Comella's Restaurants — Restaurant in Newton

So I'm no stranger to Italian cuisine. I come from a large Sicilian family. So when I proposed we try Comella's to my group of friends I really looked foolish when I came away with nothing but regrets and empty wallets.

Let me break the entire meal down for you. I ordered stuffed shells. When I ordered stuffed shells I couldn't hear the woman over the phone correctly and it had turned she asked if I had wanted ziti with it. I said sure because I had no idea you put ziti with stuffed shells because that's already a pasta. What I received for 9.50 was two stuffed shells of normal size and about 75% of the container was ziti. That is technically stuffed shells as there were 2. The taste was middling and inoffensive.

My fiance ordered fettuccine Alfredo which seemed to be white sauce plopped unceremoniously atop dry fettucine. She mixed in the sauce herself. The taste is middling and inoffensive.

My best friend ordered a chicken and onion pizza. That cost him 6 dollars for just the chicken. How much chicken you might ask. Around 50 cents of tasteless crumbles. The layer cheese was so thin it seemed like pinkish skin with red tomato blood through. The entire pizza cost roughly 15 dollars for what any other place might charge a hard nine. The taste was middling and inoffensive.

My best friend's girlfriend described her sandwich as tasting more like the salad dressing than the ingredients. It cost 5.99 which wasn't horrible. The price was middling and inoffensive.

My roommate ordered a cheeseless pizza as he has a dairy allergy. Thankfully Comella's remembered this. However the rest of chicken and red pepper pizza was unimpressive. The middle was not cooked and the dough seemed melt to the box. The pervasive issue of a 6 dollar topping of chicken continued on here. The taste was middling and inoffensive.

My roommates wife ordered Taylor Tuesday which is a pizza combo consisting of mozzarella and basil for 13 dollars. The taste was middling and inoffensive.

Overall if you're looking to waste money on inferior food and poor service then Comella's is perfect for you. I'd highly suggest spending your money at any other pizzeria in Newton, especially West Newton Pizza Market. Despite being owned by Egyptians it seems that they understand the Italian way far better than...

Failed on at least two levels, possibly three: Meatballs were actually breadballs Meatballs had no flavor, sauce bitter If you're opening an Italian restaurant don't carry anything but Italian imported colcuts As is, not a go back!

Comellas needs to remember it's roots. I've eaten at various locations over the years. Mostly Concord and it was a go to eatery up until this experience.

Comella should know that many families in this area are Italian or have eaten good homemade Italian food. They will immediately identify if the food is passable and should operate on that level.

I hope you take this crit seriously and start making authentic Italian food that satisfies the palet. I'm confident opening a new location was very costly and you were forced to cut corners. Once the dust settles,, consider hiring a Chef, not a cook, to oversee quality control at all locations maintaining a high standard.

Moving forward remember "abbondanza" is an all inclusive term meaning good portions of quality food at an affordable price. You have the customers at the ready to pay a good price for quality food. Make it for them as though it was for your family!

I understand if you don't want me to...

Disappointing… is too mild but they seem like nice people so.. here goes my pizza review..

1. it was soft and limp, doughy and not crisp. The Margarita pizza had maybe 4 thin slices of mozzarella. Very bland tasting in general, wet and unappetizing.
2. the onion garlic pizza may have been worse.. again, limp doughy crust that drooped to the extent that the toppings slid off. At first I thought they mistakenly put cauliflower on it but at closer glance realized it was mounds and mounds of wet mushed up “jarlick”! It tasted simply awful, jarred garlic has no business on a pizza. We had to take all of the garlic and most of the onions off the pizza to even be able to eat it. I had about a half of each variety of pizza left at the end of the night. Pretty unusual when you’re sharing it with six people!

I won’t make this...