I used to get pizza here years ago and gave it a try recently. I think all I had was a chicken wrap. The wrap was ok, but my experience inside the restaurant was iffy. It definitely needed a clean everywhere and the guy working seemed insanely annoyed. After having norovirus from a pizza place in Westwood this did concern me a little if the front needed a deep wash, then what does the back of house where food is prepped look like? I think they just need to get a deep clean done but out of all the other pizza spots I've been to I don't know if I would visit again for that reason. read more

HUGE slices, reasonably priced, warm, fresh and delicious! Each slice is about $3.50, which you really can't beat for the size. Free street parking, small seating area, good service. 10/10 would recommend. read more

Cousins Pizza - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

I always feel I have an expertise when eating pizza because I grew up in Brooklyn during the 60s, 70s and 80s. Visited Cousin's Pizza today by chance when stopping by next door. Had a great talk with the owner about style and ingredients. Their stuff is top notch. The fest cheese, the finest sauce, tasty crispy crust. Their goal is no one heavy hungry and they skimp on nothing to make that happen. Most places make an 18" pie and call it large. This place looked way bigger than that. Fair prices, excellent service. Tasty pizza. Anything else needed? Nah read more

Cousins Pizza - Bacon onion slice, reg cheese slice - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

They are the best pizzeria within a 5 mile radius. No nonsense high quality and affordable. My "go to" local pizzeria.

While passing through... Cousins Pizza is big and plentiful. Service is great and the atmosphere is friendly. Kindly note you cannot call ahead for slices. Slices are on a first come first serve basis. read more

Cousins Pizza - While passing through picked up a few slices at Cousins pizza - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

These guys make not only great pizza, but amazing salads. Definitely the best Greek salad around!

Great pizza, especially their plain slices. Cousins was recommended to me by a coworker. My unfortunate happenstance was when I went back there just a day ago and a gentleman came in and went past me to go straight behind the counter with cell phone in hand to make a pie. Shocked that he didn't wash his hands!. Not good business practice, bad hygiene and no consideration for their loyal customers. So very sad to say I won't go back. read more

Anything I have ordered from them has been amazing ! I have been going there for years! The owners are awesome and very personable .

It's been a long time since Ive been here. Last few times it had fallen off too far to keep patronizing. Decided to return recently and the slices were EXCELLENT. Exactly how I remember them for years and years. Couldn't be happier to know it's back at the top of the rotation. read more

Cousins Pizza - You can almost see through the crust as the cheese just falls off. - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

They have a old school Italian friendly service the moment you walk in you have a launch selection of specialty pizzas

Horrible..all the pies were burnt i couldnt even get a normal slice, i had them put extra cheese on it just because i was really hungry and too tired to go anywhere else. The place was filthy . I asked for extra cheese and got a few half melted lumps of semi warm pizza.A real disgrace. read more

Cousins Pizza - I asked for extra cheese i got half melted lumps semi warm pizza. Horrible - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

Love the sauce, love the pizza. Staff is very nice. Sean is very helpful. Plenty of parking. Definitely try the Sicilian.

Been my favorite pizza place since I was little. The pizza and salads here are unreal. Every time I introduce someone to their pizza they say it is the best pizza. read more

Ordered for the first time in a decade and I remember why I haven't. Guy on the phone was clueless, couldn't take an order and forgot to run my card. Pizza was solid but everything else was below average. Look elsewhere read more

This place isn't worth your time. Went in twice in the last month. The first time they forgot half of our order. The next time I had to wait 30 minutes while the guy making the pizza cursed under his breath that he had too much to do. Also while I was waiting he made a phone call on his cell phone with the same hand that he was putting cheese on the pizza he was making. Now I don't know about you but with the prices of everything going sky high I certainly don't need this type of customer service. And on top of it- the food is sub-par! Go elsewhere!!! read more

Mediocre pizza at a high price. Bland and homogenous taste. Better off with frozen store bought you make yourself. Eat elsewhere..

