Pizzaiolo

$ 6 for a slice and a drink! How can you possibly beat that? The slices are HUGE!!! And there are a dozen pizzas to choose from. This is a perfect place for a quick cheap lunch. There’s also seating inside or on their patio.

It is very fast and cheap and good. Pretty much everything you want in a take out restaurant. The staff is a little overly critical it seems, maybe just a bad day or something but other than that, it was a good trip.
2 slices (which ends up being 4 slices) was less than $ 10 even with a sauce (which I recommend) and by the time I was done, I was very full and satisfied. Will have to go here again.

Stopped by this place a couple of months ago to get a slice of pizza. The pizza slice felt like holding a steaming hot stack of paper towels with grease on it. Located in a basement style construct on Adelaide Street West and John Street, the atmosphere was quite humid with the close quarters and large pizza ovens operating. I highly recommend this place if you plan on breaking up with someone as this place has a lousy atmosphere which suits the feeling of being dumped or potentially breaking someone’s heart.

My last night in Toronto and I just wanted something greasy and I got what I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, some of the fancier pizza places around town are great, but I just wanted something that felt closer to home.
This place seems like a great after work/​before bar or in between bars place for a quick slice.
Overall, the food was pretty good. Not out of this world, but I’ve had much worse. It got the job done.
Lot of toppings, came out hot. Wasn’t much to the sauce, though.

Horrible! Ordered pizza while staying at the Sheraton hotel. Restaurant is less than half a mile away but the pizza was delivered roughly an hour and a half after ordering. I order drinks with the pizza, which they decided to delete from the order without letting me know. The pizza itself was cold and the crust was like cardboard. For $ 23.90, I received a cold pizza, which appears to be small even though I ordered a medium. I ordered extra cheese and I’m not even sure the basic amount is on this pizza. I can’t even see it! Not sure what the positive reviews are based on but my experience was horrible. Never again. Orderer beware.

When one is on a budget, what better than to share a large pizza with 3 people?
I was attending a concert last night and had to choose a budget dinner, since we were all low on cash. After reading the overall positive reviews of this restaurant, I decided to try it out. Bonus for the fact it was a frigid night!
We ordered a large Sicilian pizza to eat in, which took 20 minutes to make from scratch. The seating area was quite dirty, but not to the point I would have to hastily clean the table up. The heater wasn’t that strong and it was a frigid night last night, so we ate with our jackets on.
The pizza came out steaming hot, which was perfect for us. Better yet, all of us enjoyed the pizza very much! The toppings were all fresh, not frozen, and the pizza was definitely large enough to fill us 3. For a low cost of $ 20 after tax, it is definitely worth the money if you have 2 or more people and are looking for a budget meal.
Definitely a will come back for me whenever I’m craving pizza!

Wow… This was a great find. Found it on Unilocal as being close to our hotel with a decent rating. It was sort of a hole in the wall, but the pizza was delicious. The employees were fun too. I’d definitely return.

Terrible pizza, burned and late. Terrible customer service, and has not shown up a couple times. Do not order here.

Great delicious gourmet pizza. A must have in Toronto. They have a wide variety and they’re all delicious. My favorites are Spinotta and Bianca. They have a variety in whole wheat dough too which is always a treat. $ 4 for a slice but worth every penny, and very fulfilling!

2.5 Stars
This location is in the entertainment district beside the Town Crier pub — one of my frequent drinking stops. Given it’s proximity to all the pubs /​bars in the area, it’s a good place for a pre, post and /​or pub crawl snack. You will see more than a few drunk folks binging on Pizza (makes for good entertainment sometimes).
Staff are always friendly and have patience with people who might have had one-​too-​many. Lot’s of seating and they offer a limited selection of beer for sale.
I enjoy Pizzaiolo in general but this location always has a limited selection and is very stingy on toppings. They are generous with the cheese but your lucky to get more than a single piece of meat on a slice.
In the end, I don’t recommend you come to this Pizzaiolo location as a destination, but it serves a purpose if you need to fuel up during a night on the town.
BK

I had 30 minutes for a quick lunch with a friend and there aren’t too many places in that part of the town where you can get your food, sit down with someone and have a chat.
The store is located right on the street corner. There floor is below the street level by maybe a foot or two. When you walk in, you face the counter. The seating area is off to the right.
First off, it definitely not the best place to have a conversation in. Sounds and noises bounce off the walls in all directions. Secondly, Pizzaiolo is not the cheapest pizza around. Is it that much better? Well, maybe. Especially if you are into thin crust, something that’s hard to find elsewhere. I find it a bit too oily though (and that’s quite consistent across several locations).

This place is near my work and I came in on a whim after craving some pizza. They have a small patio area and it always seems full so I figured it was worth a try. It was ok, nothing outstanding, though nothing awful. The slices are a decent size for the price, and there are some different combinations. For example, I ordered the soprano pizza which had a salami type meat as well as sundried tomatoes, gorgonzola and mozzarella cheese. Turns out I really like blue cheese on my pizza.
It won’t make it into my regular rotation of lunch stops, but I can see why people like it. I’ll be back on the odd occasion, though. I guess for a place touting «gourmet» pizza, I was just expecting more.

The Godfather deep dish pizza we ordered for delivery was meh.
It was a lot better when I had it at the North York (Yonge & Sheppard) Pizzaiolo location.
With franchise chains, the ingredients are all the same so at least that’s consistent but the pizza depends on highly on who’s making the pizza that night.
The pizza looked competely amateurish, I’m attaching a photo to this review. It was also poked and proded. I could see some large stick marks.
Didn’t have much confidence when ordered from the get go as I had never seen it out on display at this location. But we were was hopeful unfortunately though it disappointed.

