Friendly, food is always great, place is welcoming and fairly priced. Been a patron for over 25 years from the days at the strip mall where BJ now stands to the Shoprite strip mall location and now to the location a tad further down Federal Road. Run by the same family all these years and members before the current group. ..................... hard working nice people that always make you feel like family rather than a customer. read more

We decided to get takeout the night we moved into our new house. I chose here because it is conveniently located four minutes away. Plenty of parking in front and a nice inside dining area. When I got there my food was ready in 15 minutes that as promised. The food was good. My chicken parm grinder was hot and tasty. Plenty of sauce just the way I like it. My wife had a mushroom slice. Fresh sliced mushrooms, too many for my liking but I didn't order the pizza. I will say I'm surprised they didn't throw a little mozzarella over the mushrooms. They just threw the mushrooms on top. My wife didn't care, she told me it tasted very good. I will definitely be returning for a full dining experience. read more

John's Best Trattoria - Chicken Parmigiana Grinder - Italian Near Me - Brookfield, Connecticut

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I've been coming here for 20+ years and have never been disappointed. I've always loved the welcoming atmosphere here and everyone has always been super friendly. Tonight the pizza and cheese sticks were great as usual. Special shout out to our server Carina, who was constantly on the move but frequently stopped to check on us, was very professional and personable and took care of everything without error. Great job and as always a great establishment! read more

Delicious Pizza. I had eggplant, onions, and meatballs . I recommend this restaurant...!! Enjoy.!!

Just want to update. The Happy Hour has changed, so disregard my comments on the times and price. It still is a good deal, though.

Always had a good experience here with the ample portions of delicious food and very good wait service. I've been here a few times.

Great place to stop for a slice to go. The Sicilian and regular pizza are the closest to NY we've had here in CT. Grinders are also great! Bread is fluffy and crispy outside, sauce is delicious, and the portions are generous. 1 grinder =2 meals for me! read more

Ordered Pasta Fazouole and it had no flavor: tasted like pasta water with beans and pasta. Definitely lacking key ingredients. Told the waitress, they tried to charge me anyway, then took it off but kept the tax on the soup I could not eat. The owner was not buying it was rude saying NO ONE ever complains. I told him to eat it and see that the cook made it too fast just to serve it. Owner was rude and didn't care. Sorry I work hard for my money and I expect good food. Another disappointment in the restaurant tour: just proving prices are high and ingredients are being scrimped, portions are small to make a profit. Eat at home.. read more

Me an my hubby ordered 2 large pizzas 4 ranches an a bottle of coke for it to be 60 an taste like shit

The fam and I came here for Father's Day, which also happened to be my dad's birthday. I hadn't had their zuppe di pesce since like 2007, so I was wildly excited for it, and it did not disappoint. Still one of my favorite meals ever. I tried a slew of their house martinis as well: espresso, limoncello and "grow a pear." They were all tasty, but extremely weak. For my pear one I asked them for a double, and that fixed the problem. Our server was very nice and attentive, and they gave my dad complimentary carrot cake and sung him happy birthday, which was adorable. My one complaint was that the drinks and dessert took forever to come out - not the server's fault, but they could probably speed it up in the kitchen and at the bar seeing as they weren't that busy. read more

I ordered a chicken soup on 4/10. it was the worst soup I ever had. Also pizza slice was very dried out like it's been sitting out all day. read more

This place has taken many different locations over the years but it has always been my go-to for light baked pizza and has the best chicken parm ever. The staff is awesome and very friendly. We started with the seasonal squash blossoms and then I of course got the chicken parm with vodka sauce and my other half got the half calzone half pizza. Both were great per usual and we will always be coming back. Great local business to support and the food has always been consistent. I was a child when I visited their first location that was practically a cave and continued to patron them through their move to the shoprite plaza and now to their current location farther down federal rd. read more

Love johns best. Great service and food . Very nice place , good atmosphere. I've been there twice this week read more

John's Best Trattoria - Sausage, and Sicilian slice - Italian Near Me - Brookfield, Connecticut

The food is great and it's excellent value for your money. The restaurant itself is beautiful and their takeout/delivery set up is pretty efficient too, they work with pretty much all of the services that do delivery. The family that own the restaurant are great people who are generous to the community as well. read more

Horrible customer experience. Waited 30min in a line in the lobby to pick up my online order. Several staff members were sitting around the empty dining room while the takeout line grew to over 25 people. The two staff behind the counter were working hard but they let some people who spoke Italian cut the line, which was unfair. One of the owners even helped some guys he knew cut the line while the rest of us looked on. I know COVID has caused labor issues, but after 18m of this you'd think they had figure out how to manage their takeout business. read more

Very pleased with the delicious pizzas I bought for dinner tonight. Prepared quickly and the toppings were fresh and generous. John's Best has always been my favorite pizza spot, but I hadn't gone in a while since it's a bit farther from me. Now I remembered that it's worth the trip! I will be back very soon to get wedges! read more

Some of the worst pizza I've ever had. The margarita pizza had pools of oil and strange flavor.

