Santo’s Pizza & Pasta

We were here with a party 12. The food was OK. The pizza not so great. I would say it was average overall, but I don’t think I will be coming back.

Came here for a quick lunch with some family. Service was very good and the environment was welcoming.
My salad consisted of about 75% cheese, 25% lettuce. The homemade pasta was excellent, but I didn’t find the sauce to be very flavorful. Another person in my party got the chicken parmesan and said it was excellent. Fried dough for dessert was awesome!
Overall, I would recommend trying Santos if you are in the area and looking for a cheap and good meal.

Just great simple Italian-​American fare.

Excellent mainstream Italian food. The bread is great, always fresh! Their meatballs are some of the best we have had, so beefy tasting with just the right balance of spices. Their homemade spaghetti noodles and red sauce are wonderful. We will be back.

Awesome. Again. 5 star pizza and sandwiches this time. Very nice meatball sub with cheese.

Santo’s is another little hole in the wall pizza place that you could easily drive right past unless you know it’s there. Luckily, my family has been coming here for some time, and we’ve never been disappointed. Don’t be discouraged by the appearance… it is very casual and has not had a makeover in awhile… It’s worth it!
The bread that you start with is delicious (we have, on occasion, been known to stop in just to buy a loaf or two). The wedding soup is flavorful and the perfect start to any meal, and any meal is delicious. The most recent time we went, I opted for the fettucine alfredo with grilled chicken breast on top. The sauce was flavorful and not too heavy, and I kept eating and eating it even though I was already full (oops!)
I have had their pizza (delicious), mannicotti (yum), and all kinds of pasta before (also good) and enjoyed everything. The service varies (the last time I went, the waitress was not at all friendly), but that’s to be expected most places.

Danielle chose to have Santo’s for her birthday dinner last night. it was my second time there. for some reason she just wanted pizza for her birthday. hey, her birthday — her choice.
this time i had the Rigatoni with vodka sauce and sausage. it was really good, though i do tire of Italian sausage quickly if it’s not in a hoagie bun w/​peppers and onions. the vodka sauce was delicious. i also had a cup of wedding soup.
Danielle got a pizza w/​pepperoni and banana peppers. also good. she got a salad w/​house Italian dressing and we shared some calamari. the calamari dipping sauce (marinara) was delicious and i was sopping it up with bread.
our server was prompt though, not unfriendly, was sort of curt (is i guess how i’d describe her). nothing wrong with that. she wasn’t mean or unfriendly.
we’ve had good food each time we go and we’ll definitely be back for more.

I have eaten here four times. Each time it go better.
My first ti. e here I had the lasagna. It was overcooked, the noodles we’re dry, and it lacked flavor and moisture. I was not impressed.
The next time I had the lasagna again (I am a lasagna freak). It was better but still average.
The third time that I had the lasagna it was moist, saucy, full of ricotta and flavorful. My opinion had changed and was a fan.
Today at work we had a meal catered. It included lasagna, Boneless fried chicken, roasted red potatoes and linguini Alfredo. I had everything but the Alfredo. The lasagna was excellent! The chicken was moist and mouthwatering. The potatoes were very good.
I’m guessing they may have changed chefs as my first two visits were ok, my last two visits were excellent.
I am now a fan.

Ate there last night with family after the remodeling show. Arrived just after 8 o’clock and waited only a few minutes. Enjoyed the Pinot Noir they introduced at their tasting this week. Wait person was helpful, positive and friendly. Had a white pizza with salad and ranch dressing plus cannoli for dessert. I liked it all very much. Didn’t try the bread but the folks at our table said it was yummy! I would go back and try it again.

Nice local Italian restaurant. Nothing too fancy, very casual (a little too casual in terms of customers’ apparel). I got a dinner salad and the lasagna. The prices were a little steep in my opinion, considering the casual atmosphere. Both the salad and the lasagna were average. The waitress we had was a bit rude, and it took her forever to get to us. Another table was sat after us, ordered after us, but got their food before we did. Overall, it is a decent local Italian restaurant, but nothing to rave about.

Santo’s is the best Italian restaurant in town. Excellent pizza, authentic homemade pastas and sauce, wonderful appetizers and salads. If you want a real treat, check out their wine dinners held in the private Florence Room next door! They are wonderful and accomodating with private parties– rehearsal dinners, anniversaries, birthdays, showers, etc. Their staff is really great, too… most of the waitresses have been employed there for 5 years or more.

I don’t even know where to start… the food was kind of gross and WAY overpriced, it was basically greasy dinner food quality in an Italian package. I had the lasagna ($ 15), which somehow managed to be both over and undercooked. It was filled with ground beef that tasted so old, bland and low quality. Though, half of the lasagna had such overcooked, crunchy noodles, i couldn’t even cut into it. I really felt ripped off by your low quality the food tasted vs. what it cost.

