My family has gone to Espositos for over 25 years. My husband and his family still meet on a Friday night, at the bar. Last Friday night will be the last time you see him, and after I tell his family I believe they'll stop coming in. As I stated Jimmy, my husband rarely misses his Friday night at Espo's. The staff KNOW HIM. On Friday, August 7, he didn't have enough money to pay his bill. Remember, Jimmy is a fixture on a Friday night at Espositos. On August 14, Jimmy went to Espos as usual. A manager comes out of the kitchen pointing at Jimmy and says LOUDLY for all to hear " HE IS C.O.D.". Jimmy just remembered to tell me about this episode tonight. I am beyond shocked and appalled! Jimmy is a loyal customer and he would never ever intentionally not pay his bill! I am never setting foot in your joint again and I'll tell a few people who will tell a few people! Customers are a bit thin to begin with, you just lost a family. Best of luck and your home made pasta tastes like Clam Water Shit. read more

I paid over $17.00 for a Wedge Steak salad. The steak what there was of it was extremely well done, not very flavorful and tough as can be. The red onions were pickled, a few grape tomatoes a lot of cheese and two packets of Ken's dressing. I was so disappointed I did not eat it. read more

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Place continues to astound me- hiding away in a mostly takeout-style pizza shop is the best pasta dishes in the greater Berks County area. Ordered Sphagetti Puttanesca, no mild version here- salty, fish-based, marinara with medley of Italian olives & capers. Excellent! Chicken Parmigiana- simple dish that delivers a super-sized portion of pounded chicken breast & bowl of pasta as side. Penne Boscaiola- tubular pasta in perfect pink cream sauce with mushrooms, peas, & onions. This place has mastery over aurora-style sauces- not just spooning jarred marinara over milky Alfredo. Any of their blush sauces taste painstakingly created from béchamel with good amount of butter & cream. Giant loaf of bread, wonderful, & dipping oil you could drink- salty, herb-infused, with some heat. Dessert. Woman could just sell cheesecakes & she'd have my vote all day. Constant rotation of home-made, New York-Style, not overly sweet, cheesecake that includes every flavor adaptation you can conceive. Cannolis, outstanding! Have also enjoyed decent cheesesteaks on previous visit). So sick of lazy, eat in ur car, order via app whining. Step out ur cocoon, grab table by back bar, & enjoy feast that will put you in best carb coma you've had all year. Wait staff friendly, prices fair, portions generous. read more

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I came for karaoke and decided to eat here before it started. Our waiter never refilled drinks, Antipasto salad was horrible and the Chicken Alfredo had no taste. Then I went downstairs to the bar and tried an Old Fashioned. The bartender didn't know how to make it and when she told me she would try the glass was only half full. read more

Esposito's is one of the best pizza shops in this area. Always good food and service is great when eating in as well as delivery.

They have very, very good pizza--medium thick crust, toppings fresh and delicious, just the right amount of cheese. Spicy pasta was way too spicy, however. read more

Don't order soup online. I really like Espositos. We like to walk to dine in when the weather is nice and frequently order takeout pizza, which is good. Tonight we really wanted soup. When I went to the Espositos website to look at the menu there was strong suggestion to order online using the Slice website or app. I ordered pizza easily and when I tried soup the choice was soup of the day. We wanted Italian wedding soup so I called the restaurant to see if I could do that online. I asked what was the soup of the day & the guy who answered the phone indicated three soups including Italian wedding soup. I clarified if I could order Italian wedding soup and was told I could. So I ordered 2 soups and indicated "Italian wedding soup " in the notes. When I brought the soup home it was not Italian wedding soup. I called back and got the owner I explained that I did not get the soup I ordered he kindly offered to make me Italian wedding soup. While I was waiting back at the restaurant for it ti to get ready he sort of lectured me on what his soup of the day was and how to order online. Never once admitted that he staff incorrectly answered my questions about the online ordering process. Bottom line, do not order soup, or maybe anything from Espositos using the Slice website or app. read more

