Raffaello's Pizza — Restaurant in Palos Verdes Estates

This has to be the worst pizza I've ever had at any restaurant ever. It was comically awful.. I mean it was basically a thick doughy piece of bread with a thin smear of flavorless "lunchables" style pizza sauce, meager layer of cheese and 3 pepperonis that all slid off when you took a bite of it...kinda like the pizza you'd get in a school cafeteria served on those big baking sheets, but worse. Little cesars is straight gourmet pizza in comparison. I'm shocked this place has a 4.5 rating. I'm certainly not going to give them less than a 5 star review only because, if they can sell overpriced bottom of the dumpster prison level (I assume the type of pizza they serve in prison) "easy bake oven" tier pizza to rich people in RPV....then more power to them 😆. How this place has over a 4.0 rating is a mystery, and conundrum I'll be psychologically grappling with for years, but I'll play along with the "positive reviews" psyop anyway. Did i mention the pizza was hilariously atrocious? Like, totinos frozen 99 cent pizza...

I’ll have to update this review next visit. They recommended the lasagne and when I took a bite I about choked on the extreme saltiness. I had to give it back because there was no way I could eat it like that. There was some uncertainty about what to do now that my appetite was ruined. The guy that was in the back came out and I asked him if he has tasted it and he responded “No.” That was not really the answer I was looking for. I’ve enjoyed pizza slices here and will do so again. The lady wanted to do something and I finally had to say that I was not paying for it so she agreed but it felt like she was getting ready to suggest that they give me slices in the future. No thank you. I’ll just not pay for this lasagne and hope for a better experience next time. The lady and all of them are really nice and I enjoy coming here. I bought a broccoli soup to go and I ate a slice of cheesecake before I left. Cheesecake was fine but the broccoli had a...

Overall it’s a good place to eat. There’s not a lot of options in this area if anything this is the only fast food place. I usually get the 2 pizza combo with fries and a drink. The pizza is really thick so if you like thin crust this won’t be it for you, but the pizza is pretty good. The Service is ok, I work in this area and I usually come here for food. All though the sign says No Public restrooms they will let the local kids use the restroom but not if your a worker in the area. I asked to use the bathroom and they said no. 5 min later a local kid asks to use the bathroom and they let him use it. I didn’t like that part. Either then that I give it 4 stars. The chocolate cake was ok...