The food is the best pizza around. Trust me when I say that I have tried EVERY pizza place in Somerset county. I'm not here to talk bad on other pizza places, I'm here to let y'all know Russo's is the truth. You guys know I'm not really a Glazer like I will call the food bad if it is. The service is quick, polite, and straight to the point. The ambience is comforting in a way that makes you feel like you're at a family gathering, but not a loud one. It's a quiet retreat with great food and good people. Cheese stretch: 10/10 Amount of toppings when you only ask for 1 topping: 10/10 (you get what you're paying for they don't skimp out just bc you order 1 topping) Crust: 10/10 holds its weight under extra cheese it's true jersey style with the way it defied gravity Ingredients: 10/10 they don't taste frozen, truly felt like a homemade delicacy according to my wife "straight from the motherland" Eating at any other pizza place is a waste of time. I said what I said. read more

Russo's Pizza Shop - Large Pizza Pie - Pizza Near Me - Bridgewater, New Jersey

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8/2/25 - Pre-gamed at a local pizzeria called Russo's Pizza and Sub Shop. Although I love the ballpark, their food leaves much to be desired so I do recommend eating before you go. I had one plain and one Sicilian. The plain slice was pretty good. It's a neopolitan style pie which I grew up eating on Staten Island. The Sicilian slice was excellent. The crust was light and crispy and very flavorful. If you go, don't expect world-class dining. Its a hole-in-the-wall type restaurant. They get bonus points for having a super friendly staff that will chat with you about sports. Overall Rating: B+ read more

Russo's Pizza Shop - Front - Pizza Near Me - Bridgewater, New Jersey

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Rock solid slice of pizza at a very reasonable price. The crust was nice and crispy and the sauce and cheese was very tasty. They are a local shop that sponsors many local teams and organizations. I'm getting tired of places charging $4+ for a slice of pizza. This was a generous slice for under $3, including tax. Great place. If you are a local you should be a regular. read more

Great food! Pizza and salad - amazing. Best red sauce around! Try the mushrooms on the pizza - so good! Great price for all and nice people! Old school style pizza place - it's perfect. read more

Russo's Pizza Shop - 1/2 Mushroom/ 1/2 plain large pizza with large garden salad that comes with shredded mozzarella- and a great vinegar dressing. - Pizza Near Me - Bridgewater, New Jersey

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This local pizza spot can go up against any shop in any big city. Russ and the crew are always on point, the pizza is consistently delicious, and the Chicken Cali is my go-to sub every time. Easily the best pizza I've had since my hometown days in the Bronx read more

Best pizza around! Their pizza sauce is so good! Perfect pies every time! Friendly staff too! read more

I'm from NYC pizza is my favorite food. Russo's pizza is as good or better than any pizza in NYC. Thin crust pizza perfect. Their Sicilian which is hard to even make correctly is forGetaboutit good. Again you won't find better in NYC. Their veal parm. Who even makes that any more? Russo's. And it's excellent. They are the real deal. read more

WOW, one of the worst pizzas I've ever had. Chunks of raw garlic, rock hard crust and where is the fresh cheese? Sauce thrown on with large pieces of tomato. PLEASE stop selling the grandma pie. I was real looking forward to great pizza based on the reviews and was surprised at the lack of flavor, cheese and excessive raw garlic. Wish we picked up fresh dough from Whole Foods & made our own. Go someplace else. read more

Russo's Pizza Shop - Garlic chunk grandma pie - Pizza Near Me - Bridgewater, New Jersey

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Just had lunch here with my buddy . I had a salad and a Sicilian Slice while my buddy had a tuna sub ! Both were delicious. Been coming here for years and this place never disappoints! read more

Have been going to Russo's for many years. They are located on Main Street in a small strip mall. Tables to eat in or order a take out pie. This is a family owned business that makes their pizza the way I remember pizza in Jersey City's little Italian section of town. Friendly staff that remembers their customers and uses only the finest quality products. When in the Findern section of Bridgewater stop in or take home a pizza you will enjoy. read more

Russo's has the best pizza ! Crust is thin and crispy and so tasty tomato sauce. I see many truck drivers stop in for "two slices to go" and they park their big trucks in the lot and run in and then go! Shows you all how good it is. We have also had their stuffed shells with garlic bread (no cheese) and meatballs and lasagna meals! Their green salads are excellent too! They top them off with a nice shredded cheese -- you can get the salad dry or with their salad dressing. Great place. Men inside are good chefs and friendly. Family owned. read more

Wonderfull warm friendly staff I had the eggplant parm sandwich it was sooooo delicious!! The roll really made the sandwich It was fresh & crispy & perfect Nice size roll for the price too The eggplant was delicious along with the sauce I can't wait to go back!! read more

Grandma pizza and Sicilian were perfect! Some of the best tomatoes on the grandma slice. The dough was crispy as I wanted.

