Stopped in for a quick slice and it totally delivered everything I love in a solid pizza. The undercarriage was firm yet soft enough and the right amount of cheese and sauce was used for a great ratio. The restaurant itself is tiny with about 2 tables so there's a lot of takeout going on. The owner is super friendly to everyone and truly is the epitome of what you hope to see when you walk into a NJ / NY pizzeria. I'll definitely be back! read more

Calabrese Pizzeria - Pizza Near Me - Bloomfield, New Jersey

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I've been going here since I was a little girl. Beyond the delicious food, the warm atmosphere and friendly service make Calabrese Pizzeria a neighborhood gem. Sal's engaging personality and local history insights add an extra layer of charm to the dining experience. read more

Food is delicious. Everything I get it's made perfect. I haven't had any complaints. My stomach agrees. Lol. Delivery on point. They always get our order correct. You can always pick up or stop by and eat. Of course dress for the occasion. Tell em I sent you. read more

My review is of an order for delivery, and I cannot comment on service or ambience. Calabrese has the best selection of Italian food I have seen in a local pizzeria. For example, I ordered veal saltimbocca, which is very hard to find locally, for half the price it would cost in a local restaurant, and it was delicious and had generous portions (it could easily serve two.) The hot antipasto was excellent, and could serve four. It was delivered in about an hour. read more

OMG the most delicious veal francese I've ever had! No bullshit. What a fantastic selection. So flavorful and with the pasta, an excellent choice. Quite inexpensive too. Love Calabrese, great chef! read more

I really wanted Grandma Pie and Wings. My boyfriend ordered from this place since for some reason a bunch of pizza places near me were closed. He just interrupted my typing and said "why are you giving them two stars? You should give them one star. I will never order there again. I would give zero stars if I could" He ordered at 4:30 when we were both on our way home from work. Got home, waited and waited, finally at 6:10 our food came. Cheese was stuck to the top of the box. Also found a hair cooked into the cheese. Just threw that slice out because I was starving. Wings were OK. I had to put a ton of salt on the pizza. After I did that, the sauce was pretty good. It was super soggy. "It's like I dipped a loaf of bread into a bucket of water"-another comment from BF. My 4 year old only ate the cheese off one slice. read more

Calabrese Pizzeria - Hair was cooked into the cheese the little piece on the right came out covered in sauce. - Pizza Near Me - Bloomfield, New Jersey

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I have been a patron of Calabrese for 20+ years. Every time I visit the area I stop by and order the Italian sub. A ++

Customer service is pleasant. Courteous. Respectful. The pizza is so tasty and even when heated days later. The crust tastes so good on its own. The owner has a great personality and is down to earth and respectful, gentle, smart guy. Try them out. I have been going there since about 2013. Wish they were closer to me. read more

Awesomeness best pizza in Bloomfield hands down no competition ask sal for his magic ingredient u wont regret it

Great pizza my wife and I ordered a lg pie and one order of garlic knots everything came out so good the pizza was cooked just right and knots were so good the owner was there he made us the pie he was awesome definitely recommend going there read more

I ordered some food today and it was delicious. The prices are fair and the portions are big. I will cut them some slack on the burnt pizza. read more

No complaints, very good pizza (although I do wish they used the fresh, sliced garlic I asked for), but it was still good. The Italian sub isn't a huge deli sandwich but looks and tastes great. I also like their stuffed mushrooms. read more

This is my go-to pizza joint. Pizza is fantastic. Sal is incredible. So much so that I sometimes decide to Pick up my order just to talk to him and listen to his stories on his past, which is always so interesting. Items on his menu outside of pizza is also great. Love love love his white bean and escarole soup. So garlicky and delicious. Another fave is the Sicilian pie. Yum. Definitely have to try this spot. read more

