Phenomenal pizza and loaded toppings. So happy to have this place close by. It's always friendly service and quick pick up. read more

The Red Tomato Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Madison, Connecticut

I've never been inside, but always order takeout from the Red Tomato. Absolutely my favorite pizza place for takeout atm. We've had several different pizzas including their cheese, shrimp, BBQ chicken, and mashed potato pizza. Love them all! Never disappointed with the service or quality. Highly recommend! read more

My new favorite pizza place. I got the house special, the staff were pleasant and food was ready early. The crust is new-haven quality, very affordable and easy access read more

Absolutely delicious food. I think the new owners have been there eight months and make a delicious pizza - plus the salads were fresh and large. Will come back, and look forward to trying their dinners as well. The set up is a little odd in that the staff seems cut off from the dining room and it can be difficult getting the staff's attention due to this, but we certainly weren't neglected. Despite this, they were pleasant and efficient in getting us our food out for a sit down dinner. So minus one star only for that- and who knows, wait staff may have been out sick that day . read more

Called in order for pick up and was given a pick up time. When we arrived to pick it up, the order had not been started and we were told it woukd take another 20 minutes. No apology, no discount so we left. Would not go back! read more

My wife and I had sandwiches. I had a cheeseburger sub and my wife had a eggplant Parmesan sub which was great.

Foods is terrible... go somewhere else! Pizza is disgusting... and most other food comes in processed/boxed.. ready to cook... an insult to call it Italian food.. read more

I don't eat meat or dairy but Red Tomatoes came thru for me. They made a delicious veggie panini. The wide variety of vegetables were so flavorful! read more

Ordered a basil and garlic pizza a medium was 26 and heavy flop . Would not go back . I should have looked at the reviews and also no one was there on a sat read more

Food was absolutely disgusting. One person got sick from all the grease. The best part of the ziti with meat sauce was the bread. Chopped up meatballs and raw onions. Horrible. read more

Wow, This place must have changed hands again, as it was TERRIBLE last night! Many years ago their pizza was amazing, best in the area in my opinion coming from the New Haven area, had it last night, was absolutely disgusting honestly, looked horrible when I opened the box, tasted even worse, the crust was hard like cardboard, the sauce was terrible, and the cheese was like a piece of plastic it came off in one hard piece.... I cannot believe this place is still in business especially in Madison Ct.... Extremely insulting to receive this for dinner last night, not sure who owns this place now, but the food leaving your establishment is going to put you out of business very quickly.... read more

Always great service and food, delivery is prompt with pleasant drivers. Will definitely use again!

Stopped here to get some dinner with my family. We walked in and started reading the menu. The cashier looked at us as if we were aliens. He never spoke or said a word. Not a hello, good evening, or how can I help you? Needless to say we walked straight out. Never spend your money where you're not wanted!! read more

The Red Tomato Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Madison, Connecticut

Great restaurant. Always delicious and fresh. Consistent service. Super lovely family owned place. Great salads. Gluten free pizza offered. Great meatball hero. Always a treat! read more

I am giving you two stars but my mother sitting next to me says "I wouldn't" she wanted only one star. Chewy chewy chewy, why? No reason! Why does pizza have to be so hard and chewy? I'm really having a disconnect on what I expected and what was delivered, I was imagining pillows of softness and cheese, and I have hardness and tastelessness and chewy cheese. So sad. Wanted to be happy. Also, after I ordered, and had pulled the trigger on "place order" then it showed me that there was a four dollar delivery fee. That was kind of mean. My mother got a regular mozzarella with peppers, we wanted green peppers, they didn't have green peppers, they have a mix of roasted peppers. I got the spinach with ricotta, I had to put hot sauce and extra Parm cheese to get any flavor. Too bad it sucked read more

This pizza was the best pizza i have ever tasted. The owners were nice to everyone around them, and boy, was the pizza good. Then the previous owners sold red tomato pizzeria. Many changes were made. The first time we ordered with the new owners, they got our order wrong. We ordered a large pepperoni. They gave us a medium and said it was a large in a medium box. They charged us for a large too. This makes no sense, and we went again and we heard them do the same thing to other families. The next time we went, they got it wrong. Again. We ordered again over the phone, and they picked up just saying: yeah? No red tomato pizza, how may i help you? Nothing. Just: yeah? Not even how may i help you. They have gotten our order wrong for over a month and if they are reading this, they will know they have lost. A costumer. read more

