I have been coming here for years and I have always enjoyed their pizza; however, their customer service or lack there of is questionable. The waitresses have bad attitudes and they never seem on it. I love their food but after my past few visits, I think I may have to start ordering the pizza to go. read more

Service the other day sucked however the food just can't be matched. I love Italian food. I had Italian food in ITALY, this place is good. I've been coming here with my mom for the better part of the last decade. We love it. The feast for two is a great deal and we never finish it. $20 for two salads, bread, a medium cheese pizza, and two plates of half lasagna half spaghetti. I love that they load you with sauce. In Italy its more about the noodles then tons of sauce but here with the lasagna their meat sauce is fantastic. I've tasted their sausage and meatball side because that is what my dad gets and its a huge portion and delicious! The ambiance at this place is super fun. Windows all around the eating area lets you watch the rain as you eat (which is usually when I go) and since its football season, they are playing the games on a few TV's as well. read more

Well, this location is still in-business and I haven't been back. When I need my Filippi's fix, I go to the Little Italy location--in San Diego. They're the best! :) read more

Been coming here for about 20 years, will not be back. Placed take out order. Came in to pick up. 2 young girls and women (manager or owner) working up front. Another customer walked in just behind me. The manager asked who was next, I said I was picking up take out, manager asked if she could check in the other customer first (dine in). I said of course no problem. Then I must have become invisible. Manager started looking over tickets and young girls were checking in other dine in guests. I asked if I could have my order now, which was sitting behind the counter. The manager, with no words said grabs my card to ring me up, then tosses my food on the counter at me. I then thank her as she looks up at me to say nothing in return then continues with her counter tickets. I thought the food would make things better but not as goods as it used to be. read more

I love the vibe of this place! Better than the vibe is the food! The pizza and bread are always fresh. The salad (of all things) is so delicious! The soda tastes kinda funny, but the food is good, it makes up. The service is never very good, but again, the food!! read more

Absolutely fire! Great family style Italian food, about a gallon of sauce on top of the family feast (great for dipping bread) and the pizzas are absolute beasts. Also, fast service and decor that reminds me of my Sicilian grandma's house. read more

Let me start out by saying that I LOVE this restaurant and this review is solely based on my experience here today. I went in today, Saturday afternoon, around 2 pm and the place was fairly quiet, maybe 12 total tables. We were greeted and sat promptly. Then came our waitress. I never got her name until I looked at the check over an hour after entering the restaurant. Megan. She took our order for drinks and food, not friendly by any means but not rude. We ordered salads and received them about 10-15 minutes later. I didn't know iceberg lettuce and Italian dressing took that long to be put in a bowl. Anyway, everything seemed fine until my mom realized her salad had very little dressing. She decided to wait to eat it until the waitress came around to get a bit more dressing. That never happened. Then after at least 30 more minutes we realized the table behind us that had been seated a few minutes after us was getting to-go boxes from said nonexistent waitress. At that time my mom happened to make eye contact with Megan who had a look on her face like "Oh crap." So, we finally get our food a few minutes later piping hot, which meant she had completely forgotten to put our order in originally. When she dropped off our food she mentioned that she would bring a box and our check. When she came back she pretty much threw the check on the table and ran. No box. Ten minutes later, no box. I walked over to their table that holds their to-go boxes and grabbed one myself at that point. We went to the counter and although I never complain, brought it up to the sweet girl at the cashier. She informed us there was no manager there today. All the while I'm watching another waitress texting in the kitchen. The cashier took care of us, apologized, and we were on our way in bewilderment at the absolutely terrible service. Clearly something is going on here but I really hope someone in management reads this and makes some changes. My family has been going to this business for 15 years now and it would be sad for it to go downhill. read more

Can't beat the feast for two! It's tasty and a huge bonus is the red sauce doesn't give me or my mother heartburn! I love grabbing lunch there and taking the left overs home for dinner. read more

We tried this place twice. the first pizza was burnt black on four slices. So the next time we ordered a large thick crust pizza. we opened the box. The crust was bone dry with no flavor. It looked like it wasn't made fresh that day. Absolutely no moisture hard as a rock. Toppings piled on solid so there was no flavor. Hardly any sauce even though l asked for extra sauce. Very skimpy cheese sprinkles. This cook does not have a clue what he is doing. He also chopped up bits of lettuce and tomato cubes like he was making a taco. So we ended up throwing out the entire pizza. About a $40.00 loss. We will never go back to this place until they can find cooks who care about their product and put their heart into what they do. That's not asking too much. read more

