Tbh I almost never come to Downtown Suffolk to eat but whenever I do I'm always pleasantly…read moresurprised and Amici's was no exception. Some friends and I ended up here after realizing the Gourmet Burger Bistro closes early on New Years Day (oops), but honestly it worked out in our favor. I've been seeing Amici's floating around online for YEARS and just never got around to visiting ... but better late than never because babyyyy the food was hittin'. Y'all do NOT judge a book by its cover. From the outside it definitely gives a little "divey neighborhood spot," but the food? FYE. Way better than you'd ever expect walking in! Now I gotta talk about this Caesar salad. When it hit the table, I made a face at my homegirl because why did I see tomatoes in my Caesar salad!? In all of my almost 34 years of life I've never seen that before. But listen, I took one bite and had to humble myself because it was honestly one of the best Caesars I've ever had. Got me right together. We also got the hot caprese queso appetizer with foccacia bread and it was absolutely delicious. My chicken parmesan pasta was also amazing. I put the leftover caprese queso on top of the pasta and it was a wrap from there! Me and all my friends agreed that the food was really good despite our first impressions. I'm officially adding Amici's to my list of places to visit whenever I'm in Hampton Roads.

First time here at the pizza is amazing! We had three different pizzas:…read more Meat lovers- 8/10 Pepperoni- 9/10 Cheese- 9 Greek salad 8 We ordered to go but they nice over the phone. You can tell they were busy but they were really professional and let us know about their special

This was my Valentine's Day dinner spot for my daughter and I. The food was amazing, but I had not…read moreworried it would be anything but since lunch is always stellar. First time here for dinner and it did Not disappoint, didn't think dinner could to lunch but it did. It was busier too and service was excellent and food still amazing and didn't take forever either. Can you say WINNING!! I had their fettuccine chicken Alfredo for the first time and it was rather tasty. Typically I add broccoli, but I didn't and it was still yummy. My daughter actually got my usual the baked ziti which she enjoyed and I ordered a to go one to take home to my bottomless pit son and youngest daughter too. We opted for no desserts because we were just too full but think I'll have to make a return trip just for dessert one day because those looked yummy as well!! It wasn't too noisy at night, but definitely a tad louder than during the day but to be expected on a busy holiday weekend. Parking is ample in this shopping center so no worries here on that. Come check them out you will leave satisfied.

Came here for a work lunch, and unfortunately the experience was disappointing from start to…read morefinish. When our group was seated, the waitress came around for drink orders. I asked for sparkling water and was immediately asked if I'd like to split it. Since the menu doesn't indicate that it's served as a one-liter bottle, the question caught me off guard. Three coworkers and I agreed to share it. The problem was actually getting the water. Everyone else received their drinks while we waited. We had to ask three separate times before it finally arrived, nearly 20 minutes later. By then, we were all thirsty, and splitting a single bottle meant each of us got barely half a glass. As for the food, I ordered the lunch special: penne with chicken and broccoli. I managed only a few bites before giving up. The dish was swimming in grease, which completely overpowered any other flavor. It tasted unseasoned and lacked any real depth. A coworker offered me a slice of his stromboli, but unfortunately it wasn't much better. The vegetables were undercooked, and the overall flavor was bland. Between the slow service, confusing drink situation, and disappointing food, this was not a place I'd return to or recommend

Servings are definitely more generous if you order in rather than get take out. The food tasted…read moreokay but I certainly did not get my money's worth! It makes me regret leaving a tip.

Why have all of the food places around here gone so down hill? I used to order from Il Paesano…read morePizza & Grill weekly (Godwin Boulevard)I have given them about 5 chances of bad food. They used to be great. First 2 photos are from tonight. Last photo is what their stuffed pizza used to be. Was offered a $5 refund on my $60 order unless I bring the pizza in (I got it delivered for a reason) My husband and I share a car- he is not home...so I would have to take a lyft there. The SM did not care and said it was policy. Has anyone else been experiencing this? Someone please give me new pizza recommendations. I am done with them. I never complain about food or anything until now.

This is a wonderful shop! The food is fantastic! I seriously recommend the 24 inch pizza. The…read morebusiness is very respectable and clean. The service there is thorough. We usually pay ahead for a designated time and the owner makes sure it meets their gold standard. Wonderful sauce. Absolutely love this pizza place! Thank you for providing great quality foods to our family and friends. Always coming back for sure.

Our slices were pretty good. It's definitely your hometown pizza place type spot. We sat inside and…read moreate. My kids loved it. The cashier was extremely nice and personable. She even came over with blank paper and a lot of markers for the kids. And the pizza was ready super fast. I would definitely comeback on the experience alone.

