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    Rafael's Pizza

    4.3 (552 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups

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    Roquette chicken salad
    Nicole M.

    This place is such a gem. Cool and comfortable on a warm spring night on the patio. Food is always dynamite and service always stellar. Rafael keeps the quality and environment great all the time. We've been coming here for a while now as it's our neighborhood cafe. I'm always impressed and satisfied.

    Meatball sandwich with fries
    Ms N.

    First time here and I absolutely loved it. The food was fresh and delicious. I'll definitely be coming back.

    Sam R.

    Best service ever in this region. Food is fantastic. The owners and staff were superb.

    Harsh P.

    After a long day of walking at the Costa Mesa Plaza, we want to load up on carbs and decided to come here. We ordered the vegetarian pizza, chicken Alfredo pizza, chicken Alfredo pasta, and potato wedges. I have to say - the vegetarian pizza was excellent. Veggies were well cut, well spread out, and the pizza had just the right amount of cheese. The dough was crunchy but not too hard. Very refreshing with a lot of flavor exploding in your mouth. The chicken Alfredo pizza and pasta were on par, and the potato wedges well warm, crispy, and perfectly seasoned. My whole family really had a great and welcoming experience because the owner made us feel welcome. Highly recommend this location to pizza lovers!

    Medium Pizza

    Raphael's Pizzeria with a NEW next-level flavor.....? Huge shoutout to Jesus, our server, who made it happen. He hooked us up with something totally off-menu a carnitas pizza loaded with green sauce, cilantro, onions, & a hint of sour cream. Think street food meets pizza... "absolutely fire" Give the kitchen/team/creators a shot. Let's put this on the menu.!!!!!!

    Small Rafael Combo. Sup ham for extra pepps.

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    2 months ago

    Great lunch special. Ary was super attentive and the food was great. Will definitely be returning

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    18 days ago

    Very friendly service. Good pizza and salad. Highly recommended. Also they service breakfast!

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    23 days ago

    Delicious! Good coffee, fresh ingredients, and top notch service from our server, Claudia. Can recommend.

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    1 month ago

    Great pizza and service! Their new location has great light and plenty of seating. I'm looking forward to trying the rest of the menu.

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    20 days ago

    First the food was so tasty and portions were sizable. The outside dining area was a special treat.

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    I get the chicken Alfredo pizza for every faculty potluck at my school and everyone loves it!

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    Had its delivered a couple times. Very devious and good value. Worth giving a try. Service is great too

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    Not amazing but decent when looking for a location close to the hotel. Convenient, good service and decent pizza.

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    Large 12 X large 14 slices

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    Bari Pasta & Pizza

    Bari Pasta & Pizza

    4.2
    (971 reviews)
    3.5 mi
    $$

    This place is discount friendly for Chapman students. I was able to get a handful of discounts from…read morethis location. I was able to get my food in a short period of time. I'm glad that this place doesn't take their customers'orders too long. The food here tastes like the meals from Zito's pizza in the Orange Circle. This place is kind of small and I don't mind it. The workers are kind and I even asked if I could get a bag so that I could give my pizza bunnies to my younger brother. My brother absolutely loves the taste of the pizza bunnies I offered him. I'm also excited to be going to the Fullerton location shortly after that location opens. I can't wait to try out the food there next to the Barnes and Nobles.

    We typically order from Bari at least twice a month if not more. It's really our go to for…read moregatherings, pasta nights, and have referred to so many friends. We placed a catering order for a birthday celebration. One dish, pasta primavera, is described as "angel hair, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, basil, olive oil, garlic. This dish we have ordered many many times, specifically because we have people with tomato acidity concerns. This dish came doused in marinara sauce. When we called Bari, they claimed it's because we ordered a side of meatballs. The meatball was a side dish! Why would you change our entire order for a side dish? What if my order was fettuccine Alfredo with a side of meatballs?! Also maybe call us to explain? Bari offered a $25 store credit. Would you order again if a restaurant handles your food order as such, never acknowledging the error? So no I don't want a store credit. We asked for a credit card chargeback, they denied it. We asked for the credit in cash, denied. Basically said too bad take it or leave it. Look. The dish was made wrong. I'm not even requesting a full refund on a $150 order. We accepted a tiny $25 for a totally wrong dish. You can't just pull $25 out of your pocket to fix the error? Oh and they blamed that it was our fault to not deal with it the day of. When we had 100+ people at the event. Not cool guys.

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    Mongiello's Pizza & Wings

    Mongiello's Pizza & Wings

    4.4
    (224 reviews)
    3.6 mi

    We usually order food from this spot whenever we go to Twisted Tiki which is in the same…read moremarketplace. Mongiello's has pizza, wings, and a few other miscellaneous items. The same space is shared with Tacompadre, and we ordered items from both menus at once at the register. We ordered our food to go to take to TT, but there is also a common dining area in the center of the market. I had the 9" Mighty Meaty pizza ($9.99) which is topped with pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, and pepperoncini peppers. The crust had a medium thickness, and was baked well. It tasted great with all of the meats on it, and I liked the addition of the pepperoncinis. I think this was a great value for ten bucks. You can also get a 12" pizza for $17.99. The staff member was friendly, and our food from both places was ready pretty quickly.

