Great food and service. Gina is a peach and very attentive to your needs. Pizza is the best around and always delivers a delicious meal. Just heard that they have decided to end their run and retire at the end of the year. They will be sorely missed and I wish them happiness and good fortune in their future endeavors. Thank you for sharing such wonderful memories over the years. Good luck to Gina and her family! read more

Margarita Pizza & Pepperoni Pizza are both good! Crust is just right! Chicken Parmesan and the salad are very good too! Restaurant staff is great and always welcoming! read more

We gave the new owners a chance, but they have big shoes to fill. We went there at least once a week dine in and ordered out at least once a week if not more. We had parties catered...We also bought more meals home after dining in. With the original owners, it was a warm, comfortable place where you didn't feel rushed. The service Gina provided was quick and professional. It saddens me that with the DiMeo name on the business that I have to rate this experience so low. I wish the family all the best and certainly hoped the new owners would keep things the same. I ordered the Puttanesca and the woman who was took the order had to ask twice what it was. I grow San Marzano tomatoes and make Puttanesca so I was more than disappointed when it came out and the chunky garlic wasn't to be found, the olives were far and few between, it did not have a salty taste from the anchovy but was instead VERY SWEET and mostly purée except for cherry tomatoes that still had skins on them making it all a horrible sweet texture. The salad was good, the bread knots good, but the main course was a 1 at best. The service was lacking and it certainly didn't feel like we were anything more than another dollar in their pocket. We ran a restaurant, I know first hand the struggles and wish them The best. read more

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Great family restaurant! They are always welcoming, greeted with smiles, and good food.

Got a carry-out thin crust cheese pizza and it was FANTASTIC. I had read some poor reviews and was staying away, but decided to give it a try anyway, and boy am I glad I did. Delicious! Best pizza we've had in this area. read more

We got takeout. I was craving a Sicilian pizza. I haven't had one in a long time. Being new to the area, I didn't even know anyone offered one. Boom! Not only does Dimeo have a Sicilian pie, it's amazing. I can't say anything else but to tell you that you need Pizzeria Dimeo's Sicilian Pie in your life. read more

Have been coming here for the last few years once a week and we loved it when the old owners were there. We gave the new owners a chance and we won't be back. My son has always got the meatballs and loved them with the old owners. The new owners he wouldn't touch the meatballs they had more filler in them and he said they weren't the same. The pasta sauce on my linguine with the chicken parm wasn't homemade didn't have any taste of garlic or basil in it. Taste like it was poured out of a can and doctored up with seasoningWe did talk to the owner who just brushed it under the carpet. Never did the owner come out and ask if she could get something else or even refilled our drinks. We had to go up to the register to pay instead of them giving us a check. The environment didn't seem very warm and welcoming. Jordan from the front was very friendly and professional. It was nice to see he was still there as well as Pedro. read more

The pizza and sandwiches are amazing. Staff is very friendly. I'll continue to get our Friday night dinner from this establishment.

We tried Demeo on a recommendation from a friend. They are still a friend!! Fried calamari is must when a new place is tried. Delicious, not too much breading, tender and flavorful. It came with marinara sauce which was good as well, the ratio of body rings to tentacles was great. We also got a Basic pizza with pepperoni and onions. The pizza was good. The crust was not chewy nor was it extra crispy. A bit of a flop when you pick up a piece. Regardless, the pizza was very good as well. The next visit we will try one of the pasta dishes. read more

Their pizza is so delicious tastes like Jersey pizza and their French fries r so crunchy and flavorful

Not a bad pie. It puts you in mind of Bertucci's (without the tomato chunks); cook could be a minute longer, but the pie was solid and the crust was good. The stromboli was disappointing, it was soft, borderline soggy, and way too much cheese for the amount of meat. Prices are more aligned with Philadelphia than Dover but I would definitely come again. read more

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Great staff. Best pizza around. We go there at least once every week to week and a half. Never fails.

great italian food at a reasonable price. generous portions, friendly atmosphere, and efficient service. seafood king neptune sauteed calamari, mussels, shrimp & clams in a light housemade marinara sauce,  served with choice of pasta. meat lasagna lasagna noodles layered with meat sauce, ricotta, parmesan and mozzarella cheese in our housemade tomato sauce. topped with mozzarella cheese and baked in the oven.  from larry & susan carroll fretz thank you gina read more