We had a very bad experience here after hearing good things. Salad was just iceberg lettuce with one cherry tomato and one slice of cucumber. My cheesesteak was like minuet steak and greasy, the break was stale and the "oil" they served with it was like pizza drippings. There pasta sauce was uneventful, and the meatballs were gross. I could not wait to brush my teeth because of the nasty taste that remained in my mouth. Plus, it was not cheap. Very expensive for garbage. read more

Was better when it was owned by the Father. The people that run that joint now are classless. No idea how to run a business. Disrespectful to my mother and my uncle. Absolutely ridiculous customer service. Blaming the customer and saying it's "their fault" for "miscommunications" after an order comes back wrong and garlic bread BURNT to a crisp like a crouton basically. Never been mistreated like that after tipping 25%. Offered my meal back only to be CALLED BACK 6 mins later to argue the fact that "they're not gunna remake food for a miscommunication that is my fault". I would of rather had my money back and never bought from this establishment again. Absolutely not the experience I touted prior to this. This place has gone to dumps read more

Very good cheesesteak and Italian Wedding soup.very nice waitress. One problem, hardly any steak in the roll for what it cost...

You would drive right past if you didn't know any better. Their food is absolutely spectacular. My favorite is the Shrimp Scampi but I order it over Angel Hair instead of Linguini as I prefer a thin noodle. The Manacotti is amazing the pizza is wonderful Black Olive and Pepperoni on mine please. They also have a killer Special Italian Hoagie which they toast. I have been coming here for 15 years and the food has always been outstanding, My best girl Donna loves the Tortellini Aurora which is a cheese stuffed multi color pasta and she gets the special sauce which is a red cream sauce with crab. Everything is home made here so its a bit of a wait for your food but nothing too complain about. They just opened a new bar room which is stunning and they have also added a outside patio which is very nice in the summer. Warm fresh bread and amazing olive oil and minced roasted red pepper sauce for dipping. amazing Bring your appetite because the portions are huge. Hands down an all time favorite... read more

Esposito's Restaurant And Pizza - Shrimp Scampi - Pizza Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania

Hours online say open closes at 10pm.I called at 9:30pm and no answer so I drove over figuring they were to busy to answer phone... I pulled up to the doors LOCKED. Bar is closed. Restaurant closed. This is NOT the first time this has happened. They NEVER answer their phone the last 30 min of their closing time. Several times we ordered because they were super close and the food was so bad or wrong. Last pizza was stretched so thin that the center was so soggy even though we asked for it to be well done. This is the last time they will not be getting any further orders from us which is a shame since we are right down the street from them... To top it off in past when we brought up issues with out order the older guy who answered was extremely rude and threatened my husband told him he better not put yelp review when my husband was just trying to get my food fixed since I have an allergy to mushrooms and they put mushrooms on my item. Well enough is enough. Poorly run business esp management and poor quality control. read more

Esposito's Restaurant And Pizza - LOCKED Last pizza so thin, soggy asked for well done. we had issues with order, he threatened us better not put a yelp review - Pizza Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania

If I could give this negative starts I would. I have given this restaurant so many chances and they just continuously disappoint. The service here is just awful, the staff is always so rude. I feel like they act perpetually busy as if it is an excuse to be exceptionally rude and that your business doesn't matter to them. The food is OK and nothing to write home about. I will absolutely never be setting foot in this establishment again. Call me crazy but I prefer to give my business to someone who appreciates it. read more

We had a mini-super bowl party at our house for just me and my roommates. Since it was only three of us, we didn't order a whole lot of food: a large Italian hoagie, 12 wings, a slice of pizza (for me), and a bag of chips. All of that plus $1 delivery charge cost us $18.80. They did accept my roommate's credit card as payment even though it was delivery. I didn't try the italian hoagie, but I wasn't thrilled with the pizza. I only ordered one plain slice but it was burnt and very stiff with a stale aftertaste (possibly due to the fact it was burnt). There was also not a lot of sauce or cheese; it looked like they put the minimum they could on it. When it came to the wings, I felt the sauce was a bit too zesty though my roommate seemed to enjoy it. The $1 delivery cost wasn't bad, but I wouldn't order pizza from here again any time soon. EDIT: 2/11/10 My roommates ordered from here again tonight so I tried a pepperoni and cheese calzone and cheese fries. Calzone=good Cheese fries=soggy brew fries So the 3 star rating stands. read more

