As a person who is not generally a fan of pizza I found Emilio's to be rather delicious. I have had their panzerotti a few times, it is rather doughy around the edges which worried me at first glance, but I found the dough to be quite flavourful and enjoyable. It was packed full of cheese, sauce and toppings. You can definitely get 2 good meals out of this as it's really HUGE!
The salads are pretty standard but the homemade croutons are to die for! As is the garlic bread! Extra garlicy! I also love the zesty garlic dipping sauce, if they packaged it, I would buy it to have at home.
The service is friendly. The eat in area is actually quite large compared to what the other reviewer mentioned. Seating for about 30 I would say, as I was in there with a group of six and we were only taking up a small corner of the restaurant. I understand that they have plans for bigger menus, and some renovations in the future, but if you can look past the current esthetics you will get some delicious food for a reasonable price.
Had the thin crust pizza and loved it! Great food, friendly service, and great deals. Very clean place with lots of seating. Craving more pizza, will be going back soon!
The Pizza:
First thing I noticed was that the cheese and toppings could have been more spread out to the edges of the pizza. The crust under the toppings is a medium thickness. The pizza itself tasted alright. Nothing too spectacular. Something needs to be said about the sauce they use, I can't put my finger on it, but it's just a mild tasting basic sauce. Not good nor bad really. I give it 7/10.
The Wings:
Were unbreaded and quite small. The sauce I ordered was hot, which resembled what looks like Chinese food sweet and sour sauce. It was mildly spicy. I wouldn't suggest the wings unless they change them in the future. I give them 3/10.
Panzerotti:
(Cheese, Pepperoni, Bacon, Hot Sausage, Hot peppers). It's huge, but the edges are thick and mostly just dough. Cooked until just turning black on the crust. Came with a good amount of toppings inside but could really use more cheese. The toppings are pretty good. They could maybe use a little pre-baking before going into the Panz so the pepperoni and sausage isn't so uncooked looking when it's all done. Note that their sausage isn't those ball formed ones, it's actually sliced hot sausage. I give it 7/10.
Pizza slices for lunch:
At the moment they have a slice and pop for $3. They've got the usual pizza's to pick from. Slice is from an extra large pizza and they have so far always asked me if I'd like it heated up (Of course!). I usually get 2 slices as the pizza is pretty thin on these ones and the price is just too good. I give them 7.5/10.
The store inside is minimal with a seating capacity for about 10 people maybe. Menu and prices are listed neatly in colour but cluttered up high on chalk boards above the counter top where the register and pizza slices are. The staff seem friendly enough, while the young owner and his wife I believe are very welcoming and enthusiastic. Makes you want them to succeed. Let's hope they read this and improve a little while keeping up the great work.
