Mega's Pizza — Restaurant in Jacksonville

I know I'm not the most easily impressed person. As someone who cooks Italian himself I was careful about picking my order when I walked into Mega's pizza. I wanted something simple. So I got stuffed shells. Then looked into the pictures of their food online. Surprisingly I did not hate what I was served. The shells were extremely basic but they were done well. I had ordered a second garlic bread instead of the side salad which by description sounded bland and uninteresting as a side. The garlic bread aside from not being as flavorful as my expectations, might also have been over portion. Seeing that you get four shells with sauce and 2 pieces of bread and in normal cases a salad whose only toppings are onion and tomato + dressing? I think it's safe to say anyone eating this meal will end on dry bread or a unfinished mediocre salad. I give this restaurant 3* because: the meal I had was unbalanced & ended not because I was full but because I couldn't stand eating more, sides I had and heard about lacked flavor, the main course I had, while made well, is beneath what I can make at home, and finally presentation is on par with a diner (where food is put on a plate and given to you as is) not with...

So I don't make reviews most of the time, so something had to either be really special or really bad for me to take time out for this. This Pizzeria is fantastic. The food is above expectations. The owner and her family are Albanian so when ordering sometimes the accent is very prevalent, but they are the most kind and professional people you could be dealing with when ordering from them. There have been times that the owner has honored a coupon that I thought I had with me but lost it somewhere and she didn't hesitate to honor it on the spot. The Italian food is I would say is better than any Italian franchise like Olive Garden and such. Their pizza's are undoubtedly in the top 5 of Jacksonville pizza's. The prices are very reasonable and you get a lot of food for the cost. So if you aren't that hungry stick with the lunch...

Great service. I hadn't been in YEARS. And although the service was nice, I won't be back anytime soon because of the food. What a waste of money. Shrimp alfredo had 5 shrimp (for $18, not ok) that smelled/tasted ROTTEN. That entire meal was thrown out! PLUS There are tons of noodles, not much sauce. Trio of baked ziti/chixparm/ravioli was seasoned terribly, overdone on top of cleaRky beEN old & reheated. Garlic knots, burnt and reheated or just stale? I got the wrong dressing for my Salad. If you HAVE. To eat here, get pizza, Stromboli or calzones. At least it will be fresh baked, even though the toppings/fillings will be seasoned weirdly & who knows how old. I was REALLY hoping it was going to be great and a place to order when I'm tired and can't cook!...