Pizzo's Pizzeria and Wine Bar — Restaurant in Chula Vista

Let me start off by saying that I am a regular here. I’ve been coming here since 2015. The food is excellent and the service USED TO be great. I always walk in and sit at the bar and order because I like taking to the staff and catching an occasional game from there. Today I went in to watch the college football championship game. The staff appears to be all new. There were three empty seats at the bar, and as I tried to sit down, the guy behind the counter, which I assume is new because I have never seen him before, told me they were all reserved. I thought that was weird because I didn’t know you could reserve a seat at the bar. Anyhow, since I was there to watch the game, I asked for a seat where I could have a view of the TV. They offered me a seat, but as I was sitting down, they told me oh no, we need that one for a bigger party. This is the worst I’ve ever been treated at this place. It’s sad because their old staff was much nicer and more accommodating than that. I truly miss their old staff. Needless to say, I was pretty offended because the only reason I was there was to watch the game while I eat some good food. In the end I just ended up leaving. Pizzos, you guys have had a lot of success in this neighborhood and it has been because of people like me that are always spreading the word about how good the food and service is here. However, today’s experience was less...

Service has gone down ever since the beginning.

7-18-23: We went vegetarian tonight with the Margarita Pizza and Tuscan salad. Love the different colors of grape tomatoes in the salad. The grilled artichokes were a good appetizer to start our meal. Service was good until our male waiter seemed to rush us to box up our leftovers while we were in deep conversation. This would’ve been a five star review if we didn’t feel rushed, especially on a slow Tuesday night with lots of empty tables. 5-17-25 It has been a long time since we have been back to the original Pizzo’s restaurant. Luisa was so sweet. She took good care of us. Today, we enjoyed the Tiana Salad with four huge artichoke hearts and the New York Style Pizza with three cheese. For dessert, we relished the decadent chocolate bread pudding with a caramel-lined cup of affogato. Oh yummy! 10-7-25 We’ve come here since it opened. Love the service. Tonight, we started with a hearty Tuscan salad dressed in vinaigrette and loaded with artichoke hearts, cherry tomatoes and pimentos. Then, we smothered the San Miguel Pizza, which was baked on a thin crust with sausage and pepperoni. Finally, we shared (for dessert), a slice of Tiaramisu and a cup of Affogato, a mug lined with vanilla ice cream and filled with...

This has to hands down worst ‘Italian food ’(read Amercanised Italian fastfood) I have ever had.

The bruschetta was Walmart brought toasted bread overloaded with olive oil and mountain of diced tomatoes with parmesan sprinkle and what seemed like balsamic drizzle. Never seen or had such underwhelming bruschetta in my life.

Noepolitan margheritta pizza was made from dough that is likely made in a central location in large batches and tasted like cardboad. Marinara sauce was canned version which they surprisingly boast on the menu, really? Oh and the cheese was dull. I requested garlic to be added and the y forgot to add which was not a big deal - but the cook straight up lied that he did put them on.

Service is pathetic where servers and employees keep looking at clock and customers and even before ordering they said we close at 9 while I was trying to order, well ok should I get up and leave? The employees started pouring their alcoholic drinks and setting up plates at 8:50pm evn before the restaurant shutdown time.

Save your time and money and simply go walk mext door to Pizzahut - never thought I would recommend...