Maybe I was too excited about Igor riding the all terrain segway last time I reviewed this Pizzaiolo…
Twice since that date I have gone and they have been completely out of beer, so the $ 9 beer + slice special was unavailable.
The bad:
— They are often down to 1 or 2 slice options after 10pm.
— Sometimes they are out of pizza and stay open (wtf?)
— They close at 11 during the week. I always want pizza at like 1130 on Tuesdays.
Yesterday was the last straw for me. They were out of draught beer, but didn’t say anything until after we had already ordered and paid! They offered us bottles of beer but the value proposition was extremely sketchy. Slices are $ 4.19 individually so having a shitty bottle of beer with it makes it like $ 5.80 additional for a drink. Why didn’t they say something before we cashed out? Donkeys.
Goman ordered a Moosehead and I ordered a Corona and she gave him a Stella (not advertised as available), but then didn’t have another one for me so I had to stick with my shitty Corona and he got a good beer (good being subjective considering we were at a Pizzaiolo).
The pizza is still really good and it’s still really close to Gomans but the beer situation is unacceptable and also happens ALL THE TIME.

I have had the toughest time finding a good slice that didn‘t look like it had been sitting there for hours.
I have tried to avoid the chains in the city but sometimes when you want a slice o‘pie — it‘s an easy choice.
There seems to be something odd here in Toronto. The rockies, the prairies and some land stand in the way between here and Vancouver. What happened to the pizza world out here? Oh, how i miss the crazy varieties available out west. The potatoe pizza trend is not really out here except at this fine establishment. i wanted to try it but their version looks more like potatoe chips on a pizza not as appetizing.
This place does offers a world of variety. Point for them! You pay 4.19 a slice for your selection. Not bad except you are paying for two slices and that accounts for the price. I had to take my other half home.
It tasted like it was freshly made. Mmmmmmmmmm! The bread reminded me of freshly baked bread. Perhaps it‘s because I came at around 6pm.
I would definitely go back again, the only thing I wish is that I could just order a regular size pie piece.

I’m not a big fan of this place. For one the service people were some of the most impersonal people I’ve ever met. And secondly because the pizza was not really that great. I have no inclination to revisit this chain.

Even though it’s part of a chain and caters to everyone from the lunch crowd to the post-​club-​and-​bar set I, for one, am happy to be a regular at this location.
Because I work close by — **and** on weekends — Pizzaiolo is quick and convenient when I need dinner and/​or somewhere to sit and decompress/​kill time for a half-​hour before meeting up with friends.
The number of meat and veggie options is, in my opinion, more than enough to choose from (my favourite, hands down, is the Capone), and the slices are generous — for me, one slice (which is usually sliced into two huge halves) leaves me stuffed.
And the price is reasonable — at $ 4.19 per slice, it’s probably a bit more expensive than, say, Pizza Pizza, but it’s not astronomical. And if you’re like me and have those nights when you DON’T want to spend a lot of money on a meal, this’ll do.
Between this and the courteous staff, I really have no complaints.

I liked the pizza here. The slices seemed decently priced, and were better than Pizza Pizza, which has the tendency to taste like cardboard at times. The people were nice enough, and they had a good selection of different types of slices. The topics were intriguing, I have had better, but this place was pretty good.

After eating here I am neither fascinated nor compelled to repeat the experience, yet not turned off enough to bash this place either.
Hence the 3 star. Its just… meh…OK at best? It is not all that its made out to be. At least not for me.

Dear Pizzaiolioio (as my boyfriend and I so fondly call you),
Of all the T.O. pizza I’ve tried, you are by far the best. Your crust is fluffy and flavourful, your sauce is rich and oh-​so-​tomatoey, and your topping choices! They deserve a whole epic paragraph of their own!
With 15 vegetable toppings (including rare specialties such as broccoli, zucchini, and yukon gold potatoes!), seven meat toppings (in addition to the usual suspects, delicious sopressata makes an appearance on the menu), six cheese choices (gorgonzola and ricotta are the highlights), six sauce options (the fancy ones are fun, but the original Pizzaiolo tomato sauce rocks my world), AND three herb additions (fresh garlic, oregano, or rosemary!), you really have everything a girl could ever ask for. I’ve tried many of your gourmet pizza options and have been extremely pleased by them all.
Moving on from the toppings, let’s talk about your wonderful John and Adelaide location. I visited you recently before attending a movie at the Scotiabank Theatre across the street (The best part of The Hangover was Bradley Cooper, mmm mmm.), and it was the perfect quick, delicious, and cheap meal. For $ 5.99 I had a slice of Soprano pizza (Sopressata, Sundried Tomatoes, Gorgonzola Cheese, Mozzarella and your Famous Pizzaiolo Tomato Sauce) and a can of Coke. For $ 5.99! Tax included! My favourite part about this location, however, is your adorable little patio up front. How lovely it was to sit outside on a warm mid-​August evening enjoying delicious pizza and a refreshing soda! Your patio definitely makes this your best location.
Pizzaiolioio, I’ll visit you again soon. I simply can’t stay away.
Love always, Suzie G.
P. S. When are you going to open an east end location that’s close enough to my apartment so that I can order delivery? The Danforth is in need of your delicious eats!
P. P. S. My roomie just reminded me that you are also a licensed establishment that sells beer! You may be a chain, but you’re way cooler than Pizza Pizza!