Pizza is life ! Great menu and choices ! Do not let ppl that have different ideas force your business to suffer because you don't think like them! Best wishes ! read more

It depends on whether you eat in or take out as to how the food is. I enjoy the pizza in the restaurant but was thoroughly disappointed the last two times we ordered it for take out. Besides pizza for eat in, I've had the best luck with hoagies and their amazing grilled chicken salad; the dinners were not as enjoyable and needed more seasoning. read more

Both white and red pizza ok but other offerings are subpar and not worth the price they are charging. Servings are good but flavorless. I was really expecting something special with all the hype of this place. read more

A nice little pizza place, this one more on the Italian side of things. Serves the typical rectangle pizza along with traditional Italian dishes. Italian music plays in the background, and the walls are covered with various Italian posters and photos. Nice dining and bar areas. A nice change from the typical sports bar themed pizza places in the area. read more

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Go there but every time the food is not as good. I have heard many others say the same. Pizza is dry, all platters are way too expensive for that kind of place Restroom is small, and not spotless, take out area is not clean Overrated!!!!!!!!! read more

Simply the best tray of pizza in all of Old Forge. It is a very cool place and gets very busy quickly.

Terrible. Had some red pizza and couple slices of white...tasted like water and sausage and paper. Both my buddy and I were sick the entire next day. "Best pizza of PA" my ass. Epic pizza fail. read more

Old Forge Pizza! blech.....our waitress should have gotten a personality and was rather rude. The pasta with scallops was excellent. I still would not go back again. read more

Hit or miss. Avoid anytime after 5:30pm and on weekends, as the service would be far better next door....at McDonald's. I've experienced this one too many times....the server's attitudes aren't the best and often the food will sit, getting colder, while they talk among themselves. Also, on busy nights, you barely have any elbow room or room to stand up, as they pack you in like sardines. read more

Pizza is really good, everything was tasty. Service is old school, just leave it at that. Smells like toilet cakes inside though, bathrooms need some work. read more

This was my first experience actually going here and last the old forge pizza looks disgusting and most likely taste that way too , they can't even call spaghetti in English on their menu, Do NOT eat here please their are many better pizza places in the area. read more

Traveling from Pittsburgh and read the reviews so had to try. Pizza very mediocre tastes like Frozen Pizza you would buy at supermarket (Dough was fresh) chicken vegetable soup was good Penna with sweet sausage and beans was ok. Old decor dark and average. Can't touch NY or NJ pizza What you think you are and what you is- two different things Service was good this can't be the pizza capital of the world read more

I'm only rating this place soley on the pizza since I have never been to the restaurant or have had anything else on the menu. Now, growing up in Philly- close to NYC as well spending summers at the Jersey Shore ( not the ghetto one, the real - SOUTH jersey shore)- you grow to love a good thin crust pizza- I break my exception with Arcaro & Genells. NEPA might not have much going on up there but I will say they know what they're doing with Pizza and Arcaro's is no exception! This pizza oozes with cheese and the thick deep fried crust is so perfect. I've only had this pizza reheated because living in Philly , I have to wait for my bf to bring it home when visiting the area or working up in NEPA but that does not take away from the quality at all. This pizza is pure perfection and I wish they would franchise! read more

Meh. Food is OK, not super awesome that'd it'd be worth a drive. The sauce is spicey and bland (personal opinion). Their pepper shooters are awesome and their white pizza is also good and the Stromboli is also pretty darn good. I'm not super keen on the rest of the menu. The service seems good if your a local or regular otherwise you will wait forever for a table. read more

What a disappointment!!! I get a plate of spaghetti with what they call home made sauce. Nice Italian meal, right? Well if that is your best home made sauce, walk 100 yards to the grocery store get a jar of anything and it will be better. Absolutely NO FLAVOR. To add insult to injury, it was $17.95! For spaghetti! With bad sauce! I forget what the wife got but it was just swimming in butter but at least it had flavor. Of butter. That's Italian?! Don't waste your night out on a tasteless, over priced meal.. read more