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Okay, stopped in again as I was craving mussels. They were just as good as the last time. However, Gina convinced me to go with the chicken parm. It was tender, juicy, crispy without a hint of grease/oily. I also realized why I like their food. The sauce is more of an Italian pomodoro versus an American marinara (WHich I make an excellent one and why I don't eat Italian out often. Very fresh and delicious. I saved some room for dessert on another customers recommendation. I love carrot cake and that is what she recommended. I found out that Gina had made it from scratch and I must say it was the best carrot cake I have ever had. Keep up the great work Gina and Family. read more

Visiting a friend in Delaware. We decided to grab a quick bite. This was a place very close to my friend's home. She and her husband suggested this place and after reading reviews posted on Yelp we decided on pepperoni pizza and supreme stromboli. Excellent quality food. My husband thought he was ordering a steak special stromboli but this one had green peppers, sauce, cheese, ham, salami, mushrooms and onions. I hate mushrooms! After picking out the mushrooms and accepting that there was no steak, it was pretty good. The thin crusty pizza was perfect, just the right amount of chewy. Sauce was tasty and pepperoni was quality. Staff was friendly. We ordered for pick up so cannot speak to the service or dining in experience. If I lived locally, I would return. read more

The food was very good. The service...not so much. Order"s" were wrong. Orders for other guests were delivered to our table. I observed several tables having issues with service/orders. And, what is up with the wait staff standing at the far end of two tables and having guests pass food instead of walking around serving individuals? I personally would not choose to return. read more

If you're looking for a red-sauce Italian eatery you can't do better than Dimeo. Food is great. We've had pizza & pastas- both excellent. Waitstaff is courteous and seem to enjoy being there. Recommended... read more

Love this pizzeria! We moved from NY and had been looking for a new pizza place and Pizzeria Dimeo definitely has some amazing pizza. They have a $24 delivery minimum so we usually get garlic knots with it and those are delicious too! Over the phone service is always great too. read more

35 minutes for a cheesesteak before 5 o'clock on a friday....... a cheesesteak take's 10 minutes max to make and I know for a fact they weren't busy at that time. I will gladly take my business else where and I suggest you to do the same #Iwasntpaidtowritethis read more

Called and was "asked" to hold but was actually placed on hold before I could answer. Held for several minutes and was disconnected. This happened 3 times in a row! Unacceptable! I don't care how busy you are you need to actually talk to potential customers. Or not, since we won't try to order from you again. You lost long time customers. Well done! read more

I've gone here quite a few times over the years. The pizza was priced with its taste "cheap". Now they charge $22 for a single pie with the same bland taste and cheap salty cheese. Last time I went here I asked for a large pepperoni with extra cheese and got regular cheese with skimpy pepperoni's but yet got charged $22 for a pie they clearly didn't properly make. It also didn't taste like it was worth the price they charged. Bland sauce with no seasoning, salty cheese and thin dough. Not even a little oregano or basil on it for flavor. Is this really Italian pizza? Doesn't taste it. Flavorless is more like it. I had also ordered their lasagna and I advise you don't. It's equally as bland but the meat they used is from a can. Can you imagine the nasty grainy taste of canned beef in lasagna? It was so disgusting that first bite. The moment I tasted it I scrapped it all off. I only could eat half the gross lasagna. This is not an authentic Italian place. Not a single person working in the kitchen is Italian. That explains a lot about the lack luster food. It was fine when they had cheap prices to match their cheap food but now they're charging real prices for real Italian restaurants food and their quality has not improved to justify their higher prices. Gross food yuck! read more

Awesome service! Made our anniversary special. Eggplant melts in your mouth and that chocolate cake was amazing!

This place is a family restaurant pizzeria , they are genuine Italian food . They put love and care into there food ! Pizza is so good it's best in Delaware hands down! Also I tried their chicken parmigiana and it is so fresh tasting ! Will be a regular here !!! read more

