Sotto Santi Pizzeria Pub

loud
gf pizza, vegan cheese
fast service
dark
college crowd
friendly folks
good value
open when other places aren’t.
no real ambience. not that kind of hang.
didn’t drink; can’t speak to the bar.
a fine late-​night option.

Absolutely the best service ever! Mr. Matty is awesome! …and the food was soooo yummmy!

Fantastic place tried to go to two other places that were closed. Great little pub. Bartender was super friendly. Great beer and liquor prices. Food was well portioned for a low price and really fantastic great flavor. Highly recommended will be back here everytime I’m in town. Matty great bartender knowledgeable and bringing service back to an industry that lacks these days.

Drunk rating = 5 stars. Can’t bet $ 1 slices of anything when you’re drinking.
Sober rating = 1 star. Pizza is pretty blah when you can actually remember tasting it.

I have to make a second review.
This is becoming my favorite place on South Side. Better burgers than McGrady’s (faster, juicier). Pizza is fantastic sober and drunk, staff is very nice and attentive. Drink selection is good. I enjoy supporting this bar and its business, they have won me as a repeat customer.

I’ve been there twice now and enjoyed my experience both times! Currently my favorite pizza in Bethlehem. Great ratio of cheese to sauce to crust on their pizza, and a large beer selection. They have special deals every day of the week as well as happy hour specials
There’s a decent amount of seating and a patio area for when it’s not freezing outside. The inside décor leaves something to be desired, but in the end, isn’t the it the quality of pizza that matters? The service was also very friendly!

Pleasantly surprised to find a nearby pizza place with vegan cheese available. My friends and I split a half cheese half pineapple pie and it was awesome! It might have been the best vegan pizza I’ve had to date. Very well priced too! We’ll definitely be back.

Best gluten free vegan pizza I have had in PA. They even brought me my own pizza cutter to avoid cross contamination. Can’t wait to come back!

It’s the best. Frankly, I love that it’s underrated and keeps the hipsters out. Be good or be gone. Great slices, great prices.

Not in the greatest area, this is a good divey type of bar/​restaurant. The people there are extremely friendly. The food was excellent. Large portions and reasonably priced. Jukebox for music and looks as though they may have live entertainment as well. Many specialty drinks and great variety of beer on tap.

I love the pizza here and believe it is one of the best local pizza places in the whole town!!! I mean it, just order one and try it, you will taste and believe. The owner is friendly and is pretty laid back. Recently, there have been renovations. I been here before and after the renovations and the bar looks nicer and there is more space. The bartenders are nice. Sometimes I wonder if a bartender can be too nice hmm? By all means the service is great and the crowds and customers are friendly. Smoking is permitted outside and there is a front patio-​like area which is nice because it is laid back. I don’t usually go here to drink. As for the alcohol drinks, they are just a little overpriced compared to Molly’s and The Funhouse across the street and it may have to do with a lot of factors, but I do love the pizza!!! So if you are looking for one of the best pizza’s in the area and maybe want to buy a case of beer to go as well for a good price then this is the place to go.

I wanted to give an update to my previous review because we actually went to Sotto Santi this time instead of having it delivered. Some of the other Unilocal reviews made it sound like it was going to be an ungodly hellhole, but we are delighted to report that was not the case.
We were there initially at about 7 pm for dinner. Even though a sign was up asking us to go to the bar to place any food orders, the waitress/​bartender came to our table promptly upon sitting down. We ordered drinks and a the veggie pizza with red sauce and vegan cheese.
The bar/​restaurant itself isn’t huge, but it is a fine size. The bathrooms are decently clean for bar bathrooms. They have Great Lakes Brewing Company on tap with some other decent guest taps – a very decent beer selection.
The pie was delicious – piping hot with a great variety of fresh veggies on it. The rest of our table service was prompt and friendly.
I wanted to give an additional shout out to the people of Sotto Santi because we ended up losing our car key outside of the restaurant and being stranded there for several more hours. Everyone in the bar (employees and patrons alike) were so kind and helpful in first helping us search for the key and then helping us stay comfortable while we waited for someone to drive in from NJ to come to our rescue. We ended up ordering another pizza a few hours later – again, delicious. We were leaving just as they were firing up for Sunday night karaōke – I was bummed we couldn’t stay.

