We ordered pizza here on a recommendation from a tour guide...but were a little disappointed. The ingredients are fresh and taste good, and pizzas are made to order. Our pizza looked good, but one of our toppings were left off when we came to pick up, after calling ahead with in our order. It was taken back over the counter and after adding the missing topping to the top of an already finished pizza...it was never re-fired or reheated in the oven....so that was strike one. Also, I know that there is a place for thin crust pizza, and I have come to realize that is not my favorite type of pizza to have, but I have had thin crust before, and this was not the best. Then we had the meatball appetizer, the portion was good, but the meatballs were dry and lacked taste (a bit over cooked) - strike two. Otherwise, its a neat little spot where you can not only get pizza but sandwiches and desserts and enjoy all those eats seated inside or outside. I would definitely recommend that you give it a try, as I wouldn't count it out! *accessible entrance* read more

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Absolutely the greatest pizza i have EVER tasted! A blonde girl with nose piercings provided the most excellent service. She helped me choose toppings to my preferred liking and gave me many, clearly memorized, options. The thin crust, the spinach, and bacon combined made me fall in love. This is by far the greatest pizza I have ever tasted since I moved to Sarasota a few years ago. I WILL BE BACK! read more

Il Panificio USA - white cheese, spinach and bacon pizza - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

One of the best pizzas in Sarasota. Thin crust, great crispy flavor and delicious sausage that is hard to come by in FL. Lunch slices are dope but a whole fresh pie is a real treat. Great service too. read more

Hard to say this but it used to be much better. I mean it. I was a huge fan. Doesn't seem to have the same standards as years ago. Hope they come back up to what it used to be. Facility is aging badly. read more

I give it a 5 for the slices. Lots of variety and reminds me of good north east pizza. Don't expect too much in the enthusiastic service department. read more

Super quick food, the pizza was SUPER good and cheap too but you won't be disappointed and the fact they have a hot and fresh Krispy Kreme doughnut machine in the restaurant made the whole experience read more

Great food and ambiance. The staff was also really nice and the food came out quick despite them being very busy. Went in for a quick bite with my family and everyone really enjoyed their delicious food! Will be coming back for a quick slice of read more

I went in to the Main St. location the afternoon of Friday, 3/5/21 and was utterly disgusted by the 2 young men working there. They wear gloves to keep nasty germs off your food right? No they wear gloves to fake you out. Both guys never changed their gloves after handing paper money, coins and people's charge cards (the guy took mine because the card machine on my side wasn't working). NOT CHANGING YOUR GLOVES AFTER TOUCHING MONEY AND THEN TOUCHING PEOPLE'S FOOD IS NASTY!! YOU WONT GET MY BUSINESS. read more

Will start with the positives-thin New York style pizza that tasted good, although a bit on the crispy side. Customer service is non existent and I'm a New Yorker that has experienced loads of the real deal pizzerias where tony and guido treat you like family. Not here. Forgettabout it! I asked the dude what kind of calzones he had and he proceeds to rip each one open with his finger and mumble some ingredients. Really? They looked old and sad. I asked if they had a restroom and was handed a gas station type of key and told its outside. Is this a pizza place or do I get an oil change? The condiments on the table looked like they had seen better days. Dirty dining would have a field day here! Was passing through and won't be back even for decent tasting pizza. read more

Il Panificio USA - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Good place to stop in for a quick slice or a sandwich. I have always had good food and service here. The place is clean and they have a lot of options for pizzas and other fare. Bottom Line: A solid pizza and sub shop on Main St. in SRQ. Stop on by. read more

I do not usually rate any business one star but I Stopped in for a slice of pizza and they put in the microwave to heat it up for over a minute. When you add in the poor service and the don't I give a darn attitude, I had to post my experience. With the pandemic I am very tolerant about slow service but cannot except rudeness and outright poor customer service. I will never go back. read more

We have been ordering pizza from here every Friday for a few months. It's a bit pricey, but the pizza is always huge and lasts us all weekend. It's always been really good too! We decided to try the calzones tonight and we won't be making that mistake again. They were the smallest calzones I have ever seen, two of them fit into a small pizza box (like a personal size pizza box) and they were still $18.50 each with the topping we picked. They were mediocre tasting and we didn't receive any red/marinara sauce with it. I'm from up North and used to New York style pizza and calzones and this calzone was nothing like what I'm used to. If you are between pizza or the calzones, definitely choose the pizza. read more

Il Panificio USA - Calzones - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

