My first time here I was taken by a friend that swears by, saying is the best pizza ever! I may be bias because I'm from Italy and I am a chef by profession so you may understand... I was surprised how they got awards as the best Italian Restaurant in San Diego... We ordered a minestrone soup, a small house salad and 2 large pizza, one was "The Works" the other a simple cheese pizza... As much as they were pretty good comparing to many other places, I have to say this style of Italian cooking is not really Italian... Is very americanized southern Italian cooking from the previous century... People in Italy do not cook nor serve food like this... Not to be negative, over all the ingredients are fresh, the service is friendly and good, the atmosphere is simple and original for this style and after all it is a great value! We were able to feed 7 of us for just $100 and we Brough back 3/4 of a pizza so big portions and great value! In real Italian food we do not put so much cheese and so many ingredients on the pizza, nor cover the pasta drowned is sauce, not too much of anything, light on every ingredients so you can taste each and every single one... Overall I will come back and will try other dishes knowing that it is a good value for going out with family and friends. read more

Pizza has always been our only go to Pizza for so many years until tonight. Service was unforgiving and poor. Pizza had been NOT UP TO PAR. waitress was the worst. No apologies, just horrible service not acceptable .where is Martha when you need her. Coming here forever. Waitress could of apologized for something but choose not to. But say she was.too busy. Is this our fault? Very understanding, but not this time. Sour taste in our mouths. Crappy service. Get some new waitresses who are compassionate not those old hags who don't care anymore read more

Ate here the other day. Haven't been here in a few years. It was crazy busy the time we came around 6:00 pm. We ordered the feast for two for $20.95 that comes with a 10" pizza, lasagna, spaghetti, salad and french bread. It was ok. Not great but just ok. I was a little disappointed bc it's not how i remembered it to be. The food was a bit bland for me....that or I'm just a better cook now...even my son said that my spaghetti was 10x better. There was no authenticity to the pasta and we all know that with the pasta: texture and how its made is what makes the dish. I actually like Francesca's way better bc that restaurant's pasta was made in store...you can taste the difference. I wasn't sure what other yelpers were talking about that they had left overs for days, bc we tore everything up. Portions are a bit smaller than what i remember. I guess it was still a good deal bc it was pretty filling for the price we paid. read more

Fillips is my safe space, my home, my third place. Yes, the service may be questionable, yes the food is questionable as well- but the ambiance and the price make up for it. No where can me and my girls sit and talk about every single event that has led up to us being here in our life like we can here at Filippi's. I come after a hard day, a good day, a mediocre day, shoot any day! Nothing I look forward to then racking up the table with some delicious food, and some great talks. The waters refilled often, the laughs out loud are shared with everybody in the restaurant. I've come often and there's never a wait. Maybe it's a testimony to this hidden gem- that I think people just may be over. I could sit here for hours, and hours, and hours. Just engulfing the delicious salad with the amazing house dressing, the bread that just makes me so happy, and the pasta that is always filling me up! Yet, we can not forget about the delicious pizza- I overeat every time! Only downfall is the cheese be falling off hella. The ranch is good, the house dressing is godly, and I just love it here. I want to be buried under this restaurant, or my ashes spread upon the floor to be vacuumed up . Thank you fillips. I love you. read more

Ohh I had such high hopes for this place. It was nice and clean and the service was great but the food was not as good .. the portions were huge but the flavor was lacking and I almost felt rushed to get out of there since it seems they are always busy. I will give this place another chance since it could have been an off day and update in the future .. also I have to mention that the parking was a little difficult read more

I was reminded today that we have not reviewed our local Filippi's for several months. It almost goes without saying, great food, fantastic lunch specials, outstanding prices and most of all, the service is hard to beat anywhere. Cassandra has been our server for several years. She is very attentive, careful to ensure what we ordered is what the chef provides. We never have to ask for drink refills. While I think of it, 'Bree' is the host and cashier on Tuesdays, which is the weekly day we eat our lunch at this location. She always has a smile on her face, a great personality to be seating and hosting their customers. She goes out of her way to ensure each customer is taken care of. Thanks to both Cassandra and Bree. If not for them and the quality food at Filippi's, we would probably eat at the Olive Garden. (no comparison). read more

Excellent friendly service great food recommend this place if you love great Italian food!!!