We came for lunch and had a wonderful meal. I have not had a better pizza than this in many years!…read moreIt reminded me of the pizzas I used to get in New Jersey back in the 60's. (Yes, the 1960's.) The crust was soft and flavorful. (I usually cannot taste the salt in pizza dough but I sure can tell if it's omitted! Al Forno's was perfect.) The sauce was delicately but perfectly seasoned. We added feta cheese and onion to the pizza. The cheese serving was generous and the onion flavor really came through. The side order meatball was larger and tastier than most other restaurant's meatballs. It was served in a bed of marinara sauce with a basil leaf adornment. My ravioli was tender and sized just right. The dining area was sparkling clean. Our service was friendly and reliable. The only issue we had was that we had to move from a booth to a table as the raised rim that kept the seat cushion in place was cutting into our thighs, making it a little uncomfortable. I look forward to being a regular customer!

Don't waste your hard earned money here. For the record, my…read morefamily of three ordered a large pizza, two beers, 2 fountain drinks, antipasto salad and a slice of cake... It came out to about $100. The "Pizza Delish" wasn't even that good. Crust was ok. Didn't seem to have any sauce or seasoning. MINIMAL cheese, and I couldn't even tell that there was feta on it. It claimed to have "caramelized onions," ummm no---it was very obvious that said onions were put on the pizza raw prior to going into the oven. The "roasted peppers" were bland. Their cake was delicious but not enough to redeem their lack of quality and pricing with the pizza. Go to Joe's in Camptown--theyre less expensive and a heck of a lot better.

Trust the over 250 solid reviews on here praising this place and ignore the 10 disgruntled folks…read morewho clearly suffer from Karen/kevin syndrome. This is THE spot for locals in the Portsmouth area. It's no surprise you see reviews from patrons who drive from all over the Hampton Roads area to visit this gem! Service is so friendly and you can tell it is a TEAM! I sat at the bar so got to watch the open kitchen in action. Their system is down pat and you can tell everyone enjoys working with each other. Each dish I watched from prep to service was handled with meticulous care. PRIDE IN WORK AT ITS FINEST! Everyone works to serve you as a team as well, no worry about "bothering" another member of the staff for something, everyone wants you to enjoy your meal. I can tell there are a lot of local regulars as the staff was engaged on a level you only see when your clientele is consistent and have a vested interest in the success of the business. I've been to 16 countries and travelled all over the states, this is truly one of the most friendly establishments I've had the pleasure of being hosted at. On to the food! I see a few people complain about the small menu, that is the SMARTEST thing a business can do. Focus on what you're good at and demolish the competition. High Street Pizza and Pour delivers on this. My eyes were bigger than my stomach so I ordered the meatballs, the special for their pizza pie of the night (a pork belly, red onion, jalapeño, bbq drizzle dream boat of a pie), a tiramisu and two cocktails. The food in pictures looked smaller than in person... omg I ordered for about 4-5 people! But everyone was soooo good. Meatballs were tender with a fantastic red sauce. Pizza had a crispy buttery crust and the pork belly was rendered perfectly. Tiramisu was fantastic (not sure if that's an in house make or pre done, but it was on point), and the cocktails were perfectly poured with just the right amount of liquor. I left with probably two meals worth of takeout the portions were so large and I can't wait until I'm hungry again. I'm new to the neighborhood and as everyone knows, you need to find your fav local spot to frequent. I'm proud to report, High Street Pizza and Pour House has just taken that spot!

It's my own fault. Being a vegan in a world where eateries are not always vegan friendly, I have to…read moredo a lot of research before I even go to a restaurant. And I didn't do enough research about High Street Pizza, I guess. I always check the menu before I even leave the house when going out to eat. I look for vegan friendly items, and sometimes I call to confirm. The exception is PIZZA. Whenever my not-vegan husband and I decide on pizza, I already know I can customize any pizza with veggies instead of meat and cheese. It was date night Thursday, and High Street Pizza had awesome reviews. I did the "vegan thing" and checked the menu first. I found a lot of vegetable toppings, so I knew I could craft a pizza to my liking. We drove from Va Beach to Portsmouth for dinner. I learned that I cannot craft a pizza with no meat and cheese because High Street Pizza will not make a pizza without cheese. I had no idea you can't just take cheese off of pizza. I do it all the time at other pizza places, but the pizza here must be constructed with cheese. I was told I could get vegan cheese, but I didn't want that. Option 2-order a salad. I opted for the Greek Salad, hold the feta. And since the menu said it came with a red wine vinaigrette dressing, I could eat that instead. After placing our orders, the waitress returned and informed me the red wine vinaigrette was made with mayonnaise at High Street Pizza. The very name of the dressing is a list of the ingredients: Red wine Vinegar How does MAYONNAISE get in there? I even Googled it to make sure I wasn't getting it confused: extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, oregano, and salt Of course, the dressing can be altered to be "creamy". And yes, there is a CREAMY red wine vinaigrette. But that's not what the menu said. High Street Pizza listed the dressing as just "red wine vinaigrette." I didn't eat anything that evening, but my husband loved every morsel of his sausage and mushroom pie, however. He even said it was one of the best pizzas he ever had! In their defense, High Street Pizza doesn't tout themselves as a vegan friendly restaurant. I am not disappointed about the pizza because my choice not to eat vegan cheese is my preference. They tried to offer an alternative, I chose not to opt for the cheese alternative. Consider listing your salad dressing as "creamy red wine vinaigrette" though. It makes a huge difference leaving the word out.

