Andiamo Pizzeria - South Waterfront — Restaurant in Portland

🚨Beware of the fake reviews & AI responses from the business 🚨

Ordered online- all the photos are sourced from different places and some are AI which should’ve been the first red flag.

Went in at the pickup time and told it would be another 30. Felt like walking into the greyhound station. Ten people sitting on the floor like they had been stranded for weeks. No music, fluorescent lighting. Staff looked shell shocked.

Went back in 40 minutes to be told the pizza still wasn’t ready and it would be another 15. Only three people left sitting and staff was still standing around flustered.

Came back finally to pick up over an hour after the original time. Pizza was very very mediocre and somehow room temperature despite allegedly just coming out of the beautiful wood fire oven. No warmer in sight, pizza just sitting out on the counter. I hate to say, but it’s directly comparable to Growler Guy’s microwaved pizza. Also the large is quite small.

In conclusion- while it was their first day signs are clear that this pizza shop will be a Southwest Waterfront MUST SKIP. And this author couldn’t be more...

AMAZINGGGG 1000/10 I work in the area and I love love looooveee this place!! I’ve become a regular to get lunch here just about every other week💕 their pizzas are delicioussss and their prices are good! (This is coming from someone who’s spent $40 on lunch at another nearby food place 😬 this area can get pricey so $15-25 for a whole pizza is a steal to me) You can’t buy individual slices yet but they have small/medium/large pies :) so many options too!!! I prefer that as I can just buy a whole pizza and eat it for lunch multiple days in a row or I can split with my coworkers! I will give a heads up that the wait time can get a bit long but I’ve never waited more than ~30min and it’s because they make the pizzas fresh 🍕 As someone who’s picky when eating out I adore this place and would absolutely recommend to anyone that walk by! There’s no seating inside and minimal seating outside so this is definitely more of a take and eat place than eat-in 🍽️ the workers are all super nice so please make sure you tip well! Overall I love this place and hope everyone else can...

I was very excited for a pizza place to open back up in South Waterfront and when Andiamo opened I was hoping for the best.

I ordered online and was really confused by the menu and concept. Seems like they are trying to be a fusion pizzeria. The fusions is Italian, Indian, Pakistani, and middle eastern. Odd concept, but thought it could work.

IT DOES NOT WORK. I got the Indiano pizza and it left a lot to be desired. 1. The sauce was way too sweet 2. The chicken was dry 3. The pizza dough was not great and under cooked.

I really think you guys should simplify and go with more classic options. You need to get the basics right and improve your crust and sauce. I’d ditch the fusion attempt, it’s too complicated and not great.

Also $18 for a small 10” pizza is pretty high given the quality issues.

The restaurant itself has no ambiance.

I really wanted to like this place, but probably will not go back unless they simplify their menu and get the basics right on...