I can't believe no one has done a review on this place before! :o I completely forgot to add my review to Yelp; but I did one on that other handy site (USpoon) ages ago ;) Anywho, here's pretty much my review from that: Thanks to UrbanSpoon's handy dandy iPhone app, it found dinner for me @ Calabrese Pizzeria! I've been meaning to try this place for a while now, so it must have been fate. We were in the mood for a calzone so I got the ham and he got the pepperoni...all I can say is that my mouth is watering just thinking about it. It had the perfect amount of cheese to meat ratio, the bread was chewy yet crusty (nearly perfect IMO) and the sauce... the SAUCE wow, AMAZING!!! Freshly made, not too thick, good flavors, the whole thing was just wonderful! Since that review, we've pretty much become regulars here; order from there at least once a week if not more. We've also explored they're menu too...and it just keeps getting better. The baked ziti is out of this world; huge serving of perfectly cooked ziti pasta, smothered in that mouth watering pasta/marinara sauce and covered in a heaping helping of delicious perfectly melted mozzarella cheese. (ok, mouth watering yet again). The owner Sal, is so awesome. He's very people friendly and an all around good guy...he actually gets to know his customers and they become like family to him. Its always a pleasure walking in to pick up our order and see his smiling face. Sal...you're ACE in my book! Seriously, if you're in the area...this place is a dime. Give it a try and tell Sal; Lena sent ya! read more

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Ordered pizza and garlic knots. Standard order but it came pretty quickly and was very good. I find it hard to find a place to get pizza around here but they hit the nail on the head. I will order again! read more

We had the BBQ chicken pizza and a cheese burger. The pizza was done well to our liking. Nothing special regarding the cheeseburger though. I would good back to try other Italian dishes read more

Calabrese Pizzeria - Barbeque Chicken Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Bloomfield, New Jersey

This is probably the worst place to order Italian food in Bloomfield. I kept the order really simple with a slice of pizza, chicken caesar wrap, and a side of fries. The slice of pizza was stuck to the bag, the wrap was soggy and contained olives. (Not sure why in the good lords name someone would put olives in a chicken caesar wrap.) Lastly, the fries, steak fries to be specific were also extremely soggy and soft. Do yourself a favor, don't waste your money. read more

The red gravy is just like how grandma makes it garlic knots are rocking and fresh plain cheese pizza is the perfect thickness just the right amount of cheese in dough nice warm environment welcoming people old-school small town feeling shop sal the owner is a good family man great place would recommend to all family and friends I'm going to sleep good and full tonight! read more

I randomly selected a pizzeria within close proximity to where I was staying and the pizza was delicious! Their customer service was great too. I look forward to ordering from here again. read more

Wow! Have never had the food here. Please kiss the Chef who cooked tonight. Staff attentive (minus forgetting my credit card receipt). Will revisit for more deliciousness. read more

Worst delivery experience I've encountered in my past 3 years in Bloomfield. When the delivery person handed me the box it was all soft and steamy (never a good sign). Ordered: Lg Grandma pie Received: a soupy cheesy-tomato imitation of a pizza, that did not even taste close to the worst frozen Grandma pie you could fathom (no garlic, cheese sliding all over the place, parchment soaked and stuck to the bottom of the lol crust (as if). NEVER ORDERING FROM CALABRESE PIZZA AGAIN. Everyone deserves a shot, too bad you were found lacking and sub-par and blew it. Cheers. read more

