Angie's Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Barberton

To be honest, the service here was amazing. This is my first time eating in Angie's, I've ordered through here before though. Sometimes the people taking orders over the phone do not press the right buttons and your sandwiches get messed up. However, this review is mainly about the in-person visit. My wife had the filet mignon with mashed potatoes and a side of cottage cheese. I had the half pound of shrimp with french fries and cottage cheese. Both of the meals came with one breadstick each.

1. the breadsticks were amazing.
2. my wife ordered her filet mignon medium-well and it came back fairly bloody. the waitress waited for her to cut it open to see if it was to her liking and respectfully and kindly took it back when it wasn't.
3. mashed potatoes tasted like they were instant mixed in with some real potato. They were however, pretty decent. Not the best I've had, but not nearly the worst.
4. they were not as many shrimp I had pictured in my mind when I thought of a half pound. However, the waitress was very helpful and went back to ask her manager if the shrimp were deveined. Luckily, they were. They're also very delicious! Everything was hot and fresh, and the waitress brought out our cottage cheese prior to our meal so that we wouldn't be starving before we got our food LOL. For the filet mignon meal that came with two sides, the half pound of shrimp meal that came with two sides, and an extra side of sauteed mushrooms as well as two drinks it came out to around $27. For me, this is a really good price. All in all, I rated it a four star because a) the steak wasn't medium well the first time we asked B) the mashed potatoes tasted like instant. C) when I call in my orders, they always seem to get messed up ( the lady at the pick up window says it's because the new people don't know how to ring in orders.). all in all it is still an AMAZING place to eat, and it absolutely affordable!! I recommend it to locals who haven't been, to travelers, and if you haven't been here for a long time (they opened in 1955), I recommend you revisit for some nostalgia. Note today was a good day (Sunday, St. Patrick's day, around 2/3pm.) But most of the time I pick up orders here, they are almost always slammed. Favorite unusual aspect I loved the music that was playing during our meal!!! I haven't heard the ring of fire in a LONG time. Brought back...

It pains me to say this ( I think I have another review on here saying its my favorite pizza), as a child growing up in Barberton, my family went here weekly when it was just the tiny little pizza shop. They revamped it in more recent years but still it had far and away my favorite pizza around - the other stuff on the menu was never anything to rave about but the pizza was the best. Within the last 2-3 years, its all different for the pizza - I don't understand what happened or how they have kept a good rating?

I started disliking it about 3 years ago and now and then go back once in a while to give it another chance just to be disappointed. Its just beyond me that other people don't see its changed drastically, for the worse!

The pizza crust historically was always nice and thick, airy with a lot of yeasty flavor to it. The last several times I have had it the dough was obviously way over worked, if it even had any yeast in it at all! It comes out looking flat and its like chewing on chalk, its hard, brittle and without flavor. The pizza barely fills the pan when it used to be easily 16" diameter with a hefty 1" crust all around of raised dough.

The sauce is very bland, it used to have sort of a tiny hint of sweetness and was very good, laid on thick and delicious. Now its thin and just like tomato juice and seeds.

The cheese is fine I guess, it was never angie's strong point anyhow (if you want the best pizza cheese go to peppe and luigis where they brown the cheese, its very good there).

The pepperoni is definitely not the brand they used to use either, it used to be very tasty and had a strong flavor to it. Now its just kind of there, it crisps up nicely but overall doesnt add any flavor to the already bland and tastless pizza.

With that out of the way, the service is good, the price is fair and they have a decent amount of room and nice sized tables. Id give anything if theyd go back to their old recipe, what they have now is nothing compared to what it used to be.

With Parrasson's and Peppe & Luigis not reopening their dining rooms I have no where to go get pizza thats any good in...

This used to be one of my favorite spots but sadly after one final attempt last night I WILL NEVER RETURN. Despite living 45+ mins from here I would go to get pizza regularly because it was so delicious. The ingredients were fresh & of high quality, the crust was puffy, the cheese was squeaky & salty when you'd bite into it.... It was like heaven. I'd usually also get an antipasto salad with the pink house Italian dressing, I dream about the pink dressing.

The problems started a few years ago, it was my birthday & my husband threw a surprise dinner for me here. The service is great, I've never had an issue with that. The employees are kind, friendly & work really hard to keep tables turned bc it gets very busy. We had roughly 8-10 people & ordered several pizzas for the table & obviously my fave salad/dressing. The pizzas came out undercooked but simultaneously overcooked. We pulled the server aside & she explained they didn't have enough dough made for the day so they had to quickly make some & it didn't have a chance to fully rise but they were trying to make it work. Ok fair enough, it's difficult to guess how much to prep sometimes because it's totally dependent on something that is out of their control.

I've been back several times since hoping it'll be the old Angie's pizza I know and love & EVERY SINGLE TIME it has been the exact same thing... undercooked dough in the middle but burnt on the crust/bottom of the pizza because they are running though the oven longer praying the doughy part in the middle cooks enough. Every time I come here I've spoken to several different employees from servers to managers to the hostesses about this issue & they know it's a problem but don't know how to fix it. After last night seeing it's not different I sadly will no longer be patronizing this Barberton staple. Hopefully they can get this problem straightened out but knowing this has been going on for the last few years with no change I don't have high hopes. Someone is going to get sick eating here if they haven't already, I DO...