Pizzaiolo

Won't ever go here again. Decided to try it as I got a $10 off coupon. I called and ordered the tomato and garlic pizza. I ask if I can sub the tomatoes for olives, and the guy says yeah no problem. The online menu shows that this pie is $17. I get there and am charged $18 which includes the coupon. Confused, I ask the guy at the counter how much this pizza costs. "I dunno man, just add $10 to the price" is the response I get. Annoying, but whatever, as long as the pizza is good it's not a big deal. I get home, and there's no sauce on the pizza. Its just garlic and olives and cheese. I call them and tell them this. They tell me it's a signature white pizza so it doesn't have sauce. Well, there's other white pizzas on the menu and it specifically says that they are white pizzas, which is why I didn't get them. This is not a white pizza on the menu, and therefore it should have sauce, or it should be called a white pizza on the menu. I also find out I was charged for the olives. "Oh yeah we don't do substitutes on our signature pizzas," the guy says. Well, that isn't what the guy on the phone said when I ordered it. The pizza itself also sucked. It was overpoweringly salty and rock hard. I essentially payed 18 dollars for a pizza with no sauce, some garlic on it, and olives, and that was WITH a ten dollar off coupon. So that pizza was technically $28. Extremely overpriced for a really mediocre pizza and bad service when I went to pick it up, and misleading menu and lack of communication about not being able to sub toppings.

I grew up in Connecticut, 20 minutes from the world famous Frank Pepe's, surrounded by other incredible, lesser known pizza places, and in the shadow of the pizza capitol that is New York City. I've lived in Maine for over a decade now and nothing I've tried has even come remotely close to competing with even average pizza joints in NY and CT. That is, until I tried Pizzaiolo. Pizzaiolo is the real deal, and I would hold it up favorably against some of the gold standards of New York and Connecticut. If that's your preferred style of pizza, this is by far the best place to go in the entire state of Maine.

Came in close to closing in their new location off of forest avenue, was promptly greeted with a a huge smile from the amazing hostess, or waitress who unknown to her I had probably the worst week in a long time and after asking for a slice, she immediately noticed the pizza was cut wrong, added another slice because it was smaller than the rest of the pies, and threw in a order of garlic knots that were fresh but never picked up. It turned my day around 180° and she may never know. I would give this place 6 stars if I could! Always an amazing environment and I have been their amazing genuine Brooklyn style pizza for years but tonight’s food? Topped off while wholesome.