Saullo's Restaurant — Restaurant in Saint Charles

Where is Chef Robert Irvine when you need him to completely overhaul a restaurant? This place was AWFUL!

To begin with, the decor is very dated and unattractive. Chairs and table clothes were very worn and had rips. The painted cement floors were cracked. The walls were in desperate need of re-painting.

As for the food, it was beyond bad. They say they make their own sauces, but I know canned spaghetti sauce when I taste it, and that is what was served, both with the appetizers and my entree.

For appetizers, my boyfriend and I selected several: fried mozzarella, toasted rav, fried mushrooms and garlic bread. He ordered the meat lovers pizza, and I order the ravioli with a side salad. We knew that was a lot of food, but we figured we could take any leftovers home with us.

The mushrooms, ravs and mozzarella were obviously frozen, and, as I mentioned earlier, served with bowls of canned (very blah) sauce. The garlic bread was nothing special, not buttery or garlicky, just blah. Also, the mushrooms were not cooked properly. The inside was cold and the breading raw, even though they were brown on the outside. Too high of a heat to cook properly. Sadly, as bad as the appetizers were, they were the best part of my meal.

For my salad, I ordered the blue cheese dressing, which was runny, sweet and tasted NOTHING like blue cheese. For those of you keeping score, blue cheese dressing should be tangy and savory, never sweet. The salad consisted of finely chopped iceberg lettuce, a slice of a mealy tomato and half of a boiled egg that should have NEVER been served to a customer. It had been over boiled to the point of having a blue ring around the yolk. Vile.

My boyfriend's pizza was completely unremarkable. It was something that apparently tried to mimic Imo's, but with even less flavor than Imo's. I took a bite, but could not eat more than that, because I hate Imo's, and it was even worse than that.

The crowning jewel (much sarcasm here) of the meal, however, was my ravioli with meat sauce. The sauce was the same bland, canned sauce as with the appetizers, with the added benefit of a chopped up fried hamburger patty mixed in. Not simmered in, mind you, but mixed in as an afterthought. Most of the meat had no sauce clinging to it at all. The raviolis themselves were again something taken from the freezer and not cooked properly. They were cold and uncooked to the point that they clumped together and formed an amorphous inedible mass at the bottom of the dish.

Lastly, to add insult to injury, this complete waste of a meal cost over 60$ for food that I could have prepared better with my...

I grew up with Saullo's. Pretty sure I've been going there my whole life (I'm 43). I've went here as far back as I can remember. Most of my life it was by the Cave Springs bowling alley, but I remember it being somewhere before but I would be much too young to remember.

Anyway long story short I moved to the Carolinas back in 2006. When I come back to visit family this place is a must. Their pizza is phenomenal. I never understood the importance of St. Louis style pizza until I left St. Louis. Saullo's takes it to another level. That crust they have is what really sets it off. I have no idea how they do it but they've been doing it my whole life and it's amazing.

Saullos had always been the benchmark for me and no one has ever came close. Although I don't live here anymore I always make it a point to eat here when I'm in town. Been doing it for 30+ years. Check it out, it'll...

We had dinner at Saullo's last night. I love supporting our locally owned restaurants. What I like the most about this restaurant is the family feel with food that's right out of "Grandma's Kitchen". The catfish was perfectly cooked! Crisp, well seasoned and fried in cornmeal. Just the way it supposed to be cooked. The pizza we ordered, while I didn't eat it this particular visit, I'm told was once again outstanding. Excellent crust and delicious sauce. The other wonderful thing about this restaurant is the value. Quality food at a very reasonable price. If you want a good "home cooked" tasting meal or quality pizza, then visit Saullo's. They'll treat you right and...