Riviera Pizza — Restaurant in Medford Township

When we walked in, we were greeted by every single working employee. The older man could tell we havent been there because we were staring at the menu for awhile.. he was explaining what they had and all of the varieties. We assumed he was the owner because he was so knowledgeable. I believe he said yes to every question we asked! When it got time to make our pizza, our 7 year old was trying to peak over the counter to watch. Instead, he told my son that he could watch from the side to get a better view. While doing this, he asked his name and exchanged some pleasantries. After a bit, he had to make other pizzas. (Obviously) but my son wanted to keep watching. So this gentleman started telling us about his life and where he came from. He was so polite and talkative. My son now wants to be a "pizzaman". To the point where now he wants to have a birthday party there because his friends would love him.. when I asked, he mentioned we would need to ask the owner. Now in shock.. we need to know who he is !! He just works there and makes pizzas!! It was such a great night.. his name is Giovanni. He even spelled it for Mason so he could understand better through his accent.

He is a lovely man, and earned our business, and possibly a birthday party !! Thank you Giovanni !!!

Ps. The pizza...

This place used to have good pizza but now I wish I could give zero stars. My Sicilian had little to no pizza sauce, my mozzarella sticks oozed so much grease the breading was soggy, and the calamari I ordered reeked ungodly of fish. I called the place to inform them of my inedible food and to seek a refund just to be handed to the general manager, Massimo. He was incredibly rude and proceeded to tell me that it’s highly unlikely that 3 of my items were “not good”. I went on to tell him again, my calamari tastes and smells horribly of fish, indicating they’re old, to which he responds “calamari is fish so it’s supposed to taste like fish”. If anyone knows good food AT ALL, they’d know that calamari isn’t even a fish and It’s definitely NOT supposed to smell like a fish market, let alone taste like it. The conversation ended with Massimo hanging up on me and the restaurant eventually refunding me for the 3 items. There is nothing worse than paying $60 for a dinner that’s...

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