My husband and I love the pizza there. Never disappointed. Wait staff very nice, and the owner very accommodating and friendly. Very clean. Love Love Love Pizza Palace. We come from out of town to eat there about 4 times a month. Fair prices. Our favorite go to restaurent. read more

We are so happy we found this restaurant. Staff are great as is the quality of their food. Interior is warm and inviting.

The food is great. The wait staff is wonderful. They engage with customers. The atmosphere is fabulous. The restaurant has something for everyone! read more

Great food! The staff here are friendly and accommodating with what you need. They forgot fries on my order once when I did a pickup and instead of having me come back to get them, they offered to have them delivered. I really like their club sandwiches and so far have tried the tuna, chicken salad, burger and grilled chicken clubs. All very delicious and fresh. The menu is extensive so there's so many other options to explore. read more

It's a great place. Wonderful food, attentive staff. Clean environment. Attended a few parties there too. Very affordable and expansive menu. Great for takeout or sit down. Breakfast too! read more

Stopped in for lunch the other day staff was very friendly very diversified menu and the food was good. Can't wait to go back.

This place is going down hill fast. I was served hot water with my meal. The waitress said, "oh I forgot ice?" I also asked for 2 lemons with my water she came back with 1. The salad came with 3 leaves of lettuce. The food was cold. Then there was a misunderstanding about a side of fries ($6) The owner came to the table said he'd take off $4 off my 80 bill lol for the fries. I don't know where he got the number 4 from. But I explained to him I'd be very happy if he can take the $6 fries off. THE OWNER was very DISHONEST. I heard him tell the waiter take $5 off my bill. And at that point I felt disrespected and called him out on his Bullshiii. I told him he didn't need to take anything off and I would pay everything in full. Then I get the bill and he took off $3.5 dollars. This is honesty more funny for me then being mad. The owner was fighting over $2. He then screamed out in his empty restaurant, " why are you always mad." Bro if I was mad the last time, would I have came back? Now I will never come back. Congratulations you just played yourself. read more

Finally! After searching far and wide in the area, I finally found the perfect sit down Italian restaurant! Complete with wine and beer. Amazing how hard it is to find that. I wasn't looking for anything fancy. Just a good classic Italian restaurant! Hit the jackpot here! It's old school deliciousness! The pizza is very good. Thin crust and crispy. The mozzarella sticks are standard, just what I like. The eggplant grinder was so good. And loved the Gorgonzola salad! No skimping on the Gorgonzola or dressing! Can't wait to come back and try the tons of other menu options! Highly recommend if you're looking for good old school Italian! read more

Pizza Palace - Mozz sticks - Pizza Near Me - Fairfield, Connecticut

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My favorite pizza ever - and I live in NYC! Great food & service. 10/10. Will be definitely one of my go-to spots whenever I'm in the Fairfield area. read more

Pizza Palace in Black Rock is average. It's more a diner serving Italian fare. No single slices. Not much beer. Not a pizza parlor, at all. They serve wine with floating bugs. Plain burger undercooked, but large. Charges for delivery. Rebel review: 4 read more

We had another great dinner tonight at Pizza Palace. The food is always consistently good. The pizza crust is crispy and perfectly cooked. I love the chicken franchise with vegetables and a baked potato. Next time I will remember to snap pictures because we will definitely be back next week! Thank you Pizza Palace! read more

So great that the new owners didn't change much because this is a classic throwback and sometimes overlooked gem in Fairfield. Good honest food with reasonable prices and great people that work here. I gave it five stars because for what it is it is definitely five stars. Don't expect fancy gourmet, but the food is delicious for sure.... Makes up for the lack of diners in this town. read more

I like Pizza Palace. It's easy to find and has its own parking lot. I've been here several times now and I really dig their pizza. That is the only thing that I've had from their menu although I would like to come back and try other things. The place is not that big inside but it's got booths and it's comfortable. I would describe the atmosphere as authentic. I would also say the pizza is pretty good. It's actually better than the pizza at the Pepe's in Fairfield which I don't like at all. The pizza taste is very unique and I can honestly say it doesn't really taste like any other pizza I have ever had which is a good thing. Staff seem very friendly and at my last visit there, which was just a few weeks ago, they were especially nice. I would recommend the pizza palace as a cool casual friendly restaurant to get some good pizza pie. read more

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First time having breakfast at Pizza Palace. I had no idea this gem was hiding out in a strip mall. Pretty old fashioned interior, very clean and cozy. I had the breakfast sampler. The French toast was great with just a hint of cinnamon and the scrambled eggs very fluffy. Very friendly and efficient service. Will definitely be back and try their extensive dinner menu. read more

