Honestly the best and most authentic Italian place around. Chef gigi is truly amazing. Bravo brava bravo

I went to this location a few weeks back, and I really question how some have loved this place. First off, some of the individuals who work there, maybe it's the owner, they can be very rude. Being there for the first time, you'd think you have more assistance, especially with the questions I had. I asked two questions, and was given a look, that I felt was, "get out of here." While I was there, I ordered the penne vodka, which was absolutely delicious. The flavoring on the pasta was really good, and it was al dente. I threw in my favorite red pepper to give it a nice kick, and it made it taste even better. I also ordered the cacio e pepe pizza, which is straight out of Rome. The pizza is so good, there's no red sauce on it, which would take you back to Rome itself. There's a nice amount of black pepper, and I couldn't tell if it was pecorino, parmigiana, or both. The pizza, it took me back to Italy, which is a wonderful feeling. Overall, the food is really good, but the service of those who help you are not for me. This would've gotten 5 stars, but I felt disrespected when I was there. read more

Amazing pizza. I had a New York style pepperoni pie and I'm blown away. The gentleman who I believe is the owner was super nice. If you haven't tried it yet please do!! read more

Olive & Garlic - NY STYLE PEPPERONI (No Basil) - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Chef Gigi's baked eggplant app might be the best thing I've eaten this year. Personal size crudo pizza probably second best. Mixed green salad was super fresh, carefully dusted with finely shredded cheese. Left feeling well cared for. read more

Newsday has a video with the owner of Naples Street Food explaining how the Naples method of pizza making is being utilized. How they're using the best flour, buffalo mozzarella and a wood oven to create their masterpiece pizza. Better than what I get in Brooklyn?? I must investigate. I walk into a quite restaurant during lunchtime. I see the wood oven burning wood. Lets get the pizza party started. I ordered a large Salerno which has spicy salami, ham and sausage. Normally, this pizza should take no longer than 5 minutes to prep and take out of the oven. We're waiting over 10 minutes and the pizza comes out. I can see the Naples Caputo flour didn't charr too much, it looks like a Naples pizza should, large and in charge. What it didn't have was taste or that pizza "unctuous". It was also missing the spicy salami and we had to hit the pizza with red pepper. No salt, no olive oil, I am telling you, no taste. Overall I was underwhelmed by the pizza crafted for me today. It was just ok. Not the best pizza on Long Island, 3 Yelp stars from me today. read more

Olive & Garlic - Hmm... - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Excellent meals made with great ingredients and care. My 4th visit here, and I am still impressed by the great pasta and pasta choices they have. Consistency, to me is the keyword here! Our entire party enjoyed their dishes, and the daily specials offered, are typically your best choices. They do have und out of their specials, so I would say go as early as possible! The chef always makes it a point to come out, and greet his patrons, which is a nice gesture. The ambience is not that of a "fine" dinning restaurant, however their meals defined are. read more

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Pizza was ok, a crust was a little chewy for my taste. Prices were higher when you pay than on their menu's. Its worth a try, but probably not the go to spot on the regular. read more

Had mixed experience with this restaurant in the past. It has been rebranded/renamed to Farina00. After receiving high praise from Newsday, decided to give it another try. Newsday highlighted its specials, so when I tried to place a take out order tonight, I asked about them. The person answering the phone said he needed to find out and put me on hold. When he came back I heard the staff familiar with the special options in the background while he tried to repeat them. He laughed as he did this and then hung up on me. Very disappointing, especially after driving a distance to get to Franklin Square. They need to get their act together and have staff answering the phone who are serious and care about customer service. Don't think I will be coming back. read more

Heard about the fresh pastas here so we decided to try it. Everything is made fresh with some things imported from Italy. Pizza and pastas were both so good. The place is tiny but cute. Chef Gigi is very nice and you can tell he takes pride in his food. We had the fettuccine with cracked pepper and the squid-ink pasta with lobster tail. The pizza was with Italian salami you can tell it's the good quality salami. Felt like I was in Italy again. If you are dining in, be prepared to wait a little. Will definitely be back! read more