It's definitely not the worst place to visit, but you probably won't enjoy a visit here. It's confusing. No one says a word to you and you have to ask where and how to order. Or where your food comes out - I found mine waiting on a random counter. They're not friendly. The kind of customer service where, once eye contact is finally made with a staff member, they nod and just wait (impatiently) for you to talk. It's dirty. I ate at an outside table. It didn't appear to have been swept or picked up in ages. It smelled like garbage and the overhang was leaking moldy water on some tables. It's sort of just a total waste of a place. read more

Il Panificio USA - Strange moldy drip bubble. - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!! Pizza slices were inedible, you could break a tooth on the crust! Tables were filthy and uncleared. Had to beg staff to take an order-although there was only one table of "diners". It was only 7:00 on Sunday. Would NOT return! read more

The Everything Pizza. Crust was crispy & flavorful but that's where it ends. Sauce was acidic, like from a can and no fresh basil, lacking in cheese (likely part skim not whole milk) and lastly is there a vegetable shortage... This is a very weak 3 star rating. That's mostly because there's not anything on the pizza that tastes fresh or homemade. The value and sales cost are also out of sorts. Overpriced - Low Quality. I can wrap this up by suggesting you buy a frozen thin and crispy Red Barons Pizza, dress it slightly up and over price it and you've grasped the restaurants concept and quality. read more

Il Panificio USA - The Everything Pizza. - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

So sad to see this place go so far downhill. Used to be a great spot to go downtown and eat outside. Had great pizza at that time too. Last night, a Friday night, we arrived almost 8 pm. (Hours on door state open till 9). Were greeted with. "We're closed or closing"...couldn't really tell as they didn't bother to even turn around to talk. When asked if we could a least get a pizza to go, the response was "cheese one". Rudeness abound. I won't be back. if the gulf fate location was run like this too, I know understand them moving out and into the little area they're in now....oh, and the pizza was not fully cooked, I suppose because they were sooo close to closing time and couldn't be bothered to do it right What a shame. read more

Il Panifico's food was excellent. When we got there, we sat outside because it was a beautiful day out and they had multiple tables to choose from. We sat outside for about 10 minutes and realized there was no outside service. So we went inside and sat. After a few minutes we also realized there was no inside service. Maybe that should be mentioned somewhere? Anyway, once you get up and order your food, and have the opportunity to sit back down to eat the food, it's fantastic. It's not necessarily very clean inside or outside, but again, the food was very good. They do offer free refills on soda, which is nice. And once you're prepared for the lack of service, then you know what you're getting and no surprises. It seems like it's probably a great place for carry out. Their pizza and sandwiches were so good, that we would go back! read more

I've had delivery twice and love their pizza. Today I finally got to go to their restaurant for lunch before heading out to the beach. Highly recommend their pizza. Just love how thin the crust is and serious flavor. The BBQ is Bomb. The only reason they didn't get 5 stars is because the inside of the restaurant isn't the greatest, yet it isn't the worst either. read more

Everytime I go here the food is great. Pizza is made from Greg dough. You get that Ristorante feel here. Waffling oregano, tomotoes and pepperoni. Truth be told, the best pizza locally , anywhere outside of Tampa. read more

New favorite pizza place on Siesta Key! Ultra thin crust- delicious sauce, cheese and pepperoni. The salads were hearty and fresh. So many great looking things on the menu- I'm excited to try everything (well almost everything) Great delivery service too! read more

If I could rate this place a negative zero I would! Take a look at the food they are serving to people!! It's not even edible!! Went home to enjoy dinner and opened this. How could anyone serve this to a customer!! read more

Il Panificio USA - Cheese calzone - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

This place looks like it's been around for 100 years. And in those 100 years they have developed the recipe for an amazing pizza. Being from St. Louis I love thin crust and this place does thin crust the best! read more

That was the best NY pizza I've had outside NYS!! Insanely good! Highly recommend! Excellent

If you want fresh, piping hot and unique pizza during day light hours, this is a great place. Don't, however, show up 45 minutes before closing time and expect anything besides reheated pizza that appears to have been sitting out all day. We can walk to this restaurant from our condo so it was our go to for pizza but this experience really rubbed me the wrong way. 45 minutes before closing is unacceptable to not be able to make us a fresh pizza! 15 minutes, maybe, but not 45! What we got was burnt and dry, heated up pieces of cardboard. read more

The pizza was mediocre and the service was shit. Showed up at 7:45 when they close at 9 and they seemed annoyed the moment we walked in the door. Kept walking away from me when I was trying to order and when my wife asked one question he was very short with her. read more

Best pizza in town. Can be compared to pizza in NY NJ. The sausage pie is great and has a nice thin crispy crust.

