We ordered here many time and the last time was about a year ago. Back then the pizza was dried out and tasted like it was stale so we stayed away. Today we wanted to give it another try. We ordered with extra cheese which didn't have extra cheese on it and again it was a big disappointment. It tasted like it was either stale or reheated. It was awful we couldn't even eat it read more

Very friendly staff, good food, and drinks. Everything we ever had there was very good. Pizza is also delicious.

Food was good but service was horrible. Very rude and rushed. Also paid $4 for a beer with a best buy date of 3 months ago. read more

Cafe Colarusso - Random sock on the bathroom floor? - Pizza Near Me - Jessup, Pennsylvania

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The food was OK. The service was, well, there was no service. Our dinners came out before we finished our salad. No one checked on us during our meal and our check sat for probably 30 minutes. There was no one to even ask to take our check because no one ever came back to us. It was not crowded. Three tables max and then we were the only people left in the restaurant at 7:30 PM yet no could make any time to even take our check. In addition, the handicapped stall in the ladies room has no grab bars so it is not truly handicapped. It should be possible for a disabled person to use the restroom. That was a one and done for me. read more

Decided to stop by during the week as we have stopped going on weekends due to the poor service. Sorry to report weekday service not much better. I ordered the stuffed rigatoni. My husband's meal came out and my meal was not correct. The salads came out AFTER the entrees. An older blonde server apologized and explained our server was new. Just to top things off I was overcharged for my meal! As we were driving home my husband said we should have gone to another restaurant. He was right. read more

I am from Essex County NJ which is a mecca for Italian food lovers and formally dated 2 100% Italian women for 10 years who mother and grandmother where aficionados in the kitchen. This place is THE BEST IN NEPA. Wait staff= Phenomenal. Pricing very very fair, even with inflation. Penne with Vodka and Mozzarella Corraza are absolutely my favorite. MUST MUST STOP BY if you value real 100% Italian read more

Dripping! The fresh tomato and garlic was outstanding! The double crust white with broccoli was like a first date with a hottie! Giddy up

My favorite spot for pasta when I was in Scranton. They have special deal every Tuesday, "Tuesday pasta night ".

we love their food we've been coming so long since my kids were small The sausage pizza is my favorite !!! read more

Delicious. Good service. Very clean. I like a family owned restaurant because they strive to do a good job

Had take out tonite angel hair with sausage Absolutely delicious received a healthy portion friendly atmosphere Keep up good work great sauce Will return read more

We ate here with our family while visiting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. For the most part everything was delicious. The salad dressing had too vinegar, but the ravioli, the meatballs, the bread, the gnocchi, everything else was just perfect. The waitress was fabulous, and even brought us a container of house dressing that had been fixed and tasted much better. The atmosphere was relaxing and the place is decorated nicely. I really have no complaints, especially with the service. The food tasted very authentically Italian, at least as much as I can tell. I definitely will return on a future visit. read more

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i purchased an antipasto salad on 3/31/23 .I received a salad in a brown paper box with wilted lettuce and tuna and 2 dressings. it cost 16.95$. it looked like garbage when I opened the paper box. I threw it in the garbage. i contacted colarusso via messenger .this was their response . Our salad comes with ,ham,salami,pepperoni,mortadella,tuna,egg,variety of peppers,Asiago cheese,onions,olives and tomatoes I will never order anything from this place again. it was the most disgusting thing I ever purchased from a restaurant. I assume you must eat in to get what they actually advertise. They told me since I didn't return it immediately ( I'm disabled)they can't verify what I received. really? They said all the salads that went out Friday were correct and said they had 200 orders .she offered 7.50$ in credit on my cell.I said,keep it,like I'd eat their food after this . Poor service and poor communication with customers. read more

The food here is good. I'm especially a fan of pasta night Tuesday... because who doesn't like pasta. But anyway, the food is traditional Italian food. (which is hard to screw up) The one thing I can't stand about here, is they always have some type of coment to make when I order a pizza without cheese. Thanks, but my diet doesn't need your criticism. read more

Oh i do love their pizza!! My favorite place for pizza. Great italian cuisine. Warm friendly atmosphere. Service is very good

I recently ordered takeout from here and was pretty disappointed. I've eaten in before and have been pretty happy, so this more of a review for their takeout. The order was supposed to be ready in 25 minutes. It didn't come out until 37 minutes. Kind of a pain to sit there almost 15 minutes longer than expected, especially because we ordered right as they opened on a Sunday. As for the food, the pizza was good and one of the pasta dished was okay. We also ordered a plate of cappelleti and they were not cooked fully. A majority of the pasta was still pretty hard and made for a less than enjoyable meal. Overall I'd say skip the takeout and eat in. If I did, the review would have been at least a star higher, possibly 2. read more