Follow-​up to review of 5÷5÷2013. I’ve been back a few times and was pleased at all times. Went back for lunch yesterday, and found ourselves pretty disappointed. The Buffalo Chicken Pizza, which I adore and was so looking forward to, was swimming in the buffalo chicken sauce. On previous occasions, the sauce was drizzled on. The overabundance of sauce made the pizza soggy and killed any other flavor nuances. Really disappointing. Cook was arguing with his girlfriend (who looked like a very unpleasant person), and maybe he was distracted, but wth? If you’re going to argue with your significant other in the restaurant, do it in the kitchen, not in front of the paying customers. So disappointed.
On a positive note, the stromboli was priced at $ 5.00 as a Friday special, and it was very good.

I was first introduced to Sotto Santi’s pizza at Bethlehem’s Vegfest. The mere fact that they offer pizza with vegan cheese puts them high on the list of pizza places for the Lehigh Valley. But the fact that the ingredients they offer are fresh and delicious and the owner is a great guy and the result is one of my favorite establishments in the area.

I was walking around southside today looking for a place for lunch as I was up near the post office on 3^rd st.
Deja Brew — had a line 4 ppl deep
Goosey — packed as usual
(now these places are good quality as you know and fine establishments and dont need my endorsement)
but Sotto Santi…
I was not shocked by how empty it was (had like 4 dudes at the bar a couple eating) but by how delicious the meatball parm was: soft roll, covered in cheese and sauce and italian seasoning or some kind of ground up leaves from italy of florence or wherever — who cares what spice it was the friggin sandwich was great~! apparently on tuesdays it’s $ 4.oo sandwich day?
i’m not saying i had a beer during my lunch break, but if i did i would have chosen the Dogfishhead Pumpkin beer, man oh man that WOULD HAVE been good during my lunch break today.
and the owner was there, if you like italian films or more specifically italian mobster films you will enjoy eating here — he’s straigh out of goodfellas (no so much with the stabbing and shooting but more like he has the accent down.) he’s as entertaining as the 2 flat screens they have.
place was dark but has windows and outside seating so it’s the kinda place u go for atmospherey gabbing and all that
but if you want good food, and good beer that u probably should not drink if you are intending to go back to work for the day then i can recommend this place.
hmmm…i’m remembering that the fries were nothing special next to the meatball parm and i cannot comment on this place outside of lunch hours, but get your next italian lunch there~!!

I been going here for lunch and it has become a regular spot for me. The staff is alright, nothing to hit home about but then again I wouldn’t expect 5 star service from this place since it’s a small little pub. They have a full bar available if you want drinks.
The good part about this place is the specialty pizza. While I have not had their regular plain pizza, I can admit to their special pizza being some of the best pizza I have had. While slices are a bit pricey at $ 3 – 3.50 a slice the quality of the slice is excellent. I have had the Chicken and Broccoli and the Chicken Pesto so far and both kinds were some of the best pizza I have had. They also have Gluten Free and Vegan options which is a huge plus.
I would recommend this place if your looking for some more upscale pizza and something not just slapped together for cheap.

Pretty good vegan pizza, considering that there isn’t any around. I’ve had better but Sotto’s is still really yummy and if you’re a vegan and want pizza, I’d try it out!

I have enjoyed their fresh, light, and delicious vegan pizza, which they told me they will have regularly from now on. It seems to be made with Daiya. More expensive but worth it, to save calories, cholesterol, and calves. Thanks much for offering this.

Came here for a quick lunch while visiting Lehigh University. It is a quick walk from the campus.
Pizza was great!
Other than pizza, they have strombolis, calzones, paninis, and pasta on the menu.
Food was priced very reasonably!

My girlfriend and I went to Sotto Santi last night for dinner and really liked it. The pizza is definitely the best in Bethlehem, and the prices are great. We were able to get 2 slices each with toppings, a pitcher of Coor’s Light, and fries for $ 20 including tip.
Our waitress was very friendly, and we really liked the place. If you’re getting slices, it’s $ 1 for cheese slices, plus 40 cents extra per topping. Their specialty slices are $ 2.95. Pizzas start at $ 6 for a large cheese and go up from there.
We’ll definitely be going back, and it’s unlikely we’ll be going to Lehigh or Campus Pizza again.