Again we returned to John's Best in Brookfield and again they knocked it out of the park! You people have to give this restaurant a try. The food is excellent Italian style and the menu is large. Anything and everything your heart desires is there. The servers are very personable and well trained. Always available parking in on he extensive lot. read more

Love this new location. A cute bar area and a nice expanded menu. I grew up enjoying John's Best back when I was a kid in its original location. It Looked like a wine cave back then. I live in LA now but when I come to visit my parents I always want to get my John's Best Pizza fix. The Pizza is as yummy as ever. We also ordered baked Oysters as an appetizer they were great too. I took a menu home and saw that they offer catering for parties or gatherings. I will be coming back and my parents kept the menu and will now be trying some of their other menu items not just the pizzas. read more

The food here is really good. Classic Italian dishes with beautiful fresh ingredients. Service is friendly and professional. My regular spot for a casual Italian meal. read more

Inconsistent. I hate to say this because the pizza is pretty good and prices are decent. However, this is the second or third time we've ordered garlic knots and they've been completely burned. These are almost inedible. And we had a large crowd and ordered 5 orders of these and they were all like this... read more

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Food is not fresh tasting and is overpriced! The new location is the worst as it's hard to find and get to.

If I could give ZERO STARS I would I called and ordered two large pies. The man on the line says it's a minimum $25 order. I say ok and order MORE food. Then he proceeds to tell me I am FORCED to tip my driver $10+ in order to a get a delivery. I am a good tipper, this driver would of gotten a tip but my bill was $26 I was REQUIRED to make a almost 50% in order to get my food. As a customer being forced to tip a big percentage is the most horrible customer service i could of received. ZERO STARS. I'll keep driving to Salz pizza in bethel, what a joke. Very unhappy customer read more

After ordering pizza here for the first time... my mind is boggled at how crowded it was for takeout. I ordered two pizzas... was told 20 minutes, waited an extra 30 upon arrival.There was a line for pizza take out... not too many people eating in the restaurant though. However, after all that.... the pizza was awful. doughy, flavorless and just bad considering how many other pizza joints exist in a 10 mile radius. Shocked this many people frequent this place... but to each his own. Definitely can say we tried it and won't ever be back. read more

Not very happy with the pizza take out. This is the second time we have recieved the wrong order. I do not understand how they get an order wrong. The person answering the phone should read the order back to you to be sure it is correct. And as the consumer i advise you to look at the order to verify its correct. Ran into a person i know when i brought the wrong pizza back and warned them. They said that they were given the wrong order but caught it before they paid. If they keep this up they will go out of business because i do not know many that would go back. read more

We stopped in last Saturday night and almost tuned around when we saw the sign on the front door basically stating, "expect slow service since we can't find help." Since it was pouring out we decided to go in nonetheless. The restaurant was about 70% full and we were seated immediately. Frankly the service was well beyond the non-covid days and was actually quite impressive. High attention to what was happening at the table, very quick refills on water and wine, and pretty quick food delivery. John's does a nice job on dinners and pizza. The food is always excellent quality, fresh, served in generous portions and reasonably priced. Good food and a good value - it's not gourmet, but is certainly worth visiting a few times a month. Only negative comment is the sauce was a bit watery - but satisfying an old Italian guy with sauce that's not his mom's or grandmothers is a difficult thing to do :) read more

Really good pizza and the staff their is very nice. I called during the quarantine to order a pie for delivery and they were close to closing. They went out of their way to deliver and it was the same girl who answered the phone. The pie was perfect and she was sweet. Thanks!!! Will def order from here more often. read more

Hand down for local place. Can't ask for better Sunday afternoon. Appetizers and seafood cooked to perfection and the best thing. It's that I get to watch soccer all afternoon. For appetizers I had octopus from specials and Seafood special. Both delicious. Very nice decor and bar. One think I have to say it's really really clean place. Thank you and I will be back again read more