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I am a happy guy. Why? Because I now have an incredible wood fired pizza close to my home. Along with Saverios in Massapequa, and Massa's in Huntington this place rounds on my top three wood/coal fired pizza spots on LI. So now wherever I am on the island I have a go to, but this place edges the others out because it delivers to my home! Just knowing the owners are so obsessed with quality and authenticity that they imported a 6,000lb pizza oven from their home in Avelleno, Italy is something special. They broke down the store front just to have this 1000 degree cranking bad boy as the center of all the food they produce here. They don't stop there because they also are using the best DOC, imported, freshest ingredients to put together the stuff that dreams are made of. I know I am a little late the party since they have been open over a year now, but for my first time out I tried the arrabbiata pizza - spicy salami and dabs of this delicious pork spread and cheese. Dough is charred and airy light - cooked enough where the slice can be eaten by hand. Also had the Porchetta Panozzi with red peppers - a large generous sandwich cut in 4 was just fantastic. read more

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45 years living on ny I finally get the worst pizza ever cold pizza and terrible consistency

Pizza was absolutely amazing. Got two pies- margarita and a pepperoni. The crust was so delicious and I'm usually not a crust person. Took a bit of olive oil and seasoning to dip my crust in. Definitely will go again. read more

Honestly, if you live in the area, you should be running to this place! While it's very different from other Italian food in the area, I'd say it's one of the best Neapolitan style pizzas you can get on Long Island, if not in the entire state. I decided to treat my grandmother for lunch, as this is the only pizzeria she will eat at, as it tastes like the old country according to her. Went on a Friday, around 1PM and we were the only people there. The owner was an absolute gentleman, let us sit wherever we wanted, offered us sparkling or regular water, and even spoke Italian for my grandmother who barely speaks English. We decided to keep it simple, one margarita pizza, one calabrese pizza. The calabrese was basically a margarita pizza, just with spicy, fresh salami on top. We also asked for hot oil on the side as they don't have red pepper flakes (make sure to get this, it's awesome!) Food came out quickly, was nice and hot, and you can tell all of the ingredients were fresh. The sauce on the pizzas was absolutely perfect, the cheesy was great, and the salami was the best part! Drizzle a little hot oil on top, and you have the perfect lunch. When the bill came, it was $27 before tip. How can you beat that? 2 pizzas (larger then personal pies, not as big as a regular NY pie) for $27? Sounds like a great deal for me when you account for the quality of ingredients. I cannot wait to come back, it's worth driving the 40 minutes from my house. See you soon, Naples Street Food! read more

Olive & Garlic - Calabrese Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

Can't speak to the ambiance or the service because I ordered it for delivery through Uber eats, but the food itself was very blah and disappointing. I would not eat from here again. read more

Great pizza- cool but smalllll ambiance. A bit pricey but your gonna get that for good food. Good pizza! take home ~ I ate 3 slices - after my salad... soooo that says alot ! read more

Olive & Garlic - Arugula salad To start! - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Sorry but we didn't think this was so great. Very small servings. Food very expensive. Spent almost 100 bucks and it was one small bag and one small pizza box. If this is what they cook in Italy I'll keep NY. Very disappointed. read more

ZERO STARS. This was the worst experience I've ever had with a food delivery! They offered a buy 1 get 1 free on their Uber eats menu, so I decided to try their spaghetti with meatballs. The menu states it comes with 3 meatballs per order but when it arrived, I noticed it came with only 2. I called to ask the restaurant and they told me that they are bigger that's why it's only 2, but they weren't that big. I didn't argue and said ok. When I opened the dish a few minutes later I noticed a funny smell and when I took a sniff, it smelled so rancid. I was disgusted. Then I looked at the second spaghetti and noticed a clear bottle cap mixed in!! I called the restaurant again to tell them and the owner yelled at me on the phone then hung up on me! He called me cheap for ordering a special he offered on his menu and then said don't ever order from me again! How dare he! If he doesn't want customers ordering the B1G1 free special, why offer it? That was the worst experience I have ever had with a restaurant ever and will never give them my business. I don't usually give reviews but this was so terrible I had to. read more