We made reservations here for 21 people, that's 21 paying customers. We showed up 15 mins before hand. They told us it will be a 20 min wait, which is 5 mins longer then expect, no biggie. We sat there, 21 people, waiting for over ONE HOUR. They never reserved the table, nor apologized for making a large group wait. This is greasy cheap chain-restaurant pizza, NOT WORTH waiting for. And my time on Saturday is valuable too! Bottom line: Who ever owns and runs these phony Italian joints COULD NOT CARE LESS about the customer or promises they make. Their word is worthless. There was no attempt to reserve the table, they simply LIED, and then waited for tables to become available. 21 people + one hour = 21 hours of wasted time for my group. read more

Cooks not wearing masks, and some other workers also not wearing masks. They also have a sign fo family feast $23, but on door the price increased to over $30 and it is only temporary price increase during pandemic. So don't mask up and increase prices during a pandemic. I think it's illegal to increase prices during a pandemic. Even though food is good......I WILL NEVER VISIT AGAIN! read more

My boyfriend and I have made this place our spot, it never disappoints, the service is great! We always get the small antipasta salad, medium "the works" pizza and recently fell in love with the alfredo fettuccini pasta. Never a bad date night, the pricing is also fair. We're always end up with left overs too. Highly recommend. read more

I recently stopped in to this restaurant not too long ago for dinner . I came during dinner time which I completely understand could be hectic especially 4-6pm that sudden rush .. wait time was close to 10-15mins which was perfectly fine . Anyhow , after we finally got sat down it took close to 20 mins to get our beverages . The funny thing it was just water .. after our waitress came back to place our orders the food came out close to 20-30 mins also . She just dropped off our signature spaghetti dishes which I was so excited to try then as I ate it .. I was so disappointed. The presentation was lovely but the lack in flavor and sauce and meat along with soggy noodles I wasn't too impressed . Had i known I would've just made it home . I explained that to our server she said " Oh ok " that's it no apology. I would honestly expect more from this type of restaurant. The waitress then said I make minimum wage and keep my tips and I do not have time to hear about why you aren't happy with the food here just go somewhere else . That's the type of attitude I hate when I go to restaurants. Sometimes it's not just the food it's the lack of customer service and terrible attitude. Like if you disliked working there why work in customer services? Overall extremely poor , food quality basic af , would I come back Negative. This is my own personal experience I encountered.. I'd figure out who's cooking in their kitchen prep and make sure everything is up to expectations. read more

The gluten free pizza is really good. (Burned crust, but whatever.) The salads are good here as well. Good portion sizes on everything. The service wasn't anything special... server wasn't friendly. Zero personality. Thus the four stars. I've always thought that the Escondido location is so much better in all areas. However, this is much closer to home. read more

Let me preface my comments by saying that we always enjoyed coming to Filippi's for its family atmosphere and good food. If I have a negative experience with a restaurant I am reluctant to leave a negative comment. However, I feel compelled to relate my latest experience with Filippi's. I placed an order over the phone for takeout, a simple straightforward order for a large pizza and large antipasto salad. I was told the order would be ready for pickup in half an hour. I came to pick up the order in exactly 40 minutes. Upon arrival, due to the coronavirus situation entry into the restaurant was limited to two pervasive at a time. After waiting my turn for over half an hour, and not being called. I decided to go in. The girls at the front desk. After my inquiry, re my order, are impatient, Rude and indignant that I had the nerve to come in and inquire. After waiting another half hour I found out that apparently my order had been given away to someone else l, a fact which the girls at the front desk vehemently denied. I later found out that my husband had called the restaurant and talked to the manager. At that time he was informed that I had used profanity in my inquiry to the girls act the front desk. My husband told the manager that that works be highly unlikely and that he was simply inter in getting the order. Hi After two hours I was told the order was ready for pickup. The final insult came when I opened the pizza oc and found a cheese pizza instead of the "the works pizza" Which we had ordered. Management needs to take a hard look at customer service and operational efficiency, two categories in which they utterly failed. I will not be going back in the near future. read more

This is my favorite pizza spot in San Diego. After hearing they had a location in Temecula, I couldn't wait to visit on my next trip. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The service was grea but there was a reason they were dead on a Saturday night. Our pizza was undercooked (very doughy), and the food really lacked the flavors I have come to love at their other locations. The atmosphere here also disappointed...it didn't have that Italian family/homey vibe to it. It's safe to say that I won't be visiting this location again. read more

You have to try The Feast if u want to get a taste of everything. Everything came out so fresh and hot, we had to wait 10 mins just so the cheese didn't burn the roofs of our mouths. It was me and my bf and we ended taking a doggie bag for our pizza and our spaghetti/lasagna because we were stuffed. Big portions should be expected when dining here. Also, The Feast is not available after 5 on Friday and all day Saturday or Sunday. But almost everything on the menu is tasty, atleast everything I tried is. read more

