We had such a great experience at Gepetto's Pizza! Open since 1974, this family-owned restaurant has a wonderful atmosphere that feels warm, welcoming, and full of character. I especially love supporting a family business with such a long history in the community. We stopped in mid-afternoon, which meant we were able to take advantage of their lunch pricing. I also special-ordered a creamy espresso martini--something they don't typically make--and they were happy to accommodate me. It was delicious! They started us with bread and a fantastic garlic butter that was hard to stop eating. The minestrone soup was just okay, but the deep-dish pizza was fantastic--definitely a highlight! We also tried the lunch combo with tortellini and chicken and mushroom linguini. Both were good, although neither had us completely over the moon. That said, the service was excellent, which always makes a dining experience even better. Overall, we really enjoyed our visit and would absolutely return. Great atmosphere, friendly service, delicious pizza, and a family-owned history worth supporting. read more

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Gem in Salem!!! We had originally planned to go to a different Italian restaurant but this is where we ended up!! I had spaghetti with marinara sauce, my hubby had the spaghetti with meat sauce and lasagna. We both loved our meals. We were greeted by everyone who saw us and seated immediately. Shannon our server was friendly and knowledgeable about the restaurant and menu. We were served promptly and checked in on. We did not feel rushed. Shannon was such an awesome server! You made our first time at Geppetto's a wonderful experience. We will be back and tell others. We had a scoop of homemade gelato for dessert ..... All I can say about the Gelato is Wow!! Heavenly! Delicious! read more

The food is awesome- love the meatballs!! Pizza is the best!! Service was outstanding! read more

I was greeted immediately upon entering the door. The smell of pizza was tantalizing as the ovens are next to the entrance. We were seated quickly and I took note of the nightly special dishes. I ordered the creamy Cesar crispy chicken penne. It was a huge portion served with choice of soup or salad and tasty focaccia bread. read more

Geppetto's - Creamy Cesar crispy chicken penne. - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

This place is so awesome! The food is always good. We started doing Sunday dinner with the family. It brought us all closer to each other. Often they are short staffed but they still do a great job! Not to mention it's across the street from where we live. The pizza we order is delivered on time or sooner. I recommend this Italian restaurant! read more

The food is good and the restaurant gives off a vintage nostalgia. The staff are polite. The wait on a pizza is long, not gonna lie. read more

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A bit loud as far as space but food and service make up for the noise Perhaps it is the buzz about the food that makes it so loud Good portions Average wait time for food Drinks come quickly read more

Who knew such a gem was on Lancaster if all roads, in Salem! The food is fresh and delicious. The service is always prompt and kind, the place is clean and welcoming to families. My favorite is the mushroom, Alfredo with angel hair pasta. read more

I love Geppettos. From the delicious pizza (I take mine thin crust), to the warm and courteous staff, to the environment (classic old school) .. this is a place that I'll return to time and again. I know the owners are always doing what they can to serve the community too. Just the sort of people and place Salem needs. read more

This restaurant has the best chicken parmigiana ever and they also serve spumoni ice cream . read more

Geppetto's - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Did a Sunday deliver of their spring special eggplant parmigiana with a side of linguine marinara sauce, minestrone soup and bread. $7.00 delivery charge to West Salem, $6.00 charge elsewhere. Fresh and tasty dishes delivered hot after 3:00. read more

Only in town for the night and we were looking for delivery Italian food. When I called Geppetto's, Roger was so patient and helpful. He delivered to our hotel about an hour later (worth the wait) and everything was exactly how we ordered it. I cant say enough about how good everything was. The stuffed pizza was the highlight. Soooo flavorful. Id highly recommend this place if you're looking for an Italian fix!! Thank you Roger read more

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Excellent food. This place has it all. Great entrees, pizzas, appetizers full bar. We throughly enjoyed our dinner from start to finish. Highly recommend trying this place if you haven't been! read more

Geppetto's - Chicken Parmigiana - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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Food- lasagna was alright to me - a few uncooked noodles (seems a bit firm- to chew) There was no real grated cheese to place over the meal... a store bought, grated cheese to shake over. This was a big disappointment for me. Also the bread stick or so were too dry, no olive oil with balsamic sauce served. An expensive place like this should have real men/women dressed appropriately... looks like they came running into service directly from the street... I will come back and hope to find some improvements - nice surrounding but ... not that impressive. read more

Good service beautiful food great prices love it love it love it love it love it love it

Pizza was very good, like the thin crust, cool atmosphere inside. Got the Zeus pizza too and it was delicious. read more

Geppetto's - Di Napoli pizza - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

If you like Chicago style pizza and OG Italian food. This is the place! Come here from Portland whenever I get the chance.