Olive & Garlic - SPAGHETTI CON LE POLPETTE. With bottle cap mixed in - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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I absolutely love this place , every dish I had here was delicious, anything truffle related here is fantastic and the pricing is also fair . I haven't had one bad dish. Love how this place makes you feel like you're at home and I love the genuine waitress lady who's oblivious but super down to earth. Give this place a try you won't be disappointed. read more

I'm lovin it... Had to steal McDonald's slogan for this one. I've been here a few times now since they've opened and I can definitely say they're consistently on point. I came and ordered pie after pie the last time because each kind has its own flare and truly brings something awesome to the table. Whatever you do, order the pie with sausage and mushrooms. I mean it's the bees knees. Pies range from about $18 to $30 for the most part so it can add up but it's worth it to me ‍. The seating there is limited but they do have some space for larger parties in the back of the restaurant. FYI. It's "bring your own bottle" so feel free to bring your favorite wine along to accompany your brick oven pizza(s). Bon Appétit read more

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Excellent pizza. Some of the best on Long Island. Pasta was delicious. Reasonable prices. Pleasant and efficient service. Cute place but you're not here for the decor. You're here for good well priced for by a chef who owns the place and takes pride in the product. Don't pass this up read more

Their red sauce is way too sour so I would suggest trying something like their cacio e pepe or tartufo. They are EXTREMELY stingy with their toppings. This happened twice so far, with the broccoli rabe e salsiccia and with the Calabrese picante pizza. read more

Olive & Garlic - Calabrese picante pizza - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

Interesting when you walk into a restaurant and the two counter employees walk into the kitchen and don't come out for 5 minutes... Back there just chatting it up and not even addressing the fact that I walked in and wanted to place an order, I just decided to leave... Food probably could have been good... But the employees suck. read more

I would rate Naples Street food four and a half stars. Authentic Neapolitan style pizza in a wood burning oven imported from Naples. We ordered a white pizza with arugula, truffles, and shaved parmigiana. We also ordered a red pizza with marscapone and speck. Both had plenty of char with lots of flavor from the oven. The crust was soft and doughy. It was very well executed. The pies were ready very quickly. read more

Never used except for takeout but think the prices and the food are dead on. One of my go to places for delivery.

It's so good, Like utter deliciousnessss BETTER THAN SAVERIOS? It's closer and less expensive. That's enough for me. Saverios is good but this place makes really delicious naples style pizza and you can't argue that Margherita - ugh, so good Prosciutto e Funghi - UGH. Get out of town! My favorite pie of theirs Veal Meatballs - amazing, soft, and ginormous!! Naples Street Food. Really Fast pickup times too :D read more