First off, Danielle of Worcester, if you believe the Red Tomato is the only pizzeria along the shoreline that makes fresh tomato sauce, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. That statement is absolutely stupid and it's like saying McDonalds is the only restaurant along the shoreline that sells hamburgers. Most pizzerias make their own sauce. It's quite easy and hardly a noteworthy accomplishment. But It's understandable how folks who can't boil water would be impressed. The rest of us naturally assume most pizza joints make their own sauce. Overall the Red T gets a thumbs down. If this place weren't competing with so many other good pizza places, it would probably get a thumbs up. But I can think of lots of other shoreline places that make a better pizza. Anthony's, Naples, Bufalina, Centro and Grand Apizza come to mind. The Red Tomato boasts its pizza as being "New Haven thin style pizza". But it's an insult to mention New Haven in the same sentence as the Red Tomato. It's beyond me why Madison people go ga-ga over it (although it's hardly surprising because this is the same town where Village Pizza has stayed in business for 16 years). The pizza reminds me more of all the mediocre pizza joints in NYC when I used to live in Manhattan. You know the pizza joints I'm talking about. The ones that say Famous Ray and serve mostly slices. The Red Tomato serves very similar style pizza and would fit in perfectly among them. read more

I ordered pizza from here because of the great reviews but I was highly disappointed. The pizza was edible but was far from gourmet or Italian style pizza. The crust was bland and tasted like bread instead of pizza dough, the garlic was not fresh but tasted like it came out of a jar. The sauce was pasty and not fresh. I'm only being detailed about these items because of the high price of the pizza. I don't mind paying a premium price for a pizza as long as it's worth it. The ingredients are clearly low quality and the taste was simply not worth the premium price. read more

Nice little place. It's a town favorite but I can't go any higher than a 3 Star. The pizza is decent, not super great. I would describe the calzones the same way. It's a nice place to go when you don't want to travel too far. Parking lot is small, don't bring your "Good car". Take your commuter vehicle. read more

The best service around. I've been a decade long consumer of the red ! For anniversary this year, the staff went above and beyond ad helped my boyfriend execute an adorable heart-shaped pizza for our anniversary - during COVID quarantine! It was such a sweet gesture and just went to show what great guys/gales the red tomato pizza staff are. Thank you, guys! We love you! read more

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Ok.... pizza..... but not as good as new haven.... west haven... etc. Breads are the same... ... but way to much cheese..... Some items on menu overpriced.. Main issue with pizza on shore in Middlesex county is consistancy... Sometimes you get a good pie and ya go back and it sucks... read more

Best pizza in the area!! Ingredients are always fresh. Haven't tried their other menu items. Happy to keep ordering pizza!

Not the same. Think it was sold and new owners not performing. We placed order over the phone with no hello or thank you. One of our 2 pies was wrong and both were burnt. Not char but burnt from being in oven too long. When we picked up pies the guy was too busy to be cordial to the customers. Not coming back. read more

Overpriced and bland. $46 for 1 large mozz and 1 mozz, sausage,mushrooms, onion. There are better places on the shoreline. The prices weren't this high before and we will probably never go back. read more

Best pizza I've had in Guilford so far. Yes, I'm aware it's actually just across the town line in Madison. For me, crust makes the pizza, and this pizza has a great crust. Thin and crisp, but with a good chew. Absolutely nothing to complain about, except maybe the long wait for a table when they're busy (so call ahead and get takeout). read more

Excellent pizza. The crust is spectacular, chewy and tasty. Crisp, not burned (I guess I haven't lived in the area long enough to appreciate burnt pizza). Toppings and overall presentation are good too, though once you get away from the crust they have competition (Nick & Tony's for instance). Nothing here but pizza, so if someone in your party isn't after that, go elsewhere. They do have salads and antipasti (for some reason the owner has a thing against blue cheese dressing, so I try to remember to bring my own). But nothing else. Which, for some, is as it should be. This is a serious pizza place, perhaps not quite the same as Pepe's, and nowhere near as funky ad Sally's (would you really take your little kids in there?) but good. Well worth the trip from up to, let's say 5-7 miles. read more

Red Tomato is my favorite pizza on the planet. Their house special with a Foxon Park grape soda is the stuff of dreams. I traveled back from the south (where I live now) just to have it again after so many years away. And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. read more

Very tasty pizza. Expensive. Service was not friendly. I will try other places before giving this spot my business again. read more

