I have always been pleasantly surprised with Italian delight. The service has always been great for us. It's always friendly when you walk in, and I have never had an employee seem anything but pleasant and helpful at any time.
I come here for lunch from time to time, and order takeout for dinner as well. The chicken caesar pizza they serve around lunchtime is divine! I have gotten that quite a few times and it is always delicious. Their cheesesteak is also great. Though I prefer the roll of Lio's(Packers) down the road, the cheesesteak itself seems to be much better at ID. I have gotten the cheesesteak Stromboli as well- talk about HUGE! I got a Large stromboli, and it fed us for a few days. Best steak stromboli I have gotten.
Now for the pizza. With the exception of the caesar pizza, I have gotten plain cheese slices a few times before and they've been pretty good. If you get an entire pizza, it is MUCH better. I salivate the entire drive home because somehow instead of that typical pizza smell, the entire car smells like freshly baked bread. Their crust is great, and their pizza stands up to local competition well. Italian Delight become our go-to pizza place the last month or two.
Their salads are huge and they aren't skimpy with the toppings. The chicken Caesar salad is ridiculously full of chicken. The salads are also served with their warm homemade rolls. I never use all of my dressing because I love to dip them in the Caesar- yum! (More on rolls at the end though.)
Also, for some reason they have the best mozzarella sticks ever. The cheese is so soft and buttery, they are phenomenal. They've ruined other mozz sticks for me!
I have only gotten one actual entree here, so I don't have too much insight into their entrees/pastas. I have ordered their veal marsala twice, both times it turned out great! I have gotten it at Giotti's up the road, and for much a smaller cost, Italian Delight's was better. Large portion, the veal was cooked well, and the sauce was flavorful and rich without overpowering the veal. Of course, growing up in Baltimore, Little Italy has given me a much better veal marsala than you're going to find in Central PA. However, for the general Linglestown area, I would get (and have already gotten) the veal marsala again. It satisfies the craving. I would be curious to see if their other entrees are also of decent caliber for a "pizza shop".
My one gripe with Italian Delight is their subrolls. Their pizza crust is great, the rolls they make and give you with salads is to die for, so why don't they make their own rolls??? The subs would go from a 3 to a 5 if only they did that. read more