Pizza De Roma — Restaurant in West Palm Beach

I've driven by Pizza de Roma thousands of times, but never gave it a second thought until a friend recently mentioned this pizzeria on facebook.

My girlfriend and I went the night of February 26th. We walked in and immediately noticed the distinctive aroma of pizzas baking in the oven. It's the culmination of years and thousands of pizzas being made. We were allowed to eat in their dining room which is hit or miss at many restaurants due to Covid.

We decided to start off with an appetizer of fried mushrooms.  Our entrees were a large vegetarian pizza and their Roma Calzone.

The mushrooms came out. I was expecting the same mushrooms that can be ordered at any bar, but these were different. They had a very thin yet crunchy batter and came out piping hot; I mention this because my girlfriend hates anything that is not super hot so this made her happy. The side of marinara sauce was perfectly seasoned and had some texture to it. I could see and taste the fresh ingredients in the sauce. It wasn't the usual bland watery sauce commonly served at most places.

The pizza came out next. The dough was thin and crispy on the edges and bottom. The cheese and veggies were generously distributed. The crust wasn't just there to hold the cheese and toppings. The crust had flavor and was a star on its own. One of my pet pieves is people who do not eat the ends of the crust. Why? It's because the pizza crust they are eating lacks flavor! Not this pizza however. I found myself eating the entire slice, edge and all! The crust tasted wonderful. The pizza sauce was great too. I could taste a hint of oregano, onions, and garlic. They were all there. I forgot to comment on the mozzarella. The cheese was stretchy, elastic, and flavorful. It tasted like they used a high quality mozzarella and not the stuff that resembles plastic served at the chains looking to cut corners.

The finale was the roma Calzone. I was told this particular item is stuffed with everything. I was only expecting the usual ricotta since it was a calzone, but this behemoth was ouzing with mozzarella, ricotta, various meats, and literally looked like a work of art. The exterior crust was very thin, crunchy, and managed to hold all of it's contents. I have no idea what magic was performed to make this all come together.  This was one of the best calzones I've had in my life. Another touch that made us happy was the fennel seed in the Italian sausage. I'm so tired of pizzerias not using Italian sausage with fennel. This had it. This calzone was more of a mix between stromboli and calzone and had the slices on the top resembling a volcano; Stromboli is a volcano off the coast of Calabria where my family is from.

In summary Pizza de Roma served us an outstanding appetizer, pizza, and calzone. This is coming from a foodie with a lot of vowels in his name. I place a lot of pressure on myself when cooking and I have even higher expectations for restaurants. Pizza de Roma pays attention to details. They start with high quality ingredients. They don't skimp  on even the smallest details. They even pulled all of this off while being insanely busy which is not an easy task if you've worked in a kitchen before.

I'm looking forward to becoming a regular and trying other items on the menu. I encourage you to give them a try as well. My only disappointed is that I didn't give this pizzeria...

Well, I ignored the 3.7 stars and decided to give this place a try because they had a better menu than any other Italian place nearby. I was excited and wanted something other than pizza so I got the shrimp scampi and tiramisu. Guy over the phone told me it was good. When I got my food it was nice and hot and open it to eat it and my salad was in the same bag as my hot pasta ( in an aluminum tin.). Open my salad to eat it and not exaggerating when I tell you I had 3 pieces of lettuce, a half tomato and a black olive. Thrown on the side was a packet of ranch. I get 2 rolls with it and they smell garlicky and are soft- but they must've forgot the butter and garlic because they tasted like nothing. Sliced bread tastes better. I had to dip it in ranch to eat it. I open my pasta and there's a decent amount of nice size shrimp- I dig in and there is zero flavor. I tried to give it a chance but the only thing I tasted was pure lemon and lemon seeds from them dousting and pouring the scampi over the pasta. I had to cover it in my own Parmesan cheese to eat it. Next my frozen tiramisu. I'm super disappointed about this place for their extensive menu- has a lot of potential to be delicious- it's just everything was completely bland and had zero flavor. First and last...

I want to start off by saying I have been going here for 10 plus years. This place was amazing. Me and my family would order frim here every week. Sometimes 2 or three times a week. I have no idea what has happened to this place but the quality has gone down so much. I ordered there 2 pizza special, well done, light sauce. with the wings and a side of cheese garlic bread. The topping for my pizza where one with garlic and the other with sausage. When I received the pizzas "which didn't take long to arrive" they wheRe way under cooked and Had alot of sauce. I was going to just let it go and eat the pizza but the sausage was definitely freezer burnt. The wings where way over cooked and the garlic bread was nothing special. I called and spoke with the manager which was very nice and sent over two new pizzas. I unfortunately had to pick a new topping because of the freezer burnt issue. The second time around the pizzas where fine. To be home the guy that used to make the pizza must not work there anymore because then that would explain the pizza being so bad..

I told myself months ago I would never eat here again because this same issue happened before. I gave it another go and was disappointed once again. I probably...