Review 1978 New York Pizzeria - Pasadena

First time trying this place. Last time trying this place. No idea why this place is rated so high. Got pizza and knots from here today. Rather disappointed. First of all, poor customer service. Young dude at the counter had two ear-pods in, mask half down his chin (mask mandate in effect again in AAco). Barely said two words to me and he and the other dudes were yelling to each other across the restaurant the entire time. Okay fine. The pizzas they had on the counter for order-by-the-slice looked gross. Like sitting there all day gross. Pretty sure I picked my order up a little after noon. Get home to this (see images). Pizza looked gross, like the cheese was melted but... looked like plastic. Didn't stay on the pizza at all just sloughed off immediately (poor sauce to cheese ratio). Dough is like rubber. Toppings portion was decent. Good coverage on most slices. Garlic knots are smothered in this GROSS "butter" sauce and again are rubbery. Dough is not as bad as the pizza crust rubbery, but still I don't know why it's like this. I say butter in quotes because it looks yellowish like butter, maybe kinda resembles the taste of butter, doesn't solidify like butter when cold, and just again tastes plastic/rubbery fake. Portions are pretty good and the price is...okay....but considering how gross this place is. I really tried hard to find that second star for them here.

Was excited to try 1978 New York Pizza place for the first time. Was left disappointed when my husband brought the order home and our wings were extremely over cooked! Dry! I called to let them know and the man answering the phone couldn't hear me. Here I am making a post.

If you are looking for affordable ($9 pies on Monday and Tuesday), decent pizza for lunch or for a big together then go here. If you are looking for fantastic pizza to impress your friends, go to Mama Romas. Pizza was burned on bottom and every item was bland and there was no robust flavor to sauce or crust. Garlic rolls were ok...still lacking a softness and flavor. Very nice staff but due to reviews I was disappointed.

This place is amazing. Great pizza subs are amazing and the spaghetti with meatballs is perfect. The owner is a great guy and he picked some awesome employees also. Everyone is super friendly. I originally went because someone said they had some of the best cheesesteak subs in md. So I went and been hooked ever since.

We decided last minute to stop by for a quick lunch and I’m so glad we did. The guy making pizzas seemed to know everyone that was in there too. First thing we saw walking in was a huge calzone being pulled out of the oven and it looked amazing. We ordered a Popeye pizza, bruschetta, and ranch fries and they were delicious and the portions were way more than what we expected. We will definitely be returning!

First time we had it and it is legit pizza. Not gonna compare to NYC pizza but it is really good. We are going back. Thin crust, huge slices, quality ingredients. Also had the Italian sub with all the fixins and that was awesome. Again, quality.

This place is AMAZING! Moving from Philly, and living in NY for most of my life, it's been very hard to find good pizza and subs .... not trying to down play MD at all but it's so hard to find good pizza, and a good cheesesteak here!! Their NY pizza is so good.. BUT OMG... THAT GRADMA PIZZA IS SO RIDICULOUS...I CAN'T EVEN PUT WORDS AROUND IT. THANK GOD for places like this that don't just advertise NY Pizza, but they ACTUALLY Do it... yes, everyone has their own version and opinion, but we're pleased/satisfied. And my husband got a sausage and peppers sandwich, and he can't stop talking about how good it was. The owner (im assuming he is the owner due to our convo) was such a pleasant person... he even gave us free garlic knots on the way out to try as it was our first time there! And explained he was in NJ over 30+ years. Anyone that knows great pizza, already knows what that means.... NY,NJ,PA... SAY NO MORE... YOU HAVE GAINED MY BUSINESS AS LONG AS I'M IN THIS AREA! GREAT JOB!

It was fine. Looked forward to trying it due to the reviews, IMO it was ok but definitely not worth a drive, we’ve had much better pizza in several AACO restaurants. We won’t be back, but wish the restaurant good luck.