Having grown up close to Vazzy's, I'm no stranger to the food here. I've gone here countless times for dinners, banquets, and have eaten their food many times. In the midst of the COVID19 crisis, these guys are offering some tremendous take out deals. I decided to take advantage of the family meal deal which included a half tray of chicken parm, a large mista salad, a large container of penne a la vodka and their family garlic bread which was the size of a small pizza. All that for only $25!!!!! And it was delicious! read more

The Original Vazzy's - Family meal deal!! - Italian Near Me - Bridgeport, Connecticut

Haven't been here in about 15 years moved out of area I have to say we were impressed by the quality and the price of the food . Our entrees were fresh tasty and very good. It is good to see that an establishment has kept up with its high standards for such a long time read more

I stumbled across this place on a road trip from Virginia to Massachusetts. I ordered the Rustica- penne pasta sautéed with sausage, chicken,peppers, mushrooms and onions in a fresh garlic sauce. It was outstanding. It also included two slices of cheese pizza. The food was hot and I was in heaven. The server was attentive and helpful. I will definitely return to Vazzy's. read more

The Original Vazzy's - Rustica - Italian Near Me - Bridgeport, Connecticut

I have had dinner at two different locations and have enjoyed all the meals I have had. The service can be inconsistent but the food has been consistently delicious. Everything seems fresh and hot when it arrives to your table. One of my pet peeves is warm/cold food. This has never been the case at Vazzy's. They are very good at moving food from the kitchen to the table quickly even during busy times. My daughter goes to school in the area. On one family trip to visit her, we arranged a large dinner party at a new to us restaurant called Vazzy's. We had an excellent meal and have always looked forward to our meals since the first visit . The broad range of experiences that people have had surprises me. If I had to choose one area where Vazzy's could improve it would be service. While the service has always been friendly and welcoming, and I haven't had terrible service yet, and don't expect to, there have been a few times where we had to flag down wait staff for minor things like drink refills or Parmesan cheese. I am a new comer to the area, so I do not claim knowledge of Vazzy's past. Their current reputation to me is favorable and reliable. The food is great! I recommend it. I hope whoever reads this has as good experiences as I have had. I will continue to eat a all locations. read more

The eggplant was delicious yesterday! Kudos to the cook! Best tasting eggplant I had in many, many years. Fresh, sliced thin and pleasantly a little sweet. I'll be back!!! read more

Consistently getting worse every day. The pink pasta is orange and the veal is tough. Chef Boy-R-Dee makes better ravioli. The olives are canned and smell like paint thinner. So much frozen garbage. Literally NOTHING is fresh. It won't be long before it becomes full fledged nursing home food. Pics with mediocre c grade celebrities aren't enough anymore. Over the years no one even knows who they are! And worst of all the food doesn't make you feel healthy like real Italian food should. Just stuffed, greasy, gross, and sick. I'll be passing on this place from now on. A bologna sandwich is better than this place these days. read more

Went here with coworkers for a business lunch. The place was really booming at lunch. First, they brought out a basket of bread, different kinds including pizza dough that was buttered and delicious. Additionally, there were greek olives which, lucky for me, no one else at the table wanted. Two of the corworkers had the chicken parm platter for lunch. If that was the lunch portion I can't even imagine seeing the dinner portion. It was huge! I had the Arugula salad. The salad had arugula, red oinions- and I think it was an entire onion and plenty of Gorgonzola cheese. I wouldn't recommend this if you are dieting. The dressing was an orange mandarin and I don't know what it was on the salad but it had a pretty big kick to it. I wish that would have been called out on the menu. Nice place for a work lunch. read more

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Went here again because I saw that they have a weekend specials menu that includes a filet mignon. I really expected it to be excellent knowing how good the food here typically is but I was a bit disappointed. The filet was pretty big but it lacked the tenderness that a good filet should have. It was quite tasty but a bit tough. It's probably best to stick with the Italian food here, that's always very good. The service was pretty slow this time too, it looked like they were quite understaffed. read more

The calamari is so over cooked you could hardly eat it. I ordered the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and the noodles were so overdone it was mushy, no seasoning of any sort. My husband ordered the half baked chicken which was really good. There wings are really good as well. I'll try it out again maybe for a pizza take out. read more

Wow, so that's probably my last visit. I've been going since they opened. I even made out in a van in the parking lot with some weirdo as a teenager. I'm surprised I wasn't killed or kidnapped there on the Bridgeport line - lol! I have always loved the cavatelli and broccoli served sizzling in the pan. When it came in a normal bowl and I inquired about the pan, both the server and manager were utterly perplexed. They literally had to get the menu out and read "served in pan..." Uh ok. They redid for me but it was only ok. When I go out to carb overload, I want to be satiated and pleased. I'm not in the mood for issues. And then you go to an old standby favorite, you want your comfort food without hassle. It wasn't a great experience overall. I don't feel it's my job to pay you and explain your menu to you. Pizza today was ok too. Not awesome but ok. Hey you can't go wrong with huge servings and a great happy hour. Vazzy's will survive with one less carb conscious person frequenting. Kudos for adding gluten free too! read more