Mmmmmm bomb! So happy I found this place! Always went to the ones in San Diego, happy there's one here. Wish there was one in Menifee!

First time here. Came because my kiddo had heard so many people talk about how great the food is here and Italian is her favorite. Came at 6pm on a Sunday. This place was hopping! Big groups, families, couples.... All easily accommodated. A couple of tv's were hung around the place so folks could keep an eye on the baseball game so I liked that. The food was very good with huge portions so that the three of us all took enough leftovers home for another two meals each. (SERIOUSLY!) Hubby had the 13 inch garlic and olive oil pizza ($16.20). Kiddo had the lasagna with meat sauce. I had the ravioli and lasagna combo with both sausage and a meatball. Holy Moses.... there was enough food to feed at least 6 people! Hubby loved his pizza. Very garlicky with a great tasting crust. He graded the experience as 5 stars. Kiddo enjoyed her lasagna but thought the sauce could have been meatier. There was also so much sauce on her plate that she had to spoon some of it off onto another plate because it was dripping off the sides. She graded the overall experience as 4 stars. I enjoyed my dish. The raviolis were meat filled and large. Nothing exciting there. The lasagna was SO CHEESY! It was seriously a block of cheese with some lasagna noodles in the middle because there was THAT MUCH CHEESE in it. The meatball is SO HUGE that it should have been called a meatLOAF. the homemade sausage was almost bigger than the plate. Again, portion sizes are really big at this place. All along, we got loaves of bread with butter to accompany our meal and to snack on while we waited for our food. Overall, I would give this place and the experience a 5 because the food was good, the portion sizes were huge, and the staff were nice. We did have to wait about 25 minutes for out food once we ordered but I chalk that up to us ordering a pizza abd to us coming at a very busy time at dinner on Subway night. Am definitely looking forward to coming back and trying other dishes. Maybe next time I'll leave room for dessert. read more

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I would give this 5 stars but the one in Escondido is soooo much better. But overall it's great and I go here a lot and get the dinner special for 24$. And there cheese is sooo darn good, especially when they put the pepperoni under the cheese with onions. read more

Best Pizza in town! Never disappointed over 30 years. Service is good, support local businesses!

My favorite pizza place. Since moving to Temecula from San Diego, I'm so glad there's one (now two) up here. Love this place!

I'm sad to write this, but this location has changed. We have been coming here about 20 years. This time - there were two tables to our right that were loaded with dirty dishes the whole time we had our lunch. They were not busy either. The floor hadn't been vacummed. The eggplant dinner - the sauce was watery - with pieces of cooked tomato on top of the spaghetti - onions weren't cooked. The salad which usually has a tomato, a pepperonchini and an olive was missing the olive. Greeter was pleasant but had a hole in her shirt. I am being critical, but the changes were so blatant - a new manager is needed or a family member for sure. Please don't let us down ! Get this location back to where it was. Thank you. read more

This restaurant has the worst customer service ever!! I have been here several times and each time I have had a horrible waitress. The pizza is good, but it is not worth the customer service. I am not sure whether or not the waitresses are lazy or they just have horrible training. The last time I went to Filippi's the lady ignored me and my family the entire time. I had to ask her to refill my cup three times and she forgot each time. I had to ask someone else for a drink. I will not be returning unless I am just picking up pizza. I am definitely disappointed in the restaurant. read more

My plate was as clean at the end of my meal as it was out of the cupboard. The lasagna today had nice light airy ricotta. The marinara is my favorite in all of CA. This location is my favorite of the Filippi spots. I always make a point to come here anytime I'm on the I 15. It reminds me of any good Italian place back in PA or NY. read more

Best pizza in Temecula. Amazing crust and tons of delicious cheese. My fat self would eat this once a week if I allowed him too. Love the garlic bread with no cheese. If your dining in during the week (not Friday or Saturday) try the meal for two and make sure to bring two other people. So much food. I also love their lasagna. Staff is great. read more