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Before you judge my rating of this place, understand that I take my reviews very seriously and I know the responsibility that comes with writing them. Now that you know that, let me to explain why I gave this place such a lousy review. Firstly, this place came highly recommended by several people in my neighborhood. They clamored that the food and how good it was. I decided to listen to their recommendation and order a 12 inch pizza with pepperoni, roasted red peppers and mushrooms along with an arugula salad. The food arrived promptly, earlier than Grubhub had approximated, which was a promising start. The delivery person was polite smiled and said both "thank you ", and "have a good evening". I definitely cannot say that I was disappointed with the delivery person as well as the expedient arrival of the food. But that is where the praise ends. When the food arrived, I opened the bag with the salad, and was shocked to see how tiny the $8 arugula salad was. It wasn't even mixed. Tomatoes and cheese and olives were bunched at the bottom and it looked like a handful of arugula was carelessly thrown on top. The dressing for the salad was quite pedantic as well. It lacked flavor and was way too oily. Upon opening the pizza, I was once again shocked to see how minuscule the 12 inch, $22 pie actually was, however, I did not let that deter my opinion, as I know very good food can come in small portions. Upon separating the first slice from the rest of the pie, I immediately noticed that the pizza was cold. Not hot, not warm but cold.(I live 5 minutes from the restaurant). I decided to phone the restaurant and inquire about the temperature of the food. I spoke with a woman named Aurora who claimed to be the owner. When I asked about the temperature of the pizza, instead of addressing my concerns, she proceeded to give me a lecture on the phone about how their woodfired pizza cooks for 90 seconds and then comes right out of the oven and then goes right to the customer. She also mentioned that because of the cooking process, the pizza cools down rapidly. When I questioned her about why the pizza was not transported in an insulated container, to ensure a warm product, she proceeded to tell me " we have delivered to over 200 houses in the neighborhood, and no one has complained. ", And then she immediately hung up on me. While I understand that people can have an "off night " , the way in which she spoke to me was completely unprofessional and if she truly is a business owner, she will read this review and contact me and apologize. If that happens I will change my review, but as of now, I neither will patronize this business in the future, nor recommend it to anyone. I truly hope that management builds positively on this criticism, and that nobody else has to endure this experience, Update: Aurora called me back. While she was polite, she did not offer me any resolution, merely offered a reason why she was curt and questioned the fact of why I was going to dispute the charge since I ate the food. I am a man of my word. Review updated to 2 stars. read more

Olive & Garlic - That is a standard 12oz soda can. For perspective. This is what an $8 salad from this place looks like. Be aware. Small portions - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Where do I begin, as soon as you walk in you feel like you're in a nice quaint little restaurant in Italy itself,, nice wonderful small place you feel like you're at home, They do take reservations, this is basically a pizza and pasta place, everything is cooked fresh they even make the pasta at the restaurant, Stevie or waiter was very charming, again if you feel like you're sitting at the Café in Rome ... they do not offer any alcohol but you can bring your own,, I had a sample almost everything on the menu it was so good lol, this is truly home cooked traditional Italian food ..many specials on the night I went , I had the Mandilli Seta ..absolutely out of this world ,,veal meatballs were tasty loved the bread, Calabrese pizza (their best seller) was truly authentic very spicy the Ndjua sauce ....absolutely loved the Rigatoni Neri Vesuvio,,it's a charcoal rigatoni with mozzarella..ate the whole thing ,, it's my favorite, they don't have too much of a selection of desserts but that ok again this is a traditional Italian pizza place ... stop by you will think you are on Italy and won't want to leave read more

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Super bummed out - saw a post with no dates for yelp elites and called today to order and drive 40 minutes for a pie. Everyone raves about the food, so 40 minute drive wouldn't have been so bad. The person on the phone said they were not doing that elite deal anymore. In the future, make sure the dates are listed on your posts. read more

Whoa. Came here for the first time last weekend and got three pizzas to go. Probably the best pizza I've ever had. We had the broccoli rabe and sausage, sausage and mushroom, and the truffle pie with prosciutto. Everything was so delicious and the crust was the kind that wasn't left behind. Airy, light, and still had substance. We loved their food so much that we went back on Sunday for takeout...no shame. read more

Most delicious wood fire pizza. I ordered the Cacio E Pepe personal pizza. It was amazing and I had leftovers for the next day. The place was nicely decorated and immaculate. The waitress was extremely friendly along with the other workers. I can't wait to go back and try the other dishes. read more

Olive & Garlic - PIZZA CACIO E PEPE 12" 4 slices - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Food is delicious. The chicken parm pizza is outstanding! I'm looking forward to trying everything on the menu.