Pizzeria Dimeo - Sicilian pizzza - Pizza Near Me - Smyrna, Delaware

Good independent restaurants are an issue South of the Canal. (Yeah, pack a lunch when you cross that terrifying body of water.) But this small Italian restaurant on the south side of Smyrna is quite good--and deceptively named. Yes, they have pizza and subs (both thin and Sicilian pizza) but they are a lot more than that--and a great place for an evening out for semi-casual dining. That is, sit-down but not dark or starchy-formal. A trattoria. Like a neighborhood place you'd enjoy eating out when you want to relax and have good conversation. My late husband and I always had one Italian place such as this we'd frequent (he was Italian): comfy, good food, pleasant to sit and chat to kick back after a week's hard work. This is exactly the kind of place we love. The calamari appetizer was how I like calamari: not over cooked, lightly battered, served with marinara. There were good appetizers to choose from: roasted peppers either with anchovy or prosciutto, calamari, bruschetta, or a bar pizza or mussels. These run between 8 and 11 bucks and will feed 2-3 average eaters. I did not see antipasto but I'll bet you, if you demanded it, the kitchen could make it up--they do have subs, so they have cold cuts. Entrees: There are calzones, pizza (thin or thick) but also pasta dishes. I had ravioli--the pasta tasted like the fresh frozen kind and the sauce was good (but I don't like baked cheese on mine, this is just me), companions had pasta puttanesca, chunky sauce full of capers, etc and one had eggplant parmesan, which was not oily and not undercooked, two problems you often find with eggplant. It was delicious. Homebaked desserts but we had to skip them. Entrees run 12-22 depending on if it's simple pasta or seafood. Salads btw were fresh and crisp and cold. You can get simpler fare, subs, pizza, either calzone OR stromboli and kids menu is the usual dull spag-meatball, chicken or fish fingers with fries or kiddy pizza but that's what kids want. Wine, beer didn't notice if there was a full bar. Wine about $5.50 a glass. Everything was fresh, the place is spotlessly clean. Service was good. Family atmosphere, not dark and romantic. It's between Smyrna and Dover, and not far from Middletown, so it's fairly convenient if you want to find a non-chain restaurant for some traditional Italian food or good pizza. They do have take-out and they will cater. read more

We love Pizza Dimeo - the pizza is goooood! But when not in the mood for pizza we order + chicken marsala (delicious) + italian subs (good quality meats and cheese) + veal parm - delicious veal cutlet my favorite + lasagna - cheesy and good we live in Smyrna and happy to have this little nugget in our hood! Also they deliver read more

We passed this little restaurant on our way to Grotto Pizza and decided to turn around to visit this little shop instead. First of all, I loved that the dining area (which was quite charming) was away from the kitchen. This means that we didn't have to deal with any of the noise from the delivery aspect of the business. We ordered the Sicilian pizza. It was perfect! A thicker crust but crispy on the bottom from the stone oven. Perfect mix of sauce, dough and cheese. We got sausage, onion and green pepper but we would have been fine without toppings because the dough itself is pretty flavorful. Another important thing to point out is that our party consisted of a pizza lover and one that could take it or leave it. We both left pleasantly surprised and satisfied (and with leftovers from a single pizza). We had a very attentive and sweet server (Lauren, I believe) that deserves recognition as far as making our experience a 5 star visit. We would return and would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

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The pizza is too doughy. Went there a while ago. My husband ordered chicken parmigiana and asked for a side of gnocchi. The waitress checked with manager and said he!d have to order 2 entrees if he wanted gnocchi. He then said he'd pay an up charge but she said management wouldn't do it. Needless to say we will not go there again. read more

Worst pizza and "garlic knots" I've seen. We ordered from here entirely based on the Yelp rating and now I question if I should trust that again! The pizza crust was overcooked, dry, flavorless and lacking density. In fact, it was the exact same consistency as the dinner rolls they try to pass off as garlic knots. They're not knots at all, but simply balls of dough (likely the crust itself) which lack flavor. I've had pizza from all across the country, even enjoyed the greatest pizza New York has to offer and the fact that they refer to this as pizza is disgraceful! read more

I'm a pizza lover. I'm a big overweight guy who takes pizza seriously. Don't get me wrong, this pizza is not bad. Just not worth the increased prices for just a standard pizza. Overpriced read more

Absolute best pizza in Smyrna. A little more expensive than other place but 100% worth it. They are the farthest from our house but we always take the ride. We love their white pizza and margarita pie! We also usually get a chaser salad which has the best dressing and fresh salad read more