I've been here many times. Service is usually good-ish/mediocre and kind of noisy because they are usually just busy. I love the white pizza with broccoli and I'm not a white pizza lover to start with. I don't care for thick crust pizza as a whole, but that one is really great. The red pizza is ok. I don't like the sweet tomato paste-y sauce. Again a thick crust but if you like that style, it's definitely nice and crispy. Try the tomato basil pizza cause it's hit or miss but reaaally good if you get it on an 'on' night. The Antipasta is a good starter and get the pasta capresa ... It's is a fam favorite dinner if you like slightly spicy dishes. They also have a pasta night once a week for like $8 including salads. read more

Their food is phenomenal! I actually like the chicken parm better than Rossis, and I loooove my Rossis but Colarussos tops their chicken parm w better flavor! Pizza and Pasta PHENOMINAL! But you've got to be into Old Forge style pizza this area is known for. Staff was always super nice to me. Colarussos in Jessup = PHENOM! read more

Theresa, I think you should get your facts straight before you reply to any reviews of your establishment. Our reservation was made three days in advance, not one hour. No one in our party agreed to wait for everyone to arrive before getting beverages. And the Gentleman that you claim was was yelling is 77 years old, deaf and wears two hearing aides. We decided to go to a local establishment instead of a chain restaurant because we fully believe in supporting small businesses in our area. That was obviously a mistake on our part. After reading your comment on my review it is now crystal clear why your server was so rude. This seems to be the attitude of management as well. Hence the really poor customer service. I have read multiple negative reviews regarding wait time and food quality as well as a few good ones. I responded to your comment in hopes that people will read both my review and your comment,which is surprisingly unprofessional and rude coming from someone in the food service industry, and make a better restaurant choice. read more

Some very good pizza options, especially the open face broccoli, and some decent entrees, but the salad is poor. read more

I ordered take out last night and was really disappointed. I ordered half of fresh tomato and half of red. I should have inspected my pizza before leaving. I should of known since i stood at the bar while 4 employees walked in and out of the bar and not one acknowledged me or stopped to tell me someone would be out to take care of you. I brought my pizza home and the 6 cut red was thrown in the box. Half the slices overlapped the other 3 so the cheese was stuck to the bottom of the other three and the one slice had no cheese due to it sliding off......somewhere, not even in the box! The fresh tomato was not fresh at all. It was almost like they threw 1/3 of a leftover tray in the box and added 2 more random slices to make it a 6 cut. My corner slice didn't match the slice next to it nor did the cut of tomato. I grew up on Colarussos in Avoca and never had issues like this. We will not be ordering from there again. read more

Worst pizza I've ever had... not sure why they call toast with cheese on it pizza. Garbage. And it's not even cheap. Maybe their other food is ok... couldn't get past the pizza. read more

This place has gone WAY downhill since the kids took over! Pizza is very inconsistent, and dinners are overpriced for amount of food u get. Dinner salads are a joke as they have cheaped them down to lettuce soaked in oil with black pepper. Not even a tomato on it! Yuck. The sad part is the sauce is really good. They do make everything from scratch and have the best gnocchi... read more

This has always been my favorite place for pizza but it has been a year. We got a half tray of fresh tomato, half tray of red - we ate one piece of each. We both thought the red was too salty and something was off with the fresh. The server did say the person that use to make the sauce left a few months ago and they have someone new. He also shared one of the batches of sauce was too salty and maybe he didn't throw it away. I ended up throwing the pizza away when I got home. Will not go back - it was that bad- plus why are you serving me something you know is bad. read more

We got there around 2 o'clock because we hadn't eaten breakfast and needed espresso. It ended up ordering lunch and had the angel hair pasta with garlic and olive oil. It was really good. Great prices and friendly staff read more

I ordered take out and I work on the go the food was delicious. The only issue I had was I ordered a salad and coleslaw and I did not receive any silverware to eat my salad so now I have to wait till I get off of work to eat my salad. But overall food was a 7/10 I would recommend eating here or take out. read more

I took my boyfriend here and we had a very nice lunch. My family has been loyal customers and we do enjoy there double crusted pizza. We had a great meal. read more

