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    Paisano's Pizzeria

    4.2 (111 reviews)
    ModeratePizza, Italian
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    Stan M.

    Stopped in for a quick lunch and originally planned on a small 8" pizza and a drink. While looking at the menu, the lady behind the counter mentioned their all-you-can-eat pizza, salad bar, and drink for $11. Couldn't pass that up, so I gave it a try. The salad bar had all the classics and was a solid start. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Seating consists of five tables for four and two tables for six. Unfortunately, three of the tables weren't cleaned and still had crumbs all over them. When I arrived, only one couple was dining in, so it wasn't busy--plenty of time to wipe things down. I picked the least dirty table available, but during the 25 minutes I was there, no tables were ever cleaned.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] On the bright side, the pizza was hot and fresh. I tried sausage & bacon, pepperoni, ham & pineapple, and the cheesy pizza. Everything tasted good, and the cheesy pizza had a nice crunchy bottom. Just a heads-up: the metal pizza tins come out extremely hot--I learned the hard way when grabbing a slice of cheese pizza. Overall: good pizza and a great lunch deal for the price.

    Jennifer S.

    As I was en route to my friend's house in Ione, she informed me that she was ordering pizza. Seeing her message made me realize that I had failed to eat dinner, and was very hungry. By the time I arrived, the pizza, salad, and chicken wings had already been delivered. The pizza was half pepperoni, half Hawaiian, and I had at least one slice of each. In my opinion, the pizza was good, but not great. Then again, it's hard to say, since pepperoni is my least favorite flavor. To me, ordering pepperoni pizza is like ordering vanilla ice cream-- it is the most plain and boring flavor. The Hawaiian side was good, but nothing special. Even though the pizza was loaded with toppings, there was something lacking about the flavor. The ham and pepperoni both tasted a little bit less than fresh to me. The wings were great, and were definitely my favorite part of the meal. Since the order only came with eight (and my friend's teenage son was with us), I only had two, but if there were more, I would have eaten more. The salad was fresh, and decent, but, again, nothing special. My friend said that it usually comes with more toppings, but I can only speak to what I witnessed, which was just an okay salad. On the bright side, they did give us LOTS of ranch dressing-- three sides-- but the dressing was also just average, and did not taste like it was made in house. Looking through the pictures, I see lots of other flavors of pizza and salad that I would have rather tried. Obviously, since I wasn't there, I didn't have a say in the selection. In the future, I would like to come back and try some more interesting flavors, to see if I like them better. My friend informed me that the owners are highly supportive of her children's sports teams, which is cool, but is not something that factors into my Yelp review. However, I have a feeling that this may be the explanation for several of the other five star reviews. Overall, this pizza place is pretty average. If you are someone who likes average food-- like, if you dine at McDonald's or Appleby's more than once per decade-- it might be for you. On the other hand, if your taste buds are on the more adventurous side, like mine are, this might not be the right pizza for you. Since I spend a lot of time with this particular friend, there is a pretty good chance that I'll come back in the future to give Paisano's another try.

    Excessive basil and sun dried tomato

    Super disappointed. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Cute tiny little spot.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The service was good but I ordered a Margherita pizza and it was horrible. It was as if sweet tomato paste was just slathered on it, not enough cheese and the basil was shredded and placed on it cold. I ended up picking most of the excessive basil and the sun dried tomato things off. I ordered the cheesy knots they were good but too much pretzel salt. I couldn't finish those either I traveled 25 min to try it out and was left super disappointed

    Cheese and a pepperoni medium pizzas.
    Derk D.

    Just moved to Ione today and saw this was the local pizza place. Our experience was very nice, ordered for pick up and it was ready a few minutes early. Crust is nice and chewy with a good buttery garlic flavor without being greasy. The cheese pizza for the grandkid and wife had plenty of cheese and got 2 thumbs up. The pepperoni pizza had plenty of toppings and a nice spice to it. Finally the cheese garlic bread sticks were a hit with everyone. We will happily be ordering from here every week or two so stay tuned for more reviews.

    Medium Double pepperoni pizza
    Jorge E.

    Ouch.. I feel bad for this pizza place.. I walked in to get my pickup order, and one of the men there was arguing with a lady (I think his gf) while he was working. I felt so uncomfortable when I heard the conversation. Least to say, professionalism was not there tonight when I went in. Never coming back..

    Foothill delight
    Veronica H.

    Very good pizza at a great price. We ordered an xl foothill delight and crazy bread for only 28.95 and it was good. I especially loved the crust! The salad bar was also good with lots of toppings. Wish I would've seen the bad yelp review from a few years ago- I could've got 10% off lol

    Ricks half and half no comparison

    Not impressed, it's funny to me how the people up here are so deprived of decent food that they praise such rudimentary pizza. You read these reviews and they say "best in amador county" but it's literally just slightly better than a frozen pizza. Sure the staff is nice but the combo sucked. I guess I m just spoiled. Zero comparison between this combination pizza and say a ricks down in Lodi. Of course the response would be "well you are lucky to have anything up here" and yes in 1980 I would agree. But not in 2023. Check out the picture of a ricks vs paisano. To each their own but everyone has an opinion.

    Good Pizza, but every time I ask for pizza sauce I get Ranch dressing instead and it goes straight into the garbage. If they could listen to what you order then they would get 5 s

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    Great pizza, great prices. Doesn't get much better than that. If you aren't in the mood for pizza the hot subs are delicious too!

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    They have been doing real good on our pizzas. We like pepperoni and garlic chicken supreme. The burgers a very good too!

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    Thank you so very much for the kind words. We try our hardest!

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