Buono's Pizzeria

Kevin Kalthoff

Just awesome food. Pizza ✅️ Garlic bread ✅️ Bread sticks ✅️ Wonderful place to dine.

Shelly Franklin

Nice curb appeal with a front and back patio dining opt, inside has so much appeal but is very blah.. cashier was very friendly, pizza was pretty good, they have a salad bar option which I loved! Everything was fresh with good topping selection..wish they had slice options or a lunch special daily would be nice…

Phil DeLuca

Full disclosure: I am from New York and have eaten good pizza. Most California pizza is pretty bad in comparison, though there are places like Mulberry Street and Joe's that do well (they're both local small chains) and rise to the lowest rungs of "good" pizza in comparison. This is not one of those places. In a pinch and a hurry, I ordered a personal 8" cheese pizza and asked for the crust to be well done. The woman who took my order was pleasant and helpful, I am grateful for that. I had it to go so I could take it back to my desk. Good pizza has a flavorful crust you can eat on its own. NY style, Chicago style, Sicilian, even the crackers-with-sauce-and-cheese from the Midwest, you can eat the "bones" on their own or as part of a texture blend with the cheesy parts of the next slice. (I was going to talk about good quality cheese, what makes a pizza sauce good, and how it all works together to make a (imagine italics) pizza, but I've run out of time.) The pizza looked good, and smelled... plain, with a slight aroma of garlic (that's fine by me). The flavorless crust was unevenly thick, mid-way between NY and Chicago-style, doughy with a few places that were flaky, but not crisp; the sauce's flavor was decent (hints of garlic) if a bit sweet; and the cheese was thick, but did not have the grease layer. Hot, too. Final verdict: mediocre pizza, even by California standards. By my standards, this is pizza-like food. There are better pizza joints within 10-minute walking distance of this Buono's. If I have more time, I'll go to one of those - and, if not, I'll go to the cafe.

Steven

The first thing I asked when I walked in was “do you have thin crust pizza”? I was told no but they could thin out the crust. I was like OK so let me get a personal pepperoni and a small Caesar salad. I really didn’t pay attention when paying the $25 that I was charged for a huge salad that was bland and needed Caesar dressing and also cheese lol. Even though the pizza looks delicious in the picture it also lacked flavor completely flavorless just tasted like pasty tomato sauce loaded with cheese unfortunately this place needs space in their life. That wasn’t even the worst part. There was a family sitting next to me and they had already been waiting for their order when I arrived and when their order was brought out they addressed to the employee that it was wrong. The employee came back with the receipt in his hand and argued with them for five minutes that they ordered it incorrect instead of just fixing the pizza which probably would’ve saved everyone some time. I understand that mistakes happen but if it’s a simple topping to half of a pizza why not just do that instead of arguing for five minutes about who is right and who is wrong.