Location: It is located in a busy strip mall, meaning that parking can be difficult to find at times. It's nice for us, because it is only a few minutes away. (3.5 out of 5) Atmosphere: The theme of the restaurant is similar to most Italian pizzeria's. They do have an awesome firebrick oven and an area where you can watch them make the pizzas. (4 out of 5) Service: Average. Nothing special to comment on. (3 out of 5) Food: The pizza was very thin, almost flimsy. The flavor was good. They could spare a few more toppings for the pizzas. We tried a cheesy tomato pasta dish, and found it to be absolutely delicious! (3 out of 5) Overall: A place we would try again for pizza, but not after checking out a few other places first. (3 out of 5) read more

We live near Fredricksburg and our favorite wood-oven pizza place closed - we were up in Northern Virginia for a soccer game and I Yelp'ed this place - it was a lucky find! The pizza was great, we also had an appetizer of panko-crusted fried goat cheese, served with crostini and an arugula salad with basalmic reduction dressing. Awesome. Our service was also excellent. Another reviewer mentioned noise and lots of kids - which was true. But you know what they say about busy restaurants - they are busy for a reason! read more

LOVE ITTT!!! Very good service, food is awesome. Servers are nice. I've been going there for over 3 years now, and I can't complaint. Do you want want yummy Italian food, pie tanza is for you!!!! Best pizza and pasta in N Arlington read more

Pie Tanza is pretty good family friendly food. The service is good and prices are reasonable. Their pizza is rather crisp and thin, not my favorite. I would recommend the steak salad and any pasta dish. Great for kids! If you bring the little ones, go up to the pizza oven staff and ask for some dough to play with. Grab a cannolli for dessert read more

Great GF pizza - even though it's thin crust. Sauce was good and fresh veggies for toppings! A little pricey for GF but it's Arlington so I get it. Family friendly restaurant so laid back not fancy. Service was great, and they also had plenty of GF pasta too! 4 stars because it wasn't the best pizza of my life, but I'd def go back! read more

pie-tanza - GF 14 incher - Pizza Near Me - Arlington, Virginia

When I think of pietanza i think about the kid friendliness of the establishment. I often go in around lunch time with at least one kiddo and they make sure to put us away from other patrons, which I actually love. I don't want the kiddos to bother the people that are there on their lunch breaks and talking business. When we sit down the wait staff is fabulous (weve had a lot of them) they always bring the kiddos pizza dough to play with and they LOVE it! They pretend its playdough and they make their own pizzas! I do love their pizzas here as well, but the thing that stands out to me is the customer service:-) read more

Hits the spot everytime Can get crowded and noisy at dinner on weekends, but the wait is never too long. This place is always consistenty delicious. The calamari is lightly breaded and nicely seasoned with lemon and pepper. Salads are fresh and generous portions. Last time we were splitting a salad three ways as an appetizer and they brought it out on three plates for us, we totally got more than one salads worth. The pizzas are neopolitain stlye and no matter what toppings always taste fresh. The canollis are perfect. The brownie sudae predictable, but homemade and hit the spot. The wine list is surprisingly good and well priced. read more

This little-out-of-the-way Italian spot tucked nicely in a very nice shopping center on Lee Highway was a very nice find. The Mozz sticks were very good, the Margarita pizza has a very nice light crisp crust , the cannoli were excellent, the service just enough without being too much, plus plenty of smiles from staff was very welcome...but what's got me absolutely hooked was the marinara sauce served with the mozz sticks...and on the pizza. It's the right combo of sweet, salty, and with the right amount of EVO. And yes there were lots of kids there, but at least the night I was there [at 7:30pm], it was filled with "cool kids", not the rotten loud mess-makers you'll find at most chain restaurants. I'll definitely be back! read more

I had to do a review about this restaurant. I have been eating at this place for a long time. I usually order the Tomato bread soup. Have ordered a vegetarian pizza also. Food is good. The only downside today was the noise level. read more

Excellent food, service, and staff. Family friendly environment. Excellent quality ingredients. Always consistent.