The Original Vazzy's - Nice sized salad! - Italian Near Me - Bridgeport, Connecticut

This place is always busy and continues to put out great food with large portions. The staff is always friendly and attentive adding to the experience. read more

I went to Vazzy's for my daughter's graduation dinner, it was suppose to be family style, the waitress was lovely but the wait between courses was far too long. Our reservation was 8:30pm and we e seated around 8:40pm. Dishes were still coming out at the table after 10:15pm and we never received our grilled vegetables that was included in the family style menu. We had to pack up the remaining dinner and leave. We could not stay to enjoy the cupcakes I had brought to celebrate her graduation because it was so late. This was unfortunate because most of the food was not bad. I understand that it was busy but the reservations were made 3 weeks prior. Very disappointing experience. read more

I'm very easy going and have been in the restaurant business for many years. I travel to Connecticut often and visit the Treeland area of Bridgeport. I have patronized Vazzy's many times all with similar results, today was my last. Here is my review and unsolicited advice. When management allows their employees to provide poor service they believe the business has reached a level of prestige that will ensure success. The team believes they have reached celebrity status as they ride on the coattails of fame; remember how quickly things change. There are many reviews on Yelp about this restaurant and I have often recommend the Broadbridge location to colleagues traveling to the Trumbull area. I only hope their dining experiences have not been as bad as the level of service I consistently experience. My advice to the owners, rethink your core business and retrain/replace your entire staff. read more

crazy how the OG vazzy's is lowkey the worst. I mean its alright but you could find better food from a vazzys like 10 minutes away (any direction you choose theres like 29) . Prices are up there for what the food is, but it scratches an itch. read more

Food is always fantastic. Tracy behind the bar is always friendly and makes you fell welcomed when you walk in

my favorite vazzy's location. best garlic knots ever!!! pizza is to die for! ... i love going there to eat and enjoy quality time and food with my family but sometimes it can be too loud and packed for delicious foood !!!! 10/10 waitresses great service. read more

A must visit when I am home in CT! Vazzy's serves your traditional Italian fare- which you can never go wrong enjoying! Every meal starts with a basket of fresh baked bread and cheesy pizza sticks. Highlights of Vazzy's offerings include delicious pizza, calzones, grinders and pastas. The grinders in particular are a great value! For about $7 you get a huge grinder, about a footlong size, with a substantial portion of French fries. I always leave with leftovers. The eggplant parm grinder is my personal favorite. Service can be a bit of a mixed bag. On my most recent travels home to CT, we visited Vazzy's twice. The first time, for lunch, service was attentive and efficient. The second time, for dinner, we waited about 20 minutes for our server to stop by for the first time! It honestly seemed like we were forgotten about. Luckily the food made up for it. read more

Randomly found his place for lunch on a trip to CT while picking up dry cleaning next door. Another hidden gem! To start off, the bread was out of this world. So......even if the food would have been sub-par, which it definitely was NOT, I'd give his place four stars simply based on the quality of the bread. But........this place is definitely five star worthy. Had spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce. Very simple, typical Italian fare, and also out of this world. The price was right, the service was good, so I returned the next day. No sense in trying anything new when I knew what I was getting here. An excellent Italian meal! read more

The food was good as usual. The server took over 20 min to acknowledge us. What's more frustrating is the young lady never once acknowledged us even though she was serving a couple directly in front of us and came to their table multiple times. Two other tables were sat after us and were acknowledged before our server came. read more

I loved VAZZYS. We went there after a funeral, and we were served family style. Appetizers and thin crust pizza they were wonderful, vegetables, Penne a la vodka, and the most wonderful loon of pork with stuffing bread stuffing. Drinks were good., nothing watered down, plenty of wine and a fabulous salad. But the stuffed pork will make me remember that meal for awhile. read more

My sister ordered catering to go for my mother's 80th birthday and asked me to pick it up yesterday. Our pick up time was 1:15 PM. I got to the restaurant went to the back and paid the cashier and she told me to go back out and wait in my vehicle and they will bring it out to me. Our bill came to $275. After waiting for 20 or 25 minutes I went back into the restaurant. This time another cashier was there and said my food was right here on the table. I got home and we opened the food by this time it was cold, so we put it in the oven. I don't normally like to slam restaurants, but this was the worst food that I ever had. The fried calamari was soggy and rubbery, the penne, alla vodka; there must've been about a half a cup of sauce in the entire tray, and it was tasteless. The roast beef was dried out. There was some kind of garlic bread made from pizza crust that had no flavor and was tough and chewy. The only thing that tasted decent was the eggplant Parmesan. I believe it was the responsibility of the first cashier who told me to wait in my vehicle as to why the food was bad. She never followed through. It sat in the restaurant too long. And if I had a choice, I would have put all the food back in my vehicle and brought it back to the restaurant and asked for my money back but we had people that were hungry, so I had no choice but to serve it. It's been many years since I've been to this restaurant and I remember always having good food there. I don't think I would ever go back here ever again. read more