Be aware, Colarusso's have placed menus with coupons (on close inspection expired) at the bar and will not honor them! Helpful hint for Colarusso's: REMOVE expired coupons at the bottom of your own menu or honor the collateral you place in your own business (If I wanted to read fine print I could have stayed at the office). Additionally, you did not provide the salad that is part of the lasagna meal (no I did not remind the staff, it's their job to take care of the order, I eat the food and pay the tab, right?!). And while we're at it, the fluorescent panel in the beer cooler makes for poor primary lighting in the bar area. Felt like staring into the highbeams of an inconsiderate oncoming driver. Teresa, regarding your response.. What a soulless, vacuous, corporate copy-and-paste response! No comment on my specific complaints of your deficiencies?! No specific acknowledgement of your failure to serve the food I paid for or the lack of ambience. Are you kidding me?! Your best response is "We strive to blah, blah blah". Maybe if your head wasn't buried in your phone at the bar you would have looked up and noticed what a good manager would have seen and corrected it. Sorry, but your business is in decline, and it's at your own hands. ..sad.. read more

They have, by far, the best gluten free pizza in the area. If you're celiac you have to try their pizza. We drive from Scranton all the time for the GF pizza. read more

Love the pizza - been a loyal customer for years - this is the only place that I'll have sausage on my pizza 'cause it's so good, and the fresh tomato is also a favorite - try the stromboli too & you won't regret it! read more

My favorite pizza in the whole world - Plain red or shrimp & peppers. In my opinion it's better Old Forge style than anything actually in Old Forge. The rest of the food is average; the service is sometimes slow. Your best bet is getting a tray to go. read more

Haven't been here recently but the times I have, I have no complaints. Clean, good service, good menu, etc. I love their penne with vodka sauce with grilled chicken added. I also like the dip they give you for your bread. read more

3.5 stars? are you people nuts? i grew up in jersey all my life and the pizza we're raised on cant compare to the magnificent experience that is a tray of red with crumbled hot Jessup sausage at Colarussos. If you are in the Valley, stop by this place for the BEST local tray around. I could eat it for the rest of my life and be happy. Fat, but happy. read more

The best steak and cheese I ever had. Great staff always quick with the carry out orders.

LOVE the pizza...I'm actually a picky eater when it comes to pizza, but this passes the test with flying colors for me. I love the seasonings and my personal favorite is the fresh tomato pizza. We had them cater a family dinner and everyone raved about the food, especially the eggplant. If you want to support a family owned restaurant with exceptional service and food, I recommend Colarusso's. read more

I eat at the cafe guite often ,the best pizza ever.chicken Marsala awesome ,clean and the best service ,helpful servers,.go you will be happy every thing is excellent read more

Whenever we are in Jessup visiting family, it is a treat to stop at Colarusso's for pizza or dinner. They have excellent home-town pizza, which has a crispy crust and melts in your mouth. We like to order a couple of pizzas and take the left overs back with us to our home in Northern Virginia. You cannot find pizza this good in the Washington area! Their dinners are great also. I especially like their flounder stuffed with crab meat. Their dining room is usually filled when we are there, but I found out when we were there in March that Monday night is a good time to go to avoid crowds. read more

Well, I personally can feel for all the people who left a review so far LOL, I know that sounds weird. But they are all true ! The guy from New York, NY is the best ! Cheese on Toast ! OMG ! I WAS ROLLING ON THE FLOOR (almost) laughing, but at the same time (Being From New York, NY) myself, I finding it true.. Personally, I love it ! LOL I actually JUST ordered 6 cuts with Extra Cheese ! Love the Extra Cheese Man !! Overall, they are doing a good job, don't know much about the whole parent, kids taking over thingy, but at least they are trying.. The place is loud because most of the people are talking way too loudly, we actually started laughing one night because we couldn't believe how loud people were and not realizing it.. Well, I still give the place a 4 star, the foods great and the pizza toast ain't bad either :) Off to get my Cheesy Toast :) John A Verkitus Owner http://www.HeavenlyHerbalZ.com read more

Reading other reviews I have to wonder if some of these folks were in the same place. I go there with my family often. The food is VERY good (I never ate the pizza but other patrons there said it was VERY good). Best veal parmesan in the state that I've tasted EASY. My wife says " the gnocchi, steak and portobello panini with added grilled chicken are all excellent." I'm from NY, Zagets were talking 19 or 20 for food. Prices are LOW. Reality read more

Mussels annissette are great. Double crust white with broccoli is also extremely good. Crowded every time but service is excellent. Parking can be challenging but worth it. Very kid friendly. read more