La Famiglia Pizza & Pasta — Restaurant in Mesa

I come from the east coast, specifically Philadelphia and south Jersey, where pizza is a sacred thing that we take for granted as good pizza exists on every street corner.when my family moved here over 10 years ago i was shocked to find the sorry excuses for pizza people have come to accept in Arizona. Only after YEARS of trial and error have i found anything that even comes close and there are less than 5 " acceptable" pizzerias in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. THIS PLACE IS THE BEST ONE! Not only do i consider it " on par" with the average pizza from back east, its up there with THE BEST pizzas ive ever eaten. and i can honestly say some of what La Famiglia has to offer is BETTER than ive had anywhere on the east coast( specifically their white pizza with grilled chicken).and i actually did not go here for the pizza at all. It was one of the few Italian restaurants we liked to frequent due to the quality, fresheness of the food, their full and accurate menu( its frustrating that so many places mis-identify classic dishes and you expect you ordered one thing but you get their " interpretation" of it and its a totally different thing), excellent service and pleasant atmosphere even when they're busy. Only after eating here on occasion for a year or two did we ever order a pizza.it was late and didnt feel like driving to Scottsdale or downtown tempe to grab a pizza, or settling for a plfp (pizza like food product) from a discount fast food chain. Our first order was a" safety" order( kind of a baseline " if they cant get this right its not worth my time" basic test) of a pizza with sausage, onions and green peppers, and a hawian for the kids. Both were fantastic. Great legitimate sliced iItalian sausage fresh vegetables, just enough sauce that was flavorful, zesty and just the right amount of sweetness.the crust can only be called PERFECT.the most common failure of most pizza places here is the crust. Its hard to quantify exactly how they screw it up but its just off. That is not the case with La Famigila.its just PERFECT. After that we got the white pizza with chicken. If you like white pizza you HAVE TO TRY IT. It is amazing. Hands down the greatest ive ever had. I cant really say any more about it.and the grilled chicken was seasoned amazingly.im hooked.ill be back...

Wish you could leave different "stars" for food vs service. 8 of us met for a birthday dinner, it was obvious we were not 1 family, especially since we all arrived separately. Not sure if the waiter was having a bad day or what but he was very "snarky" and rude. 3 of us order baked ziti, another order ziti with meat sauce - (not baked). After taking our orders the waiter came back from the kitchen and asked our friend "you wanted the meat sauce on your baked ziti right"? She didn't catch that this time he said baked and said yes, thinking he was just confirming meat sauce. When we got our meals she was given baked ziti with meat sauce, instead of just the regular ziti with meat sauce. She let the waiter know that it wasn't what she ordered and he proceeded to argue with her. She finally just asked if he could please get her what she ordered and he said of course but again said "you ordered baked ziti." He finally agreed to bring her out the regular ziti with meat sauce. Not sure what he felt it necessary to make a big scene out of it instead of just getting her dish corrected. We were still drinking and talking when the waiter brought the bill, (we hadn't even asked for it), he brought 1 bill. Prior to this he had never asked if we wanted 1 check or split etc. We asked if he could split the bill and he said no. One of us asked "I don't understand why you can't split it, other places are able to." He just said I can't, that's how I rang it in. He went away and came back a few minutes later and felt it necessary to snottily say "it's interesting that you said our other places split, we don't have another place". Which is not what she said, she said other places, like other restaurants etc. None of us really could understand why he was so combative and snarky. We were not a difficult table at all. Our bill was over $250.00 and even with his bad attitude we tipped...

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