Villa Pizza

My absolute favorite pizza in Upstate NY! Crispy thin crust & delicious every time. Only negative thing is that they don’t deliver, but oh well.

Super pizza since I started going there in the 80’s! We miss ya Ricky.
Best mall pizza I ever had.

This was my go-​to whenever I ate at Clifton Country Mall as a kid, and even when we were doing take-​out my family would still order from here for pizza. Never knew it was a chain, and even when I found other locations I could tell that this one was better than the rest.
I moved out to California a few years ago and still come here every time I’m in town, without fail.

This was the only place I would choose to eat at when I was a kid shopping with family at Clifton Country Mall. And as I can remember it, the pizza taste the same as it did back in the1990’s. I love the fact that they didn’t change anything about the pizza. Now as I am older I would care for a little more sauce on my pizza but still a great pie considering all the pizza places in CP to get a pizza. I think the only think that is a down fall about Villa pizza is that they are in a mall and it is a pain to park the car deal with the «mall rats» at the entrance while going in to get your pizza. The staff is always friendly and helpful, if I lived in CP this would be the place where I would order my pies from. Consistent, consistent, consistent. That’s all I have to say about them.

The pizza is decent, the service is horrible … even by mall food court standards. After running my credit card, the cashier left it on top of the register, which is set back quite a bit from the counter. I had to reach over the counter (past the napkin and utensil trays) to get it back myself because the kid walked away.
I asked for cups. The cashier pointed out where the napkins were. I got the feeling that no one was listening; they were just going through the motions & customers were an annoying inconvenience for the people behind the counter.
Even though I paid before they made the pie, three different cashiers asked me at least twice each whether or not I had paid for it. There were so many little annoying things that added up to a very sloppy job done by the establishment.

This is your typical mall food court pizza place. Villa Pizza is part of a chain with many locations in food courts across America (and the world). This food counter has been around here for a very long time well before the transformation from Clifton Country Mall to Clifton Park Center.
The menu here is similar to other mall pizza places such as Cosimo’s and Sbarro. The menu offerings here include thin crust pizza, Sicilian pizza, & stuffed pizza by the slice or whole, calzones, strombolis, sausage rolls, salads, pasta, Philly steak subs, heroes, wings, fries, mozzarella sticks, Pepsi fountain drinks, and bottled Snapple beverages.
The prices here tend to be a bit high, but fair since it’s located in a mall. Just under $ 3-​$ 4 (with tax) for a slice of pizza. They also offer a few combo deals (with drink) for around $ 8 with tax. They also offer 75 cent soda refills any size. Hot Dog Charlie’s next door charges $ 1 for soda refills.
I’ve eaten here several times over the years and the Philly steak subs are pretty good and the pizza slices I’ve had have been decent on each visit. Choose an available pizza slice (s) from behind the glass counter and it’s quickly warmed up in the oven.
Not too long ago, I ordered a Whole 16″ Sausage Pizza ($ 15.99) for carryout and used a 50 percent coupon ($ 8.56 with tax after discount). My pizza was hot and ready in about 15 minutes. The sausage pizza was on the greasy side (napkins please) and had a decent amount of sauce, cheese, and ground pieces of Italian sausage topping. The thin crust was firm and chewy, but the texture on the outside was dry.
Overall, the sausage pizza was not bad, but I would not spend $ 17.11 on a whole one topping pizza (I would possibly for a specialty pizza). $ 8.56 with tax (with Entertainment coupon) sounds more reasonable.

Up until a few years ago when I ran into one at Newport Beach in California, I had no idea that Villa Pizza was an international chain. I always liked the place so I guess it was kind of cool to find it somewhere else. Since then, I’ve seen them at other places like San Diego and Fayetteville.
I suppose it’s a positive statement about the quality of the place if it doesn’t come off as being a chain. It’s pretty good pizza and I’d recommend checking it out if you haven’t tried it before.
I like the place. I don’t go to it often at all, but I think it’s a pretty solid option for pizza in the area. I would probably stop by more if Clifton Park and the surrounding area wasn’t so supersaturated with pizza shops.

I love villa pizza! Ever since moving out to California, I miss the good old ny style pizza I used to get. The guys that run the place are really nice too :)