Food was great. Our server a very sweet young man I think his name was Justin was fantastic. The feeling in the restaurant was very friendly. read more

Geppetto's - Great friends - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

It was really good all around are server was great the manicotti was awsome and so was the carbonara was a little pricey but will go back!

This is exactly the type of thin crust/red sauce restaurant I've been looking for as an east coast transplant. Can't believe I've missed out for the past few years! The restaurant is pretty big and I loved how they managed to create a warm intimate, classic Italian/tavern atmosphere with the wood paneling and latticework. We had a medium pepperoni tavern-style thin crust and a pasta dish tossed with chicken, artichokes, olives and light cream sauce that wasn't too thick/heavy and a couple local Pilsners. We left with plenty of leftovers so I'd say it was a good value considering the overall increase in the prices of seemingly everything nationwide. I noticed some complaints from others about the long wait times but I'd say it's only long-ish, which is relative I think since I enjoy a leisurely experience with nothing rushed. The waitress also gave a heads up about it too so this was a non-issue for this review. Also, come in with the right expectations, because they're not trying to be a particular "artisanal" or wood-fired Italian spot lots of people seek out or expect with hype. This is not a knock against the quality, care, flavor and atmosphere here, just something to help anybody who might not be able to discern a difference between certain styles of Italian cuisine. Thanks Geppetto's, we'll be back for more thin crust and probably a very cool t-shirt soon! read more

Dinners beware. The bill for food and drink when presented is already set at a 25% tip. You have to change it manually. Also they are charging a sur charge for using a credit card read more

There were eight of us and our waitress was a delight! Everyone loved their food. We had a variety: ravioli, ravioli & lasagne combo, fettuccine Alfredo, chicken Parmesan, lasagne, and Stromboli. Crisp green salad or soups (minestrone or tortellini) before dinner. Desserts chosen were cannelloni, gelato (pumpkin with Carmel drizzle & whipped cream or raspberry). There were lots of other delicious sounding desserts, but we were full. We were so busy visiting I totally forgot to take pictures. We would definitely come back again. read more

The best Chicago pizza, well? This side of Chicago! Hot and delicious! Waitstaff always happy and accommodating! read more

Geppetto's - A box of yum! - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Wonderful family owned pizza place. Food was great - owner was great - service was great. Even had plenty of leftover to take home in our Pizza Pouch. read more

I've been going to Geppettos since the early 1980s and it never disappoints. It brings me back in time every time I see their pizza cut in squares, which now I appreciate for better portion control. So good and the people are always friendly. read more

Food was ok, but it took forever to get our food! I ordered some bread as an appetizer and it didn't show up until after we had our meals

I've been coming to Geppetto's for years, by myself and with my family. The atmosphere is great and hard to describe. It's something like a 70's Italian restaurant coupled with a quasi-outdoor or villa eating location. Tables and booths make up the seating in two separate seating areas, and there's a bar that also has full service food and drink, along with lottery games. Ever since my children were small (twin boys), I could come here on my own and the staff would treat them like family. They'd eat spaghetti and watch their tablets or color on the playmat, and I could read a book and eat manicotti, or lasagna, or pizza, or whatever. The food is southern Italian and covers the gamut of pastas and whatnot. They offer steak and four different styles of pizza. When I would come here on my own, I'd call ahead and order the deep dish stuffed pizza, which takes about 40-45 minutes to make, and when I arrived, I could sit down with a glass of wine and only a few minutes later, a super stuffed, very hot pizza would arrive. I'm not kidding about the family treatment either; my one son was practically adopted by a young woman who worked here, and for the last five years, he still happily says her name whenever we pass by the place. We arrived one night after a party of about 20, kids after a soccer game or something like that, and when we were seated, our order got put in right away, so that we wouldn't be behind the huge ticket coming in from the team. For my money, the best pizza in Salem is at Geppetto's. My son and I usually split a large pepperoni thin crust pizza, while I'll also go for a piece of the lasagna, which is amazing. My other son loves the spaghetti and meatballs, and my partner (who is Celiac and can't tolerate gluten at all), will usually get a steak with pesto sauce. They keep gluten free pasta on-hand, so my partner is usually accommodated for that too! We also love sharing a dessert of the spumoni. My boys especially enjoyed the pistachio flavor part of it, so, knowing this, once when the bucket was low and was mostly chocolate and vanilla, a new tub was opened up and an extra large portion of pistachio was scooped out for us. Seriously, this place is a killer location, with great food, great atmosphere, and an amazing staff. The front door looks like you're walking into a hidden location and, in a lot of ways, it is. This place is absolutely wonderful! read more

We were quite disappointed. The hostess was rude. The food was not good - chicken parm had a bland sauce and over cooked pasta. I will say - the chicken itself was cooked properly - just significantly under seasoned Salad was not good. We will not be back Only bright spot was that our server was super nice and attentive. read more

Good Italian food at a great price. We come here often and have never been disappointed.