I was greet with a smile and Customer service is important. I like that everything is fresh from the tomato to the basil. The crust was decent and possible need something that I can put my hand on. Sauce was a little bit sour but the overall experience was not bad. Will try again to see if it was my taste buds today. read more

Had a lunch meeting here and simply loved it. Our server, the management, the food. It was really great. Perfect location and I've never seen a "pizza place" so busy at lunch so obviously I'm onto something. Had the pizza lunch special. There were definitely regulars in there as I heard the manager call lots by name. With a new client in the area, I'll become a regular myself. read more

Service was fast and the place was busy. We split a pizza lunch special and added the soup and salad. Caesar salad was huge and I split it with my husband. My ice tea never went empty and the pizza was out faster than we could finish the salad. We had the onion, pepper and sausage and the sauces was amazing. Our bill was only 15$. I judge a restaurant based on if I would go back, so yes... for the food quality,services and prices, we will defiantly go back. read more

Two stars for the food, with a bump-up for the nice service. Look. This is the go-to place for Arlington yuppies and their children. But to their credit, they get it right. Pizza crust is too chewy, but toppings are plentiful, and fresh. The sauce is sour, unfortunately. But the pizzas are fine. Pastas are decent. We tried the bolognese. Salty, but tasty. Salads, alas, are mediocre. Avoid the Caesar, which has rotting iceberg, and a foul, pre-made dressing from the bottle. A disgrace. Prices are fair. Go, if you're with kids. Otherwise, don't. read more

I love this place. The food is delicious, the Mediterranean pizza is salty good and the portobello mushroom sandwich is tangy, garlicky goodness in a bun. They also have a great kids menu and go out of their way to accommodate families looking to get out for some good adult food and drink with their little ones! read more

Good mid-level Americanized Italian food. Yummy pizzas good salads, great pastas, big portions. VERY kid friendly. Also great for take-out. Pizzas are thin-crust personal style, not the big NY style, so not the best for a family pizza night unless you order a few. We are frequent customers! read more

A great family restaurant with staff that are helpful and kind. I enjoyed the food and my children liked the kid offerings. Long wait sometimes, but its a popular spot. read more

Food was delicious!!! We were seated immediately with a greet from the server in one minute. Cameron -our server was great! Great date night!! read more

Great food! Friendly staff! Recommend you try the bacon spinach Asiago pizza and the bruschetta...

Great place for family meals. I'm a fan of the salads and meatball sub. You might park on Harrison if parking is too crazy in the lot.

Pleasantly surprised. I was in the mood for some authentic Napolitano pizza but my favorite spot was closed on New Year's Day. I should have called before I drove 30 miles but happy that I didn't!!!. Since I was in the area I looked for somewhere comparable. Thanks to yelp (you never fail me) I found this Gem. I was surprised and thrilled to see a brick stone pizza oven and staff shoving a fresh log in, exactly the flavors I craved. Staff was friendly, and pizza topping selection was delightfully extensive. Pizza was done fairly quickly, I was there early, and the Flavors surpassed my expectations. I'm a pessimist, after my place being closed, everything will go south. Anyway, I will find myself conflicted the next time I have a taste for Neapolitan pizza requiring a 30 mile drive. I didn't realize that they advertise Neapolitan style pizza, I tell you it's closer to Neapolitan than 3/4 of the spots in metro DC that claim NY Style pizza. I'll try some of their pasta dishes next time. That is, to-go after I eat the pizza. Cannolis I had to-go were great as well. Happy New Year Yelpers!!! read more

This place is soooooo yummy! We ordered take out and got the Pie Tanza field greens salad which was simple but delicious and a nice generous portion. Dressing was homemade and not heavy. We also got the sweet tomato pizza and the margarita. Both were very good and could tell the ingredients were fresh. The woman who took our order was friendly but hard to understand and made it a bit hard to order, but other than that I would certainly order from here again. read more

We love Pietanza. Great pizzas and salads. Only problem is that parking during dinner hours can be a challenge.