Absolutely love this place. Excellent Italian food and comfort food. Just about everything I have had at this place is delicious. The portions are huge enough for dinner and lunch the next day. The servers are always quick to attend to your requests and the Vazzy's cheesy bread is the best. If you are on the run and can't stay to dine in they do takeout so feel free to call and pick up your order. Definitely love this place and it never disappoints. read more

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I hate leaving bad reviews..BUT they screwed up my takeout order twice in one night. I ordered a gluten free lobster pizza. The crust was gluten free but the lobster was breaded..why?? I called and let them know and they offered a new pizza. I went to pick up the new pizza and they also brought me a gift card, which I thought was nice. However, when I got home I noticed the new pizza also had breaded lobster. I can only assume they gave the gift card as a consolation because they knew the new pizza was also wrong. Not to mention the appearance of the pizza was a disgrace. Sorry, but the Stratford location runs rings around the Bridgeport one. I will have to stick with Stratford from now on. Edit to add: the wait time was also horrible. They were super busy and I had to wait in my car for about an hour each time. Overall I wasted two hours waiting for two pizzas which were wrong. read more

The Original Vazzy's - Easton special pizza with gluten free crust - Italian Near Me - Bridgeport, Connecticut

FANTASTIC food!! The portions are LARGE so you may be able to split a meal. The server was super friendly and even saved us money when we were gonna order cheese garlic bread as an appetizer because the free bread basket included cheese bread. We had the chicken alfredo fettuccine and baked penne in red sauce. WOW! Super flavorful! And....they have Deep Eddy Vodka. read more

The Original Vazzy's - Chicken alfredo fettuccine - Italian Near Me - Bridgeport, Connecticut

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I recently hired Vazzy's to cater an off premises party at Boothe Memorial Park in Stratford for 150 people. Doing business with them eased my stress level by 100%..."this is what we do" is what they told me. The event was a total success, the food got raves, the servers were hard-working and certainly knew what they were doing from start up to tear down. The price was very fair. I can't think of one complaint...would definitely hire them again. read more

The lobster Thursday night is awesome!! The food is delicious and my waitress Pauline was so nice and helpful!!! She smiled and helped my family choose dishes and drink!!! read more

To be fair - not my choice as I'm not a pasta with red sauce Italian fan. If you are - the rest in my party lives their dishes. Roasted chicken was light on seasoning and dry breast. Served with a brown gravy (fresh? maybe?) and cold, steamed/boiled mixed veggies. Aside- folks - ROAST or grill veggies! This boiled/steamed whatever is right out of the 70s. Great family style salad to start the meal. read more

We drove up to this little spot on a busy Saturday night for some authentic Italian food. There were many signs that this was going to be a TRUE Italiano experience. #1 Frankie Blue eyes playing from the speakers above as we walked in. #2 White linens on all the tables. #3 People of all ages drinking wine, eating good looking food and looking genuinely happy. #4 The amazing smell of bread, pizza and fresh marinara sauce in the air. #5 The feeling of being at your Nonno's house on a Sunday was here. Right here. So, I knew I could order anything and it would be authentic and not "fake Italian". I had to try the ravioli, meatballs and sausage. Let me tell YOU...I was not disappointed. The only disappointment was that so could not finish it all! My husband had an equally delicious dish of chicken parm, a classic, and the kid ate a small pep pizza. She couldn't stop talking about the mozzarella bc is was THAT good. Listen, I'm tough on my Italian food and this place passed the test with flying colors. read more

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Waiting.... Waiting.... Waiting to be served..... And we reserved ahead for a party :( Unbelievable !!!!! But hey we are Vazzys so too bad for you if you don't like it.. food was unremarkable.. had to wait to get served, had to wait to get wine, had to wait to get water, had to wait to get coffee... I know it is a popular place but is it really that hard to find wait staff for hire?? read more

I haven't been to this Vazzys in over 10 years. Went today with my client and her mother. There was an issue when I first got there. I wasn't happy with the conversation I had with the manager and she made my experience uncomfortable. The waitress was amazing, she was a sweetheart and I can't even lie the food was amazing! Im sure the manager expects me to leave a bad review based off the little incident I had but my overall service was good! Would still hope to speak with owner. read more