My food was devoid of flavor. The service was bad.The ambiance was okay. Pizza Palace has been going downhill. So disappointing to get served tasteless food and then find you have been charge extra for getting blue cheese on a salad that comes with your meal how lame. The waiter said you should be happy we didn't charge you more for the dressing. read more

Food has gone downhill. Pizza is as thin as 3 pieces of paper (thinner than Colony) and cheese falls off of it when you bite into the poorly cut pizza. 1 medium half topping and 1 large plain pizza- $52! Take your $ elsewhere. read more

Pizza Palace - a hand holding a slice of pizza - Pizza Near Me - Fairfield, Connecticut

It's funny bcz it's always busy in here. Basically its a family friendly place w college student support too. It's also been here for a long time so it obviously has its followers. The pizza is ok, thin, cheesy. The pasta dishes are average at best. The chicken parm is an ample portion but nothing to rave about. Service is chaotic but friendly. Clean modern warm interior. read more

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The food is great. Coupons listed on yelp as of 8/14/22 are not valid. They denied having specials. Two 1-topping pizzas, 1 cheese pizza, and a large salad came to $72 and change. read more

Ordered for family again a few days ago. Excellent Chicken Marsala; Veal Parmigiana grinder; Pizza and Calzone. Staff is always friendly, knowledgeable and obliging. Great place... again! read more

Been going to Pizza Palace for years as my son likes it. Find the food ok. Find it pricey for what it and feel they nickel and dime for everything. The few times we ordered in the order was always wrong. My biggest issue has been the attitude of the one main waiter. I feel likes he is doing me a the biggest favor to just take our to order or we ask for anything. After his attitude this week when I went, I decided I will give my business to a different establishment. read more

Pizza was good but I ordered (and paid for) extra cheese. When the pizza was delivered, it did not appear to have extra cheese on it. If that's their idea of extra cheese, I'd hate to see what a regular cheese pizza looks like. read more

This is one of those old faithful kind of family run establishments. Solid food, solid service, good portions and it's consistent. Lots of loyal customers as well. I've always gone for the penne ala vodka and a Greek salad (great vinaigrette) but recently tried the pizza and I'm kind of kicking myself for not trying it earlier. Really good! Light crust, flavorful sauce. They have a nice rotation of specials as well which means there's always something new to try...unless of course you are me and order the vodka sauce every time like a broken record. A delicious broke record I might add. Definitely part of the regular restaurant rotation! read more

We finally tried the pizza, ordered the medium sized with mushrooms and sausage. Well, we were delighted! Super crisp crust, light sauce and great cheese combined with fresh sliced mushrooms and crumbled savory sausage made every bite a treat! We also had the fried calamari appetizer served with their house marinara sauce, and that was also excellent! We'll be back! read more

I've been coming to this pizzeria since I was young. Never has it once failed me. Not once. The people working there are so kind and welcoming, and I have always felt so loved every time I step foot in the restaurant. And the FOOD. Spectacular! Marvelous! CONSISTENT!!!! I love pizza palace. I hope it loves me back. Pls go here. The pasta is so good. The pizza is so good. Everything. Just go. Ily! read more

Really great pizza and service! Their cheese pizza is perfectly cheesy with a yummy thin crust. Great pizzeria pizza to satisfy a pizza craving read more

Would you like to know what Pizza Palace reminded me of the moment I first sunk my mouth into a slice of their cheese pizza? It reminded me of the best pizza you've ever eaten as a kid at a birthday party. It had an explosion of wonderful flavor, and not to mention the bubbly and delicious crust. As it got a little colder, it tasted more of tomato than cheese, but I went for another slice! I love how the slices are not cut ginormously, because if you only want half of a slice, you don't have to cut a bigger slice in half! We also got the French fries, and they were wonderful! When we walked in to pick up our order, the atmosphere was that of a fancy Italian joint, except you didn't have to dress fancily here - casual wear was welcome! The staff was kind and inviting, and the order was ready promptly. The menu also provides a wide variety of items, with pizza, burgers, ka-bobs, sandwiches, wraps and more! Pizza Palace, here are my kudos to you, bravo! read more

Pizza Palace - Large Cheese Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Fairfield, Connecticut

Not sure what happened. This place used to be fantastic. We got some pizzas to go tonight and the pizzas were so so. Both pizzas were bland and the crust was quasi hard. I missed the hot, flavorful, fun crust pizza I previously enjoyed. read more

New pricing -- $24 for a 'large' specialty pizza. Really? Large size is an inch short from sides of box - closer to a medium size, and with the thin crust not a lot there. Taste was good, not great. Value is poor. For the same price you can get a double special elsewhere. read more

Pizza was delivered promptly. The pizza was amazing! We got the pescatore pizza and my goodness I don't think I've had a more delicious pizza in my life. Highly recommend it! read more