We moved to the neighborhood 6 years ago, and have eaten here on and off for the entire time. One word; Inconsistent. I've eaten here by mistake twice because I also have Cousins in Norwood stored on my phone, and I felt bad and didn't cancel my order. It's so close that we could walk, and conveniently for them it's a good location. We gave up awhile back because of the inconsistency and that cantankerous rude lady who hangs up on you before they get the order right, and don't care or compensate when they get it wrong. I haven't heard her answer for the last year, so I guess she's gone. Smart move, I assume she is the matriarch. Well, anyway I could go on and on about how fantastic the pizza is sometimes, and how stingy they are with the ingredients at times. One tiny pepperoncini in the Antipasto salad? We ordered the Greek pie and it had like three measly spinach leaves and a few sparse feta crumbles. So disappointing. This was an accidental order, Cousins in Norwood would never do that. The crust wasn't too bad though. After that we wanted to give them another chance for awhile and we just asked for extra toppings each time. Been Ok, for a couple years, hit or miss until tonight. Ordered a large pepperoni pie, came home only 1/2 pepperoni. Ordered meat lovers pie which isn't on menu and the variety of toppings was acceptable. But both crusts were dry and flavorless. I like to enjoy the crust at the end and dip it in my, one pepperoncini and two tomato antipasto salad dressing, but it had no heart, it was dry and stale and old tasting. The dough must have been frozen and thawed, it just had no life. I should have my head examined, but I wanted to try something else tonight, and was in the mood for fish. The kids love fish and they've had squid plenty of times, mostly Tempura style if it was fried. I love genuine Calamari with hole pieces tentacles and all, but I asked, and they said it wasn't like that, but I was willing to take a chance. I mean even if it's frozen, all they have to do is throw it in the fryer and the lemon will do the rest. They didn't put it in the fryer till I got there to pick up, which I didn't mind thinking they were being conscientious. As soon as he brought it to the counter, I could already smell it, and it was like I was at the bait shop getting ready to do some surf fishing in the bay. Just a good old cheap stink that I wasn't surprised about. Stunk up the car and then the kitchen, and my wife didn't want anything to do with it. Pulled it out of the bag and there was no lemon and the marinara sauce was sloshing around inside the tiny plastic container. It was like water. And the taste was gone. I cut a lemon of my own up and saturated it. Took a bite without dipping and I could taste the bottom of the freezer burned bag. Just a soggy mess. My 11 y/o daughter said it tasted like it was raw. HA! The 5 and 8 y/o boys didn't mind and ate it up. At least they were just getting their fish on and didn't care. I usually look forward to a cold pizza breakfast slice, but I guess we'll have to try another time when it's a hit. read more

My favorite local pizza joint. The best tasting pizza just happens to be the best value (huge slices, low prices) and have the friendliest staff. Not to be confused with Cousin's of Norwood. Must try the chicken bacon ranch, eggplant, and meat lovers' pies. read more

With so many pizza joints around, they all start to blend together and taste the same. But tonight we tried this place for the first time after seeing it come up on Instagram by a food blogger and I was seriously impressed at how tasty the pizza was. The crust was perfect, chewy and crispy, and the cheese and sauce had so much flavor. This is definitely our go-to pizza place from now on. read more

Food was bad, breading was burnt, made me and my family puke. The service was good but don't recommend.

Horrible experience. Walked in I asked what special slices they had and I was screamed at and told "look what's there is there". When I ordered water, my friends did to and they yelled at them and told them they should have ordered all at once. Then after accepting payment we were informed that they "ran out of plain pizza". Finally, the worker dropped his id and said pick that up. While my friend was bending down he put a piece of pizza on the end of the table and it fell on my friends NEW sweatshirt. The waiter did not apologize nor thank my friend for giving him his id back. Additionally he did not attempt to help clean the pizza. When my friend went to the bathroom to clean herself they yelled it's broken, there's a sign read it. read more

Best pizza in river vale!!! I get it often when my friends are over and we all adore the pizza! Everything else is as good as the pizza and the owners are nice! They have big slices and it tasted like a nice New York style pizza! read more

PROS: There were only three things I liked. They had a TV, the pizza was great, and the staff seemed very nice. CONS: The place was very unkept. While looking run down, the place was unsanitary. The tables had crumbs on it and were very sticky. The bathroom was so disgusting, especially the toilet, that I simply walked out of there and held it in. Plus, parking isn't all that great in the back. OVERALL: If they were to deliver, or if you picked up then that's fine. As for going there....I'm not going to go back. read more

This place is such a gem. I started following them on social media. I ordered last night and they were super busy when I went to pick up and they were so really kind and apologized for the delay. Really nice guys. Cant be mad that they are busy totally understandable. Now to the food. I have had plenty of pizza in my day and this is probably the best I have had. The sauce is so delicious and not too heavy on the cheese which I appreciate. The crust was so tasty and crispy. Hand down best pizza in the area even Bergen County. No Joke. I have had the others in the area and not even close. They have been posting their stuffed rice balls, sliders, and penelope spicy chicken sandwich. Let me tell you these sliders are better than white manna in Hackensack. The penelope chicken sandwich is so crispy, spicy and flavorful. And the spicy sauce and spicy honey drizzle unreal. I had the Cheesesteak Rice Ball really big and nicely stuffed with delicious and seasoned sliced beef and cheese. My Wife also got the Greek Salad which was packed with ingredients and the balsamic dressing they have is insane. Really good!! Highly Recommend going back again next week. read more

