Antonio's House of Pizza — Restaurant in Florida

This place seems to care about quality, I hope it stays that way

I was nearby this location for business and stopped in for lunch on a Tuesday afternoon at around 3 PM. I had a hankering for a sub, and ironically there is a subway located almost next door to this place but I wanted to try something local and hopefully better. This location is in a new Publix shopping center strip mall in between Academy Drive and Partin settlement Road.

The decor of this place is putting much on par with every generic pizza place located inside of a strip center. The tabletops are decorated with sort of a red and woodgrain checkers. The same red is used on the walls of the kitchen. There are a couple of TVs placed on the wall without close captioning turned on and no volume. This place also has wireless with a pretty good signal. The restroom was clean as was the rest of the restaurant. A peek back in the kitchen and I noticed it was also very clean as well.

For my lunch I ordered a half Philly cheesesteak sub with fries. They have Pepsi products on fountain and Coke products in bottles. I was pretty thirsty due to the hot day so I opted for Dr Pepper. As I glanced around I noticed that the person preparing my sub was really being meticulous even buttering the bread before it was toasted. When it arrived I was incredibly impressed with the texturing of the bread. It was perfectly toasted. You know what I'm talking about, crispy outside and soft on the inside. The fries are thick and also prepared well, not to crisp and not soggy. They provide an ample amount of them as well. The cheesesteak comes with mushrooms onions and peppers and the proportions of those items were spot on. The only drawback however, was that the overall meat portion compared to the size of the bread used, came up a bit short. Adding another ounce or two would really make this cheesesteak stand out.

My servers name was Anna, and she did a very good job of balancing the front of the house and the cash register by herself. For late in the afternoon they had quite a few take-out orders and four dine in tables. Although she was polite and attentive, the only reason I ended up having her name was because of my receipt.

Overall, I'd definitely give this place another shot and by the looks of it I think I might have to try the "Delicious Grandma's Pizza" as featured on the front of the menu. It looks to be a flatbread pizza with hearty chunks of mozzarella sliced tomatoes and basil.

As is typical with this type of establishment, they really have quite a bit on their menu and this makes me nervous. They have wings and appetizers, including typical garlic knots and bread, jalapeno poppers and chicken tenders but they also list calamari. They have a section called side orders that includes sautéed spinach, a side of Alfredo, meatballs, sausage and a side a marinara. They have salads as well and change it up a bit by a serving the large salad on a fresh baked pizza dough shell. Varieties include typical salads like Caesar and grilled chicken but they mix it up adding avocado grilled chicken and Caribbean grilled chicken to the mix. For pizzas they look to serve both New York style and flatbread as well as a stuffed pizza. They have calzones, Stromboli's and of course subs. They also offer typical pasta entrées including baked ziti, ravioli, lasagna, Alfredo, and they mix it up with shrimp Primavera and "An Antonio's Tour of Italy" which includes a combination of stuffed shells lasagna and ravioli. On the back of the menu they have pita wraps & gyros, a children's menu and desserts featuring assorted cheesecakes, cannoli, tiramisu, and chocolate and lemon cakes. This is a huge amount of food to be serving. However, because my cheesesteak was so well prepared, I am speculating that this place may be able to pull off such a large menu. If not, maybe they can trim down to a few items that people tend to gravitate towards which would allow them to cut back on their food costs and keep their quality top-notch....

Thanks for the part time shit show. The second star is cuz I got free pizza slices sometimes. If anyone has ever wondered about the managers here (Kissimmee), one of them is incredibly disrespectful to employees, has terrible anger management, doesn’t have any patience, and has made two inappropriate comments/questions directed towards me and another in my one week of working here and I do not want to stick around to deal with more. Dear owner, I’d like to contact you if you’re wondering about the details of those comments. Also, why the fuck do you only hire waitresses for the front jobs? Really? That’s kinda sexist. Anyway, I hope the people I worked with solve their problems, I won’t be around to see that through. It was nice to get to know some of them. In case any of my now-ex-co-workers see this, yes— I QUIT — BYE! Thanks for the experience I needed to remind me why I’m getting a degree and moving on to better things! Also, yes, Sephora does treat me better, because the managers treat me like a human, and they are actually nice to their customers. Shockingly, 7-Eleven was a better place to work, and I thought that was going to be my worst job...

This little place is absolutely incredible! If you are looking for a mom and pop shop with good pizza, this is the place. The sit down area is clean, the bathrooms are clean. The prices are fair. It smelled incredible when we walked in. Our food came out in a very timely fashion. Now for the food. We ordered garlic parmesean wings and fried mozzarella to start us off. The fried mozzarella crust was incredibly crispy and the entire thing was practically a melt-in-your-mouth. The garlic parmesean wings were fried to perfection, bursting with flavor. They did not have what I would consider a dry rub on them, it was more along the lines of a wet rub created out of butter, parmesean cheese and real garlic. We also ordered the Grandfather Pizza and the Meatlovers pizza. Both pizzas were absolutely incredible, the flavors were amazing. They were both New York style so they were a bit on the greasy side (in the best way possible). If we lived in the area we would definitely be making this little pizza place a frequent stop! gluten free cheese pizza is available, but they do use the same pan and oven as the pizzas with...