We eat here regularly and like it a lot. The pasta dishes are great, as is the pizza.
Service is usually adequate, although there is one waitress who is very rude, OFTEN, and seems a bit crazy!
I have ordered the chicken parm many times, but it is a huge serving, and the chicken is always cut way too thick.
The home made bread, and the home made ranch dressing are fantastic!

This place is hovering on two stars, but I hate to bash a joint I go to infrequently. Last week the wife and I stopped in for a quick lunch; she had the lasagna, I ordered a chicken parm sandwich and we split fried calamari. Everything was bland and needed more of everything. Service was good. Pizza here is ok but it is not anythng I would go out of my way for.

I like this place. I don’t know if the best local pizza in the area — I wish they offered green olives as a topping! — but I like it a lot and it’s better than the chains. I usually get pizza for takeout. I’ve ate in once and on the inside it’s exactly the type of place it looks like from the outside — a family-​owned Italian restaurant in a suburban strip mall. I don’t like pasta much, and I eat largely vegetarian, so if you don’t get pizza the menu can be a little tricky but the eggplant parmesan is a decent sandwich.

Go for the pizza I had no complaint. The spaghetti and meatballs were not very good, not sure if meatballs were homemade or not. I specifically asked for the spaghetti noodles to be firm and not mushy but they served them mushy anyway. Very disappointing when you drive out of your way 15 minutes or so for carryout. You wonder if they even taste the food they serve. They must need restaurant rescue!

Definitely above average. For Italian places in the area, I’d have to give it a 2^nd place rating behind Antonio’s.
Both the pizza and pasta are good here. For the pizza, I’ve enjoyed extra cheese, pepperoni, mushroom, and sausage, and all have been great. Some of the pasta dishes come a little heavy on the sauce, but honestly, I’d rather have too much, than not enough. The garlic bread is pretty good, as well.
Worth a try if you’re in the mood for Italian and haven’t given it a try yet.

Great homemade Italian food. Homemade pasta is great, sandwiches are reasonably priced, but my favorite is the stromboli. Even the small is two meals. It is THE Italian place in the area. Great family dining room and atmosphere. Kid friendly.

We stopped in at Santo’s after a day of shopping not sure what to expect. It’s located in a little strip mall, which is kind of kitschy, but still nice enough to not be suspect. We walked in and it seemed obvious that you’d wait to be seated, but no one was at the podium and we stood there kind of awkwardly for at least 5 minutes waiting for the hostess. Eventually someone seated us, and the dining room was nice, if a little crowded.
We ordered the fried cheese to start and it was absolutely outstanding. It was pretty inexpensive — around $ 5 — and it came with 3 half slices of fried mozzarella. The marinara sauce that came with it was really good too. When it was time to order our entrees, I asked the waitress why it would be $ 1.50 for cheese on your salad, and she said something about the having to grate it, and that it might be cheaper if both of us wanted cheese on our salads to order a side. We didn’t, so I agreed to pay the $ 1.50 for the cheese. I ordered the rigatoni and my boyfriend ordered the cavatelli.
My salad came first and boy was I surprised when I found that my salad was mostly cheese! I’m not exaggerating when I say mostly. There were a few pieces of iceberg lettuce, some shredded cabbage, a couple chickpeas, a wedge of tomato, a slice of cucumber and the hugest pile of cheese. Their cheese are really good, but I never wanted to eat a bunch of shredded cheese with house Italian dressing. I don’t know if something went wrong and they misinterpreted the order, but it was the strangest thing I’ve ever attempted to eat. I gave up pretty quickly, and didn’t care to send it back so I waited for my entrée. Meanwhile, my boyfriend said the wedding soup was good, but wasn’t as hearty as he’d prefer.
When our entrees came, the rigatoni and cavatelli both met our expectations. The meatballs were tasty and gigantic — almost the size of tennis balls. The portions are big enough that it was two meals for both of us. Overall, I’m more than pleased with the pasta dishes, I just found the situation with the salad to be so strange. The pasta dishes were in the $ 10 range, and our bill all together was about $ 50 with an added pizza to go.
We reheated the pizza in the oven for lunch the next day, and it was very very good. It’s pretty inexpensive for an 8-​slice «large» around $ 9 for the pizza and then $ 1.50 or so for the extra toppings. We liked it, but I think it was better after being reheated in the oven because the cheese was more browned and the crust more crispy.
I would go again, I liked it quite a bit, but I’d have to be in the area. I didn’t find it remarkably better than local Lakewood Italian places. Overall it was a good experience other than the salad.

Use to work here and fell in love with the wedding soup & bread then. Still go back now every time I come into town. Fresh home make pasta, fresh bread & home made soup can’t be beat.
I prefer the chicken santo and my husband likes the sausage vodka sauce over penne.
The dessert comes from local bakery. And when paired with the moscato makes for an amazing finish to the meal.
Can be a little pricey but you are getting fresh food and supporting more than one local business. Must stop! Please don’t be put off by location or you will miss out