After being ignored at our chosen spot in Smithfield we headed back for some sure to win us…read moreBojangles when I remembered there used to be a BBQ place at the nearby shopping center. My Yelp search told me the BBQ was gone but in its place was this darling Italian eaterie. I had no expectations as I was just going by the photos-and they had me hooked, line and sinker! Hubby asked me what was I ordering & I replied "one of everything!!" I was pretty sure I knew the answer but I asked our server if the lasagna was homemade & since it was that's what I chose. It was so very fresh tasting, reminding me of the stuffed raviolis we would get in Palau, Sardinia. The multiple lasagna layers were so plentiful that the portion size was enough for me to have leftovers-twice! My husband is a man of few words but the ten that he had to share regarding his Gnocchi Bolognese were all quite complimentary. Honestly, this place is so far from our house but the food so good that we immediately made a promise to ourselves to be back in a month. I mentioned to our server Caitlin to let the chef know how much we loved our lunch that he immediately came out & introduced himself. It was our pleasure meeting Max and hearing and feeling the love and warmth he has for his home country that we were transported back to our time in Italy. Napoli è is an hour from our home but we are already making plans to go back. And Max even gave us his business card for us to call when we're on our way for reservations. You can not get this type of hospitality at a chain restaurant or even that little Cafe that we tried to dine at in Smithfield. If you don't dine here you are doing your taste buds a huge disservice and really, isn't life already full of disappointments. Why put your belly through that?

This was my first and only visit. Three co-workers and I were meeting for our monthly outing. Two…read moreof us arrived a little early and walked in. There is a "wait to be seated sign" as soon as you enter. No one approached us but the owner/chef asked from a nearby table how he could help us. I thought that was a little odd since we were standing in front of the "wait to be seating sign" Okay not a big deal. We responded that it would be 4 of us so he instructed one of the servers to direct us to a table. We sat looked over the menu and ordered drinks while we waited for the rest of our party. Three of us ordered because the 4th was running late. I ordered the chicken cheese steak, one co-worker ordered the cheese steak and the 4rd ordered I believe it was the penne vodka. The 4 person came and ordered a small pizza. When 3 of the meals came out, the Penne Vodka looked different then what I've seen before and yes before you ask I have seen authentic Italian Penne Vodka when I visited Italy a couple of years ago and I don't recall in either of the cities that I visited did the Penne Vodka look like the dish that my co worker received. It just didn't look appealing. When the server returned my co worker said that she didn't want the dish and that it could be taken away. The server asked if she wanted something else and my co worker's response was I'm not sure right now. In less than a minute the owner/chef rushes to the table and starts asking why didn't she want it and she explained that it just wasn't what she expected but that she was still willing to pay for it. That didn't suffice for him he continued with the questions, "have you ever had the dish before" blah. It became quite annoying. Honestly at that point who would want someone to prepare anything else with all of the animosity. I am giving 3 stars because my chicken cheesesteak was ok nothing fabulous and the 4th co worker's pizza was good and the sever was good. The steak and cheese was not eaten by my co worker either but she didn't bother to send it back because we didn't want a repeat of the pasta. Her comment was the meat didn't have a very good flavor. I also thought that it was a little pricey because refills are not free, no sides with the sandwiches, a side of fries $5 the portion didn't reflect the price. To each its own.

I remember eating from this place years ago but I couldn't recall if it was very good or not good…read morebut in my mind I said it must be very good cuz it's coming to mind. As a result, my husband and I went by here yesterday to pick up two large pizzas for a pizza party we were having for my aunt who's celebrating another birthday. Happy birthday Aunt Donna! Nevertheless, we arrived about 3:30p 3:45p on a Saturday and it wasn't busy at all. My husband was able to walk in order two pizzas and we were in and out and about 20-25 minutes. We drove another 15 minutes to the house before we began to dive into the pizza. We ordered the thin crust with only pepperoni and oh my gosh it was so good!! Again we attended a pizza party and this was the best pizza hands down out of I think six places people brought pizza from this was the first to go so good so fresh! I love thin crust highly recommend you check out Rita's if you haven't before. The parking no issue at all and you don't necessarily need to call it in either you can just walk up order your pizza and get it in a reasonable amount of time. It's located in a shopping center in Portsmouth so you have other shops that you can browse around well not necessarily shop, but I believe there is a brewery next door but your time will not be wasted while waiting for this goodness! Have fun and enjoy life :)

Definitely Mom and Pop vibes. I was looking for a local pizza place and this was the closest. I…read morecalled in my order and they did sound busy. I was a lot closer than I thought so I waited for my pizza. If you don't want to wait there Momac brewery is next door......just saying. There is no dining, take out only. It is old school for sure.....nothing fancy. Loved it. They got my order done fast and right. I took it home and everyone liked the pizza. It's a thinner crust and I enjoyed the pizza. Perfectly cooked. The Greek Salad was good but I have had better. Very basic with canned olives and iceburg. Good enough. I would order again when I am at my moms and she is wanting a pizza with peppers and onions. It's also reasonably priced and they do have some carry out specials.