Went here with my family while I was in town - it's one of their favorites. A small restaurant but great experience. I got the special (lobster ravioli in a vodka sauce), and it was delicious! The limoncello gelato dessert was also amazing - very light. read more

Francesco's Pizzeria & Restaurant - Lobster Ravioli with Vodka Sauce - Pizza Near Me - Suffield, Connecticut

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The staff was very busy, but managed to keep everything under control. The eggplant was very good read more

Great food great service! The homemade bread, honey butter, and fresh salad were a great start to the meal. The chicken gianni and Francesco's best were delicious. Will be back soon! read more

Full disclosure - I am an avowed pizza snob, who grew up in Yonkers, spitting distance (with a favorable tailwind) from the Bronx. I am also partial to thinner crust pizza. With that said, i am a big fan of the pizza served by Francesco's, a quaint Italian restaurant and pizzeria founded in 1988. I had heard about it from two friends whom I'd met on the Windsor Locks Canal Trail. Brian goes there every other week or so, normally for pizza. The dog named "June"'s owner also swears they have the best pizza in the Suffield area. So.... Hoping for thin crust, I ordered "Cathy's Favorite", which consists of mozz, garlic sauce, eggplant, ricotta, and spinach (hey, my doctor says to eat more veggies!). To go. When I arrived, the place was a beehive of activity. And the aroma...heavenly. My mild disappointment at opening the box and seeing thicker pizza was outweighed by the quality of the pie. Very generous with the toppings, and my taste buds did a little dance. Definitely a great pie, not at all doughy. Next time, I have to try one of the chicken dishes or house specials. Call b4 going. I believe they are currently closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. read more

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Would give it less if I could. We've been coming here for a while now and it used to be very good. Not anymore. Ordered takeout given an hour wait time for a pizza and grinder. Arrive to find the order was never put in the system. They put the order in (while in person) waited another 15 minutes. Then told they didn't have the food we ordered. No offer to comp anything, no apology just rude and disrespectful. Figuring this could have just been a bad day, we tried again a few weeks later. Very similar experience, the order was put in, but not ready when we arrived. Then we were told that they ran out of our order after waiting an extra 10 minutes. I've also heard from someone else in town that had the same experience. I understand mistakes happen. But rudeness and lack of respect isn't a mistake. It's a shame because we always had great food. They've lost a customer and we're happy to share our negative experiences with others who suggest the place or are looking for a recommendation. This isn't the place. Zantos, Tosca and Three Figs are all better local choices and treat their customers well. read more

Caught up with my brothers there for pizza. The food was great as always. My go to pizza place in the area

I've been past this place about a million times. My lady and I decided to try it after I randomly thought about it, while looking up menus. This place checked all of the boxes! From start to finish everything we ordered was fresh hot and AMAZING! If you're looking for a small intimate traditional Italian restaurant I highly recommended this place! We will definitely be back! read more

Francesco's Pizzeria & Restaurant - Francesco's Best. (Eggplant/Veal parmigiana - Pizza Near Me - Suffield, Connecticut

Great friendly service and the pizzas are pretty good. They are are, however, Very pricey.

1 1/4 + hour wait for a party take out pizza. Employee was not honest in telling us how long we would have to wait. We placed our order at 12:04 ....4 minutes after this restaurant opened. The restaurant had only a couple of customers in it. Then when we got it home.....yikes!!!!! greasy and cold. This place is a disaster. Back to Suffield Pizza and Family Restaurant. Never again. ZERO STARS . read more

amazing service my server lily was great and super polite food was amazing the homemade honey butter on the fresh bread was delicious everyone around was super nice would recommend read more

Excellent food! Service is always great whether you dine in or take-out. Gluten free options as well.

This restaurant has a new interior and a new menu. Elegant inside, and the food is fantastic. (The food quality rivals any Italian restaurant in nearby West Hartford or Glastonbury.) Our group had warm baked fresh bread with honey butter, lightly fried spicy calamari with crushed marinara sauce, home made meatballs with fresh ricotta, greens with glazed pecans/cranberries/goat cheese, warm garlic cheesy-bread, hot turkey grinder on a home baked grinder roll, and boneless wings with sweet Chile sauce and home made blue cheese dressing. Everything we had was fresh, hot, and amazing. Best restaurant around here by far. A hidden gem... Didn't want to write this as they are already starting to get crowded. Try it you won't regret it. read more

Francesco's Pizzeria & Restaurant - Meatball app with fresh ricotta. Delicious - Pizza Near Me - Suffield, Connecticut