Will keep this short! Food is awesome as usual! Large portions and great flavor. Had the Chicken Marsala, it was very good. There were five in our party, I arrived before everyone else and it was early enough that I could seat myself. Had a large table in the back with big glass windows and a nice view overlooking the street. Always great service here. If you haven't been here in awhile, you should try it again. If you still don't like it...then it's YOU not THEM! read more

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everything was fantastic from the bread to the wedding soup to the lobster Mac and cheese and the prices are very reasonable. the service was very friendly, we will definitely be back with some friends read more

I am doing this review because everyone needs to know how amazing this place is! We have been Exeter residents for 3 years and this was first time trying Espositos. We got take out. We ordered two meals/dinners, a chef salad, a chicken parm sandwich and two cannolis. The dinners were incredible!!! The serving was enough for 3 people in each. The chicken Capri and vodka pasta with chicken were both amazing. Also, they ran out of chicken breasts and called us twice to make sure we knew and asked if we were ok with them subbing it for chicken strips (cut up smaller). Well, they sure filled the chicken in each meal to the brim. We were very happy and will be going back! read more

Esposito's Restaurant And Pizza - Chicken Capri - Pizza Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania

I really like this place!!! My coworker put me on and raves about it. So I tried it, ordered like $40 worth on my lunch break one day. I was so satisfied. The food was good and the delivery was quick. Work down the street, but they prepared it right away. My main complaint was the burger. It was good but a thin patty remind me of those frozen ones. Probably will never get that again. Or the wings. But it's a pizza joint so I should have known better. have a list of all the other menu items I will try. And I WILL!!!! read more

Last and finally time I go to esposito's!!! $70 plus tip later and all I got was cold and late food. Got a text about my food arriving for it to show up almost 2 hours later!!! I live no more than 3 mins away!!! Yeah I should have gone and picked it up if I only knew it would have taken that long!!! Lost my business for good. read more

We had the worst experience there last night. The waitress was new and my husband ordered a chicken cheese steak. She brought him a regular cheesesteak and he can't eat beef because of his medical condition and he told her and she took it back and reordered his original order of a chicken cheesesteak. After another 15 minutes, as everyone else was done eating she brought him his new meal. It was disgusting with basically hardly any chicken in it. He tried it by eating part of the one half and then stopped. He sent it back and told her that it needed to be taken off our bill. She came back to the table and told us that the owner said since he ate a portion of it, he would have to pay for half of it. We then found out the waitress was being charged personally for the incorrect order of the first beef cheesesteak. I have never experienced anything like this ever before. This is the worst restaurant that we have ever been to. In addition, their prices for their dinners are high as compared to other Italian eateries and obviously the management is not only non-customer friendly but also GREEDY! Making a new waitress pay for a mistake is positively Reprehensible! Besides, I am sure her employer doesn't pay her very well. It is up to the customer to subsidize her salary. She was very nice and we tipped her accordingly. My husband actually gave an extra $10.00 to the owner to pay for the cheesesteak that he was making her pay for. The owner then told my husband that she would be eating the cheesesteak so in effect she was not losing $10.00 because she would be eating his food. Again, we never ever experienced anything like this at any eating establishment ever!!!!!!! Don't waste your money or your time going there! read more

My first time ordering here, so I try to get a few different things. I ordered a dozen wings mild, with ranch. I also ordered a pizza and some other stuff. The wings had no taste and the ranch is just liquid ranch dressing. Not really the type of ranch you want to be using for wings. The fries were good though. read more

I used to love this place but now I am pretty sure we won't be back. The only two redeeming things were our sweet waitress and the bread. I had a pasta dish that had undercooked pasta. And no, it was not al dente. The sauce was not thick and flavorful like it used to be. It was just watery. We also found two dead flies in the cheese shaker. read more

