Testo’s Restaurant & Pizza

Have been going to Testo’s for many years… love the pizza and always had a nice meal. Service is always great!

The Pride of Lansingburgh.
This place is legendary. I have eaten at Testo’s literally my entire life. This is my family’s go-​to spot when we are ordering delivery at moms house as well.
The food is amazing.
Order ziti w/​alfredo and broccoli.
Pasta Fagioli is literally perfect.
Square pan pizza, the sauce is so good it’s stupid.
Customer service is great here, always seems like the staff is in a great mood, even when they’re busy as hell.
Honestly, one of my favorite things about Testo’s is the delivery service.
Pizza shows up piping hot.
Soda shows up ICE COLD.
Wings, mozzarella sticks (other deep fried items) are always crispy when they arrive… how?!

My favorite restaurant in America. I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. The baked ziti is the best I’ve ever had besides my own. Their sauce is fantastic. I visit any time I’m in town. Truly one of my favorites.

Old fashioned neighborhood italian restaurant. Not many left. Food is excellent and pleasant atmosphere. Love this place.

I can’t say enough about this place. Super friendly staff and easily the best Italian food I’ve ever had. Veal and peppers is still my favorite and my dad couldn’t stop raving about the veal and eggplant. I can’t wait to go back.

their food is great, however, their prices have risen too high, and their portions have shrunk significantly. i wont be ordering from them anymore.

Every neighborhood should have a restaurant like testo’s. delicious food… friendly atmosphere. excellent prices. good no-​nonsense servers. Group of 6 came here for a recent lunch and we all gave this local spot high grades. Kevin, our host and server, made certain we were all happy. I had the chicken parm lunch special. tender chicken. decent amount of cheese. sitting atop a bed of spaghetti. others enjoyed the personal cheese pizza. chicken Milano sandwich. chicken parm torpedo (huge!)… and eggplant parm. a few of us even bought the home made sauce they sell! This is not a fancy place… its in a so-​so neighborhood and the inside maybe could use a little up dating. plenty of parking out back. For tasty traditional Italian food. you’d be hard pressed to beat testo’s.

This place is awesome! For lunch, dinner or take out. Kevin runs the front of the house, and since he’s been there, this place hums!
The best sauce in the capital district, and damn good pizza! One of the areas best.
The only thing keeping me from giving them five stars? The LAMEST and CHEAPEST napkins in the area! You can’t serve Italian food and give them the family dollar napkin to wipe their face with!
Cmon guys, you’ve got enough business… It should be cloth, but if that’s too expensive, go to BJ’s and get the heavyweight paper napkins. One other small point, red wine should be served in red wine glasses! These little things make a huge difference in the dining experience!
The Devil as they say, is in the details!
Ciao’
PB

Hands down one of the best prepared Pizza around if you like thick plentiful toppings. Don’t be surprised if you are told your order would be ready in 45 minutes to an hour especially on a Friday or Saturday night.

Better then most places around Troy as far as their wings go for delivery. Pizza was ok wouldn’t give it 5 stars. Pretty quick delivery. They do have good chicken parm !

Not bad at all. Had the white pizza with mushrooms and was happy with the whole experience. Above average flavorful crust. Take out so no opinion on service.

If you like really Italian dinners go to testos :) love ordering in they deliver very fast

Good olé Italian Food. Just like Grandma used to make. need I say more?
Very Friendly. Everything on menu is great!!!

We had takeout of ziti last night and it was great ! The salad was good and it came with nice Italian bread. I highly recommend it to everyone !!

Had a great time here on Saturday night prior to the Big Red Freakout. We are from out of town (Johnstown) and read about this place on Unilocal.Fortunately, we called ahead and arrived at 5pm to miss the night rush. At 6 when we left there was 30 people waiting already. This is what all Italian restaurants should be: great service, quality and the opposite of what you’d get at a chain.
The pizza was good, but nowhere near the best we’ve ever had. I’d give it around a 3, maybe a tad better. It did taste good and the pizza was huge.
Meanwhile, the pastas were excellent. The sauce was — no question — homemade and had a tremendous amount of flavor. And, the pasta tasted perfect. We also tried the antipasto, which was very good. Deli meats/​cheeses tasted fresh.
Wonderful experience!