Amazing...great food and service. This is the best pizza I have had in the nepa region and is a must stop if you are in the area. Can even order a half baked tray to go and pop in the oven to re create an amazing Italian restaurant experience. I need to get back to try the rest of their menu, the tomato sauce is incredible. read more

It was a Saturday evening at around 8 pm, the place was maybe half occupied. We were seated immediately and then sat for 10 minutes and no one came to our table to wait on us. There were 4 different waitress's that came and cleared tables around us and totally ignored us. The icing on the cake is when party two tables away were seated and a waitress came to their table within a minute We will never patronize this Resturant again. read more

Hit or miss lately. I had a party catered from here. Chicken & vodka sauce were great. Meatballs were awful. Nice owners though. Would probably try from again. read more

Pretty Disappointing. All I've heard about since I started traveling to Scranton was about this legendary "Pizza Capital of the World" in Old Forge. I came here with a friend after searching online for a location with the best reviews. This one looked Ok, and seemed to have a fairly good number of positive reviews. We walked into the building apparently in through the wrong entrance, so we walked around and found the front where we were asked if we would like a booth or a table. Sat down, and the waitress walked over to us - asking if we wanted something to drink. We asked what they had (since there is neither a standard drink offering on the menu nor is there an adult beverage menu anywhere to be found.) Our waitress tells us that they offer RC products. (Really?) So we asked what that entailed, since I (and the rest of the United States) has no idea what drinks are in the RC repertoire. She rattled off the drinks they offer - and then as I was thinking out loud that I would get a beer, before I could ask what they offer she walked away. Didn't say that she'd be back, didn't offer to tell me what sorts of beers they had to offer, didn't offer to bring a drink menu, just walked away. I thought it to be quite rude - but whatever. After dropping off some bean & olive mixture with a few pieces of pretzel stick and cold bread she came back and said "let's try this again" and asked what drinks we'd like. My friend ordered a Ginger Ale, and I a Yuengling. We ordered the pizza - and when it came out it was a lot of pizza that looked good. But unfortunately it did not taste that way. The sauce tasted like ketchup and the bread was dry and tasted like crackers. The waitress came by asking if my friend would like a refill on her Ginger Ale, and she said yes. When the bill came she was charged for 2 of them. I don't know if this is standard operating procedures for places in Old Forge, but I don't think I've been anywhere where you're charged for a refill without being told or it written (on a menu) somewhere that refills aren't free. anyways, we payed the bill and left severely underwhelmed and disappointed at our experience. I wont be trying this place again. Poor Service Poor Pizza. read more

Arcaro & Genell was my first experience with Old Forge pizza. Since then, I've had many other slices (or in Old Forge parlance, "cuts") from many other places, but the pizza here is definitely my favorite. I usually get two cuts of "red" and one cut of double crust "white" with broccoli. The fried eggplant appetizer and the rum cake always seem to make their way to my table, too. The service here isn't really service so much as entertainment, depending on who you have. Like the other reviewer said, some of these women are fixtures in this restaurant and have been there forever - they're sassy and I like it that way. This is one of the few places remaining where you can have a no-fuss, delicious meal with a few beers for less than $10.00. Rumor has it that they will offer outdoor seating in the near future. And remember - "it's not Old Forge pizza unless you're IN Old Forge." read more