Management needs to change. Was told a takeout order would be a half hour, after and hour of waiting and no communication we finally received the wrong order. Chrissy was in charge that evening, very dismissive, bitter and was not present. Terrible service accompanied by terrible management, who is not receptive to feedback and combative. read more

Ordered simple thing, spaghetti and meatballs sauce not tangy , bland tasting, meatballs were mushy, pasta tasted bland . Bar was rowdy locals seemed roundly , bartenders were good . Upset stomach next day read more

Had Mother's Day late lunch early dinner, place was jammed but hostess managed to find us a seat inside after we said to chili to sit outside!! I had the most delicious Tuscany Swordfish Special. It melted in your mouth. No knife needed it was so tender and delicious. Baked topped with artichoke and red roasted peppers served with asparagus and rice pilaff. MMM so good!!! Janice Auddino read more

Dear John, It is with deep regret that I feel I must sever our relationship. It was great for a long time. Your pizza was amazing, your service impeccable, and your prices couldn't be beat. You were recognized across the state for your pizza, but things have changed. On our last visit you hurt me, and for that I need to pull away. This relationship could have been a long one, but you had to go and change...WHY OH WHY!?!?!? Yours Truely, Pizza Lover My dear John letter says it all, I have to back away from a place I have touted over and over again to many a souls. I harped on them when they went elsewhere, saying there was no better place, but the last few times I have been to Vazzy's it has been nothing but disappointment. For quite some time it seems the brick oven hasn't been in use. The waitstaff tried to tell me it was, but with the clear view of the kitchen, I am no idiot, all could tell it wasn't. The pizza has gone from stellar to cellar in the flicker of a flame. Our last visit was the tomato that ripped the crust (as in straw breaking the camel's back), we sat in the bar area and neither of the Gotti boys (must have had to get jobs since mom was losing the house) noticed us nor came up to us; we had to ask for service. We ordered two sandwiches, both were blah and lack luster. I ordered the Eggplant Parm, but what came was a few pieces of eggplant (questionable to whether it was fresh or fresh from freezer) with tons of mozzarella and LITTLE sauce. It was dry and tasteless. My wife ordered the Vazzy ( I believe that is what it was called) and it was just as lack luster as mine. It lacked flavor and was very dry. I tried to return to Vazzy's time and time again for the great pizza, but this time they ruined it. Between the NOT BRICK OVEN pizza (maybe they should take that out of their name), the sub par food, the Gotti Boys more interested in doing shots with the patrons at the bar than serving the whole bar area, and the lack luster service Vazzy's is no longer on my must go list. If they decide to turn things around, and I HOPE they do, I will be back, but until then.... Dear John, I am leaving you. read more

I got takeout from here and ordered the ravioli with vodka sauce and oh my god... I couldn't believe how amazing it was! I've never had such delicious vodka sauce in my life. it was so incredible I ate the rest for breakfast. The bread is so fresh and delicious as well! I would eat those raviolis every day if I could. I definitely recommend eating here. read more

The food was good but the server gave us our appetizers then 5 minutes later came and told us our meal was ready and asked if we needed boxes for the appetizers. No boxes just more time to eat the food! read more

My parents live right around the corner and we love it here. Up for the Pink Pasta, the serving is so large that besides eating some at dinner, I take the rest home and spend the next 2 days trying to finish it, no lie. Calzones are delicious. Their Caesar salad with grilled chicken? Yes, please. Got their eggplant parm dinner once, came with side of broccoli and a side of ziti.....all three on the same plate, not a fan of that personally. Other than that and the fact that the dining room (apart from the bar) can get a bit loud for comfort, I'd say this place is great! read more

Never ever a complaint! We had our company Christmas dinner there last night. 17 people, cash bar, menu orders. Mary Beth was the best!! Personable and nailed the service on everything! The food is always perfect. Love the GF choices and so many of them. Drinks there are always just ok- nothing woes me about them but the food dominates the drinks for. 5 star rating! read more

Ordered two dinners for take out. Very busy but can't blame them for that but one of the meals was spaghetti and meatballs. Had to ask for bread separately and came without butter. No cheese or anything else for the pasta either. Usually when you drop close to a twenty on a plate of spaghetti you get bread and Parmesan with it. The other meal was a chicken and veggies. Chicken was good but veggies only so so. Again when you drop a $20 you could expect bread, butter and more than a small pack of salt/pepper. Just the little things but they make a difference in the whole meal. read more

I understand that it was Mother's Day but why take reservations if you never were going to feed us! I waited an hour to sit at a table and then ANOTHER hour and a half at the table , still no food! Very disappointed. My kids were starving. They gave us our first round of drinks and as that was nice I would've liked dinner or an appetizer. Don't take reservations on a holiday Vazzy's. No one I spoke to was happy with your service that night. SMH We ended up walking out and no one seemed to care that we did read more