One of several restaurants in the tiny village of Stony Creek Mills (where there used to be a huge mill at the big intersection before they moved Antietam Road -- and it probably employed the whole town), Esposito's has evolved into multiple sections and become pretty spacious. The one in the city burned down a few years ago. It looks to be a casual Italian growing (or exploding) out of an old schoolhouse building, which was a well-known bar before my time, I am told. The idea of making a bar out of a school always struck me as interesting, and I wished I could get a look in the old building, which went unused except for storage -- but now it is open again. The bottom floor of it is a newly-renovated bar which leads to an outside tiled patio. The umbrellas there have been calling out to me, even though the view is... the neighbors. We learned that is it more of a daytime patio, because of the dubious lighting outside at night. If doing a local cabana crawl, start here. :-) Wine is only $4.75 a glass, the reason being that it all comes from a box. It can be hard to avoid smokers out there. The server seemed put upon and had a strange affectation of calling us "children" and me "young lady" (no "young man" for my partner though, funny). Rather than being cute, it just served to remind me that I am not young and haven't been for decades. It is even worse when people talk like this to elderly people. It comes off as mocking and hurtful. Mgmt should put the kibosh on this habit. Should I have said something? Esposito's has many personalities: There is a pizza-joint-style area with formica booths where you can watch tons of people coming to pick up takeout. You can also sit at tables out on the glassed-in porch, where you see a lot of families. The bar used to be downstairs in a depressing brown-paneled, rec-room-type space, so the new bar is much nicer, with no scary steps to descend. There is live music on the weekends sometimes. To vegans: They will make tomato pies without the cheese once you move past the shocked, confused looks and convince them that, yes, this is really what you want. The cook may even come out to make sure they heard it right. Their tomato pies are better than most I have had because of the thin, crispy crust. The contorni (meaning Italian side dish) is spinach and broccoli in garlic and oil, delicious, but get some extra bread to soak up the oil you will want to pour off the greens. Remind them not to put cheese on top. The vegetable medley ($8), bruschetta ($8), and the broccoli spinach pasta ($13) will also work for you. Vegetarians will have several more choices. They really could do so much with vegetables here. Any Italian that ramps up the plant-based offerings will draw vegans from all over. When will a local one step up? They are open every day, I believe, and you can usually get food up until 10pm or later. read more

Rarely give a 5 star rating, but their brick oven pizza is to die for. I have fond memories of going to Esposito's in my youth for every special events/family gathering. I'll always remember Jimmy coming out to squeeze my cheeks. Even though there is a new owner (which, to be honest, made me apprehensive of going back after all these years), the place is still top-notch. I ordered a side of the meatballs and a brick oven pizza, of course. I broke apart the meatballs with my fork and then put them on the pizza (just like I did when I was a kid). Brought back some memories and still tasted great. Service was good and restaurant was clean. This place may look like a hole in the wall but don't let that shy you away. read more

The food was excellent. The portions are huge so you should split it with someone. The service sucks. It's slow, the waitress we had was very rude and unfriendly. Other than that the food was excellent. The atmosphere of the place is great. read more

Esposito's Restaurant And Pizza - A nice spot. - Pizza Near Me - Reading, Pennsylvania

It had been about 9 years since we were at this restaurant and now I remember why. The Pasta was under cooked for both of the dishes we ordered.... not al dente.... under cooked. My sons Rigatoni and meatballs were barely dressed I had to order addition sides of sauce so it wasn't dry. In comparison, My dish was drowning in sauce or should I say oil. However, the waitress we had was an absolute delight. The service was good but do yourself a favor and pick a different Italian restaurant that knows how to cook pasta. read more

Esposito's always is early for deliveries. The food is delicious. The employees answering the phone or working are always so pleasant. This place became my favorite pizza "go to" when I moved to Exeter in the last year. read more

This is our go to spot. The food is so good and the waiter is so kind. I don't like the tap water but everything else is delicious.