    Pizza was mid, definitely overpriced for the size…read more Wings were not it, tasted like the oil they used was old or burnt or something, we got the hot and garlic parm and both tasted off. The hot wasn't even spicy. Pizza was like I said mid, it's really hard to suck at pizza, cooked well not burnt but just overpriced for what you get. The service was fine, and atmosphere was cool, played some fun songs, music Irish music what?!? lol. A separate coffee bar and Mexican food also inside. But sadly not the spot.

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    Folks Pizzeria

    Folks Pizzeria

    4.4
    (2k reviews)
    1.8 mi
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    Been wanting to come here for quite a while and it did not disappoint. Only wish we came sooner…read more Decided to sit in for the Caesar salad and take home the pizza for later. Chewy was our pleasant waiter, very friendly and attentive. Fresh cold water when we sat down and a nice short easy menu to peruse and decide from. No frills, no uneasy decisions. Simple greatness is all that's needed. I'm guessing every table gets the Caesar salad, which was a botttomless pile of fresh lettuce, tons of delicately grated smoothe Parmesan cheese, delicate crumbles of breadcrumbs, with an absolutely decadent Caesar dressing - pleasantly spread throughout the whole entire plate of goodness. Next time I will try the fresh loaf of bread sliced thick with a bowl of cherry tomatoes. Whoa that looked great. Every plate that walked by us whispered 'try me' next time!! Saved the salami Calabrese pizza for home directions on the box which provided the most perfect texture for a reheated pizza we've ever had. Delightful! The pizza. The crust. I can't even believe a whole table while we were eating there skipped the crust of the whole pie. You can't! That's a sin! Greatest sourdough pizza, dare I say delicate but hearty? Perfectly crisp yet soft where it's necessary. I can't wait to try more flavors. Such an adorable place at 'the Camp' -quaint yet plenty of seating outside too for a larger party. It's all you need for a perfect slice of heaven! Thank you Folks! We will definitely be back!

    So so disappointed by this place. We were served pizza with a chemical, dish water taste. It was…read morevery noticeable in the dough and whole pizza, which tasted very chemically and much like the dirty, unfiltered type of water that you would get from a moldy sink at a sketchy place. It stunk too. We were theorizing that the dough was made with dirty water, but there was also a possibility the serving pan given to us was used unwashed. Honestly wish we were able to send it back, but there was no time for a remake as it took about 30-40 mins for it to come out in the first place. The Caesar is also very, very depressing. The dressing is missing authenticity and tastes so bland and like pure lemon, the croutons are crushed up crumbs, and it was very hard to get through for $20. We left it behind as a group of 4 with full plates. I literally got fast food fries after this to fill the disappointment and void, and I'm a health conscious eater. The only saving grace was the meatballs. They were very good, and sadly the first plate that came out as everything went downhill. Should've known as this was the only dish that stood out to us when we ate here a few years ago. We decided to give it another proper try but it does not live up to the hype at all. If you want high quality pizza with a variety of ingredients and Caesar salad, go down to X Eats inside Brewery X. Half the price of the Caesar here, and so much better. Theirs comes with proper dressing, fried capers, freshly grated pecorino, and delicious sourdough croutons made in house. The pizzas are about the same price range as here, but pepperoni is like $6 less than here, and they are much, much larger, fresh, and drool worthy.

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    Fratellino's Italian Kitchen

    Fratellino's Italian Kitchen

    4.3
    (148 reviews)
    6.8 mi
    $$
    Established in 2000
    Kid friendly

    Delicious sausages and meatballs! The paninis are huge and delicious! Perfect amount of…read moreeverything! Thank you!

    when my friends and i decided on a craving for some italian, we had planned a little dinner date…read morehere tonight. we hadn't known at all what to expect, but it was the perfect girl's night simple dinner. when you enter, you go up to the counter to place your order at the register. then they give you a metal number to place on your table for the waiter to bring your dishes to you. none of us waited more than 10 minutes for our food to be ready, and they made sure to bring our appetizers first as well. the calamari was so nicely cooked (the server told us they bread it themselves in house) and the mozzarella sticks had some incredible cheese pulls. you could tell the bread was going to be delicious as well just based on the color and seasoning, and they did not disappoint. i had ordered the clam sauce with linguine, creamy style; this meant they added some alfredo sauce to the sauce to make it a little thicker in consistency. when i got my dish, the sauce was still fairly thin but i think the alfredo helped a lot for what i was wanting in flavor. the clams were exquisite and, if i hadn't stuffed myself so much on the carb appetizers, i would have polished it off right there. my friends said their dishes were also incredible. the only thing was the pizza; my friend didn't seem to detect any tomato sauce on her dough, only olive oil. she ended up using our dipping sauces to add, but she said it was still delicious. despite being so incredibly full, we still made room for dessert because how could we leave without trying the gelato? the strawberry cheesecake was exactly the perfect sweetness for me to balance out what i had just eaten, though the other flavors were just as good too. overall, it was an incredible dining experience. the staff was all very friendly, happy to provide recommendations or explain what deals came with adding on anything to your order. they were very attentive in checking in with us. the ambiance of the place is also so pretty and so quaint. i definitely intend to come back for another meal!

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    Garlic bread with every entree is delicious
    Garlic bread with every entree is delicious
    Very cute interior, romantic music playing, smells of great ingredients.

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    Very cute interior, romantic music playing, smells of great ingredients.

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