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Famous Pizza House

3.6 (99 reviews)
ModerateItalian, Pizza, Greek
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Extra cheese pizza

Famous is special to me, and anyone who grew up in Norwalk. When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies every weekend, sometimes we'd actually see a movie, usually we just hung out because we only had enough money for famous pizza, we chose famous over the movie every time. We'd hang outside the movie theatres ina group, as an adult now I'm sure we were annoying lol, but we were bored and we only had enough money for one thing, either famous pizza or a movie ticket, famous always won. After we'd get tired of hanging out we'd walk across the street to famous and put our money together for a medium or large pie, and a few sodas, and we'd hop in a booth, it's one of my favorite memories from those days. We'd always get a sticker from the sticker machine too. And I think there was a gumball machine. I loved this place. And for years it was always my favorite pizza spot. Especially Greek pizza. I chose famous over Jordan's and over uncle joes. To me famous was better, better service, better vibes, felt like a spot that just belonged in Norwalk, for everyone, and the best prices. I've been out of Norwalk a few years now. I'm back today visiting, it's mind blowing how different everything is. All these fancy apartment complexes. Cranes and construction everywhere I turn. But famous is still here. And so is vets park. I ordered a medium extra cheese pizza well done, me and my friend picked it up and went to sit at vets to eat looking over the water. I'm so sad. I don't know what happened but whoever made this pizza didn't care at all and it shows. It has the famous taste. But it's so sloppy. So soggy. So not well done at all, that the actual crust under the cheese was falling apart. I've never had that happen before. I went to pull off a piece that wasn't spilling everywhere, and when I went to lift it from the end of the crust, 1/4 of the actual dough fell right off the slice I was lifting, it literally was so soaked, so mushy and so soaking wet that the dough was falling apart, meanwhile the extra cheese was sliding all over the place, which is why I asked for well done because I know extra cheese means something different to every pizza house so I am always careful to get it well done to make sure the dough cooks strong and crispy enough to handle to moisture and steam that comes from the extra cheese, plus it helps to burn/char the cheese up when it's extra cheese. This wasn't well done at all. It wasn't even normal done for authentic Greek pizza. I'm so bummed. Everything is so different in Norwalk now. I don't recognize it. My mom passed years ago, no siblings, no dad, Norwalk was my only link left and it's gone. I don't know this place anymore at all. So expensive and so fancy. Way out of my league. And sadly famous has changed too. Maybe this was a bad day for them But that's why we put our heart into what we do, because bad days can be the only time someone is able to stop in, and now they're left with a bad experience. I hope for the sake of what this place meant to me, that they find a way through and that they start taking it seriously like the owner used to, because when you have something that special, it deserves to be taken seriously and treated with love and respect and dignity. Famous could easily be the best thing in Norwalk with these prices, if they just put the effort into it. So sad

This restaurant food smells bad and also gave me stomach inflammation.

The pizza smelled bad, so I threw it in the trash. It was the worst experience I've ever had and I'll never do it again in my life.

Margarita Pizza
Michele T.

Local pizza joint- nothing fancy. I ordered a margarita pizza and it was pretty good. Pan pizza- so thicker crust and golden on top- Greek style. My daughter ordered fettuccini Alfredo and the sauce was more like a soup and wasn't that flavorful. The chicken on it was good. Our waitress was fine with us but I saw her be kind of rude to an Indian woman with two little kids. They sat at a table she didn't want them to sit at or something. But it seemed busy and popular with the locals. I'd say this place is ok. It's location is great and it's convenient to the SONO AMC theater, which is why we tried it.

Chicken Caesar

This is a hidden gem. The food here is EXCELLENT and better than most upmarket restaurants. The burgers are amazing and the salads are one of the best I've ever had. The prices are good for the quality and quantity of food you get. Service is kind and there's never a long wait for the food because the place is very small. It's very cozy and has fairy lights and artificial leaves around it to enhance the atmosphere. Very family friendly and a nice cozy date night spot.

Large Margarita pizza

Wanted a margarita pizza and seemed to be hard to find in the area. But this place popped up with good reviews, and so I gave it a try. I Ordered over the phone on a Tuesday early afternoon (during the pandemic). The Parking is metered on a semi busy road. Walked in they had inside seating open at the time- and a counter for pick up. The food was ready, so I paid and left. Only issues were the receipt- it's not itemized, and I also tried ordering wings (flats only and this was not available). This is a big one for me but I get not al places do that. I also saw they had a fountain machine with Pepsi sodas, and added this to my order ($3.00). However, the soda tasted like what I imagine toilet water to taste like. So while this was a very unpleasant taste it wasn't a deal breaker I would say JUST ORDER BOTTLED;). I ordered a large margarita pizza, an order of Buffalo chicken tenders, and lots of ranch (0.50 cents extra each- but good portions for us ranch lovers). I spent about 5-10 mins there total, $30.00 for everything. Food was really good, soda egh not so much.

Bar B Q Pizza
Romney D.

YUM!! Since my daughter turned 3 this past Monday, what better way to celebrate that, than by going to a pizza place?! Pizza is one of her favorite things of course! We got the bar b q pizza, buffalo wings and my mom got a salad with raspberry vinaigrette. For some reason I was in the mood for the shrimp pizza, but we went for the bar b q instead. I absolutely LOVED the way it tasted, a little sweet with just the right amount of spice. The buffalo wings were also pretty amazing and I have to confess, I've ordered from there twice in the same week! The staff here is super friendly and efficient. It's a bummer that this place doesn't deliver though. :(

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Pizza is always good here the place didn't change much in 30 years but the people did.

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Basic, never changing. Chill environment though, The food is honestly OK. The service good, it's almost never a long wait.

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