I was there at lunchtime and got the «favorite» special, described as 3 meat balls and a salad. The salad was big enough to be an entrée and included shredded sweet peppers, croutons and cheese mixed in with the lettuce. The meat balls were as big as a fat boy’s fist and accompanied by half a loaf of nice garlic bread. All this for $ 6.95. I have a beef with local red sauce places that charge ridiculous prices for simple food and this is a perfect antidote.
Most of the patrons and staff seem to know each other… the manager greeted two wise guys as «the pair that beats a full house every time». My only reservation is, oddly, the famous red sauce itself. It’s generic… not enough tomato intensity or interesting herbs. But at these prices, I’ll pull through.

I had testos pizza a few times years ago and it was great. I didn’t live in burgh, so I used to drive and pick it up. It was worth it.
Anyway, I do live in lansingburgh now and last night I decided to order a pie. I saw on their website that 12 cuts are 12.50 plus 2.50 a topping. I ordered a 12 cut with chicken and onions. The girl on the phone said 21 dollars. I told her I didn’t think it added up. She told me yes it did, and that chicken is a premium topping, which costs 3.50. Maybe we went to school in different places but where I grew up 12.50 + 2.50 for onions is 15 bucks. Plus 3.50 for chicken should bring it to 18.50. Maybe they charge for delivery but I only live a few blocks away. I would have picked it up if that were the case. Anyway, I paid the price they charged and I tipped the driver like 3 bucks ontop of that. Normally I always tip the pizza guy 5 bucks but I was upset about being overcharged, even after I spoke up about it.
The pizza was horrible. I’m not sure exactly what was different compared to their pizza when I loved it before but if I had to guess if say it was a little thicker crust before. I think they used better quality cheese before.
They burnt the crap out of one chicken tender, cut it up, spread it out over my 12 cut and this is supposed to be a premium topping.
Overall I was very upset with my experience. I won’t be ordering again anytime soon.

I recently have had some opportunities to really give Testo’s a shot. A lot of people, including several people I know, have always said that you can only like one: Testo’s or Verdile’s. I like both, but my favorite remains Verdile’s by a significant margin.
Testo’s is good, don’t get me wrong, but I just wasn’t very impressed by it. The food was OK, but nothing has really jumped out as great. The amount of food that you get is decent but I’d honestly expect a little more. The pizza, one of their foods that I always hear people raving about, wasn’t really great at all. It was pretty decent, but it’s not at the top of my list. As far as I’m concerned, Verdile’s white pizza blows Testo’s white pizza out of the water.
Testo isn’t off my list of places to go, but it’s definitely not a first pick.

Excellent italian food at a local joint!
I had the chicken parm lunch special and it was delicious! It was just the right amount of food. The chicken had the right amount of breading and melted cheese and I loved how the garlic bread was almost half a foot long. I’ve been to a bunch of italian restaurants where you usually only get a tiny piece of garlic bread and you run out of bread before you’ve finished your meal.
For dessert, I got the buttercream gelato. I think the buttercream flavor was a little too subtle for me, but overall it was good and satisfied my gelato craving.
I’ll definitely go back if I’m ever in the area. Go check out this place out and support local food joints!

Testo’s Restaurant is a longtime (1976) institution in the Burgh, tucked away in a mostly residential neighborhood at the corner of 4^th Avenue and 124^th Street, offstreet parking in the back. Testo’s is famous for their sauce which is sold by the jar at the restaurant and at local supermarkets. Their sauce ROCKS, which is hearty and very tasty, yet not too filling. Testo’s serves up traditional family Italian dishes and pizza at reasonable prices, most prices the $ 7-​$ 15 range. The generous portions seved are a good value for the money. Lunch and daily specials are offered here and dinners come with tossed salad and bread. I enjoy dipping the bread into the sauce and cleaning off the dish.
My granny raves about Testo’s and comes here each month with her old lady friends for lunch after shopping. The dining room can get busy and there may be a wait for a table. I prefer using takeout counter area in the front of the restaurant to order pasta dinners, pasta fagioli, and meatball subs. Be sure to try the Lasagna and Chicken Parm dinners! The takeout service is efficient. Also, my mom’s coworkers sometimes order pizza from Testo’s after their shift and on a few occasions I’ve enjoyed some leftover pizza slices brought home. Yum!
NOTE: Closed on Sundays and Mondays