton Heights neighborhood; it is completely surrounded by residential houses. While I walked up, I was greeted by a little Sinatra and a smiling hostess. She led me right to a small table by a window, perfect for gazing out into the street. A small plate of garlic knots magically appeared and were just about right, lots of garlic, butter, and salt. Might had scarfed down the whole plate before drinks, and like magic, more appeared. I had the house sangria, which I can't remember what it was, but it was very tasty. Then the waitress took my order. I had the cannelloni, which was stuffed with beef and pork in a tomato cream sauce and topped with mozzarella. It was delicious. It came with an overflowing Caesar salad and more garlic knots. After that wonderful meal, I was too full for dessert and headed home. Overall, great little Italian place, food hit the spot, and the service was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, Salad
We were in the mood for pizza and found Onesto. What an awesome find. The garlic knots are like crack! I could just eat those all day! We had a salad, pizza and the sangria of the day. The salad and pizza were both delicious. The crust had the perfect crunch. The sangria was yummy.We will definitely go again and bring friends and hang out on their patio.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, Salad
The queen margaritha pizza is awesome. We get the large, eat 1/2 of it there, and take other other 1/2 home for lunch the next day. And the garlic knots are to die for. Everyone is really friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, House Salad
The staff is great! But the owner is a horrible person. He punched one of his employees several times because they were tired of lying about the pasta being made in house and tired of working for him and was quiting.Working in the industry can be tough, but it is because of owners like this that so many people have left and moved on to other careers.DO NOT SUPPORT ABUSE
Probably the most authentic pizza place I have been to in St. Louis. When you walk in you have a perfect view of pizza dough being spun and tossed in the air. The seating area has an upscale casual feel too it. There were white table clothes and plenty of windows to let in all the natural light. If you go at the right time you'll catch a perfect sunset while you chow down.You receive complimentary garlic knots while they go over the daily specials. We went for the pomegranate sangria, not hesitating to go for the pitcher. The staff seemed pretty cool, I actually wanted to be all their friends.They offer pretty tasty sounding house favorite pizzas, including true authentic Neapolitan style. We went for pepperoni, Italian sausage, sundried tomatoes, and basil. The sausage really was Italian, not just pork with Italian seasoning on it, and the basil was fresh.We came for the pizza, but couldn't resist a stromboli as well. They make a BBQ sauce in house so we went for the chicken BBQ stromboli. It was a lot of bread, but also generously stuffed on the inside. Besides who goes to a pizzeria not planning on eating lots of bread? So dough it up and try a stromboli with that pizza.I came in with high hopes for this place and I was not disappointed. So next time you're craving pizza consider stopping by and seeing for yourself.*Side note*We were there right before the dinner rush started to show up on a Saturday. It looks like they fill up fast, but they have a cozy front patio with a fire pit if you end up having to wait a minute.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful service and a great ? parm!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service was fast and waitress was attentive. This was our first time and the weather was wonderful so we sat on the patio. My wife and I enjoyed the garlic knots, toasted ravioli, house salad and meatball sandwich. We plan on returning and would recommend.
This place had amazing food, amazing atmosphere, and great service. What else could you want? We had Anita very nice person great waitress.
We've been here several times and it's always been phenomenal , however this last time around, we were incredibly disappointed! The pizza we usually get with blobs of pesto on the top was basically a runny pesto mess like the whole thing had been doused with pesto oil instead of actual pesto. Not sure of the next time we will be back bc of that.....
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
A small neighborhood spot. Or server was stellar. We ordered mushroom pizza and mushroom risotto. Both were great.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots, Chef's Seasonal Risotto
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The portion sizes were great, the arancini had a soft inside and crispy outside and were DELICIOUS! The toasted ravioli were wonderful and my wife couldn't get enough of the meatballs. Our server was fun, informative and attentive! We will definitely be back!!The tiramasu alone is worth a stop!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Toasted Ravioli, Garlic Knots, Arancini
I tried to call in an order last night for 40 minutes, 9 different attempts. Each time a recording came on saying "due to high call volume we cannot answer your call, please try back in a few min." I drove to the location to try and place an order abd asked why the phone was on recorder. They said when they get busy they turn it off. On a Tuesday night??? I asked about ordering a pizza and was told it would be 45 min to an hour. I declined saying that's why you should take calls for carry out orders or stop serving carry out. Ridiculous!!
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Very good pizza they just seemed to be very short staffed Loved it though. I'll be back for sure
I picked up a to go order for a large BBQ chicken and spinach pizza. Happy to report they were super busy on a Saturday night - so make a reservation if you're dining in or be sure to order ahead if you want to pick up around dinner time. Both pizzas were a hit - cheesy, but not too cheesy. Fresh ingredients, still super high quality ingredients (i've noticed other restaurants skimping but not here!) plenty of toppings. I'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It took a bit longer than I expected for the food to arrive, but it was great. I highly recommend the toasted ravioli.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5