Came here with my boyfriend, was nervous to see how the food would turn out because the waitress seemed very snippy and kept walking away. The food was surprisingly really good and fresh we went with the 2 person special. It came with two full plates of half spaghetti,half lasagna, a pizza, two salads, and a rest loaf of bread. We had plenty of food to take home. Would come back here, and I do u der Stand everyone has an off day. read more

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This review is based upon the terrible catering service I received. I wished to place a catering order for 300 people. I was told the earliest I could pick up was 11:30 AM. I asked if there was any way I could make it a bit earlier since this was for a funeral and we anticipated the reception would begin before or at 11:30 AM and we wanted to make sure we had the food in time. The person who answered the phone was unwilling to discuss any options. I wanted to send an email to the manager but was told they have no email. I have dined at Filippi's at the various locations for over 40 years. I am saddened that the Temecula location has become so impersonal that they cannot even work with me. I will be taking my catering business elsewhere. read more

I love their Pizza. I crave the crust and the cheese and the sauce. It's not cheap but super yummy. I'll try pasta another time but I can't get past this Pizza read more

So I just love this place haven't been in awhile so my husband and I decide to go since we are craving lasagna .. ordered the Family Feast since we took our girls they eat pizza we get pasta. Very Disappointed the Lasagna was hard and burned even the ricotta cheese was pretty much hard! They even covered the top of my lasagna with sauce to cover up how burnt it was. Our waitress didn't come by after our meal was delivered to even ask how the food was. Then to top it off we got to be next to the kitchen which is fine until the entire time we ate the waitresses were chatting over and over. Maybe personal conversations should be held elsewhere and not next to paying guest who don't want to hear about how you haven't had a pay raise in 6 years. Told the waitress how horrible the food was she didn't even seem concerned and basically offers me more spaghetti! Are you kidding me! Either way I paid my $30 bill even though I wanted to walk out at this point. Needless to say I will never be back to eat there. Such a Shame You guys used it have good food! SECOND REVIEW!! Such a professional place! Here is a screen shot of the owners calling me a lier on a private message through YELP!! THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU GO TO FILIPPOO'S SO ONCE AGAIN LOOK HOW UNPROFESSIONAL THIS PERSON IS! SHE REALLY THINKS I CARE ABOUT WAGES! KEEPS PRIVATE MESSAGING ME! OF COURSE THIS LADY CARI G STILL MESSAGING ME!! I FEEL SO IMPORTANT THANKS GIRL FOR THINKING OF ME! LOVING YOUR GOOD VIBES! read more

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I've only ordered to-go. I do like their sandwiches, great bread and flavor. Although this last time the bread was not like it is usually. The pizza is ok, if you like thick pizza you'll probably love it. They do seem really busy. I wouldn't go there to dine-in. I'll just stick to sandwiches to go. read more

We needed to order 5 large salads last minute for a church outreach that was near this restaurant's location. Although they were busy they took the time to fit our order in, and prepared the most amazing anti pasto salads with bread as well. We really appreciate your kindness and thank you again for your wonderful customer service... read more

We went here for lunch today. Food was ok. We witnessed a server refilling the parmesean cheese jars at the tables. She opened each jar (which were sitting on the tables with Salt and Pepper shakers) and, with no gloves on, proceeded to put the jar into the bucket of parmesean cheese and scooped to fill the jars with cheese. These jars were not clean, others have used them with their bare hands (who knows how clean the hands are) so those dirty jars were then in the parmesean cheese! Her hands were touching the cheese too! It was disgusting! Clean jars should have replaced the used jars and should have been filled with a scoop or a funnel! We were given 2 napkins by another server and one of them had sauce on it! Our salad was served with dressing on the side, but the dish of dressing was sitting in top of the salad! Gross! At least 1 person, maybe 2 had to touch that dish and now it's on our salad! Gross! The person that seated us had a filthy t-shirt on. Our server had long nails which were inside our bread basket and salad. Gross! You are not having a nice dining experience here. It feels like we were being fed like an animal. I noticed when we left, how awful the outside looks including the sign which was rusty and missing letter covers. The inside needs to be deep cleaned and maybe painted? That was our last visit there. read more

