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    Kelsey's Pizza

    3.8 (80 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Pizza
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Casual
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    a half eaten sandwich
    Todd D.

    Kelsey's Pizzeria, 1954 U.S. 1 Rockledge, Florida 32955- 1-Star (Chain Restaurant Rating) The original Kelsey's Pizzeria & Eatery was founded in 1983 in Titusville by a local guy, Nick, as a small local family business. Having considerable success, he franchised a few other Kelsey's throughout North Brevard. This particular franchisee on US-1 in Rockledge has a second on North Courteney Parkway in Merritt Island according to its website. Additionally, you can find a couple of other Kelsey's in Port St. John, and Cape Canaveral, if you are so inclined to check them out. Assuming they are like this one, I'm not. How many different boxes of pasta and pizza dough exist through purveyors? Countless, I'm sure. It's always the same. Most likely the least expensive. Hence the reason Italian restaurants become more and more tedious. No one makes their own dough and lets it rise overnight anymore. I don't care what anyone tells you. Fresh homemade risen dough would cut into the margin, meanwhile pizza remains the highest profit food item in the world next to bottled water. Many a stoner and those among the zaftig couch-potato set will tell you that all pizza is good pizza as long as it's smothered in cheese and pepperoni and delivered to their face. Not for this guy. At the Rockledge location, we were met by a pleasant server named Hayley who got all my inside comments. Something I often find lacking in a waiter. As usual, however, despite a direct request to box up my leftovers, she declined. So, I asked her who typically boxes up the take-out orders. She confessed, well...her. Yeah. Not the greatest of all time. The menu here was not diverse, just your typical Americanized pseudo-Italian fare. I ordered my baseline Fettuccine Alfredo, my point of comparison for evaluating the level of any ristorante's pasta game. Kelsey's fettuccine compared poorly. It literally had zero taste. Not even the creamy taste typically associated with Alfredo sauce. Alfredo di Lelio, owner of Alfredo on Via della Scrofa in Rome, who lovingly invented this dish of fresh-egg fettuccine with butter and parmesan--Fettuccine all'Alfredo--to nourish his pregnant wife in 1907, would be rolling in his grave. My second choice from the menu was a meat calzone with sausage, pepperoni, and ham. It was a dismal wreck of food. The calzone bread was the Sysco pre-rolled ball one thaws out and massages. The ingredients would have to have been stepped up to even be considered crappy. The Big Boy says, "Between ugh service and low-grade ingredients there are SO many better pizza options in Brevard. Skip the Kelsey's in Rockledge."

    The cheesy "Garlic Bread"
    Robert A.

    I suffered this so you don't have to. For $7.50 they took A store bought baguette Soaked it in oil and salt Threw cheese sliced on top Heated it. Terrible by any measure.

    Pepperoni, and Kelsey's Deluxe, and Greek Salad for 2!

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    6 months ago

    Very good food nice atmosphere they are always busy when we have eaten there and the service is quick

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    8 months ago

    It is our go to place in Rockledge for our favorite appetizer. Always great and quick and friendly servers

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    4 months ago

    Everything about this place is a treat and the food is top 10. We have never left there not satisfied and full, in a good way

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    5 months ago

    Kelsey's Rockledge really does it right. They delivered when my mom and I were unable to go out. The food is fresh, hot and delish!

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    10 months ago

    Love this place and wish they had one in south Brevard. Great service and great pizza. Eat lunch there whenever in the area.

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    Kelsey's pizza and Italian food is a pretty good local spot for some good food. We mostly do take out, and the service is very quick.

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    2 years ago

    There to go menu is perfect for a quick lunch, ready in 10min. Meatball sub with greek salad both really good. Would recommend

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    2 years ago

    Don't care for the pizza but salads aren't bad. A quick place for lunch break. Prices are cheap if you're looking for a quick meal.

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    I love their chicken Parmesan. It's fresh. I always get 2 meals out of it. Everyone is awesome.

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    Best pizza around the Rockledge / Cocoa area. Sauce to cheese ratio is perfect and taste is authentic

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    Always a good meal and friendly service. Been going there for years and have never left dissatisfied.

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    6 years ago

    I had the sausage and peppers with onions and marinara sauce with angel hair pasta with salad and 1000 island dressing and garlic bread

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    We had friends in town over the holidays and had great food and great time at Tuscany Grill!…read moreWaitress was so friendly and made sure we had a great time. Chicken Parm was the best we have had in Viera since moving here in August. Highly recommend.

