Vespas Pizza Pasta & Deli — Restaurant in Essex Junction

Update: Despite not indicating their limitations on the website (which really would be an easy thing to do), I'm updating my review based on the food I had there.

To begin with, this pizza looked good (see photo), and smelled good. A quick inspection, however, revealed it was made on a wire tray, not the stone oven (look for those little diamond shapes on the bottom), which robbed the bottom crust of texture. The outer crust was very good--tasty and with a good texture, just like a New York style pie.

But the pizza itself was very salty. So much so that my kids, not really known for delicate palates--commented that it was too salty. I agreed. The cheese was excellent, a good amount and of high quality. The pepperoni was large and tasty. The broccoli, however, was not cooked in any way. It was charred on the top, but raw the rest of the way through.

The chicken fingers were incredibly salty, we couldn't finish them. The fries were soggy and also over-salted. Overall this pizza has potential, but it was killed by texture, raw vegetables, and generally being a salt bomb.

The service was friendly, and prompt--well done on that front. My kids are getting older now, but still, it was a fairly kid-friendly place: booths mostly, with the kind of laminate that makes spilling things not a big deal. Amazingly, we did not spill anything this time, but they also gave me lids for the kids drinks when I asked.

I also timed the trip from my driveway to their front door--exactly 10 minutes.

Previous review: They say they deliver--but despite living is Essex, they won't deliver to my house, because it's too far? According to google maps, it's 3.8 miles, or 10 minutes. This kind of thing irritates me--they could at least clearly state on their website that they only deliver in a 3 mile radius, if that's what their plan is. Instead you have to call, give them your info, put the order in, and then find out after that they won't bring it to you.

Response to owner:

Thank you for sharing your feedback to my feedback. I'm not actually upset about any limitations anyone puts on anything they do for their business. What irritates me is that, as a potential customer, I don't know what those limitations are. I'm in a ten minute radius, again according to google maps, but if you want it to be a 9 minute radius, by all means do so. Just please say so somewhere, save us both the trouble. Happy to remove negative review if I see the...

Whoever said “Money can’t buy happiness “ clearly has never bought a pizza from Vespa’s. We were feeling like pizza, so, on a whim, we ordered dinner from Vespa’s. We tried a small order or arancini (3 fried rice balls served with marinara), a pepperoni pizza roll and a half pepperoni/half buffalo chicken pizza. I walked in the door a couple of minutes before the estimated 30 minute pick up time and I heard a cook say my order was ready, perfect timing. The ride home was torturous as the heavenly scent of delicious food filled my car, making my stomach growl and my mouth water. I put an arancini, a slice of buffalo chicken pizza and 1/4 of the pizza roll on my plate. I normally take a bite of this then a bite of that, but every item was so good I ate the whole thing before moving onto the next. I’m always looking for a real slice of pizza, NY style: stretched thin (but not crunchy) dough, huge slices that you almost need to fold in half to eat, with the perfect sauce/cheese/topping ratio and cooked through but not burnt. If that’s the type of pizza you prefer then order from Vespas!

We’ve enjoyed the pizza from each pizzeria at this location over the years but Vespas does it the best. They’ve changed their menu up a bit but the food always satisfies us and the pizza hits all of the marks.

5+ stars ⭐️...

Today was an off day. Somebody wasn't paying attention and my order was burnt. Of course they didn't come right over and tell me. at first.

I watched everybody come and go and eat their pizzas and enjoy themselves. After 20 minutes the cashier came to the table. and said oh the top of the sandwich got toasted. I said oh. I didn't say I'm so sorry or even try to apologize.

They didn't say we have to redo your sandwich entirely. What is the suspect happened was that my order was never made.

The order was for a Cuban sandwich . Much like a Panini. Well this supposed to the second sandwich arrived. It has absolutely no flavor it wasn't hot. It was packed with meat the cheese wasn't even melted. A cook delivered it never apologizing. It had absolutely no flavor. Cuban sandwiches authentic Cuban ones usually do.

The entire bill was $26.00.

I have gotten up in between and ask for the brownie that I had ordered. The cashier hadn't even remembered that I ordered it and it made me very angry had I actually purchased it! And I took these people before I even got the service never again don't tip them wait till after. All in all in the entire restaurant while I was there 4 parties total of 10 ppl got there food,...