I want to write this review so people don't make the mistake of thinking this Felipe is similar to other Felipe's, in my opinion, it is not at all similar. All Felipe's restaurants are slightly different, from my understanding there are different family members, and they each put their own twist on the restaurant. My favorite is Felipe's on India street downtown San Diego Little Italy, second favorite is Pacific beach Felipe's, a somewhat distant third favorite is Mira mesa, I have forgotten how much I liked or didn't like the one that is or used to be near E Street in Chula vista. If you are just looking for pizza, a salad, I suppose this restaurant will do. The atmosphere is clean and comfortable, the service was friendly. The food was not to at all my liking, quite bland relatively speaking. Veal scallopini at the other Felipe's is not even available on this menu. To add insult to injury, the Red bread that I like which comes for free along with soup and salad with a veal scallopini dinner downtown San Diego, is nearly $6 here just for the bread! The side salad on my chicken parmesan was larger than downtown, but the dressing didn't have the parmesan, and the salad didn't have garbanzo beans. Downtown Felipe gives you soup, salad, and a loaf of red bread with the veal scallopini dinner. Here you had to choose between soup or salid, they did give garlic bread however it was toast, and it was not at all garlicky enough for my liking. The most disappointing part was the chicken, I asked if I could upgrade to have lasagna with it, downtown you get your choice of pasta for free, I get either cheese lasagna or meat ravioli, but here they would not let me upgrade to something I liked even though I asked if I could pay extra to do so, so it just came with spaghetti which was quite bland. The chicken was not crispy although it was breaded and a little oily, and it was not well seasoned at all, very bland. I truly feel I could have done better at home. The waitress told me sometimes they have a real scallopini special, but I have no idea when that would be and I don't know if it would be the same. Another thing that really turned me off, she said they haven't had veal scallopini on the regular menu since covid. I'm really tired of hearing the covid excuse, anybody who still making that excuse just turns me right off. I have always loved Felipe since I moved to San Diego in the mid 80s, I have nothing negative to say about downtown Felipe's and the other two I mentioned are a fairly close second and third. This one is not at all the same! I love the Veal Scallopini dinner so much at other Felipe's, it tastes like wine, shallots, garlic, lots of onions and mushrooms, any buttery Italian reddish sauce. I really wish we had something like that in North county. I would have given this restaurant one star, if not for my respect for the other Felipe's restaurants. I certainly hope this restaurant strives to be like the others rather than the others feeling that they can get away with a lower standard and higher prices. I have come and gone from San Diego, I have lived on Atsugi Navy base in Japan, Thailand, and multiple different states across the US. I have always told people when you come to San Diego you must try Felipe's in little italy, so it saddens me to have to write this negative review. Additionally, working as a hotel concierge at a major San Diego hotel we would send business to Felipe's even though they did not invite us for meals, many restaurants did, Felipe's didn't have to they're that good, and we were happy to send our customers there because they always came back happy. I just don't want people to think this is what Felipe's is, this is not like the Felipe's I know and love. Please please please don't let restaurants that are not close to your standard drag you down. And thank you sincerely most Felipe's for all the great meals over the years. read more

I recently got an order of lasagna to go. When I got it home and started eating it it was extremely dry. No sauce between the layers. I have checked recipes on the internet and they all call for sauce between each layer. I spoke to the Manager he did not identify himself but he told me they only put sauce on the bottom and on the top. I will not be returning to this establishment because their lasagna is dry as dust. You have disappointed me. read more

One of the worst pizza I ever ate, it reminded me of Chuck E. Cheese. It was like eating bread with cheese and sauce.The crust was barely cooked; it was a yellow color.I lived in Florida for 13 years, where they have NY style pizza. Filipini's pizza was downright awful and a waste of $ 21.00.I should read the reviews before I wasted my money for the disgusting pizza made by rookies. read more

