Italia Pizzeria Restaurant — Restaurant in Norwalk

I really wanted to give this place a chance; came in with high hopes because the reviews were decent and we were looking to experience an Italian restaurant in Norwalk we have yet to visit. Unfortunately was a sour disappointment; Right from the get-go as we asked for 2 cranberry juices, the drinks came back from the bar and were completely tasteless pale red-colored water that didn't even look like cranberry juice distributed from the bar-soda gun: their Bruschetta is nothing more than their house bread, toasted with cut baby tomato, chopped garlic and drizzled balsamic. It was something you would expect from a roadway diner but not an Italian restaurant. Being an Italian cook myself, the most important starting materials are your cooking oil, and the quality of your garlic and vegetables. Their cooking oil is sub-par and tasted nothing like olive oil and more like motor oil as a background taste to all the food we had, which included a side of broccoli rabe (overcooked and salty with little taste), and my puttanesca sauce on my penne, which had to be by far the worst tasting puttanesca I have ever had. My wife got a meatball with her ravioli which was dry and tasteless, seemingly cooked from frozen with freezer burn. Did not taste fresh by any means. Her ravioli were decent to their credit and their marinara sauce was equally satisfactory. This place has been around for quite a while and seems to be well loved, but due to the poor quality of our food experience we will not...

so I place an order Monday night to be pick up it was 2 large pizza and a chicken alfredo with broccoli , when I got there to pick up my order they said the front staff forgot to give them a ticket for the alfredo so I had to wait an additional 15 minutes so the can cook it. when I got home the alfredo had no pasta it was just some watery sauce with a couple small pieces of chicken ,when I can call to complain I was told that chicken alfredo doesn't come with pasta its only the sauce and chicken if you ask me that complete B.S I told them I have order there before to dine in and I never had to specify I want pasta with my chicken alfredo, so they told to comeback and pick up the pasta when I got there they all try to ignored the situation and didn't even try to make me feel any better about the whole situation. they all had a angry...

The food here is okay. We ordered delivery, most people got medium pizzas. One person went for the 16 inch square pizza, which I have mixed feelings about. The medium (14 inch) pizzas were pretty much New Haven style, and on mine I got mushrooms and garlic (I couldn't find the garlic though...). The 16 inch pizza was sort of deep-dish, and the cheese and sauce were mediocre (I'd think they'd use the same cheese and sauce as they used on the smaller pizzas, but it seemed different). The other thing to note is that the medium pizzas were kind of overpriced and the large was pretty cheap (but not too much in either direction). Some people got sandwiches but I don't know what their thoughts...