Let us first start out by paying homage to the eight Italian people who were sitting at the large table speaking in Italian while, looking at the decor on the walls and fondly reminiscing while pointing and smiling. Next let's talk ambience, simple, clean, casual,little homely but gave a great vibe to the place. Next let's give a shout out to the 20 or so people waiting in the front for takeout while they watch the pizza making process in awe. this is fun I'll keep going... A special shout out to the waiter who was about 15,16, or 17 working harder than trigonometry to serve us!! Then the pizza came in all it's marvel. It slid off the spatula like a snake, with its brilliant crusty goodness surrounding the pool of EVOO drizzles floating on the cheese and sauce. The Crust - crispy, tasty, and yet soft like an aerobics instructors voice after cool down. The sauce - sweet yet savory... the perfect balance like twins on a see-saw, but still rich like Uncle Phil before they switched to the "other Aunt Viv" The cheese - Smokey, just enough to get you hooked but not enough to completely satisfy. Like a street pharmacist that says the first taste is free. The price was as good a value as fried apple pies in a box! As if this wasn't enough to break me, I witnessed a more experienced couple totally embarrass me when they whipped out 2 brown paper bags with wine. WHAAAAT? BYOB!!! Bringing your own beer and wine is allowed and recommended!! Somebody call a cab from the app, I'll be back!!! read more

Olive & Garlic - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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I do not usually write reviews but due to the attitude and poorest customer service I have ever experienced here I decided to do so. Placed an order with seamless for their Franklin square location. I knew it was going to take 1 hour. One & a half hours later I called the restaurant. Louis said he didnt see an order for me, he would call seamless and call me back. He called a few minutes later & apologized that the order was there after all and said he will send it out in 15 minutes. Ok accidents happen and it wasnt a big deal until the food arrived almost another half hour later. I ordered the foresta salad with addons it came to $20.75 !!! No chicken or protein addons. Just chgd out dressing added chz and extra lettuce. And a side of bread which i had to pay for. My husband had the pepperonata pizza for $18. Food arrived at 9:15. Pizza cold and hard. Salad came in a squished metal tin. Looked like it was opened and closed numerous times. It looked bad. No extras that I paid for were there and no bread. Immediately called restaurant numerous times and no answer (caller id??) I called seamless and they took my complaint. They called the restaurant ( they answered phone for seamless!!) and restaurant refused to make the order right or refund me. (Seamless offered a coupon for next use) I was so irate that this place refused to offer customer service for their errors. Noticed another # on the pizza box and tried that. I explained everything that happened and the kind guy on phone explained I reached their other store and he was very sorry this happened and it shouldn't have happened. He offered to get the owner of the restaurant on the phone. Aurora got on the phone and at first listened to my complaint. When I told her abt the salad container and the condition it was in she commented that her salads arent served in a metal tin but in plastic. When I told her the restaurant in franklin square wouldnt do right and refund the money I paid for the garbage they served me she said that is their policy they dont refund. When I told her abt the pizza being cold and hard and how the whole meal was garbage she started getting defensive and her nastiness came out in full force. I wasnt getting anywhere with her and I just hung up. I did give them notice that because I was so upset at how they treated their customers and how they wouldnt make right on all the events they happened, including waiting 2 hours for food, I was going to write a review on Yelp to warn other potential customers how horrible they treat customers. Full disclosure when she heard this she offered a $50 coupon for my next order. But after all that transpired why would I order from them ? I didnt get an apology or any compensation. The delivery guy at oceanside was 1000% nicer than the owner. I have read the other comments from yelpers, the owner is not nice. She should not be at the forefront of this business. With her bad attitude & the way she speaks, the other owners should worry about how many customers they lost. I would hope they read these reviews. Even the ones they dont recommend. My review will probably end up there as well. Like I said I do not usually post reviews. I'm going to have to leave a star only because you have to rate. I'll give the star to the delivery guy at Oceanside. I also took pictures of the disgusting tin of greens they call a salad. Hopefully I can post them. Everything I stated here is 100 % truth. read more

Olive & Garlic - $20.75 Foresta Salad. Basically a small tin of arugula and 2 mushrooms. Rip-off. They charge for extras and dont give them to you. - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