Best Italian food I've had in a long time. As good, if not better then places I used to eat in Brooklyn. Calamari, fettuccini,chicken parm, and veal Marsala were made to perfection. read more

Cheese pizza needs to be ordered with extra cheese and it tastes amazing then. Portions are very large and the more you go there more you feel like family. There are particular things I won't order because after several times ordering the same said item it still wasn't something g worth writting about. Wigs are a good deal and so is the convenience of grabbing a six pack as you pick up your food. If you express that you don't like something to the owner he's also willing to listen and try to make it better for you. If you have room, cannolis and tiramisu are also to die for. Wiah more Italian pastry options were available. read more

I have been calling for over a hour and no one wants to answer the phone all i am trying to do is order some pizza for my family and they will not answer the phone read more

I usually stop in to Esposito's when I visit my girlfriends father. Food is pretty good, I enjoy there French fries. The fries are nothing special but the way that they cook them is proper. The pizza is unexpectedly good for its area, I come from just outside nyc so I am spoiled by great pizza all around. The bartender Kevin though is very pleasant to talk with and alway nice to chat with and have a beer. I'll be back! read more

Odd location, good food. I haven't been in some time, but have fond memories of their Cheesesteaks. It's a pretty interesting take on it. Very flavorful and definitely safe to eat! I'm pretty sure it's fairly priced too. My Mom wouldn't rent movies because "of the economy" but always had spare change to grab some food at Esposito's. Thanks for bridging the economic divide, pizza. read more

I order a California cheesesteak hoagie and a chicken cheesesteak. The order arrived after about 50 minutes. The cheese on top of the chicken cheesesteak was covered in burnt patches and the chicken was dry. The California cheesesteak hoagie was put together and wrapped by a complete idiot. The sopping wet combination of shredded lettuce and tomato slices was not inside the sandwich where it should have been, but instead was ON TOP of the bread, completely outside the sandwich. As a result, the bread was a soggy mess and the sandwich was gross. We called and politely informed them that the sandwich was a total mess upon arrival and the employees response was "I don't know what to tell you, you should have asked for it in the side". I have a better idea: how about you learn to make and wrap a sandwich like a person of at least average intelligence and I'll forego ever giving you my business again. read more

Absolutely love this place! They are always so friendly and delivery is fast. Best meatballs ever! Great pizza too :)

This place is absolutely horrible. I don't think they have ever cleaned the place. The waitresses had no clue what they were doing. She brought out someone's hot sandwich to our table 20 minutes before the rest of us and it was cold and soggy--it had obviously been sitting for awhile. We sat there for over an hour, asked for the manager and he finally came over and yelled at us!! The waitress obviously forgot to put our order in and he argued with us that we weren't there when we were. Don't ever go here... They suck and the food isn't even good. Go to Sebastianos on Perkiomen. They have a clean place (no spit on the windows, dirty floors and tables, etc), their food is much much better for less the price (and you get huge portions too with AYCE salad bar), and have good service. I've never been treated the way I was there at a restaurant and have bad food. How can you mess up pasta???? read more

Best place for pizza in the 20 mile vicinity. The dinners are delicious too, and they give generous portions. Always treated with respect when I go for takeout. Have been going here for years and have shared our enthusiasm for the place with many friends and family throughout the years. Highly recommended. read more

They have the best MEATBALLS!!!! The best ones I have ever tasted!!! This is definitely my new place for Italian food !! read more

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Best Italian food within 50 miles! Never had a bad meal here. Very consistent with portions for a meal the next day. Service can be hit or miss when busy but a solid go to place! read more

Just went here for first time and I had a horrible first impression. Nice waitress, but if you order something and TRY IT and you don't like it, you can't get a new meal or get that meal taken off your check. The owner with wiry, frizzy brown hair came out and rudely spoke to us in front of other customers. How discourteous! How can you know if you like the food if you don't try it? That's just common sense which this "owner" lacks! Never going back again and neither should you. The customers are always right, so take notes lady! read more