I wish I could give this review 0 stars. Seriously. It saddens me to have to write this but I don't want anyone else to be misguided by the apparent high star rating of Calabrese Pizzeria on Yelp. This was the WORST EXPERIENCE online and the WORST FOOD my wife and I have EVER had - and I don't say that lightly. Here's what happened. We decided to place an order online tonight at 6.45pm. After getting the email confirmation what with being a new customer, I wanted to see how far Calabrese were from our house. I was a little concerned to find out that our order had been accepted, yet Google Maps claimed they were actually closed! We gave them a quick call to confirm at 7pm to make sure everything was good to go and were told yes, they were open but Eat 24 Hours sometimes 'messes up' so they should retake the order again on the phone, just in case. No problem we thought - it's always good to be cautious. It shows they care - we thought. Yeah right. The guy said that it would be about 30-40 minutes because they were 'busy'. Again, that's fine, we thought. Not unusual in the slightest. But then when it got to 8.15pm (90 mins after ordering) we couldn't help getting a bit annoyed. To take such a long time delivering food might be forgivable if the food was amazing but to say it was terrible, might actually be a compliment because what was delivered surely wasn't 'food' at all. It was garbage. Back to the delivery time though, we gave them a quick call to find out what was going on and were told 'any minute'. It took another 50 minutes (yes, we're now up to 2 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES) before our order arrived! You can imagine how we both felt at that point! Can you also imagine how lovely it was to get a cold, oily, wet pizza box? - And, that was just the beggining of things to come. It also goes without saying that everything was stone cold. Here's what we ordered and what we actually got: * Stromboli with pepperoni, mushrooms and extra cheese. (No mushrooms were to be found but overall, this item wasn't completely tragic) * Chicken Marsala with Spaghetti (let's sidestep the Marsala for a minute. I'll just say for now that congealed ziti was delivered instead of spaghetti as requested) * Chicken Parmigiana with ziti (aside from getting another terrible serving of congealed ziti, we have to say congrats Calabrese, you sent us the parm at least - although it was still far from good) * 12 Zeppoles - they were a no show completely We spent a total of $34 and it was a terrible waste of money. I wouldn't even want this food for free. Instead of telling you how horrible it looked because the words fail me, I'm uploading a picture of the grey flabby Marsala we got, complete with oil slick on top (and again, no mushrooms). Even if the food is terrible a company should at least give you the items that you actually paid for! Therefore, as we didn't get everything, I can only come the conclusion that Calabrese blatantly STOLE money from me. I called to complain as soon as we got our order, only to be rushed off the phone and told we'd get a free meal next time (!) No thanks Calabrese. We'll be taking it up with Eat 24 Hours instead. Here's hoping they don't want to continue to represent such a terrible service. Further words fail me right now so I'll come to an end. I can only hope this review helps people thinking of doing business here. At best, you might get a stale, dry bread roll with your meal and at worst, food poisoning from the dreaded grey chicken Marsala. Such a shame... read more

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The pizza from Calabrese is very inconsistent.. Sometimes thin crusted, sometimes thick, sometimes hot & fresh, sometimes hard, burnt, and stale tasting. It is unfortunate because when done right, this place has the best pizza in the area...but depending on the day- you never know what you're going to get. We order frequently, and the past few pies have been hard and burnt. Step up your game, Calabrese! Would normally highly recommend this place, but the past two orders have left a poor taste in our mouths. But here's to hoping!!! read more

Calabrese Pizzeria - Burnt pizza - Pizza Near Me - Bloomfield, New Jersey

First time order. Very very good. I had to add a little mayo to the chicken cutlet sammich but I didn't order "extra" so they get a pass. Fresh tasting. The Stromboli was outstanding. Seriously. Maybe the best I've ever had and I'm from Long Branch where they were invented!!! Delivery was quick so everything was hot. Thanks, Calabrese!!! read more

Ok ... let me start this by saying their pizza gets 5 stars if it is actually hot! It is delicious and I should have just ordered 2 pies .. This evening I ordered a large cheese pie and a chicken parm entrée with ziti.. I live down the block from the establishment however it still took about an hour and change to get here ... not the end of the world. The pizza was semi warm... which normally would be a deal breaker for me but concidering my 3 year old is eating it, this was actually welcomed since I didn't have to cool it down. We are enjoying our (mostly cold) pizza and I decide to open the chicken parm. This is the saddest excuse of chicken parm I have ever in my life seen. The chicken was tough and fatty. It was thick and just off ... The sauce was a bit sweet (but some folks like that so no points taken off there) and the cheese was LACKING. My expectations of chicken parm is a breaded and fried chicken cutlet smothered in sauce and cheese ... I could not even eat this. So I went to open my ziti... and it was spaghetti.. I actually don't really like spaghetti (nothing against it just not my thing) so basically this whole meal is going to my dog. Tldr: great pizza if you don't expect it HOT when you get it.. stay away from whatever it is they are trying to pass off as chicken parm, and when they give you the option between something that really means they are gonna give you whatever it is they want to.. so don't have your heart set on something. On the plus side... The delivery driver was VERY friendly and nice. read more