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My wife and I came to Francesco's on someone's recommendation, so of course I had high hopes for this place. My question is this: How difficult is it to add Italian spices to a marinara sauce and call it Italian sauce? The answer: Not difficult at all ! If you look at Francesco's menu, you really only have three choices of pasta. Penne, spaghetti or linguine (with the exception of one Lasagna dish). No angel hair, no raviolis. When I order pasta with sauce, I expect sauce with "some" Italian spices. Instead I got regular bland marinara sauce. If that's not bad enough, they didn't give me nearly enough sauce. So now I'm eating a pasta dinner that's dry. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to a so-called Italian restaurant and expected REAL Italian sauce only to be dissatisfied with marinara that tastes like it came from a jar. Side Note: Francesco's seems to have a decent following and online reviews for their pizza. This review is based on the pasta meals we had. So, with that being said, In my opinion, Francesco's was a disappointment. read more

Probably the most authentic Italian in the region I love this place and it's in my own backyard read more

The food is great, but don't order take out. Twice now, I've arrived at the required 35 minutes wait time for pick up & the order isn't ready. In fact, it isn't even started!!!! I don't know what has happened to this place. Maybe they recently sold it, but take out is unreliable at best. Eat in, if you can, but time it right because it's a small restaurant with few tables. They never apologize or offer money off for the inconvenience. I'll take my business elsewhere where reliability & customer service is a priority. read more

Food is tasty (& somewhat of a good value for the cost) but here I am again questioning their commitment to overall quality and customer experience. Picked up takeout last night and the small loaf of bread, that came with our 2 entrées, was mostly burnt and hard as a rock. Glad I checked before I drove home but I'm left thinking why would anyone think that it was OK to give that bread to a customer? The message they're sending is they don't care. read more

Great pizza. Nice people. Always get takeout there. I never ate inside. The price is not great but better than other pizza places in town. read more

A great spot local spot. I was so impressed with how accommodating they were! We were playing in a lacrosse game on a Friday night in suffield and I had ordered 4 party pizzas for 5:45pm. Then the game got pushed back I needed to change my order until 7:15. They could not have been nicer about the change. (It was a Friday night and those pizza's are huge and they were busy). I really appreciated how accommodating they were and best of all- the pizza was amazing!!! Everyone loved it!! Thank you! read more

We live locally and order out here quite often. Tonight was the exception. I called to order a meatball grinder and a chef special chicken Gianni. The girl who took my order could not seem to understand anything I was saying , I had to repeat myself multiple times and after about 5 minutes even had to spell out CAPERS. During this entire interaction she was extremely aloof to my growing frustration and was even laughing with another girl. She couldn't make it through reciting my order back without having a laughing fit, and eventually just hung up on me. I called back still trying to hold my composure and got whom I can assume was the other girl laughing with original girl she apologized and I just asked her to repeat my order back, the result ... another laughing fit now from this girl ! I finally had enough and asked her to just forget my order to which she just said ok and hung up. No apologies or even attempt at trying to remedy the situation. Truly one of the most rude and frustrating take out calls I have had to deal with. Francesco's really needs to evaluate their front end staff( rude and immature) since it's really left me and potentially anyone else who ordered out tonight not wanting to return for the foreseeable future. Such a disappointment! read more

Last time we went the food portions had not only shrunk, but the quality ( very sadly) had gone down. Everything we ordered was a grease laden mess. Not sure what happened here? Also, the rudeness of the waitress just went to, okay, maybe this is just a bad day ( per first review), to why in the middle of asking a question does she walk away, why is she glaring ? Perhaps it is because the food is now terrible ... read more

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5 STARS !!!! Wow I was pleasantly surprised by this little restaurant. It appears as a pizza/grinder shop but boy it is so much more. Family owned & operated. I have passed by this place for looooong time and I regret never stopping in. Limited menu but they make up for it with TASTE ! Chicken marsala was Incredible (no potatoes) though but I'm not complaining new Favorite spot & reasonably priced . Oh almost forgot but don't know how don't forget to have bread and butter basket , OMG Fresh homemade bread & homemade special butter yummy literally could eat a pound of that butter it's soooo good . Mouth is watering ,think gonna order some takeout . HIGHLY RECOMMEND read more

Less food, more money. We used to love this place. Their take out dinners were excellent, but now you get less for more money. Very disappointed. read more

Our 1st time here. The Food is AMAZING. I ordered eggplant rollatini, the sauce was fantastic. Server was great, very knowledgeable of the menu and we did not want for anything. The homemade bread and the homemade honey butter was to die for. I will definitely be back. read more

Great food, great staff. Good experience. When I ordered my food I appreciated that the staff took their time with me and repeated my order back to make sure it was correct. read more

First time dining in here and it was great! My friend who has been here several times suggested this place and they recently remodeled, it looks fantastic! But the real reason this is 5 stars is the food is absolutely delicious, I couldn't believe the size! The service was also wonderful along with the drinks. We ordered the eggplant fries (amazing), the Pecano salad and Chicken Gianni to split. Everything was fresh and prepared exactly how we requested... I can't wait to come back here again, it was truly a pleasure. read more

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Medium house special calzone, pardon the missing pieces but we couldn't help ourselves. This was delicious and more than enough to feed 3 hungry people read more

Francesco's Pizzeria & Restaurant - Medium house special calzone. - Pizza Near Me - Suffield, Connecticut

Two people in kitchen weren't wearing their masks while making pizzas, when I came in to pick up a take out order. Buyer beware.

