Doda's Pizza — Restaurant in Glendale

First I want to say that the staff was very respectful and nice. I believe this is a family buisness. Nice family.

I was unfortunately disappointed with the food. It did not live up to the hype and what I have seen in the advertisement. This was not NewYork style that I have experience.

I ordered a 2 slices 1 meat lovers and 1 vegetable. I also ordered 2 calzones.

When we got our slices, we realized that for the meat lovers slice, they took an already old made pepperoni pizza and put the extra meat and cheap cheese on the top then reheated the slice. They did this same method for the vegetable slice , the only difference was they used an old cheese slice. The slices looked horrible, the cheese didn't even looked melted. The slice was soggy at the bottom and the extra add on toppings fell off when picking up the slice. So your not getting a fresh meat lovers slice or vegetable slice. Maybe is someone orders a cheese or pepperoni slice they will get a fresh one if just came out the oven.

The Calzones, when cutting into the calzones it seemed like a glob of cheap ingredients thrown into some dough and baked. Couldn't really see any sauce just a glob of uncooked cheese in some parts. It was not fully cooked inside. Very disgusting.

I was able to speak with one of the family members of the restaurant and he was very respectful and listened to what I was saying to him about the food and apologized.

If the food was as good as the staff , this place would be a 10 . I also understand that the cost for better ingredients might be up. I understand they don't want to bake a whole special pizza and it could go to waste because not everyone will buy that slice. But if your going to represent top quality and repping New York style pizza , you have to come...

DODA'S PIZZERIA is hands down one of the best family owned pizza establishments in the Arrowhead area.Be patient looking for this hidden gem that is tucked in a strip mall.My son has been devouring their pizza and has brought it home numerous times. Today was my first time visiting this pizza joint.I give kudos to the two brothers Leo & Lenard both so friendly like I've known them for years.The customer service is excellent.As for the pizza...OMG. Where do I start the menu has so many options. My favorite is the Penestia that is loaded with green peppers, jalapenos, peppercini, chili pepper & extra cheese what a delicious combination.The Spinach pizza is another amazing treat with spinach, red sauce ricotta & moz like a lasagna as a pizza..This place also has appetizers,salads, calzones, stromboli, subs, and chicken wings plus other hot plate specials & desserts.My family had major food coma after enjoying our meal.The icing on the cake as we were driving away Leo came out & said would you like a pizza? It was a Ex large half cheese half pepperoni. I guess someone never picked up their pie.Their lost my family's gain.I definitely will be going back & recommend patronizing this...

Love NY pizza? This is the place to go. Photos of NY scenes line the walls and the delectable scent of sauce filled the air. Honestly, I have not smelled that particular sauce aroma mingling with a pizza oven hot enough to put a good char on it since I left NY many moons ago so this was like a time machine. This cozy place has a non-chain family run feel to it, and no wonder, it is indeed a family operated business and multiple generations were there to make me feel right at home. Had I just wanted to snack on a slice, I could have gotten one--something that is often hard to come by in the Valley. They have reasonably priced lunch specials like subs, wings, slices, and combos, but I was there to try their original cheese pizza for a no-frills experience and it did not disappoint. No soggy parts on the bottom, and as any New Yorker will tell you, just firm enough to fold and pick up and bite into without tug-o-warring it. And that sauce wasn't outta any can, and that wasn't any phony or cheap-o cheese. Short of heading back East, take a little trip to Doda's. P.S. Only a minor suggestion re: the crust. The dough rim could be a little higher so some of those great NY char bubbles...