Took a walk on the wild side tonight with their new chicken sandwich. Peneolpe's Spicy Chicken Sandwich is a 5 star hit. Love the heat and spice with all the fixings you need for balance. I ordered the cesar salad which is excellent. So many things on their menu that are yummy. Can't go wrong here. read more

At a loss for words for how unbelievably rude the Manager is. After being an excellent customer consistently ordering delivery from Cousins for the last year, whether it's a simple night at home or a larger gathering where we order a larger amount of food, they dropped the ball BIG TIME. How is it that an order for two garlic bread w cheese and garlic knots turns into a two hour ordeal and heated argument w the joke of a Manager at their establishment. I ordered my food at 3pm and here we are at 5:36 writing a scathing review because the imbecile who calls himself a Manager refused to believe that my food wasn't delivered. I requested that my food be left on our enclosed front porch as we've done in the past with zero issues. My food never came, my son who was home the majority of the time vouched for the fact that he saw not food on the porch and no one delivering food while he was here. I called to inquire about my missing food and all was fine until I spoke to the "Manager." Who initiated the conversation with the "food was delivered" in an accusatory tone as if I'm trying to get over them? Yeah I'm trying to steal 15 dollars of delivery from you after I've been ordering from you weekly for the last year and I was treated like a the dirt beneath your shoe for asking what happened to my food. Gets better!!! I tell the jerk I spoke to on the phone that I love their food and would like to continue doing business there but his tone was inappropriate. This guy started yelling at me!!!!!!! WTF, as if he I am wrong for asking what happened to my food. He says to me "My delivery guy is not a liar" ...... who even mentioned the word liar? Than he proceeds to yell and act like an absolute jerk so I will never ever order another thing from their again. Good job you lost a consistent customer because your manager cannot master the concept of simple customer service. Called my bank disputed the charge for services not rendered but this review hopefully knocks some common courtesy into the managers thick skull and more importantly their pockets. Wait btw come to find out they delivered the food the wrong house and after all of that they delivered the wrong order ......... smdh. read more

Cousins Pizza - See the order slip Garlic bread w Mozzarella cheese Actual order just garlic bread - Pizza Near Me - River Vale, New Jersey

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Not the biggest fan of Cousins. Ordered twice and ate in twice. As others have reviewed, eating in is a bit difficult if the place is a dirty mess. Ordering in the other hand wasn't a ton better as it took forever without an excuse or courtesy but what we did get was attitude. Onto the actual food now. We've only ever ordered pizza from there. No parms, no wings, etc. pizza isn't great. Not super flavorful. Wouldn't recommend with Broadway Pizza in Westwood being less than 10 mins away. read more

Not so good. I thought the deep dish pizza was very good, the dough was nice and so was the sauce. The crust on this pie was lacking though. However the margarita pizza, which is usually one of my favorite I thought was dreadful. The cheese didn't taste very fresh and overall it was lacking. I'll give them another shot sometime to see if they had a bad night. read more

althought eh place is run down and small, the food is fabulous. The sauce on the pizza is to die for i can eat a whole pic myself and i'm a small girl. So delicious and the owner Spiro and his family are all wonderful. They also dont have Cherry Coke anymore :( read more

Just ordered there pizza, grilled chicken salad, and chicken cutlet sandwich, thank you Nick and your homemade habanero sauce was spicy, woohoo spicy but was good. Thank you for excellent service read more

Cousins makes a perfect slice. Coming from New York City and now Hoboken, I have to say that Cousins is as good or better than any other. A perfectly lightly sweet sauce, enough cheese to stay moist, the perfect ratio. The gentleman behind the counter is super friendly and accommodating. I've eaten a lot of bad pizza over the years, this was refreshing! read more

Does anyone remember when Pete used to own this place or is that going way too far back? Really good place to get some pizza. The prices are cheap and you always get a good amount of food... but I don't know how much that holds true after Pete left. And like I said, the pizza is very good, especially for the price, but if you're one of those people that need to dab your slice with a napkin to get rid of the grease then you will definitely need to a do a fair amount of that here. Also, if you just want to buy pizza dough, go get it from Francesca's which is right around the corner. It's half as much money and you get more dough to make that piiiee read more