When: Sat. Sept 4th 2021; 6:30 pm, Party of 2 Adults With about 10+ Yelp Check-In's at Geppetto's, it is save to say that this Salem Italian restaurant has been our go to restaurant when we are craving Italian comfort food...This restaurant has been around since 1974 so it is a neighborhood staple, where multiple generations have come to enjoy and celebrate special occasions...lots of ample parking, at this Lancaster Drive strip mall, located right next door to Office Max. Geppetto's is a good restaurant to bring the whole family, where all will feel comfortable. The decor may be dated, at this family-owned and managed restaurant, but that does detract from the quality of the food. They have a Full-Service bar and for the Craft Beer connoisseurs, they have 7 beers on tap from Oregon based breweries... On this occasion, I had my usual order of Zucchini Sticks and a Petite order of the Crispy Italian Chicken. My wife had a bowl of the Minestrone Soup and a Caesar Salad...Great comfort food to have a casual conversation and enjoy the 3-day Labor day weekend... read more

Well, that was an expensive mistake. I just spent over $70 on 2 medium pizzas and 2 tiramisu. I got thin crust. It was supposed to have pepperoni, sausage, pineapple, and onion. All I saw and tasted was pineapple and sausage. Not that it mattered. It was as tasty as a cheap frozen pizza I could get at a grocery store, only I think a grocery store pizza crust is tastier than Geppetto's. The crust was almost stale and totally tasteless. So I stopped eating the pizza and went directly to the tiramisu. Surely, for a home-made dessert for $10, it would be magnificent! It was awful. The lush creamness you expect was not there at all. The ladyfingers had no notes of coffee nor liqueur, and the mascarpone was not creamy nor flavored at all. The whole thing was dreadfully dry. I threw away the pizza and the dessert. Super disappointing. read more

Geppetto's - Dry, horrible tiramisu - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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$12 each for the alfredo pasta at the Oregon State Fair 2022 for $5 worth of food to be considered a snack. Overcooked pasta with sauce that has been sitting on a warmer and a few slices of sausage. It was snack sized for how much you got and didn't fill you up. What a total rip off read more

Geppetto's - A poor excuse of a "meal". We had the alfredo - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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First time my husband and I have been here for dinner. We've been before for a birthday party and we were impressed with the pizza. So we came back for a date night. Our waitress was amazing. The food was wonderful! Serving sizes were large. We only ate half our food! I highly recommend read more

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We celebrated our wedding anniversary at Geppetos. Amazing Service, Food and Atmosphere. We enjoyed the opportunity of having Hannah as our server. Fantastic young lady. We also enjoyed our conversation with the owners, Roger and Julie. read more

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Service was good, food subpar. Ate her a year ago and it was great, that's why I went back today, 2/23/2025. The tortellini soup was watery with no taste, and very little pasta. The salad, a house salad, did not look like the picture in the menu and had lettuce, 1 slice of cucumber and shredded carrots only. Spent nearly $20 for that and left hungry. Will not return read more

You frogs with all of my reviews know that I never do this but, I must tell you honestly, DO NOT COME HERE. Food: I think they should get somebody who is Italian to start making their Italian food. It tastes worse than Italian food made in a New York diner. Service: after about 25 minutes or so, the food finally came to the table and the place was practically empty. After the waiter took the fork from The table from my salad, I had to wait so long for a replacement that I decided to call the restaurant and order a fork and napkins to the table which confused the person who answered the phone; I said I don't know where my waiter is, please bring me some napkins and a fork. I hate to do this but the food is NOT GOOD. PS: I had to call the restaurant from my table to get a spoon when the waiter came and delivered the spoon, I said I just got coffee, how would I start my coffee and he said to me and I "is literally, "ha ha ha, I don't know " One star and no tip. read more

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Their sausage pasta is absolutely delicious and more than enough for two people to share!

Amazing deep dish pizza! The very best in Salem and surrounding areas. Wonderful owners, great customer service, really nice, authentic setting. All around great Italian restaurant. read more

Excellent service and our dinner was delicious. The Best Chicken Parmesan I've had in a long time. read more

Killer service and breakfast! Definitely will be back! Chicken fried pork chop and Bloody Mary! read more

Geppetto's - Great chicken fried pork chop and Bloody Mary! I highly recommend breakfast here! Great food and service! - Pizza Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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