We used to live in upstate NY and moved to TX. They always said it was the water that gave easy coast pizza it's chewiness and taste. We haven't been able to find ant good pizza in TX, so we were excited to have a pie back here during our visit. This is our first time at Russo's. The crust is just the perfect chewy, crispness and the pieces were huge. I wanted to eat more but it was so filing. Maybe they'll open a location in the Dallas area. Fingers crossed. read more

Giving this a Dave P rating of 8.3. Awesome pizza. The crust was crisp. Not too greasy. Awesome cheese. The taste took me back to a place back home called Brunos. The Mott sticks were also tasty. But the marinara was delicious. This will be my go to pie when I come back to jersey. read more

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Grandma pie was horrendous. They disrespected me by serving me this pie. It was all garlic. I've never felt so disrespected.

If you are looking for a delicious pizza, look no further than Russo's Pizza. This hidden little gem is locally owned and operated, and offers fast and friendly service. read more

Russo's doesn't look like much from the outside with its no-frills exterior. Inside you get a nice, welcoming, homelike atmosphere. The table cloths are unique and what you might find at a small, family restaurant. The plain slice has a crispy base, greasy cheese, and a crunchy crust. The peppers and onions slice, a classic that seems to be missing from many pizzerias I've visited recently, has good flavor and tasty toppings. These slices are the typical, greasy, Jersey slice. Good stuff. read more

Russo's Pizza Shop - Pizza Near Me - Bridgewater, New Jersey

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Just moved into the area and first order of business was to find our local go-to pizzeria. Happy to report we found it with Russo's. The pizza was absolutely delicious and spot-on. Everyone at the place was friendly. Amazing first experience and we will definitely be back! read more

I have found it difficult to locate some quality pizza in the area. A lot of places just seem to be pumping out high volume without the quality. Decided to check out Russo's today and am very happy I did. Best pizza I've found anywhere around the Somerset/Middlesex county areas. Very friendly staff, seemed pleased to have the business and serve you. Quality ingredients with a sauce that actually adds to the pizza rather than being bland and taking up space. Crispy and not overly chewy crust- which I'm a fan of. Check it out if you're in the area. Worth the trip. read more

Super good pizza! Prices are good and staff was nice! Perfect for a quick lunch or grab a whole pie for dinner. Will definitely be going back soon! read more

Your eggplant parm is sooo good!!! Your grilled chicken salad is delicious. Thank you for being consistent!!

Since Tony's in Bound Brook was sold many years ago, Russo's is definitely the pick for in the area for Jersey-style pizza. Good, very consistent, and you know exactly what you are going to get. Very solid local no-frills pizza place. read more

Decided to give Russos another chance. They have dinners for $10 including the chicken parm which came with a salad and fresh bread. The pizza is 2 for $20 (toppings extra). We came on a Saturday night and the service was good too, the kid was very polite who served us. I would return. read more

Five stars!?!? Are you kidding me? These Somerville freaks must've had their brains warped by the not one, but THREE superfund sites within a stones throw from this mediocre joint. Somerville freaks abound on this website and have bad taste. Watch out for them. Yes, I ate my slices, and finished them. Not that good. Lazy. 3 stars read more

Great pizza by the slice or pie. Small pizza joint with friendly guys behind the counter serving up tasty pizza slices. I actually went back for more. The table cloths were so ugly they really make the place seem super cool. I would definitely eat here again! read more

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We were recommended to try Russo's by a family member who said it served the best Grandma pizza around- just yesterday we had some from a pizzeria in NY Devino - it was excellent and prior to that we only had it from Alphonsos in Somerville also excellent ( sadly the pizza maker there is no longer there) so ok let's try Russo...... Never again - grandma pizza should have sauce- mozzarella and fresh basil- ours had way too much sauce little mozzarella- NO fresh basil and was loaded with garlic- so much that we had four slices and the rest is in the garbage - thank gosh I don't have to go to work tomorrow as I'm sure the garlic would offend my co workers read more

Amazing thin crust pizza at at amazing price. Kids like the chicken parm and Stromboli as well. My brother in law raves over garlic knots. Old school, family style pizza shop that serves honest food at reasonable prices. Give this place a try. read more

very nice, seems clean and family owned. Pizza always good - classic NJ style pizza. No frills, been consistent with my orders over 4 years. Great calzones, too. Will continue to choose this place over all the local competition. You should, too. read more

