Angela's Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Sparta Township

Good pizza, but a bit slow on the service.

Stone-Oven Pizza with ham, sausage, onion, pineapple, and banana peppers: The pizza was delicious.

The dough was a great base and the parmesan cheese compliments it well. It was tough, but not in a bad way. It was still plenty soft on the inside and a pleasant enough texture.

The sauce was fairly normal, but accented well.

Their cheese is VERY stringy, but a good flavor. A lot of these Italian restaurants don’t seem to put cheese on top to “glue” the toppings in place and Angela’s is no exception. The toppings were huge and generous, but rolling everywhere because there was nothing to hold it in place.

Toppings were large and generous. I often pick pineapple to test the toppings to the limit. The pineapple was not well drained, but the crust was rugged enough to take it without getting to soggy. At the end, it was starting to get soggy, though. Might be a concern if you are taking it home.

Garlic Cheese Bread: Again, the cheese was VERY stringy, but tasty. The cheese was also a lot more generous on the bread than the pizza. If you like cheese, you’ll love it. I like balance, so it was not my preference. Still good garlic bread, though. The garlic was about right.

Service: We were figuring out what to order, which took 5 minutes. After that, we waited 10 minutes to actually have our order taken. The wait for the food after that was about what you’d expect for pizza, though. It was a Friday night, but it was slow this Friday night.

I try to remain unnoticed when taking pictures, especially of the menu. It gives it away that I am a local guide. However, I think I was noticed. I was given a paper copy of the menu to take home. That is why I have two different menus pictured. Choose which version you’d like to reference. HA HA!

Atmosphere: Very charming Italian artwork and lighting. Cheerful and bright colors. The seating consist of benches without cushioning, but not too uncomfortable. It was clean and maintained well. The kitchen is open to view and that lends itself to transparency as well as waitresses seeing the customers better (though we were still waiting a bit).

I would recommend this place overall. My friend visiting with me has been there several other times and generally likes it (we were there at his recommendation).

Visited Friday 5-6pm and...

Update 11//22/24 ordered chicken primavera. They were busy. Our server was friendly. Salad came out with drink right away. Food took a few minutes to come out. Dish looked very good. Taste wise it was ok.. sauce was soupy. Wanted to see it much more thicker. Broccoli was cooked well. Not sure i would order this dish again.Updare 12/9/23.. brought wife back to try the italian sampler. Full course with the salad,garlic bread. With lasanga,manicotti and a connelli...spelled that wrong..it came out super hot. Was plenty of sauce and cheese topped with. It was good....for the price it was a great value. So many other things on the menu to try yet. Our surver was friendly, attentive, and quick. Update 12/08/23. We ordered the meat stromboli to share. I was able to eat my half. Aidan ate half of his half and took a box for the rest. The stromboli was full of meat n cheese and was very good. We got a side of pizza sauce to dip. They offered ranch too but we declined. Still many things off the menue i want to try and update this feed. Update 11/17.. well came back again trying something new. We had a taco bowl and a delux wet burrito.. food tastes good and again the portions were huge!! Definitely recommend this place... a hidden gem for others outside of sparta. So many other things i want to try yet. My 1st experience here! Service was good. Portions were good and not overpriced.. deluxe pizza was good..could have used a little more sause...others at table felt there items were a little dry but still tasted excellent...I...

I honestly hate having to write this, because I have greatly enjoyed this place for years. But as a man who just wanted a nice meal with his fiance after a 60+ hour workweek, today really disappoints me. My food was as I expected, but hers was...not. The meat inside her burrito was literally ice cold to the touch. So, people make mistakes. It happens. We informed the waitress, and she was very polite and professional, brought it to the back. Running short on time, we just asked to take it all to go. So, within five minutes, a new burrito wrapped to go is presented, we pay, and return home to eat it there. Burrito is empty except for little more than a conservative scoop of meat, and devoid of all lettuce and tomato. A clear petulant cry of anger and a big middle finger directed toward her for DARE complaining. Whoever the cook is in this incident is a child who needs to grow up, plain and simple. We can easily find another two star eatery in the great cultural mecca of Sparta from now on. Maybe they at least dust, because the thick layers all over everything more than chest high...