Decent food, rude management. So, we decided to try this place for a late Saturday afternoon lunch w two kids (older kids- 10 and 14). The food was pretty tasty- between us, we tried a pizza, a salad, and a meatball sub. Now, we love wood grilled pizza, so we've made it something of a mission to try all of the wood grilled pizza places in the area. This was definitely tasty, but nowhere near as good as Pupatella, which is very close by and makes a far superior Neapolitan-style pizza. Also, terrible beer selection (think watery domestics and Peroni). But, all in all, a decent and enjoyable meal. Our only real issue was with the manager. Towards the end of the meal, my parents came and joined us, and my dad gave each of the kids a little raygun-shaped keychain that makes at tiny "zap zap" noise, easily quieter than most cell phone rings. They played with them for maybe 30 seconds, tops. They were done, and finishing their meal, when a guy walks over and says "Whatever that noise is, it needs to stop." We realized that he was a manager and asked him if someone had complained-in which case, fair enough-but he said "No, the noise just needs to stop." This was totally bizarre, given the context. The restaurant was almost empty- we were one of three tables, and of the other two, one had small kids who were being plenty loud themselves and the other table was deep in conversation and certainly didn't seem at all bothered by us. This is a restaurant that puts out crayons on the table and gives kids a paper menu to color on. It's not exactly a romantic, candlelit destination. I am not one to let kids be obnoxious in a restaurant- if they are loud, acting up, or not sitting in their seats properly, I'll take them outside and talk to them. But that really wasn't the case here. This guy was just totally out of line. Anyways, we very politely told the waitress that although the food was quite good, we wouldn't be back. The manager's response? Shrug. Literally, he shrugged at us. So, for folks planning to bring a family here, be warned- looks like a family friendly place, but the manager is a bit of a jerk. read more

Wow. I am not super easy to please, and this place blew my mind today (curbside pickup). That was the best pasta I've had this year, definitely in the top tier of ever. I had the angel hair pasta with herb sauce. Tomatoes were delicious and ripe, parmesan cheese bursting with flavor, whatever greens used were delicious (kale? Collared?). Salad was delicious, lettuce SO flavorful. The quality of the ingredients tastes very high. Value is high for the price and portion size. Your establishment should be very proud of the quality! We will be returning. read more

It was my last night in Arlington, so my mom asked me what I wanted for dinner (as opposed to telling me we were eating spaghetti with ground beef and Ragu, again). What to do? I told her I wanted something fresh and light, imagining a salad full of carrots and cucumbers and tomatoes and chickpeas and spinach and maybe even some mandarin oranges (was I thinking Wendy's? I don't know). My sister said we should get pizza. I protested, but gave in. Pie-tanza thankfully was not the Pizza Hut I was dreading. I decided a little oil and grease was what I probably wanted anyways, and ended up ordering the Tomato & Mozzarella sandwich. So delicious, and quite filling (I'm one to clean the plate, and I only got through half of this monster). I sampled my sister's pizza, which was thin and crispy and--this was the best part--you could actually taste the tomatoes in the sauce. GREAT. The leftovers continued to please. I'll probably go back, and I'm not especially partial to Italian, either. Re: service. Quick, complete, and very friendly--no complaints here. I went at eight so it wasn't very crowded or noisy, as it seems to be at other points in the day. Unless you're bringing a troupe of young'uns you probably will want to go later in the evening as well. read more

Their brick oven pizza is so good and they use really fresh quality ingredients. They also serve this really amazing rosemary bread. Very friendly staff and excellent service. The manager even came by our table when one of my companions requested something that was out of stock. They have a nice variety of desserts too. Make sure to check out the specials/wine board before you order. read more

Best pizza, sauce and Italian food in the area. We love to go to Pie-Tanza for a great family meal where the food and service is always exceptional. The prices are great too, if you haven't tried it you should put it on your list. I highly recommend the chicken parmigiana as it's the best I've ever had. read more