Was so looking forward to good pizza in the area. Got to the restaurant and was served by a very rude cashier. Completely turned me off to the establishment. Do not recommend to anyone that appreciates good customer service. So disappointing read more

Something has changed here. In the past have been many times and it had been good. Yesterday ordered everything pizza by phone and got there early and to my surprise it was ready. Got it home and knew why it was ready early, it was a re-heated pizza. Probably one they had in the case for sale by the piece. Dough was not fresh and very chewy. The pizza toppings were not fresh. And it was lukewarm. Not good at all. Very disappointing! I should have taken it back. read more

For a great Downtown Sarasota location I expected a better lunch experience! I'm not impressed with this location! First of all, there's no management. Everyone was ordering a slice of pizza in mixed orders! You walk up to the counter before someone walks in and they get service first by requesting something from the pizza maker and not the counter person. It is clearly disorganized to say the least! I order two slices of pizza and two drinks and it cost me $12.35!! What are you telling me Il Panificio your pizzas made of gold?? Sure it may taste better than frozen pizzas but I'm sorry, not $4.75 a slice plus the sodas!!! You can certainly get the same or even better quality pizza down the street and for a full size pizza for what I paid for just two slices here! The counter person had trouble keeping up with payments!! She took a man's debt card and charged him for what I think another person's order!! And btw - this is supposed to be an Italian Bakery establishment, right? Where's the zeppole? Don't you know it's an Italian tradition to sell zeppole during Saint Joseph's Day? Shame... shame Panificio!! I'm sorry but I would not step in here without change! I don't mean a Barack Obama change - I mean "for the better" change! read more

I just do not get what the big deal is about this place. I think I just don't like their style of pizza. I've always liked "fuller, chewy" crust and not the crisp kind this places puts out. I guess It must be an east coast thing. Throw in the surly help and what is to like? Tried getting some cheese and meats here once and that was an adventure in hair pulling. Kind of like going to the soup nazi, "NO prosciutto for you!!!!!" read more

Decent Pizza - Rude humans. I called to order take out and the guy was really rude. He said, "look, it's really busy here" and mumbled some stuff then hung up on me. I picked up three pizzas for $60. The plain and the meat pizza were decent, but super oily. The Sicilian was awful - it reminded me of something you'd get in a middle school cafeteria. read more

This is my favorite pizza place. They have the thin crust, which I love. It is a rolled out crust, not a cracker like some of the other thin crusts. I love getting mine with ricotta cheese, meat, and veggies. They have delicious desserts but they are expensive. I bought me and my husband chocolate mousse towers and it costs $12!! Both the Downtown Sarasota and Gulf Gate locations are equally as good! read more

Man I was so excited when we walked into this place. It just had the look of a place where you're about to get the best slab of pizza you've ever had. It looked authentically Italian without being cheesy. But when I took that first bite, my only thought was... really? It was just bland and forgettable. It wasn't the worst pizza I had, but it was no better than any chain pizza. read more

Il Panificio USA - Band slice of Sicilian cheese. - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

We got some pizza to-go from here - fresh pie. It was awesome. Probably as close to NY thin crust as you'll get outside the tri-State area. Really want to try their Sicilian. Crust was awesome. read more

Sorry for the lack of photo! Had to venture out & on the way home was craving pizza. Stopped at Il Panificio on Main St. OMG. Crust was perfect, sauce truly tasty, and for dessert I picked up Chocolate Mousse. I used to make chocolate mousse in a french restaurant and their mousse is rich, full and holds its shape perfectly. So wonderful!!! read more

Nice place, very friendly. I liked all the different choices for toppings. Unfortunately I did not enjoy their pizza. I'm a new York style kinda gal. I also like flat bread style. This was something sorta in-between with crunch. I felt like I was eating a greasy cracker with toppings. I was expecting something really tasty with all the topping choices. It really wasn't. No flavor, needed salt, sauce was mediocre. I swear they had dumped a whole bottle of olive oil on the pizza. Lots of my friends enjoy this place so I guess my review is just a personal choice. Try it for yourself and let me know! Bring your pocket book though... This pizza wasn't expensive, but it certainly wasn't cheap! read more

Best pizza in town, crispy crust that is the perfect thickness. Most similar to New York pizza in Sarasota. Only negative is service is always a little off. read more

Excellent pizza! The crust was flavorful. If we visit Sarasota, we will be back again.

Great pizza but very rude service. I felt like I was on a Seinfeld episode and they were the pizza Nazi's. Won't be back again. read more

Good pizza, but greasy. Super thin crust was nice, and if you like your pie saturated in oils then this is the place to come! Usually I like a bit less because I feel a bit queasy after otherwise, but it was good pizza regardless. You're looking at about $20 a pie here. But there pies are big, so it's well worth it. 2 ppl will have left overs and 3 or 4 people will be comfortably full. Though it doesn't look like they have a restroom, they do, just ask. read more

Il Panificio USA - Pizza Near Me - Sarasota, Florida