Terrible delivery experience.
My boyfriend and I ordered from Luigi at 10:15pm, and our order arrived at 11pm - 45 mins. being completely acceptable for me, so that's not where my complaints begin.
We ordered the following things: A large cheese pizza, spinach roll, caesar salad, garlic knots, rice ball, and zeppoles.
The pizza was solid. It was decent Brooklyn pizza. I'd give it a 3/5. There was nothing particularly bad about it, but nothing particularly great about it either. A decent slice, that became more solid once I chopped up some fresh basil, ground some fresh black pepper, and grated some Parmesan cheese. You really shouldn't have to go through such measures for a decent slice, but after ordering an entire large pie - you gotta do what you gotta do to make it enjoyable.
The spinach roll was awful. The spinach tasted metallic. It left the taste of a handful of pennies in my mouth. The spinach was either canned and/or overcooked, and Luigi's makes one of the worst mistakes you could possibly make with spinach rolls - the spinach wasn't chopped! So you take a bite of the roll, and pull out an entire wad of 6 inch long pieces of spinach with each bite. Quite uncouth. There was no ricotta in the roll, which isn't a necessity, but is usually a nice extra touch, but the mozzarella in the roll, and the zeppole-tasting dough couldn't make up for the terrible spinach. Shame.
The caesar salad tasted quite good. Kudos on the dressing. But the reality is that my order of salad was little more than a foil container full of chopped romaine lettuce, 5 or 6 croutons, and dressing. That really isn't a caesar salad. I went out of my way to shred my own Parmesan into it, grind my own pepper, add lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce - I pretty much paid $6 for a bowl of lettuce with some dressing, and did everything else myself.
The garlic knots were good. They were very garlicky, which I enjoy. The dough was soft and chewy. They tasted as they should, and the marinara sauce that came with them was very tasty as well. No complaints there.
The rice ball was AWFUL. It was mostly breading. As nice of a size as it was (I'd say about 5 inches in diameter), there was no rice in it! It was about 80% breading, and 20% actual rice and filling. What a disappointment. It didn't taste particularly bad, but I didn't pay for a breading ball, I paid for a rice ball, and it's one of the worst I've ever had.
The zeppoles might've been the biggest disappointment. They were cold, hard, and tough. I tried microwaving them to a warm and edible consistency, but they just ended up as chewy as car tires. Plus - huge pizzeria no-no when it comes to zeppoles - they should be COVERED in powdered sugar, and there was hardly any.
Long story short, I will more than likely not order from here again. Far too many disappointments, and not enough positive points. The plain slices were ok, and everything else left way too much to be desired. I'd definitely suggest trying another pizzeria in the area if that's what you're craving. read more