Today, we ordered a large pizza with pepperoni & sausage. I travel for biz in the northeast which affords me to try some very remarkable pizza places. It would be unfair to compare the pizza here to a New Haven or Brooklyn style, just not the same style. From Hartford to Northampton MA, Id place this pizza easily in the top ten in that geographic area. In Suffield, the best by a distance. What sets this pizza apart is the crust. There are many pizza places within a short drive that use crusts that somehow each are precisely the same shape and size as the cardboard they sit on. The crust here has a light crispy outside and soft inside. Easy to chew. As I am writing, we remain in social distancing amid the Covid19 scenario. The restaurant seemed hopping with a handful of cars waiting for curbside pickup. We'll be back. read more

The best Italian around!!! I live in West Hartford and will make the drive out because it is just too good. Amazing food, amazing people. If you haven't visited, get there NOW!! read more

This is a clean family owned and run establishment. Unfortunately, it seems their prices are way too high for the food served. It's good Italian food with champagne prices. You can walk to another place in town with similar quality but normal pricing. read more

We've been getting our pizza here for years. It rivals the deliciousness we had as kids in NJ. I particularly like the Fresh Tomato Pizza, but honestly, I like them all. I have even frozen the left-overs and it heats up nicely. The restaurant is very nice and seems to be busy. I would recommend Francesco's and we will continue to get our pizza here. read more

We have been going to this restaurant for years. We ordered off the menu and when we received our check things didn't add up. We looked at the menu again to compare it to our bill. We couldn't believe we were charged more than what the menu quoted. We asked our waitress and asked for the manager. We were told the prices went up due to some reason or another. We explained it's wrong to do that without a heads up. We would never go back there. It's a shame. read more

I was very disappointed with both my food (linguine Alfredo) poor taste and watery, and the service. I had a to go order that was wrong had to go back to get it rectified. The meal was horrible and expensive. Staff was rude and unhelpful I will never go back! read more

We get take out often but this was our first time eating in restaurant since their reopening and after their renovations. The outside and inside has been beautifully redone to the point of being able to compete with Longmeadow restaurants. Our server Steph was great and one of the owners checked on us, as well and was very friendly. Between the atmosphere, service, and food (which was great as always), Francesco's is a restaurant that people outside of Suffield would travel to! Also, the honey walnut butter served with bread is delicious! read more

just order 5 grinders and the 12" grinders had two pieces of meat on the ham and Genoa the eggplant had something to be desired. more sauce than anything. not worth it and the owner didn't care. he hung upon me. read more

Used to be our go to take out place but after several disappointing experiences we will not go back. We loved their grinders but everything changed. The sauce, chicken, cheese and bread. I asked if they changed suppliers and they said no. I don't understand the point in lying. I hope the owners read these reviews and make changes otherwise business will suffer. read more

Chicken francaise so good! Portion huge! Brought home leftovers and had 2 lunches from it. My friend liked her eggplant parmigiana as well. Greeted warmly. Service friendly. Was pretty empty when we arrived at 5 but completely full by the time we left so others appreciate it also. Did not even know it was there. Now I'm glad I do. read more

I can't say enough good things about this restaurant, from appetizers to the dessert the food was amazing!! Portions were huge & quality was a 10! I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a delicious Italian experience! read more

Francesco's is our go-to Italian spot in town. In a region of the country that is completely saturated with Italian food places, this is by far one of the best. Family-owned, they are very friendly and always remember us when we visit. Some stars on the menu: -- They make the BEST Buffalo Chicken pizza I have ever had! -- The sauce that goes with the Cheeseburger grinder is to die for... -- Their House salad that comes standard with all entrees is simple, but has a really zesty vinegar-based dressing that enhances it and makes it more delicious. -- Chicken & broccoli pasta is excellent (and a healthier option, too!) Some of the red sauce plates can be a little sweet/acidic and the prices can also get kind of high (upwards of $18-$20 a plate), and I usually stick with one of the above menu options whenever we go, because they never disappoint. read more

My family and I used to eat here a lot and we to loved it! However, tonight I ordered two chicken parms to go and let me just say I would have preferred to have eaten at Taco Bell! The pasta was way over cooked and mushy and the sauce tasted like metal. The chicken parm had no flavor and was also soggy. I will likely never come back to Francesco's after paying over $40 for two soggy pieces of chicken. I have no problem spending money on quality food but when I can make something much more appealing for less than half the price at home why bother? Please do yourselves a favor and pick up the slack, hopefully it was just a bad night but I certainly won't be back to find out! read more