My wife and I took our daughter out for her Birthday dinner, she wanted Italian so I said lets try Arcaro & Genell in Old Forge , because they have been in business for over 50 yrs.. well the restaurant is nice and clean, staff very friendly, drinks were good. then we received our food, my wife ordered chicken parm and it was almost tasteless. the sauce had very little flavor (not like I would have expected from an Italian rest that's been in business this long ), chicken was moist but again no flavor.pasta was ok. I had Imported Capellini w/ anchovie and garlic butter sauce, tasted like watered down garlic butter .and they dumped tons of it on the pasta, Yuck. my daughter had Sea Scallops Scampi sautéed & served over linguini , it tasted nothing like any scampi I've ever had. terrible .. and the linguini wasn't good either. I remember as a kid many years ago that the pizza was pretty good and friends I've spoken to recently said great pizza. that may be the case Great Pizza but that's it.. well with all that said, WE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE THERE WITH THE FOOD and I never wanted to walk out of a restaurant without paying for the food, but considered it briefly, but paid the bill anyway...WE WILL NEVER GO BACK. YUCK read more

This restaurant was recommended to us. I am glad we tried it! The bread and sesame sticks are a nice appetizer. We had a couple of cuts each of the red. I had peppers on mine and it was delicious! The pizza is amazing. No free refills on the RC cola though, but worth the trip! I will definitely go back someday! read more

This is our second attempt @ Old Forge pizza (the first being Revello's) and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Not being a huge fan of OF pizza, I wasn't expecting much. The crust is light for OF pizza and the sauce has a unique spicy flavor that is delicious. We ordered the pizza to go so I can't comment on the service. read more

Wow this is the first place we've stopped in our pizza tour and it can't get any better!!! Great crust and sauce and cheese. And they had these grilled cheese like things that were out of this world! read more

When you run out of food you should tell your wait staff. We sat at the bar,waited 15 minutes for a drink as a table wasn't ready yet. After being seated we ordered apps. An order of steamed calms and roasted peppers. When the apps arrived we ordered our dinners. My wife ordered pasta with scallops I ordered pasta with hot sausage. After an hour of watching every one around us receive their food our waitress came to our table and says "I'm sorry but we're out of scallops, would you like shrimp instead? Shocked I said it took an hour to find out you were out of scallops? She said they just told her. We had a big table and the kitchen is very busy. Sooo, its already 8:30 pm we already invested an hour and a half and all we had to eat was apps and salad. I said cancel the order and give me the check,maby we can salvage the evening. Last time at Arcaro & Genell for a while. read more

I'm not sure what the big deal is about this place. Maybe the pizza is great(never had) but we went here after a funeral. I believe it was my uncle's decision because he's from Old Forge. The food was gross. I ate here once and i'm pretty sure it will be the last. I'd try the pizza, It has a great reputation but the catering end of this place needs help. read more

We came here on our road trip from Cooperstown to Philly. Yummy pizza. Such an interesting crust. I ordered one cut with broc and spinach and it was a great "light" bite. Would come back again if nearby. There other offerings look good too. Veggie-friendly menu. read more

The pizza here is great! We ordered the white pizza which seemed to be much more flavorful than the red. The cannolis are homemade as well and very tasty. That said, the quality of service leaves something to be desired. Service was abysmal!! Our server was Carol and she honestly seemed like she hated her job! We asked her for recommendations to which she was indifferent. She lacked two critical attributes every server should have which are personality and attentiveness. I'm rating this experience three stars for the food quality alone as we were underimpressed by the level of service. read more

I love this place. We used to go when I was growing up and would wait an hour or two for a table. It's the kind of place you go to and order your meal and then order a few things "for the table" as well. You can't go wrong with any of the pizzas. If you've never tried NEPA pizza, it's kind of like Sicilian, with a twist. This is the real deal old school Italian style restaurant that lots of chains try to copy but they can't capture the feel. read more

The service is very slow considering we came in at 1:12 pm and got served 2:25 pm for four slices of pizza and two paninis!

Best pizza ever! The dough is so light and fluffy... Everything there is good , save space for dessert homemade tiramisu to die for....

Great food. It can be very busy on the weekend. Best white pizza anywhere. I've never had a bad dinner here. I highly recommend.