Everyone raves about their family deals but what do you do when you're single and living in Temecula? Is Filippi's a place to bring a date and make a good first impression? Of course not. This is where you bring visiting relatives or your nieces and nephews when you get stuck babysitting them for the night. Don't bring a date here if she's into Italian. Take her to Gourmet Italia or Scarcella's if you want to make a good first impression. If your date is out of town, then you should probably take her out of town or maybe Old Town. What works at Filippi's is their value. The quality of food when compared to more authentic Italian restaurants that focus on regional cuisine will not measure up, but you shouldn't expect it to because of the price. This is a quantity over quality type of place. It depends on what you value more... read more

Ate here for my birthday after wine tasting. We ordered the 2 for $20 special, and split it between the four of us. We were all stuffed! It came with bread, salad, spaghetti/lasagna, and pizza. I still cant believe what a good deal it was. Our server Kim was great too! My only complaint is that its a little cramped and doesnt have the atmosphere like the ones in San Diego, but I hardly notice that once I start stuffing my face :-) read more

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The best all around The service and team are crazy nice and we always have same service ,my boyfriend and I love the team and management company read more

Filippi's is a busy Italian restaurant with a casual environment. Seems like quite the family friendly place. My family got the feast for two, which realistically serves four people. For $20.95, you get quite a lot of food: a basket of bread, two salads, one 10" pizza, and two plates of spaghetti and lasagna. We've ordered this a couple times, and each time we had leftovers in the end. While the portions are large, I find that the food is completely mediocre. There wasn't anything in particular that wowed me. The meat sauce they use tasted watered down and lacked meat in general. I actually prefer store bought pasta sauce over Filippi's. I think the food is just a little too homemade tasting. Overall not super impressed with my experience here. It was okay, just okay. read more

We had spaghetti, meatballs, fettichi Alfredo, and a custom made pizza. The spaghetti was ok but the meatballs and the custom made pizza were actually pretty good. Service was decent read more

We stopped in on Saturday afternoon about 4:30 not much going on here, about 5 to 6 tables. We were told to sit where we would like, we sat in the middle of the restaurant. We waited what seemed a long time for someone to take our order. The server came by and asked if we were ready, we ordered the large Antipasto Salad and a large Pizza, with extra Pepperoni and drinks. The Antipasto Salad came right away, with fresh bread and butter. The salad was a little underdressed, we asked the server to bring more dressing, never showed up! After getting our Salad we waited what seemed a very long time for our Pizza (40min) when the pizza arrived we noticed that the pizza was unlike what we had been used to in the Escondido Location, a thick cheese and chewy crust. I will say that our sever came back and asked how were things, we asked for boxes and a check. We live in Murrieta, our visit wasn't what we had hoped! We will try again another day! read more

Wow this place has really taken a turn for the worst... I have been a huge Filippi's enthusiast ever since i can remember, and the Temecula location is absolutely dreadful. I would rather travel down to escondido for my Filippi's fix than to sit in a very uncomfortable environment. The poor waitresses seem like zombies walking around pretending to do their job, the cooks in the kitchen are absolutely rude and have a horrible staring problem... Not only is it creepy, but id rather not get a stare-down as i attempt to enjoy the pizza..that they have also violated. Not sure if the owner is actually pleased with the way he is throwing this wonderful tradition down the drain, or if he is too busy ruining other peoples lives. My tip as a former loyal customer: Get your priorities straight and take better care of your restaurant and employees. read more

It took an hour to get our food. One of our guest got sick and threw up and the manager refused to give us a refund. We WASTED $120 on food we didn't eat more than 2 bites of because it was disgusting. I'll be calling the health department on these guys. read more

Unfortunately, very disappointing lunch. First of all they do not have an individual-sized pizza so we had to order a 13." Ok fine. Pizza came hot and crust was very tasty BUT veggies were very skimpy and mostly cheap black olives. Green salad was good but overpriced. Pizza, small salad and two soft drinks was $30. AND then the bill showed up with double the tax amount. I pointed this out to the cashier and she just said, "Oh, she must of hit the button twice." No Im sorry or any niceties. What else are they hitting the button twice on? Watch your bill. We're gonna go to Vince's where they are very nice. Shakey's also has better pizza. read more