John's Best Trattoria - Italian Near Me - Brookfield, Connecticut

We didn't enjoy our experience at John's. We ordered the Vesuzio (1/2 pizza, 1/2 calzone) with sausage in the calzone along with some items from the children's menu. When the waitress read back the order, she had the sausage on the pizza which we heard and corrected. When it arrived, pepperoni was in the calzone which we didn't know until we cut into it. We waited a bit once we realized so we could get it corrected, but she/no one ever came back over. My husband was starving, so we just went ahead-he ate it, I picked out the pepperoni. Either way, it was just an ok calzone. We let a bus boy know there was a problem when he came over. Still nothing. Then when the waitress finally checked on us at the end of the meal, I let her know about the error with our order. She said, well I thought you ordered pepperoni. It was just a disappointing response. Not I'm sorry, no offer to take off a couple of bucks or give the kids a free piece of fried dough. I found it just disappointing to have no concern about an incorrect order or the customers experience. I also do expect that wait staff check that an order is correct after a few minutes as that was always standard practice in the restaurants I have worked in. There are so many pizza / Italian places in the area, I wouldn't bother to eat here again or to recommend it. read more

I ordered a pizza (prices of menu)12.95 20 chicken tenders 16.99, small bowl of chicken noodle soup 4.95, 2 leter soda 3.00. Some how my bill comes to 55.61. When I notice I call and the person that I speak to tells me my chicken tender are 20.99 for fifteen and 8.99 for the extra 5 the menu clearly says chicken wings or chicken tender 16.99 I wouldn't have ordered 20 tenders for 29 dollars. picture attached is up to date menu that clearly contradicts why I was charged 20.00 extra. I eat there mostly cause its closest to my home but after tonight I'll be traveling 3 mins further to the next place.frank pepes keep the 20 bucks John read more

The food was very good. However, young servers need to be reminded to attend to older (I'm only 50) customers at the bar and tables. Isn't that why an only person goes to a bar? read more

This was my first time ever going to John's best and probably the last one. I tried to order a meatball grinder which is a pretty simple order. The waiter was very rude and told me they don't make grinders after lunch. No one could explain why, but they even had calzones and pizza rolls on the menu...We proceeded to ask the manager if he would make one and he was extremely rude. After how rude the customer service was I decided to not even order anything. The people who I was with have been eating John's best for 20+ years and could not believe how horrible the service was. The waiter didn't even ask how everything was when the food came out. I would not recommend this establishment. Customer service gets a 1 star. read more

This is an addendum to my original posting. I received a takeout menu in my mailbox and there were offerings not listed on the menu in the restaurant, some of which were favorites of ours. When I contacted the restaurant I was told that IF they had the items available to prepare what I wanted they would do it, but I've heard from other people that when you dine in you cannot get anything on the takeout menu. This is outrageous, obviously if they offer it as a takeout item it should be available at the restaurant. Needless to say, we won't be back and have since gone to the New Milford location where everything is available even if you dine in. Very odd! read more

Ignore the old ratings with the snotty rants about food and service, little quirks that can happen AND DO happen at every restaurant..take this for face value- the new location is pristine, the waitstaff works super hard and the food is reliably good. This is a family owned business situated in town for longer than most restaurants and despite a few naysayers, give it a chance at the new location with all new staff and see that you will enjoy John's:) read more

I reserved a table for 5 o'clock. The waitress came out multiple times and told us our food would be out in a minute but it took 2 hours. We didn't get our food until 7 and it was over cooked and over priced. This is our second time here and it was similar last time. read more

The Best Italian Food in Northern Fairfield County!! John's Best's food is incredible. The family knows Italian. We eat in the restaurant and take out every week. The best service in town!! read more

I went to this restaurant Friday night. It was my first time. The atmosphere was very nice. I would've liked different maybe darker lighting. The waitstaff was extremely attentive on what seemed like a very busy night. Our server was prompt and very kind. He apologized multiple times for the wait on our food. He was constantly checking on us to see if there was anything more he could do. It was busy, but that did not excuse the uncomfortable wait for our entrees. It seems clear that the kitchen is understaffed. Overall the fresh new decor and inviting environment makes me want to come back in a few weeks. The food was delicious and exceeded my expectations! I recommend checking it out! read more

I can't put into words how much I love this place. The food is amazing. The new location is beautiful. The addition of a full bar adds extra life to the place. If I could rate Johns Best six stars I would. The ownership and managers are amazing and treat everyone like family. The worst part of my experience at Johns best is leaving. The staff is friendly and welcoming I feel like part of the family. I recommend this place to everyone in the area. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. read more

This place is amazing! The staff is so nice and friendly and the food is excellent. Would definitely recommend to others and will be going back. Their pizza is my favorite! read more

Wow, I don't know what has happened to one of the best pizza restaurants in the area, but it is just terrible now. The Sicilian pizza which they were the best is now served with a pre-made dough which is stale. Our most recent order was the worst. Take out with a 12 minute drive combined with a 20 minute wait only to find the pizza stale and almost inedible. We called and were told that they would make a new one but since we should have checked the pizza at pickup we were partly to blame. Seriously? We won't be going back there and I would suggest you go elsewhere for better pizza and better customer service. read more