Pizza was decent. The crust was reminiscent of Pizza Hut deep dish crust, though a bit thinner and obviously more homemade. The pizza lacked a bit of sauceboat when it didn't have a decent layer of sauce it was quite good. There was a few relatively crunchy onions in the sauce which I am to understand is normal in these parts, but was not necessarily my favorite thing. The service was excellent. I called late approximately 17 minutes before they closed and there are more than happy to make me hot fresh carryout pizza my thanks again. read more

Good pizza, excellent Judy salad. Ok pizza but hey I'm from Jersey where the best pizza in the world is made. Yeah, NY, we took your style and made it better. Back to PA, family and date friendly comfy atmosphere. Smiles and good times all around. Take a look at all the famous people pics from past customers-very impressive. Don't let the neighborhood scare you either. read more

We waited twentyeight minutes for a seat. Then the Host who was the only on wearing a suit insulted our friend by saying loudly " Nice Attire." Our friend was wearing a red t-shirt and cargo shorts with loafers. We were insulted! We were very disappointed in the pizza. We ordered A Sicilian with pepperoni and sausage. We waited twenty minutes for our food. The pizza arrived before the appetizers. The pepperoni tasted a little off, the crust was not crispy at all. Our mushroom appetizer was not like the first time we had it there. It was more breading than crabmeat. Each time we get it it has less filling. We have ordered that three times now. We were very disappointed. We had a discussion with people at two other tables that night about how the quality of the food is not the same. I really hope they can get their standards back. I have been going there since I was a child. read more

We have been going here for more than 20 years. We can recommend this after extensive research. Its great! Just a pizza and a beer or the whole 9 yards. Always busy because so many people know this. The ladies do make great effort to get your order quickly- AND the drinks are awesome-- New Years Eve-- was still terrific-- had seafood dish --- wonderful-- and was in Italy recently-- really The food is consistently delicious!!! I am not related to either family Just a fan!! read more

This is indeed and old school Italian kind of place, which I love. The atmosphere is great, dark wood bar and booths and no frills. The food is fantastic. It's not even on the menu, but ask your waitress (if they forget like ours did) for the bean dish. It's a free little appetizer of cold bean salad served on pieces of Italian bread then drizzled w/olive oil. The waitress should also bring a basket of bread when you eat in. Last time I had the chicken bruschetta special- chicken breast pieces marinated in balsamic vinegar served on Italian bread w/bruschetta, black olives and topped w/mozzerella cheese. It was so delicious. My friend had the double white pizza w/broccoli. I imagine their red is great, but this is my favorite white pizza of anywhere so I always have to try that. You can order trays to go and they (ingeniously) ask you whether you want yours half cooked or full cooked, depending on when you're going to serve it. As it implies, the half cooked you will have to heat in the oven. Parking is in the lot across the street and there is also a banquet room should you need that. I was surprised by how competent the bar tending is, they really make your drinks to your order. In this day and age of cookie cutter chain restaurants and food experiences, it's heartening to know that places like this still exist! read more

Arcaro & Genell - Double white w/broccoli tray - Pizza Near Me - Old Forge, Pennsylvania

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If rating the double-crust white pizza alone, this place would get four stars. It's overstuffed with cheese, and seasoned with olive oil, rosemary and salt - really tasty! However, the pasta entrees are way overcooked and tasteless. I suggest sticking with the pizza and a beer in this casual and bustling popular neighborhood establishment. The fried eggplant was pretty good, too! read more

Pizza is excellent, I suggest you skip the appetizers though, worst clams oreganato I've ever had. Didn't have pasta but I'll try it next time. Decent prices. Dined with my wife and 2 boys, ages 3 and 8, they also loved it. read more

served my guests some chicken entres and red and white pizza at my party. I ordered 1/2 pans od the chicken items and was amazed at the amount of food in each order, I thought they made a mistake and gave me full pans!!! I had 20 people and still had leftovers. everyone loved all the food, I was so pleased. I always knew I loved the pizza but will always use them to cater a party!!! thank you for making my day a huge success read more