Mony's Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen — Restaurant in Houston

This review is long overdue! The owners, Maria and Joseph, are amazing people who make you feel at home. They run a tight ship and also don't mind helping out their staff! It's nice to see when the owners know how to contribute, not just by delegating, but waiting tables, taking orders, and cooking. Hats off to them!

Now to the food - I made reservations for a large party (30 ppl), and it was nice that they offer a variety of different pizza sizes up to 30 inches. Having sizes this large helped me out a ton and I was able to accommodate for everyone! I ordered x1 30in La Carne, x1 16in Prosciutto, x1 24in BBQ/New York Spicy Chicken, x1 16in Margherita, x1 14in Mony’s along with x5 Lg. Mony’s Combo app, and x2 house salads. Everyone enjoyed all the pizzas, and happy to say, we didn’t have much left over! The La Carne is your typical meat lover’s pizza and that was the first one to go. We had tons of carnivore lovers in the group, clearly! I was skeptical about the Prosciutto, but it has this delicious pesto sauce that is paired well with all the ingredients. The BBQ chicken and NY Spicy Chicken were the 2nd fan favorites! Being able to split the large size pizzas with two different kinds of option was a huge hit. The Margherita was good, but you really have to be a fan of tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. The Mony’s combo app included wings, fried cheese raviolis and mozzarella sticks. This went by quickly! I ordered lemon, mango hab, hot lemon, garlic parm, and buffalo. This is a must get when you want to have little bit of everything – a Superbowl dish you take if you have gathering. The salads are your basic salads, so nothing special there, but I ordered those to not feel so guilty for all the carbs we were about to devour! Overall, the food was delicious, and I would recommend this place to anyone! Plus, they are open late, so check them out if you’re ever craving a late-night snack! They do get busy on the weekends during dinner time, so plan accordingly.

The area isn’t bad and there is plenty of parking, but the parking garage does close after a certain timeframe. I think it’s to keep out unwanted parking from people who go to the bars that are close by.

Big thanks to Maria and Joseph for accommodating such a large party and being able to work with me to help celebrate my husband’s birthday! You and your staff are amazing and many blessings to y’alls...

Cozy Vietnamese café serving a wide selection of coffee, milk teas, and juices along with classic Vietnamese dishes such as vermicelli, broken rice dishes, and banh mi.

For drinks, we got the Saigonese Latte and Coco milk tea with boba. The milk tea begins with a creamy splash of milk immediately followed by a strong earl grey tea flavor, and finally rounded out by refreshing coconut milk and chocolate + brown sugar. The boba was decent, a mildly bouncy texture, full of flavor, a little small, and just starting to taste a little stale. The drink was a sminch too sweet for me personally, I'd probably get 75% sweetness next time. Overall great and fantastic complement to the banh mi.

The Saigonese latte starts with a fast kick of "coffee" taste and extremely creamy texture. Then, a deep milk chocolate flavor envelopes the mouth accompanied by a hint of vanilla bean. It's a very unique chocolate flavor probably a combination of the powdered chocolate topping, chocolate syrup, and the coffee's own flavor. The chocolate continues into the aftertaste while the other flavors gradually fade out. Overall energizing and comforting drink.

For the chargrilled beef banh mi, the baguette was served nice and hot with a crispy exterior and soft interior. The beef was juicy and packed with flavor, probably owing to its marinade and the chargrilling which helped sear in the juices. We picked up flavors of garlic, soy sauce, and ginger. It had a nice balance of these savory notes and a hint of sweetness. Beneath the generous serving of beef were fresh cilantro, carrots, radish, jalapeño, and cucumber, all covered in a tasty light vinagrette/sauce. The vegetables added a nice crunch and texture to the banh mi. A yellow (mayo and mustard?) sauce was spread on the inside of the bread which kept things moist. The portion overall was big and the portions of everything were generous, and at only $5 it was a good deal.

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I had NEVER been here before and I'm always lookin' for a really good pizza joint outside of traditional franchised commercial advertising places like your Pizza Hut, Domino's, etc. I love really good mom & pop shops emphatically. I was stuck between checking out The Coastline Pizzeria or Mony's Pizzeria and just decided "you know what? I'm gonna check out Mony's because I gotta see this mega slice pizza they sell there" MAN....this place did not disappoint. The customer service was amazing, the space and atmosphere was pleasant and spacious and they had a bar area to sit and eat at like I imagine you'd do at a pizzeria and get a view into the kitchen. The fried ravioli was crispy with a good blend of mozzarella and ricotta all made from scratch by the man himself chef Joe Mony. Man he was really sweet to my wife and I, so much so he gave us a complimentary cake that had a combination of like a chocolate mousse, thin layered chocolate cake, and what also appeared to have been and tasted like sweetened egg whites you'd typically see on a lemon meringue pie. It wasn't overly rich to the palate and it was crazy delicious as I don't normally consider myself a sweets person. That was a good slice of cake and he did great for a first attempt at it as before we left he mentioned it was their first time making that particular cake that day and be a new menu item. That was comforting to me to be part of something they're doing there. Now the PIZZA! Great flop, thinly laid dough, the crust was crispy and crunchy and had an almost sweet like aftertaste and I believe it was called the Mony's. Great sauce, awesome olive oil drizzle, cheesy flavor packed mozzarella with a good cheese pull, sweet like sausage, mushroom and red/green peppers was suffice it to say MONEY! 12/10 would recommend and go back to eat again. Great staff, awesome host and talented chef and his team. That was a...