October 4th, I ordered the large DOC pizza with extra sauce. When ordering the girl at the counter was pleasant however,when she relayed the order to pizzaiolo he then turned and gave me a disdain look. The size of the pie was average for a small pie. Buffalo mozzarella was not the freshest and the sauce was not made with San Marzano tomatoes, making it watery with underwhelming flavor. The pizza dough did not have time to proof and lacked the nice yeasty flavor. $26 that was more of a personal size pizza that fell short of a $11 pie. Disclosure, I've been to Naples in Italy and this is a far cry napoletano pizza read more

Not only is the owner rude and nasty but the food is just not good. Lacking flavor and burnt. Not charred, burnt! Not to mention they got my online order wrong and refused to fix it even though there was no debating it- I had proof in writing of what I ordered. I used to love Naples street food and am so disappointed it became this place!! Worth the drive to Oceanside to visit the remaining location of Naples street food. read more

My husband and I have had this delivered a few times. The food is always fantastic and everything is on time. The delivery guy is so sweet. During the pandemic they gave us an extra pizza when another patron cancelled their order. Not to mention the driver called to thank us for the tip when doing a "contactless" delivery to our stoop. Highly recommend, especially during these times, I'm thrilled to support our local businesses. read more

Great gem in a nice neighborhood, this block is becoming great with this spot and the bakery opening up soon! (Lulu's). It's a small place but as soon as you walk in its a breath of fresh air, very minialistic and not that many tables. The Italian music in the background is a nice touch. The service was lovely, everything came out very quick. We had the Calabrase, Tonno e Cipolla, Salsiccia pizzas and a Rucola salad. The pizzas were great, full of flavor and the crust stood up to the sauce and toppings. The sauce was perfectly flavored - perfectly sweet and salty. The 12" will give you 4 slices - and it's enough for me but if I was being greedy I would definitely get the 17". The salad was good, there was huge chunks of cheese which is a great surprise. I felt it needed a little lemon, but it was still very good. I'm honestly getting hungry just writing this review. Give this place a try! read more

Olive & Garlic - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

I have passed this place numerous times and never noticed, it's a small storefront only 20 seats, a group of 6 of us went on a recommendation from a friend, what amazing pasta and great service! The pizza looked great, we will try as an appetizer the next time, I would suggest making a reservation as word is starting to spread about the new Chef Gigi and his creativity, Another bonus it's BYOB! I would not suggest a group more than 8 as it would be hard to seat, can't wait to go back and try another pasta dish Bon Appetit! read more

Olive & Garlic - One of Gigi's pastas, so excited to see some diversity with Tripe or Sweetbreads! pasta menu is extensive and amazing! - Pizza Near Me - Franklin Square, New York

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Crazy good and authentic pizzeria. Go to this place, it's 100% legit. A friend and I stopped in for a quick meal before a concert at UBS Arena. We had a bresaola carpaccio appetizer that was served over a bed of arugula with shaved parmesan and drops of olive oil on top. Delicious. Then we had their pizza special: pesto base (no tomato sauce) with pistachios and mortadella. Absolutely fantastic. Crust was perfect: puffy and chewy on the inside and charred slightly on the bottom. The combination of pistachios and pesto with the cool mortadella placed on top after the pizza was taken out of the oven, is to die for. On the way out, Chef Gigi thanked us in Italian. read more

We have been going to this establishment for a couple of years now. Tonight we have decided no more. The food is delicious but the wait staff is incredibly horrendous. You will get your dinner with missing ingredients and the waitress says it's busy. You will get your dinner but have no silverware. You have to ask for silverware and napkins because the waitress just doesn't know to bring it. She says it's busy. If you ask for salt and pepper, you will be finished with dinner when she finally decides to bring it. She says it's busy. Mind you, she's only serving two tables. Tonight we ordered angel hair pasta, the bill says angel hair pasta but we got regular spaghetti because the waitress decided it was better!! One set of Condiments are shared with all the tables without being wiped down!! Waitress I guess is busy. Twilight zone experience. read more