This place has decent Italian meals at mostly affordable prices. Most meals come with soup or salad and the portions are pretty generous. My suggestion would be to try it for take out instead of sitting down for a meal. It took some time to get the wait staff to order a meal. read more

I've been to Pizza Palace at least five times now. I have gotten the eggplant ravioli previously and it was good. My absolute favorite is their meatball grinder, so it's been too difficult to stray from it! They have a very good, nice sized & fresh side salad. And the bread is amazing so fresh and light! read more

I would never recommend this place if it's the last Italian place on earth!!! The man who takes the order over the phone is rude and does not listen!!! My order was wrong a second time and this time I called to complain and the man over the phone had to Audacity to tell me I said the wrong thing and was trying to get a free pizza out of him. I order one kind of pizza... maybe 2 each have 2 toppings... not difficult to remember lol. This is Bad business! Mediocre pizza! Horrible service. Read the reviews there are at least 6 others that say similar things and one even mentions this guy. Spread the word do not do business with Pizza Palace in Fairfield on black rock turnpike next to Shop Rite. Contacting the better business bureau to report this horrible place who instead of saying I'm sorry your order was incorrect but accusing you that you said the wrong thing when you asked if they had what you wanted they said yes and then you placed your accordingly and ordered that thing they said they had on your pizza. Other options with way more flavor, much better service, and much nicer people who take your orders correctly... Di Roma's Pizzeria of Stratford,CT Salerno's Apizza Stratford Country pizza in Monroe Steffano's Restaurant Fairfield Even Primo Pizza in Fairfield is better and always correct lol read more

This is a prime example of one of those restaurants that just has way too large a menu to handle. I went to Pizza Palace (as this place used to be called before their revamp) a long time ago with family, and I do remember their pizza being delicious. Yesterday, we were invited to try their new place which is being billed as an italian ristorante called "Padova." [Note: I originally posted this about a month ago under the old restaurant name which they closed the page for instead of name changing, so make that "about a month ago" instead of "yesterday."] You'd expect their menu from a diner - like Penny's II across the street or Chips down the road. Gyros, Soups, Burgers, Pasta, Pizza, everything and the kitchen sink. I don't think we got through the entire menu by the time the waiter came back around, and there had to be at least over 100 entrees alone. At that point, especially given the size of the restaurant, you know most of their food has to be coming from a restaurant supplier. I will say the Chicken Orzo soup seemed freshly made though, and was quite delicious. Enough to satisfy this greek girl before chowing down on her gyro (honestly, that was pretty decent - what you'd expect from a diner though, not from a "ristorante." Although the coleslaw tasted mighty funny and the tzatziki was watery). I do always have to laugh at restaurants who do have so much greek food on them, and the waiters don't know how to pronounce it (I asked for a gryo - "year-o" - and he said "okay, one gyro "jai-row""), although at least he knew what I was talking about. But then again you don't usually see gyros sold at restaurants noting authentic Italian cuisine. The color of my boyfriend's beef barley soup (should I call it "beef barely"?) was bright red and all you could taste was tomatoes, sad since we had been craving beef barley from Liquid Lunch all day. I noticed my boyfriend's grandfather's burger came out with a half-burnt bun, and the mustard they gave him was empty. Eventually the waiter saw him flagging him down and he brought him out a cup of mustard. That guy, the only waiter in the place, kept either waiting up front at the window (it was 1pm on a Saturday and we were the only people in the restaurant, while the rest of the shopping center was booming) or in back to talk with the chefs and guys at the take-out counter. They all seemed like nice people and they wanted to please everyone, but obviously there is something majorly missing here. Part of me kept saying to myself "Gordon Ramsay needs to come here and set them straight." I sadly do not think I will be returning, although maybe in a pinch if I'm in the area I'll give their pizza a shot again. Given the gorgeous redesign of the place, I really hope they consider parring down their menu. Focus on the Italian food, try to keep it all fresh (maybe even local, as is the current trend - which is a great trend to follow!). I think you'd go far because this is a great location and it can be a great restaurant if they just shorten their menu to two or three pages of Italian goodness so they can actually focus on cooking instead of trying to offer everything a diner can. read more