Good for the Shoreline, I have only had takeout here but if you like it thin, this is the only place in the Guilford/Madison area that does thin, (that I am aware of). We generally get a plain and a large with 2 topppings, comes out to $30 or so.....I would not call it a good deal..... Other pizza restaurants are doing thin crust, but this place does get it right.. I have only gotten take out here. read more

The Red Tomato is my FAVORITE pizza place on the shoreline. Absolutely out of this world. I dont live on the shoreline anymore and have been known to make the hour long hike just to have some red tomato pizza! read more

I work in Branford, so naturally I get the office scuttlebutt about Red Tomato being the place to go for pizza on the shoreline. I live in Branford by the green. For me to get all the way out to the Guilford/Madison line, I could have driven back and forth from Wooster Street in New Haven. That's my gripe with Red Tomato: for the same effort on my part, I could be eating at one of the New Haven Pizza Triumverate. The pizza is respectable. It'd be the best pizza in town in most towns. The wait is minimal. I really enjoyed their white clam. But the unfortunate truth is that when you operate a pizza place in New Haven County, you are going to be judged by your peers. Red Tomato is somewhere in the list of also-rans for me. read more

This place is amazing the food was great the waitress was also great if back in this area will come back loved it read more

The Red Tomato Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Madison, Connecticut

This is a 'thin-crust pizza' place...in the New Haven style. I like the crust and I love the fact that the clams are never ever canned, always fresh. (it shows). The dining room is small, so there can be a wait at the more popular evening times; be prepared...as if no one ever waits in front of Sally's or Pepi's.... ...Good pizza, a half-dozen beers to choose from, an excellent white clam option: what else do you want? read more

Sorry to say the Red tomato is under new ownership so the experience is totally different then what it once was. If you've eaten there in the past few years you may be surprised ( and not in a good way ) read more

an ok pie. i mean, it is not far from new haven and if i compare it to any of those pizzas, this place isnt even in the running. as a pizzeria, it is ok. i had a small cheese pie - and if you look at the pic i posted on the yelp you can see the crust was docked to hell with a meat hook or something, it was really mutilated and had no bubbles whatsoever. i hate that. the sauce was on the acidic side and i had heard a lot of people talk about the sauce at red tomato and honestly it did nothing for me, it did not elevate this pizza, it was pretty much just an ok sauce. the cheese was ok too. geez i am tired of say OK so i am done with this review. high point: they have foxon park soda and thimble island beer. read more

The Red Tomato Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Madison, Connecticut

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Hello Red Tomato it's good to be back. Salmon pie in Germany was interesting but I missed your white clam and bacon. That was until I saw a shrimp pie go by. So, a small half clam and bac, half shrimp and bac-big Yum! M had cheese, as always, but T got a little wild with salami, pepperoni and bacon. I said there's no way, then I took a bite. Yes grease and salt and spice and wonderful. Add some Thimble Island and a glass of Malbec and we were happy. Took a salad home next day's lunch and on our way. Pie is good, waitress little and cute, the owner stopped by to see how we liked all that pork-Thanks for the nice welcome back. However, to the guy who drives to Boston for pizza- Pizzeria Regina in the West End is all you need to know. read more

I used to be a regular at Slice in North Branford which sadly closed, also a regular at Marco's but the family wanted to try something new so we tried takeout at Red Tomato on a Sunday afternoon. It was probably about 5pm and our wait for 3 pies was only 25 min. Had the Pepperoni, House special and the pesto pizza. The pesto was AWESOME, the pepperoni VERY good, the house special was good but I wouldn't get it again. Very Very good crust and all 3 pies withstood a 20 minute ride home w/o getting soggy. We'll be back! read more

Living in Madison, pizza options are limited unless you want to drive all over with a carload of kids. We used to stick to places that delivered, and while the pizza was OK, once we finally tried Red Tomato, we don't order delivery. Red Tomato is the best option in town (I do really, really love Bufalina in Guilford, but it's easier to get typical types of toppings for the kids at Red Tomato). We've eaten in the dining room a couple of times and the service has always been very friendly. Ditto ordering takeout. So, if you aren't up to driving into New Haven for pizza or devoting a day to a journey to the Bronx for a slice or two, Red Tomato is perfect. Yes, the dining room is small and ultra casual. No, they don't make anything other than pizza. read more

This is one of the best pizza places anywhere. I like in California now and think about red tomato weekly. Their pizza and calzones are incredible. Do yourself a favor and get it. If you get a calzone, ask for extra sauce. You could drink it it's so tasty. read more

Always a great pie. In for the Summer from NYC/NJ and found our pizza spot. Always friendly.