Annabella Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Readington Township

I’m Italian and take my pizza seriously — very seriously. In my experience, a veggie pizza means onions, peppers, olives, and maybe mushrooms. That’s it. So imagine my shock when I ordered a veggie pizza here and got what felt like a broccoli casserole melted into the cheese. There was barely any cheese left after my mother spent fifteen minutes picking off a forest of broccoli florets. In fact, my mother had to add her own cheese afterward just to get some of that melty goodness back.

What kind of self-respecting Italian pizza chef decides broccoli is a main topping? Broccoli is for steaming or roasting, not for hiding under the mozzarella. This wasn’t a sprinkle or a garnish — it was an embedding. It ruined the balance, the flavor, and the whole pizza experience.

If you want traditional Italian-style pizza, look elsewhere. If you’re okay with your pizza turning into a vegetable rescue mission, this might be for you. For my family, it was a disappointment. Pizza is about harmony — dough, sauce, cheese, and proper toppings. Not a vegetable uprising.

Broccoli belongs in the garden, not buried...

I picked up a sandwich last week and when I opened my order after leaving the restaurant, I saw that the sandwich was just mozzarella on bread with balsamic, without the chicken cutlet that I had ordered. I called to ask for a refund, and the manager said that “his new guys keep doing this”, and then said he would give me a refund only if I brought the sandwich back to the store. I was traveling and was not nearby when I realized this issue. When I told him this, he said to get the refund, I would have to bring the defective sandwich back. I just moved to the area and will make sure not to go back to this pizzeria again. I paid over $15 for a roll with cheese on it that I threw out after one bite....

Pizza is great especially in this area where the pizza is lackluster. The garlic knots were small and very oily to the point you'd squeeze one and it was dripping with oil. The zeppoles were not zeppoles. They cut pizza dough into teeny tiny squares and covered them in powdered sugar. Maybe they don't know what zeppoles are, idk. Anyway, the wait was ridiculously long and I know they were busy with takeout orders but we felt like we were forgotten about. Takeout orders were flying out the door and we were still waiting for something for our 4 year...