My wife and I were craving Italian and decided to drive up Black Rock Tpke to see if we could find anything new to try and stopped into Padova for lunch. The menu was quite extensive and the first thing that came to mind was "oh this is more like a diner" except the prices were much higher than they are in diners. We were one of three parties in the place and waited at least 15 minutes to order. I ordered the Baked Spinach Manicotti, a side of italian sausage and cup of pasta fagioli, and my wife ordered the bacon stuffed gnocchi in vodka sauce with a side salad. The soup was good, so I hoped the same for my meal. My wife's salad was very plain but fresh enough - iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives and cucumbers. The manicotti looked really appetizing with all of the melted mozzarella on top but my first cut was met with resistance. The pasta was severely undercooked and there was hardly any ricotta inside. I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, thinking that it may just be the end of the pasta shell that was hard, but the next bite was no better. I am not a picky eater at all and could not eat any more of my meal. Not only was it tough, but it was also overly salty. Just not good. My wife's meal was okay. We've had better vodka sauce. When the waiter came back to ask how everything was, I told him that I was not happy with my meal because the pasta was undercooked and the filling was too salty. He picked up my fork and started jabbing at my dish and sauce splattered onto my new white shirt. He apologized and brought me a wet rag with seltzer on it so I could wipe it. It didn't come out. Then he came back with the bill and said that he had told the chef why I was unhappy with my meal and the chef said that there was nothing wrong with it and that we would still be charged for it, so he went ahead and discounted our bill by $5. as a courtesy. My shirt was ruined, I barely ate any of my dish, definitely didn't want the leftovers to be wrapped, and we got a discount of $5! On our way out to the car we noticed that the sign over the door read "Padova Italian Ristorante and Pizzera". That should have been in indication of the restaurant's attention to detail. Wish I had noticed it on the way in. I definitely do not recommend this place. read more

Still the same family owned business it was when it was called Pizza Palace. The menu is exactly the same, they just replaced the booths and carpets and changed the name. As noted by other reviewers, the menu is exhaustive, so I cannot vouch for everything. The soups are always good, the pizza is very good, the pasta dishes have been good when I've gotten them (gnocchi, veal, chicken dishes). However, the diamond in the rough here is the grinders. They are simply fantastic and you will not be disappointed. I have mostly done chicken (w/ pepperoni and cherry peppers) or meat ball (with onions). One would expect to get a better grinder from A&S next door, but Padova's grinders are to my knowledge the best in Fairfield. read more

I was born in CT, and every time I come back to visit my hometown, I visit Pizza Palace, which is a staple of my childhood. Every time I come to town, it seems the quality of the food is just how I remember it - fresh, amazing pizza, with friendly servers. I'm going to be coming back to town, and visiting for as long as the restaurant will be open -- and it seems to be alive in kicking after 20+ years. read more

Honestly don't understand some of the negative ratings here. allright... it's not like dining at the Hyatt, but there's nothing wrong with this place. The food is good, the waitstaff is prompt, courteous, and attentive. I have three (and sometimes untamed) kids and dine there often. They never make us feel unwelcome. Pizza is some of the best around and the place is clean and we can usually exit with a family of 5 for under $60 including adult beverages. read more

I love this place. Granted I always go at night between 8 - 9pm when its quiet. Looking at the reviews, I don't know who this alleged rude person is. i see the owner, usually in the back cooking and preparing food, but he's polite, or perhaps I'm an easy customer? This is not the kind of place where the servers hover over you, ask you how your meal is every 5 minutes, unless you prefer that kind of service. You want a place where the server is overly happy and pretends like working there is worth a million dollars? Then go somewhere else. Then again, I notice that some reviews complain that this place is so bad, including the food and service, but yet they keep coming back. The menu IS big, but so what? I never order pizza here, because I love the pasta. The place should be called Pasta Palace. I always order a chicken dish, and love every variety on the menu. There's plenty of variety, and I don't ever find myself sitting here for 45 minutes waiting for my meal. The chicken franchaise is lemony and full bodied, nothing about these meals taste like they're microwaved. The gnocchi tastes like my Italian friend's grandmother makes it. The bruschetta has deliciously fresh toppings, the bread is always warm and soft, like fresh from the oven. The only food item I've been displeased with is the calamari: only rings, and they're not breaded well, but it's not enough to demean the whole menu, and not enough to lose a star. I'm a hearty eater, so I order a nice hearty dish. I'm introduced this place to family and friends, and they're all satisfied. If you go in there, know what you're looking for, otherwise you will be that reviewer that hates the long menu. I prefer a nice and quiet place to eat. This has become one of my "go to" restaurants. Oh Howie G, Tomato and Basil is closed now. read more

This is the best pizza place is Fairfield!! I had the best experience here, the staff was so nice. The sauce is homemade and and the cheese melts in your mouth! HIGHLY RECOMMEND !!!! My new favorite spot!!!! read more

So came in the evening because someone wrote that it was quiet. Place Looks clean. Pizza was old, obviously made hours ago. Soup was also old. Food smelled funny. This is sad because it's in a decent location but I wouldn't tell anyone to go here. Too bad. I won't be back read more