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I moved to California from Chicago 10 years ago and have been looking for good pizza ever since. A lot of people told me about Filippi's and I tried it... well, I can tell you with confidence that this place would be shut down within 6 months of opening if it were in Chicago, just plain not good. I realize that most people may not understand this, but there is a such thing as TOO MUCH CHEESE on a pizza, and Filippi's manages to go way beyond the limit. I am Italian, I grew up on real Italian food and I can tell you, this isn't it. I wouldn't recommend this place! read more

The number one thing you need to know about Filippi's is that the portions are GIGANTIC. My boyfriend and I decided to eat here after a dance class and there was a bit of a wait, so we knew it was going to be good. The first thing I thought when we were seated was "Everything is red." And they are because of the lights. We also ordered the house wine and I think it's pink and very sweet and it blended in with the tablecloth and lights. When you look at the menu, you'll notice there's nothing super fancy about the ingredients. They don't deviate away from basic italian food, and I think that's really cool. The prices might look like a lot, but remember that the portions are massive! I forgot what it was called, but I ordered the dish that came with lasagna, ravioli and spaghetti. My boyfriend decided to order a whole pizza (You already know we had a ton of leftovers, our server even brought out boxes a couple minutes after she gave us our food, which I thought was hilarious). The ravioli and lasagna were great, as well as the pizza. I didn't care much for the spaghetti. 5 stars for great food and wine, great service and big portions! read more

The location in Escondido is 120% way better. Not once have I had a complaint and I have been going there for 4 years. Well this location is the complete opposite. We have been here a few times and it's pretty good. However the Italian dressing is crap compared to the Escondido one and the pizza is really crappy as well. My fiancé and son went here last night and from the minute we sat down we knew it wasn't going to be good. It took 15 minutes before getting our drinks. That was the first sign of disaster. Second sign was we ordered a salad with Italian and ranch on the side. The waitress was so rude asking if we wanted it mixed. After we said no we wanted them separate she asked again " you want them mixed?" We of course said no separate. She then explains its an extra charge. Really?!? This doesn't happen at the one in Escondido. Why would you want them mixed? Ranch and Italian? We all shared the salad so that's why we wanted two different dressings. Next we get our pizza. Which was way over cooked and dripping with grease. It was like eating a tortilla chip with oil and sauce on it. After one piece I felt sick. The whole experience was just simply terrible. We had to ask for napkins at least 3 times before our waitress finally brought me two napkins. At one point I got up to ask for our check because we sat there forever waiting for it. During this time there was a family next to us letting their infant bang a spoon on their plate and the gramps talking with his mouth full super loud. Between that, the terrible service, and the terrible food we will not be returning to this location. EVER. Even when we complained to the manager about our food she laughed and said " why didn't u send it back?" I told her my 5 year old couldn't wait another half hour for another pizza. She just walked away and did not offer any type of discount or coupon for next time. I suppose it didn't matter considering even if I was offered a free meal I would not come back here. I don't think words can describe how mad I was and how terrible this experience was.... Or the fact we just spent 30.00 for garbage. Go to A Carinis in murrieta for authentic Italian in town. Really good place and their deserts are homemade everyday. DO NOT waste your time or money here!!! read more

They don't wear masks and they are up-charging during a pandemic. Extra for the meal deal and different by like $10 from what is shown in menu and posted on sign outside. read more

Note, I've only been here once and only ate the spaghetti and meatball, to go. So for now, a 3... i'll update to 4 after trying more stuff. As my roommate would say, "meatballs the size of your fist!" *shakes fist*. Both quality and quantity. The meatballs were great. Love the seasoning and the texture. The sauce and spaghetti were ok... the noodles a little too soft for my taste but ok. The sauce was nice, not too tangy, not too sweet, but it didn't wow me either I do want to try the pizza next time though. I can't say too much about service. They were crazy busy. The girl who took my to go order was whatevers... but then she was also juggling the bills and phone orders... did pretty good imho considering how busy they were. read more