Avellinos

Hands down my favorite pizza place in the Atlanta. The staff is very friendly, it’s right up the block and the pizza is delicious. They also make a really good eggplant parmigiana. Everything is always consistent and a lot of locals come here, lots of regulars that the staff treat like family. The atmosphere is very cozy and a little on the small side in winter. The menu is simple, but a prefer a few things that are done really well to a lot of choices that are so-so. I’ve never been disappointed here, Avellino’s always makes great pizza.

We just moved to Kirkwood, and thought we’d give Avellinos a try. I’ve heard a lot about it, so I was pretty excited. We are also big pizza fans. My first thought when we got the food was how small it was. We got a basic pizza for $15.00. I’ve had pizza from a lot of specialty pizza restaurants, but I felt like the size did not match the cost. We also got a Caesar salad for $7.00. A Caesar salad is one of the most basic salads you can order. It was the size of a side salad, and very bland. A lot of mixed green lettuce, a lot of store bought croutons, and a sprinkle of cheap Parmesan. Nothing quality about any of these salad ingredients. They clearly don’t even buy Parmesan cheese in blocks and grate it. They just buy cheap bags of pre-cut Parmesan. Based on the salad and pizza side I would have given them a 2, but we didn’t hate the pizza. I would give the pizza a 2.5, but that’s also partially because I don’t like rectangle pizza. The crust is very important to me, and there is not and even ratio of crust to pizza on rectangle. However, the pizza was not bad. It wasn’t the best, but I like thin pizza, and it was well cooked. Upon looking at pictures online I believe that they might have a round pizza, so maybe we’ll give them another shot. Overall, it just just okay. I would have liked it a lot more if the pizza was cheaper, or if the quality had been better. I am happy to pay more for great pizza!