For Italian food connoisseurs, who I might I add, are Italian, notice the following as true. That it is exceptionally rare to have an establishment that makes both great pizza and dishes. The pizza here is more than decent- in fact, if they only sold pizza, they'd be better off. The dishes however are another story. Order their Chicken or VEAL dishes and you'll sorely regret it. The Veal especially. Tastes like a rubber tire and that's because they've served this dish up for so long that they've become complacent about quality. When was the last time they've tried their own Veal Parmigiana? I think they'd be surprised. (The VEAL dear they serve the public dear friends would not pass any quality inspection given by Mama.) When was the last time Cousins sat down with their crew to eat and experience what their customer experiences? When was the last time they've initiated this kind of review? It takes an awfully forward thinking set to humble oneself (especially in this business) to be self critical without taking offense - and in this business, this kind of mindset is rare. After-all, we are not dealing with a bunch of intellectuals, but culinary craftsmen. With respect to the manager, I have to agree with some of the comments on here. The overall vibe / bedside manner of the individuals working in the front of the house is less than what you'd expect in 2017. With so much competition out there, one would expect a superior customer service experience out of Cousins- especially given that cousins has been part of the community for so long. In the final analysis, Cousins, needs a refresh. An outside consultant or something coming in to provide them with some unvarnished truths about their food because it seems, free reviews such as the one we take time to post - go unrecognized (and that's not just this business, but a majority of restaurants out there. The cold hard truth is, if these restaurants took our views seriously, they'd make immediate, positive changes, or at the very least, survey the public. This being said, they get 3 stars because this place is NOT TERRIBLE. The pizza is delicious and fresh- they use good ingredients. If only they took the initiative to improve their poultry and meat dishes- this place would be dynamite and worthy a 5 star rating which potentially, it could be. read more

2 stars mostly because we went in and they were closing but still accommodated us. It's kinda tiny but I didn't expect a pizza spot to have a huge dining area. Ordered the wings and it was...bland. The wings had no flavor...the sauce was just watery...we had 2-3 wings and just boxed it up and tossed them once we left. Maybe I should've ordered a pie, but I was just really in the mood for wings. read more

Not too sure why Cousins has only a 3 Yelp stars. We have have been ordering from them over the past few years and their food is consistent, fresh, and never had an issue. It does get busy from time to time but never had to wait to long for our order. Some of the highlights beyond the Pizza not to miss; Grilled Chicken over Salad with Balsamic (Its excellent), Garlic Knots (best around)... read more

Best Damm pizza around -- perfect sweetness, cooked well and the right amount of cheese. Tuesday nights, they have a killer takeout special. read more

Stopped here at 9:45 for slices, was abruptly informed they closed at 10 pm before finding out what we wanted. Was treated incredibly rudely- if you don't want to serve customers turn off your sign that says open and close your door. read more

After hearing good things about this place and passing it for over 20yrs, I thought it was time to give it a try. Sadly I realized why I had never tried it and will now continue to drive by it. It ranks towards the bottom of my pizza eateries experience. Pizza is one of my favorite foods, it is our Friday night staple in our home. Being such a fan of this food, I am always on the hunt for the best all around pizza pie. While the sauce had a nice sweet flavor, the cheese was a bit on the lite side for my liking. What was lacking (as seems to be a common theme) was a good crust. It honestly had no flavor and I might have well be eating cardboard. NEWSFLASH to all pizza shops, "a great crust overcomes other short comings". I am convinced that some pizza guru business guy has showed pizza shops how to maximize their profits by minimizing ingredients. I'll bet these shops actually weigh their materials prior to pie construction. ATTENTION ~ this will not work with a true pizza aficionado This cheaper pizza phenomenon seems to have started when commodities prices (wheat) spiked in 2008 and increased by 25%. Thats when pies went from 9.99 to 12 per pie. Its also when bagels prices doubled to nearly a dollar each ! Well the prices settled back down a year later, but the shops kept their costs up. In reviewing recent reviews of this establishment, I can only surmise that someone is fluffing the review to promote business. Anyone with taste buds would quickly realize that this place just misses the mark T......as a foodie and a pizza lover this review is completely non bias ~ sorry cousins sometimes the truth hurts. Heres my free consulting advice for you.......Focus on a killer crust, put another 5 ozs of cheese on your pies and the lines will be out the door. And please put that course grain back on the bottom of the pies. read more

I have never wrote a review before but feel compelled to respond the a post by Bill B from westwood who professed to be some super pizza aficionado. Cousins is an all around quality operation which offers very good food at reasonable prices. I have only one suggestion for Bill B the Pizza Aficionado, do us all a favor and drive right by River Vale altogether. Mike read more

They have totally stepped up their pizza game at Cousin's. This was always our default to get the kids a pie on weekends but ever since they remodeled and changed up their pizza we go here a lot more often. The slices are big, generous with toppings, and taste great. A couple of younger guys seem to have taken the reigns of the place and they are doing a bang-up job. If you haven't eaten here in a while check it out you won't be sorry! read more