My boyfriend and I recently moved to Bound Brook and we have been frantically looking for good pizza as it is his favorite food. We tried Franks around the corner that was highly rated but were not impressed. Moving from Hillsborough,NJ where Italian is #1, we also many just be hard to impress. We stumbled on Russo's and were very satisfied. Although the tiny sort of run down strip mall it is buried in is hard to miss, we made it from our apartment in about 5 minutes. We felt very welcome. This shop is definitely family run which makes it so much more authentic than other shops in the area. Especially since other shops in the area usually do not have actual Italians working the shop. One girl who was on her way to a sporting event was talking to her father who was behind the counter and you could tell that everyone in the back were either close friends or family.. Love it. They had our pizza and calzone ready in 20 min. The lady behind the counter checked our order to make sure it was correct which is something I hardly ever see. I really appreciated this. The food was amazing. The sausage was delicous, the sauce was a perfect blend of savory and sweet, and the calzone was as large as my upper torso. We will def be coming back. I only give it 4 stars because the shop could be a better kept. It seems very old and very tight seating if we were to dine in. read more

Love Russo's Pizza food! Everything is made fresh and delicious! At some point I was addicted to their house salad

Glutinous one here.... Yes, been on a self proscribed sabbatical for some time, after being pissy about some review websites policies.... name rhymes with Help. OK, back to the matter at hand. Russo's.... Acceptable, but not the greatest I have had...and lets apply some caveats: I ordered in advance for take out...not a way to judge a pie. I forgot to tell them well done - not a way to judge a skinny crust pie. So, taking some of my method out of the formula means I will have to add to this review at a later time when I do a proper eat-in pizza. My bad, we were rushing to a ballgame where my fidget was walking the warning track with the local little league...hey, gotta have priorities, right? Soooooo...... They make a decent skinny pie, which, had a very neutral crust, not too sweet, not salty. I think it will be quite good when eaten out of the oven. The sauce was a little bland, and IMO, a little too much on the pie, and hair too much cheese. Of course this will appeal to others, but I, being the pizza snob who insists the Star Tavern Pizza is the finest available, think it wasnt quite the same caliber.. I have to say pricing was peachy, large pie and 3 cokes were under 20 bucks. Parking out front is spartan, which seemed a pain at dinner our, but ample space was around the back. Atmosphere, definitely had a 1980s pizza joint interior....whaddaya expect? So, like I said earlier, the jury will have to deliberate further. Pig...out! aka Corey of MinionsWeb read more

Great food and great service at an awesome price! My go to pizza/Italian place hands down from now on. Thank you Russ for everything this past weekend, my catering order of baked ziti, eggplant, and antipasto was DELICIOUS. I ordered this for my daughters birthday party yesterday and the whole family (about 30pple) loved it including me! :) Thanks again! read more

Tony has some of the best pizza around. Sauce is tasty right amount of cheese. Nice crunch no flop. Good prices.

This place i believe was not part of the Russo's food chain down south as we thought. It looks just a little bit different on the inside and the menu was different. We ordered a small pepperoni with mushrooms and two drinks to go along. The pizza came out at a decent time and we didn't have to wait long. We got orange crush from the drink dispenser and it seemed flat in flavor. This could have been just a at the wrong place and wrong time. I'm giving it three stars because it wasn't what i was expecting for a pizza place with good reviews. The pizza lacked flavor for me in every aspect of what i'm use to. The pepperoni did not have enough spice to it, the mushrooms looked like they came out of a can and the cheese was just ok. The tomato sauce had the most flavor. This place was not horrible but not great either. read more

Yum! Great pizza and garlic knots. Visiting from CA and needed good pizza! Friendly and speedy service to boot.

Great little pizza shop! The owners are great and very nice when coming to to order or placing an order by phone. They have great deals! The pizza is very flavorful and it's my go to for when I get visitors from out of state and they want a taste of the great pizza up here! read more

Great pizza!! Just ordered cheese pizza and it's was great !! Need to try some other once

Best Italian pizza around Somerville. crust n cheese are very good. Decent size shop to dine-in.

My family has been going to Russo's for over 20 years. It was our go-to take out pizza joint. It still is our go-to take out place however; we noticed that the pizza just isn't as good as it used to be. I want to say maybe like a year or two ago, it started to go downhill. Something does not taste as spectacular as it once did. Not sure if they changed their ingredients (maybe since the cheese prices rose they changes suppliers?) or the sauce is different, but something changed. The consistency of the dough changed as well. The pizza seems to be chewier and when we ask for it a little well done it comes out burnt. Russo's is still better than the other local pizza places we have tried, but we would like the old Russo's pizza back! On the other hand, we like we still like the Stromboli. Not sure why since I'm sure it is the same dough and cheese (so maybe it is something with the pizza sauce?) Anyway...the workers there are always nice and friendly as well. read more