Amato's Woodfired Pizza

Matt Howard

We visited Amato's tonight for my oldest daughter's birthday dinner. Bad experience. Kitchen needs better coordination. Our dishes arrived over a 30 minute period, with the kids dishes arriving 50 minutes after ordering, my pizza arriving at an hour, and my wife's finally arriving at an hour and twenty minutes. Out of respect for my wife, I didn't eat my order while we waited for hers. We boxed our orders up, and left when hers finally arrived. My pizza was cold by this point. The kids all really liked the pasta that they ordered. Everyone that walked by our table had to kick my wife's chair (employee or otherwise, one server even joked about it), it seems. To their credit, Amato's did take my wife's sandwich off the bill - we didn't complain nor did we ask them to. The waitress was polite, and repeatedly apologized. I'm not annoyed at the time it took to receive our order - it's Saturday night, and I had no expectation that it would be out quickly. There should not have been that much of time difference between our orders. It is unlikely that we'll be back. On the pizza itself: The crust was decent, but cold and soggy by the time I ate it. Crust had a decent char, and the outermost edges were still crispy in places with a good chew. Was probably really good when it was hot. The crust was a very thin crust, and the pizza was cut pie-style. The sauce was flavorful, and the best part of the pizza. I got the tomato sauce, which was perfectly seasoned, very slightly spicy, and even cold was amazing! The pepperonis were moderately bland, and not crispy. Good quantity, not too much, not too little. The sausage was bland, but at least was fresh sausage, and not the generic precooked sausage pellets that some places use. The quantity was a little on the low side. The cheese seemed to be a good quality hand-torn fresh mozzarella, and tasted good. Quantity was perfect for this style of pizza. Overall, I'd give the pizza an adjusted 4 out of 5 for cold pizza. Better pepperoni and sausage would have knocked it out of the park, even cold.

Kim White

Super busy Friday night and still had attentive service and got our food in more than a reasonable amount of time.

Benjamin Byers

I am writing this review at my table without even having gotten food. It was 25 minutes to be seated, 20 minutes before we flagged someone down to put in an order, and after 20 more minutes of my 9 year old crying because she was hungry, a waitress told us it has been an hour or more getting food out. No woodfored pizza is worth this delay and no matter how good the food is I won't be back. Good luck.

James Timmons

We had Three different pasta dishes, each with separate sauces. Excellent flavors, perfect pasta textures, friendly service. All around excellent!