    When we walked in no one was available to greet us or seat us, waited about 3 - 4 minutes, looked…read morearound, almost ready to walk out when finally a woman showed up and greeted us, she seemed to be bussing tables. 1st bad sign but I assumed they may be short staffed so I shrugged it off. We were shown to our table. My wife ordered a dinner salad, she was told the dressing was garlic ranch. Since it was the only option she asked to bring olive oil. That was fine, but halfway through our meal I overheard a different waiter at another table say the choice of dressing for the salad was garlic ranch or vinegarette. Another "oversight". The waiter seemed nice. Later we realized when our food arrived that all of the tables seated after us were served bread with herb butter. I didn't complain but thought it was an oversight on the part of the waiter. I asked if the spaghetti and meatballs were good, the waiter said yes, very good. I decided to give it a try, the spaghetti was ok, but hadn't been properly sauced, it was as though the sauce was just dumped in the center with two meatballs. The sauce tasted like garlic and tomatoes, hardly any other flavor such as oregano or basil. The meatballs had far too much Italian flavored breadcrumbs and tasted like a meat-bread ball. The house salad my wife received and my side salad were pretty sad. Lettuce, 2 slices of cucumber, a small slice of tomato, and some shredded carrots. For a house salad at an Italian restaurant, it seemed pretty sparse. I expected an olive maybe, and / or a slice of onion, maybe a slice of green pepper, or a cruton or two? Go figure. Overall was disappointed, eveything about the restaurant decor gave me the first impression that it would be better. Coming from an Italian American family I know good Italian food when I taste. I know flavorful sauce and I know what a real homemade meatball should taste like. Perhaps other dishes and perhaps other wait staff are better. IMO there are better choices for Italian food in the area, doubtful I will be back to try something different.

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    As someone who is gluten-free and dairy-free, I am very careful about where I eat and communicate…read moremy dietary needs clearly. Unfortunately, my experience at Alfredo's Paradiso was extremely disappointing. After waiting over an hour, I was served wheat pasta, which I cannot eat. I had assumed that it was gluten free because thats what I ordered, and ate the pasta but quickly realized the mistake. When I raised concerns, it took another 20 minutes to receive the correct dish, by then, my family had already finished their meals. The waitress seemed rushed and inattentive to my needs, which made the situation more frustrating. While the chef did apologize, we were still charged for the food despite the error and long delays. This experience made what should have been a pleasant family dinner unnecessarily stressful and dangerous. I don't recommend this restaurant if you have any dietary sensitivities

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    Yum, yum, yum!!!! This is as close to my Italian grandmother's cooking as I can get....other than…read moremine, of course!! The meatball with ricotta appetizer is to die for and next time I'll just get two for my dinner!!! The pizza crust is awesome and the sauce isn't super sweet, which is exactly how I like it! The sugo on the meatball is outstanding....meaty and full of flavor! Our server, Brandon, was full of info on the restaurant and the history! He was excellent. We felt as if we were eating at his dinner table at home! Anyway, a great overall experience! Oh, and the cannoli......!!!!

    The curse for me continues. I find a place I absolutely love and that fades quickly upon the second…read morevisit. We were staying at a hotel across the street and decided to dine here our first night. I have been craving pizza and while browsing the pictures on Yelp, this place matched what I was looking for. We arrived about an hour prior to closing. We were hoping to be in and out so we could catch a launch. We were greeted immediately and led to a table with menus and a smile. Quickly after sitting, Erin greeted us and offered us to order drinks. I ordered a glass of wine and hubs ordered a beer. Erin brought our drinks over and offered to show us the specials, which were pictures on a tablet and she described each dish. I thought that was awesome. We ordered a half order of the Rosemary Focaccia, which came out quickly and the pieces were huge! We placed our order for dinner. I requested a half regular/ half white pizza, which I was granted and hubs ordered a pepperoni pizza. The manager delivered our pizza and informed me the White pizza is the best, which he was not wrong. I did prefer the white over the regular. We loved it so much that we decided to visit our next night. We arrived a little earlier than the previous night and it was busier. Rebecca was our server this night. We decided to order a bottle of wine to share since we were both planning on pasta. They had a lasagna special so hubs went with that, while I decided on the Alfredo pasta and a Caesar salad. Hubs also ordered a side of risotto. The food took a little longer than the previous night but not super long. The lasagna was one of the biggest portions I have ever seen! My Alfredo arrived and was dry. I requested extra Alfredo sauce, which Rebecca retrieved for me. It was not Alfredo or at least genuine Alfredo. It was the gloppiest "Alfredo" I have ever seen and turned me off. I cannot even describe or imagine what ingredients made it that way. Since I did insulin and did not eat all the pasta, I opted for dessert. We ordered the Tiramisu. Rebecca returned and informed us they ran out out of Tiramisu. I didn't want the other choices so we asked for the check. Rebecca returned a couple minutes later saying they did have Tiramisu? Okay so we ordered it. It was good; could have used more ladyfingers, espresso, and liquor in my opinion. We did not return after that but if in the area again, we will come here for pizza.

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