Pizza and wings where good. Service sucked!!! Ordered A thin pizza and a thick crust and told waitress 3 times that one was a thin crust and the other was thick square pan pizza. We ask to have wings brought out first so we could eat them before the pizza. So the wings come out and 1 min later the pizza. ( I guess you could say the wings where first) The pizzas came out as two thin crust. We asked if we could have what we ordered . As she reached to take back the one thin crust her pendent scraped acrosss the other pizza , thus having to take away one piece of the other pie. When she came back she said we would be charge for the returned pizza!!! Needless to say we weren't after a long conversation.. As for the piece of pie that she allowed her pendent to touch.. she said she would ask her manager, but since we asked for it to be taken away, there would not be any compensation.. after another long conversation she came back with a piece of lemon cake!!!!! read more

Very disappointing...food is mediocre not alot of flavor. Ordered the mussels 6 came out closed we asked for a discount because they were rather expensive. We were told that the owner notice and gave us extra. I find it hard to believe she seen this and did not remove the closed mussels. Why would they bring out the closed up mussels? I really find this hard to believe. I think we ended up with 9 descent mussels for $12.99. FYI we we're regular customers because there aren't a lot of choice in the area. I doubt we'll be back. I guess a discount was worth losing a customer over. read more

Not good it'd be 1/2 star if I could - I ordered a 16 inch pie with sausage as a topping. Could they spare the sausage? - not sure why they bothered. Pizza was tasteless. Also order a Chicken Parm Sub - yuck also tasteless, a lot of roll, not a lot of meat/cheese/sauce. Just moved here, was wanting this to be my go-to pizza place. I think I'll keep looking read more

Nice little Italian restaurant. The chicken parm is delicious and the pizza is pretty good as well. Love whatever they use for the house dressing for salads. read more

Miliary discount, which is great. Friendly service, brought our drinks and seasoni,'s for our 14 inch sausage and pepper pizza right away. (cheese, hot pepper, garlic and oregano) Good pizza. She gave us refills without our asking. So, we went ahead and ordered cherry pie and a brownie ala mode. Came to $25.68. Brooke was our server. read more

Pizzeria Dimeo - Military discount, which is a plus! - Pizza Near Me - Smyrna, Delaware

I requested Parmesan cheese. Sprinkled it all over my dinner. It tasted horrible. So I smelled it and it smelled of vinegar. The waitress told me that's the way the cheese smells and it's hard for them to believe that after using it all day that it would be bad. YUCK. The waitress stated the manager offer to re-sauté my meal so it's not as strong. Let me get this straight....you refused to believe that food you are serving is bad, you offer to sauté my meal again rather than replace it (isn't that a heath code violation) and then as a manger or owner you don't even come out to talk to the customer? Finally they took it off the bill and then charged me $5.00 for a dinner salad. Yup, we won't be back. read more

My fault......I went back again, hoping for the same chopped antipasta they used to make. What I got tonight was half the amount with absolutely no meat or cheese!! I'm so mad!! I'm done with this place!! read more

The food here is generally fantastic. Pricey for the portions but again, generally really good. The biggest issue with this place is that no matter when we go, or where we sit, THERE ARE ALWAYS GNATS! Our most recent visit not only were the gnats attacking us and our food but flys were also buzzing around. Enough for us to definitely say we will no longer sit inside and dine here. No idea why the owners don't take care of this persistent issue. It's a shame, the pizza and caprese salad here are one of my favorites. The gnats drive us crazy and doesn't allow for a nice dining experience. read more

Pizzeria Dimeo makes some of the best pizza there is in the state of Delaware. We love pizza and this is our go to place in Smyrna. We've never had a bad experience with take out or when we go in to sit in their cute little dining room. We eat pizza weekly but make our own most of the time. When we don't make our own, we order a couple of pizzas from here because they remind us of the pizzas we could get at the local place back in Syracuse, NY. Our favorite pizza is their Buffalo Chicken because it's so simple. It's just cheese and diced chicken that has been tossed in buffalo sauce. Blue cheese or ranch is available on the side which is a nice change a pace from most places who normally put it right on the pizza; something we don't like. We've never order entrees but we have had some of the sandwiches and they were also very good. The people who work there are always very friendly and make you feel like you're valued as a customer. There isn't much else to say about this place other than you need to go there and try it as soon as possible. read more

So, we have been ordering from them for years. This last time in Saturday will be the last time. Previously our order was botched a bit. So we decided to do another. We were told 20 minutes to pick up or an hour to 1.5 for delivery. I picked up 17 minutes after we ordered it. Got home within 10 and the pizza was half cooked and cold. The salad was way off the mark. We called and were told we were busy. So you can make my pizza in 17 minutes but you're busy? read more