Pizzero Grill — Restaurant in Lemon Grove

Few things with this place, first, pizza is just OK. it's the kind of pizza that tastes amazing when you're drunk, but sober is just OK. They have both a minimum order amount for delivery as well as a delivery charge. (i.e. 20 dollar minimum if you want something delivered, but no matter what you pay for delivery) . They've updated their online menu, but i ordered their italian sandwich, which at the time online said salami, cappicola pepperoni, italian dressing, etc. What the sandwich actually was was pepperoni, ham, mayo and mustard (on an italian sandwich?!?!?!) and i think there was italian dressing as well. I've ordered from them 3 times, and every time they've gotten something wrong. (when they first opened we ordered from them. at the time they had 2 breadstick options, plain breadsticks and breadsticks with cheese, we ordered plain, they delivered with cheese........they're stuffed with cheese, instead of the cheese being on top, and the inside was cold, just not good, and not what we had ordered). 2nd time (and this by itself I wouldn't complain about, it's common, i asked for no tomato on sandwich, they put tomato on, only adding this because it's now a pattern with them making a mistake). today my sister and i ordered 2 pasta alfredo's and 1 order of garlic bread. what was delivered (you can use door dash and bypass the 20 dollar minimum) was 1 order of pasta alfredo and 2 orders of garlic bread. Pasta alfredo, very bland, no seasoning whatsoever, garlic and oregano would have gone a long way. It was a cream sauce, of some sort, but very very bland. They say 3rd time's the charm, and I think it's safe to say I won't be ordering from them anymore. They're very inexpensive, and that carries over into the quality...

The worst food I have ever eaten. We ordered 2 items, the pasta fettuccini and spinach raviolis. It was almost $30 for just those two items and the menu said they came with garlic bread. We waited almost 45 minutes for our food. There were 2 people ahead of us. It was not busy at all. There were at least 4 people working at the time. One on register and three in the back cooking so we had no idea what took so long. We ordered the food to go which was probably the first mistake but the place was so sketchy with homeless individuals coming in and out that we had no choice. Getting the food home and opening it up I was shocked. The fettuccini order was thick spaghetti noodles burnt at the bottom with some kind of sauce (NOT fettuccini sauce) and the spinach raviolis were just raviollis and they were burnt at the bottom as well. It was all basically inedible. The so called garlic bread was 2 pieces of cold texas toast looking things that were hard. We only live 4 miles away so its not like it took us a long time to get home. I would not eat here again, period. I was trying to give a small, new, restaurant a chance but they need to get a whole new kitchen staff or maybe just serve pizzas. Maybe they are good but the rest it bad....

Not trying to intentionally disparage this business, but I do not understand all the 5 star reviews! This place stinks, literally! I assume it's the ingredients used, they must be about to turn or are low quality. The pizza parlor itself does not smell appetizing like normal pizza usually does. It has a funk to it, like burnt expired milk mixed with glue. Typical American pizza smells smells like zesty Italian seasoning, crust, and cheese. Makes your mouth water. When I first smelled this establishment my first instinct was "oh no...I'm about to eat this??" It's that bad. I smelled it outside of the restaurant as I was walking up to it. The pizza itself also smelled like the restaurant did when I brought it home. The cheese, sauce, and toppings were almost entirely tasteless, the best part was the crust.

Oh and I ordered and it said it would be ready by a specified time. I ended up waiting in the parlor (smelling the milk/glue smell) for about 15 minutes because they hadn't even started making my order by the time I arrived. So be prepared to wait! I can't understand anyone saying this establishment is appetizing. Trust me, your bathroom will smell like you've eaten here for...