la piazza al forno

if you enjoy brick oven pizza this is the best in valley. good wine list and a decent choice of beers as well. soda comes in bottles so no free refill but they're massive so no worries!

we tried 3 of the pizzas, lasagna, veal dish, cheese ravioli, salad, canoli, zeppelis...all of them were great.

best ever. la piazza al forno is the best italian i've had anywhere. and i used to live in chiacago

the best pizza i have had. the pesto chicken lasagna is incredible, moist and delicious. on a scale of 1-10 the cheesecake is, hands down, a 10. great date restaurant.

this is a small italian restaurant is historic glendale that serves up the best pizza in the metro phoenix area. the pizza is certified by the italian government and uses the correct formula for an authentic neapolitan pizza. they handmade the cheese here and use certified tomatoes. this restaurant has been featured on diners drive inns and dives but don't hold that against them because the pizza is really great! i've been here a bunch of times and posted many of the photos up there. this time we started with a tasty eggplant appetizer special. the eggplant was very thin and cooked nicely it was stuffed with cheese and had a delicious tasty sauce on it.. my husband enjoyed a tasty pizza and i had a really big calzone. the calzone was stuffed with cheeses, and i added spinach and calabrian peppers for a little kick. had the delicious cheesecake for dessert. the cheesecake might be the best cheesecake that you can find anywhere in the valley. service is always great.

really enjoyed it!. 6 of us ventured to la piazza al forno last night. lots of rules for a little hole in the wall, (no split cheques, will not seat you until all of your party has arrived......etc) but all in all a really good first experience for the husband and myself (others had been before) we shared to dolce diavolo pizze. delish. full of flavor, quite spicy, the honey was a perfect addition. other couples also shared pizzas, everyone left happy. prices are resonable . will return for sure!

disappointed. on every trip we take we visit a triple d location. i must say i was disappointed with this one. service wasn't too great, waitress had attitude, food was lacking flavor.

better than expected. food was outstanding, we finished everything wanting more. server had great personality and knowledge of the menu. we will be back soon.

nope not a good place, pizza extreme overkill in the crunchy side, service awful

always busy but always good.. i've been to this restaurant enough times to call myself a fan. the food is delicious, the atmosphere is nice, the wait staff is accommodating and pleasant to be around, and it's located in one of the best shopping areas known to natives of glendale. my personal favorite out of everything on the menu is the italian stallion. if you like meat and you like pizza, this is certainly something you cannot pass up. a friend of mine is italian and swears by this pizza. as far as i've experienced, all of their pizzas are wonderful. some pasta dishes lack in the flavor you'd expect after having a pizza there, so it's best to just get the pizza. the salads are wonderful too, this is coming from a notorious salad hater. the only downside to this restaurant is that it is often busy. i suggest going around 2-3 in the afternoon, between the busy hours. essentially, if you love to eat pizza, especially good pizza, you need to visit la piazza al forno.

this time excellent. i usually get the margherita d.o.c. every time i come here because i love the high quality certified house made cheese and the certified delicious san marzano tomatoes on that light but structured chewy pizza dough. my review won't be helpful but it will be truthful. i find the pizzas range from excellent to so-so from my visits. my two pictures i posted of the same pizza show you how they can vary and my previous review explains what i had last time. i can say this time my pizza was excellent with delicious flavor and very good texture. when you get a well made pizza here you are getting the best pizza in glendale!


-----24 jul, 2013-----

inconsistant. i've been here a bunch of times and i do think some of the pizzas i had here were the very best you can get anywhere. i love the highest end ingredients that they use. i also like the neapolitan style of the pizza being so light and doesn't sit heavy in your stomach. besides the tasty pizzas the popular dish is the spaghetti pie. but my last pizza here might not be typical of what you normally get as a margherita as it was very wet and soggy so it wasn't as enjoyable as others i had here before. i say give them a try and see what you think.

very average. the place is a dive, and the food was very average at best.

this place never fails on delishness! always on point and never disappoints. big time props to the owners and staff!!! ur the best!!


-----18 feb, 2012-----

pizza at its simplest! this pizza embodies all that is the italian way of life . these guys lets the ingredients do the talking as well as their killer oven. salvatore pizza is my favorite and try the spaghetti pie, it's fantastic. the real gem has to be the cheesecake. you taste that and you will feel like you're in the big apple. feel free to let your guard down and splurge. you deserve it!

fantastic bruschetta! i mean really great. we split an italian stallian pizza and sopped up our crust in the remaining olive oil from the bruschetta. great lunch, great friendly service. can't wait to go back.

just not what we expected. the 9 of us came to la piazza hoping for a great culinary experience, since we heard about their special authentic "neapolitan" pizza. we get there early and the waitress tells us we can't sit down until all of us were there. there we no seats to sit and wait outside.. when we finally get in, we ordered some pizza and some of us spaghetti and meatballs( you would think a real easy meal). the waitress' service was slow. when we finally ordered, the bread finally came with no butter, so we had to ask for some. you would think it would be garlic bread, but no. as for the spaghetti, it was tasteless, as were the meatballs. not at all spicy or salted. the sauce was like a can of tomato sauce and that was it. there was no parmesan cheese even! there was no salt and pepper on the table, so we had to ask for that. as for the pizza, the crust was okay, but the meats were very salty and the bottom of the crust was wet. needless to say, we were all very disappointed and have no desire to visit again. arrivaderci, la piazza!