Calabrese Pizzeria - "Chicken Parm" - Pizza Near Me - Bloomfield, New Jersey

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I've been eating here since I was a little kid. 20 years later, I bring my daughter for a pizza treat every once in a while. Sal's pizza is definitively the best pizza I've ever had. Keep in mind I said Sal's (owner) pizza, because I do agree with some of the previous reviews that say the pizza is inconsistent... it really depend on who's making your pie. If you order before 4pm you'll have the most delicious pizza ever, after 4:30 I haven't had the same experience :( I still order at night from Time to time but it's best to go in for lunch or "after school". read more

Edible. That is the only thing I can compliment about this experience. I ordered the Meat Sauce, and it was just (poorly) chopped meatballs in sauce. The sauce, wish it had flavor. The bruschetta with mozzarella was literally just chopped tomato and onion, with no seasoning or oil with melted pizza cheese on top. The fried calamari was tiny pieces of frozen calamari served with a bland sauce. My experience wasn't any better. Upon arrival there was a drunk customer wobbling back and forth while applying condiments on his pizza. And a jumpy, unbathed, and (possibly) high person was asking for money and the person working, older man possibly the owner, was yelling and cursing at him. His rant continued healthily after the other person's departure. I don't post reviews on Yelp that aren't positive, but after all the reviews on here, I needed to add my two cents to help prevent anyone who was hoping for a quality Italian dinner. read more

Best Pizza in Bloomfield in my opinion. Great speed on takeout. I ordered a cheesecake slice, they were out so Called me and asked if the could swap zapollis instead. They were PHENOMENAL! Great customer service. read more

TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. First time ordering from here and I ordered through Yelp/Eat 24. We ordered 2 entrees and got an update to say it would be delivered in 45-60 mins. After an hour I called to say we never received it. The manager and employee blamed their tablet for not updating properly so it wasn't going to be ready for another 45 minutes. When I asked how they could remedy the situation they continued to blame the app and issues with Eat24. While I understand it was not their fault they were allegedly not receiving updates...the customer service was absolutely terrible. I am a new resident to Bloomfield, and I will absolutely never order from here again. When I asked what they could do about the situation - they told me nothing. There are much better restaurants in town that offer quick delivery times and better customer service. read more

great pizza , I never saw the store there because I'm always driving pass today I decided to stop and want more

I ordered the white pizza with fresh tomatoes. It was pretty good. I would order pizza from this place again. The delivery took 45 which is exactly what states on the restaurants page. I also ordered fried calamari and I was very disappointed. It wasn't crunchy and tasted as if it was from a box. read more

This place is amazing. Great food, great service. One of the best pizzarias around!!!

Just moved in the area and came across calabrese pizzaria and I have to say I was impressed. Very authentic. I had catered food for a party of 15-20 and all our guests loved the food. Definitely a hidden gem For true Italian food in the area! read more

Love this place - true family restaurant, great food, convenient, friendly!

I have been coming to this place for many years. But today was disappointing. The chicken parm dinner was horrible. The chicken was definitely cooked in the microwave. It was gummy. I took a bite and through the rest out. Not going again. read more

Very good local joint for pizza delicious calzones try the Bolognese pizza one of their specialties it is really good

Outstanding pizza. Crisp crust which is the way that I like it. It's not a fancy place and needs some updating but the pizza is absolutely terrific. read more

The pizza is really good here. I been coming here since i was a kid. The owner is a really nice guy. They have great deals and pizza for a great price. read more

Place is slippin... I can't front Sal's pizza is the bomb and on most days this place is 5 stars easy. But if I order some slices, don't tell me you gotta make a pie ten minutes later while I'm waitin like a dummy. Not a good look during lent because now I gotta head to Dickie Dees in Newark or up to Mario's to cop my large every Friday. read more

I've been getting food here for close to 25 years. Delivery, catering parties, stopping in for a slice. You name it, Sal can handle it. I always pick up sandwiches here for my contractors and they never fail to impress. Calabrese is a lot more than a pizza shop./deli. It's really good food, made by a really great guy. read more