Great family friendly atmosphere, delicious & authentic Italian food, terrific service, and the best chicken parm ever! Check it out, trust me, you won't be disappointed! read more

I can't comment on the food. I was promptly seated upon arrival. But I departed after sitting at that table for 15 minutes without a server stopping by or anyone even acknowledging my presence. Terrible service, and especially pathetic given it was a Tuesday night. read more

A serious pizza place that happens to be an amazing family restaurant. This is probably one of the most popular places in our neighborhood. Tons of families in the early hours so if you are coming for a date-night you might want to arrive later. Either way, this place is awesome! read more

Not a huge fan. Overpriced. Salad had old stale meat. Pizza is ok.

Food's decent - certainly not exceptional. (If you want real brick oven pizza, go to Union Station and board a train to New Haven.) Getting decent service is the extreme exception. I've only experienced the nonexistent - rude - barely adequate - lackluster range. Don't go before 7:30 or 8:00 weeknights, or you'll think you're dining at the romper room. Of course, if you want to go at prime dine-out times (figure thu/fri/sat evening guaranteed and probably another night or two of the week...) there's a good chance of having a wait. Sometimes a long one. I don't get why people are willing to wait for this place. It's just not THAT good. read more

Always good food and a great atmosphere. We've had John as our server a few times and he is amazing. So good with the kids and great service! read more

Way over priced...I'm from NJ / NY an eat PIZZA several times a week. That said , You have got to be kidding me ! $13 for a frisbie , the flavor is ok at best , the value for $$ is a joke , if I wanted to feed a family of four your talking over $50.00 I'm sorry but this wouldnt fly any where but here , a large pie is 16" the avg price of a 16" pie is $12-$16 so when I see a frisbie sized pie for more than $5 someone's getting ripped off . Sorry but you guys in Arlington need to drive the point home , you work hard for your money and shouldn't be giving it away... read more

Great pizza, fun atmosphere and definatly a favorite with families. Came here around 6pm in a sat and they're pretty busy and lots of tables with kids so not the good place for a nice meal with the spouce but if ya have kids you'll feel right at home. Service was on par and prompt, and the place is clean, no complaints about the place just the other patrants can grate on your nerves :/ read more

What to say? Old nellie ain't what she used to be. The table the server directed us to was adjacent to the kitchen and dirty. We exercised some independence and moved one down. We ordered a beer and iced tea. No offer of the two sizes of beer they have or a statement about the tea being unsweetened. *sigh* We had fried olives - delicious. Shew. A starter caesar salad that turned into a full on entree - wha? Ok, attention to detail was clearly in absentia. A mozzarella tomato basil sandwich with nice mozz but little flavor. A side of mixed greens that was dry - no dressing eh? [well, you know I found it on the menu after the fact] A chicken parm that tasted like cardboard. Not sure if the servers are used to customers being regulars or being more concerned with their children than the quality of the food but aieeee. All first world problems here but - spend yo' funds elsewhere... read more

The pizza is very difficult to beat in this area. We'd have it all the time if we lived closer. The one thing I've found overwhelming here is the unreal prevalence of kids. It is more welcoming to children that adults, despite a grown up decor. Anticipating it would be pretty packed with kids we ordered take out. When I arrived the place was a sea of children. It looked like a birthday party at McDonald's. Children easily outnumbered adults 2-3 to 1. I love children and this place is a kiddie paradise. read more

Had the sausage, onion and peppers pizza and it was everything i was hoping for. The crust was cooked perfectly. Thin and crispy yet soft and full of flavor once crunched into. The peppers and onions were fresh and nicely sauteed. The sausage was the KING of this pizza however. Perfect blend of spices and flavors truly made the whole pizza come together. The mozzarella and fontina cheeses were melted to all the toppings so it kept the toppings in place and made every bite delicious. read more

This place serves decent, square flat bred pizza. It was recommended to me by a friend who lives nearby for whom I was house sitting. The fried-stuffed olives appetizer was also nice and made for a filling dinner with enough for lunch leftovers. read more