Girls we Love you! My whole family loves this place. Your mother is always around working and making sure everyone is happy. The gals serving are fast friendly and I am sure tired at the pace they keep up. Now onto all the great food that comes out on the fly from the Kitchen. This is a great family place with huge portions of family fill you up tasty Italian creations. Meat sauce is simply seasoned to be one of the best we have had. Pizza is excellent and should be enjoyed as hot as they can serve it! Cheese stretches a mile on their pies! Everything we had was fresh and tasted great. All eight of us are always over stuffed and prices are extremely family friendly. They are packed most times so try to show up at odd meal times. Great! read more

This place honestly has gone downhill I don't know if there's new owners or what but we went there for lunch and I ordered lasagna as usual and it looked as flat as a pancake it was absolutely terrible then not to mention every time I go there for lunch I always asked to sit in the window and they say that they're getting ready to vacuum yet nobody vacuums a whole time we're there some people just like a window view to watch the traffic drive by that's just me also I'm very disappointed in this place because it used to be one of the best places in town and now it's just blah I hope they really get their stuff together soon and get their heads out of their butt thinking that they're the best cuz honestly you're not read more

We went to Filippi's for the first time about 4 weeks ago and we went again last night. It was packed! The hostesses were running their tails off and the lobby was packed since it was so cold out. I respect how hard the girls were working, but I'm not convinced they were taking customers in the order names were on the list. There was a lot of huffing and puffing from the lobby over it. The first time we went my husband and I shared the meal for 2 for $19.99. It's a small pizza, 2 salads, 2 plates with spaghetti and lasagna on each. A ton of food but we enjoyed being able to try it all. We both determined that we didn't like the pizza but we loved their lasagna. The salad and bread that come to the table are also good. Prices are fair and service has been great both times! read more

Always LOVE coming here! We went for Father's Day this year and even though they were really busy, we got seated quickly. We ordered 2 of their Italian feasts. There was so much food that we had lunch for the next day! read more

Horrible...don't understand why this restaurant is recommended by people. The service was horrible! The wait person didn't provide silverware, or napkins. We had to put napkins under our elbows or we would stick to the gross plastic table covers. The food, and sauce was full of acid. I asked for easy on the cheese for the pizza, and it was loaded and the crust like cardboard. The side of sausage sat in sauce all day, and fell apart and tasted nasty! I just don't understand why you can't find good pizza and Italian food around here. Anyway, needed to post this because this was the 3rd attempt at that place. read more

Went there on a hot Sunday afternoon because my relatives really liked the pizza. First of all, if you want a cool place to eat on a hot day, this is NOT the place. It was uncomfortably warm. Finally toward the end, our waitress noticed a wall fan (not ceiling fans) was not on so she had someone turn it on and it was an itsy bitsy bit better. A friend and I both ordered the Chicken Parmigiana. It comes with a side of spaghetti and she got the meat sauce and I got the marinara. You could not tell the difference between the 2 sauces...really, you couldn't. To me, a marinara should taste fresher without the heavy tomato paste. The spaghetti was served on top of the chicken which made the fried and/or baked breading on it a little soggy but the chicken was tender and pretty good. (It's like putting mashed potatoes on top of fried chicken, who does that?) The pasta was obviously rinsed. If you, like most top chefs, believe it is a cardinal sin to rinse pasta after cooking, this is not the place for you. Someone else ordered the lasagna and it was like layers of noodles and mozzarella, with sauce on the top. Not how I like my lasagna. On the plus side, their bread was very good and so was their salad with the blue cheese italian dressing. They also gave us some garlic bread that was very good. I didn't get a chance to taste the pizza but I would go back and give that a try (on a cold day or order out! :)) This was a very family friendly restaurant. If you are looking for a place to take your kids that is reasonably priced, you might want to give this place a try. If you are a foodie, make sure you take the place for what it is - an affordable family place with some hits and misses. I am going to try the pizza at some point and will update my review then. read more

We ordered food for my father-in-laws birthday party. We were expecting about 40 people and ordered trays of food to accommodate. We ordered Caesar and Antipasto salads. We ordered spaghetti with meat sauce, cheese ravioli with marinara sauce, lasagna and chicken Alfredo. The food was excellent and there was plenty for everyone. It was a great experience and we will go back! read more

Waste of time and money to eat at this place, believe me when I say that costco's food court is 100 times better then this place, don't let the Italian food name fool you, I wish there was negative ratings available because this place deserves nothing more then negative 5 star ratings. read more

Enjoyed the feast for two at Filippi's's. brought home a lot of leftovers the sauce was good. pizza was tasty my only critique would be the salad. It's basically iceberg lettuce with one little piece of tomato...A few carrot slices or a little bit of color would make a big difference. I'm a big salad person so that was definitely something I noticed. Service was good. Not super friendly server but she did her job well. All in all you can't go wrong for the price. read more

