Woodside Pizzeria — Restaurant in New York

On My first ever visit to New York City i went to this Italian restaurant and wow it really impressed me with the quality of food, customer service and environment!! It's such an amazing restaurant and the SERVING AMOUNT SIZE is way bigger than most Italian restaurants such as Olive Garden. You HAVE to go here!!! I got the Shrimp Pasta and it WAS SO GREAT!!! Everyone in my group loved their food. The chefs know how to really put the PIZZAZ in the food and it shows!! The owner is also very personable and gets to know all the people that come to this restaurant. He's above generous! Definitely go here!!!! Your New York Queens experience will be greatly improved by this gem of a...

This is for people who prefer quantity over quality. It’s mediocre at best. The portions are huge but if you know what real Italian food tastes like, you’ll understand that this is American food. I took off a star because they don’t know how to cook garlic. Every single pasta dish I’ve had in 15 years with sautéed garlic in it - it was burnt. That adds a horrible acidic taste to the whole thing. Then there is the salt. You can add salt but you can’t take it out. With kids, I had to go this route for a long time. It is what it is but that doesn’t mean it’s wonderful. Maybe if they cut down the menu a bit they could focus on the quality...

Ordered penne ala vodka with shrimp by phone and picked it up 15 minutes later. It took only a few minutes to get home and the pasta was cooked right. The shrimp had a very good freshly prepared taste and again it was cooked just right . I am emphasizing this because a lot of times pasta or shrimp is overcooked. I would have preferred the vodka sauce slightly slightly thicker but didn’t take away anything from the meal and at this price point it was a great value for sure . The meal came with lots of bread butter and shredded cheese. I will definitely reorder and try some of their other traditional...