We were a party of 16 tonight, celebrating my late mother's 83rd birthday. After I made reservations, I read several reviews that were very unfavorable, and I had some concerns. However, those concerns were totally unnecessary. We greeted upon arrival, and although we were a little early, and the place was very busy, our tables were ready. Our server was really nice, even-tempered, efficient, and on top of the situation. She took our orders and got our food and beverages out quickly. Beverage refills were handled without a lag. The food was delicious. The time spent visiting with family, remembering our matriarch, was priceless. Thank you for making this night as good as it could be. No wonder your restaurant was one of her favorite places. read more

I'm picky with my tomato sauces and they do it well! I come from an Italian family and it's just as good as home. From the pizza to the antipasto to the Chianti, you can't get more Sicilian from a restaurant than Filippi's. We always have more than enough for one meal and end up taking most of it home. Pro tip: It's even better the next day! read more

I come here if I want to indulge. The pizza is good but super cheesy and a bit greasy. It's always busy and the parking sucks. The staff is nice at times but there's so many in the front that it's hard to know who's there to seat you and who's ringing you up. Good pizza and good bread. Minus points for serving veal because that's just cruel. read more

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I have lived in the Murrieta/Temecula area for almost 25 years and have been a patron of Filippi's for a long time. I will plea guilty for not posting the many times the Pizza was delicious and I have often thought of it as the absolute best in town. I have no excuse for not acknowledging that earlier but it really came to light based on the quality of the pizza I received tonight. It was by far the worst pizza that I have ever received from there! The filling actually totally separated from the crust which I'm led to believe is caused by the oven being too hot. The edges of the crust was burnt while the center was uncooked. While I am not prepared to give up on Filippi's I do suggest that you check your pizza before leaving. And to Filippi's I remind them that they were the best place in town. The ingredients seemed to be of lesser quality and to please look at your quality control. We pay a premium for your pizza ($32 for large) and consistency is paramount! read more

You must have gotten rid of your chef! This is the Fillipe's I have known and loved for years!!! So glad I came back to try it again... :-) read more

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Tried this place for the first time in a Saturday night. It was totally packed, waited maybe 20 minutes and it was well worth the wait. I had the everything calzone and my boyfriend had the sausage spaghetti, we shared the garlic bread. Amazing! Both of us took over half our food home. We will definitely return to this place in the near future. read more

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I came here because I had heard they had gluten free pizza. As someone with celiacs, finding a alternative to certain cravings is an amazing thing! The gluten free pizza here is absolutely the best gluten free pizza I've ever had. My mother and I both eat a gluten free diet and we were both totally impressed with their pizza! I will definitely be back! read more

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Our server was super nice and attentive, but the food was just like eating at a sbarro at the mall, fast food Italian, we got the eggplant parmigiana which was just not that great, the pizza which was super cheesy and greasy, the pasta with meat sauce which I couldn't even tell you if there was any meat in it or was is just sauce. The only thing that I was actually good was the salad. read more

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I've been ordering food from this place for a while now and sometimes is a hit and miss but this time the cooks have outdone them selfs. I order the following lunch specials today - chicken parmigiana and roast beef sandwich. Roast beef sandwich was on point and the chicken parmigiana had no chicken what's so ever. It did have the breading but no chicken and the breading looked like it was green in some parts. Can someone explain to me how one can miss the whole piece of chicken when the chicken is the star of the plate... I just don't get it. read more

I got E.coli poisoning from the salad. I love the dinner special but it's just not worth the awful pain I've been in.

Love the food here! The ladies at the register are super sweet and very welcoming. Guest service was awesome, always a blast to see and get serviced by Angel. Thanks for finding that lighter to like our candle even tho it was almost closing time. Thanks guys read more

This is our go to place on Sunday evenings. We bring friends and family to try out this amazing food. You can't beat The Feast. Pizza, lasagna, spaghetti salad and bread. It says a meal for two but really more like for four. read more

Glad they have this San Diego family chain in Temecula during my recent 3-week stay up in Temecula. Enjoyed the antipasto salad (good enough for 2 or a meal for 1), the lasagna and cheese ravioli combo with a huge meatball was delicious and enough for 2 meals - gladly I had enough restraint to request a "to go" box and ate like a king the next day. The house chianti is a great choice to wash down all those carbs - it is a great value and tastes good - no sense being the wine snob I can be in a Sicilian style joint, capiche? read more

Don't see what the hype is all about. If you're about quantity and not quality, this is your place. I saw two tables walk out because they were never greeted by a waitress. Our waitress was passive aggressive. There's an Old saying in the restaurant business "people come for the food but return for the service". Needless to say, I won't be returning. read more