Francesco’s New York Style Pizza

From pizza to pasta, easily the best Italian restaurant in the area.

One of our favorite places to eat when we are vacationing in the area. We will go out of our way to go to eat here. We usually go with pasta as an option.
The serving staff is attentive and friendly.
Great restaurant and food!

Writing a review because I was disappointed to see this place doesn’t have five stars as it most definitely should. This pizza is by far the best I’ve ever had in Florida and truly New York style. Also, my favorite place to go.

They have really good pizza. It’s pricey, but I thought it was worth the treat every once in awhile. I use to order the same thing every 1 – 2 months (Primavera), but then the last time I picked up my pizza I was infuriated with what they tried to let pass to me. I thought it was strange that the co-​owner, I believe it was the main owner’s brother that watched me intently as I left with the pizza and examined the pizza in my car. The pizza had all the toppings and looked as good as ever from the surface, so I just gave a friendly wave to the guy as I left. Then, when I got home and started eating the pizza was when I realized maybe why he was watching me — for a reaction that they should have redone the pizza. Although the surface of the pizza looked good, the bread at the bottom and crust had apparently been overbaked and was near-​burnt, which you won’t noticed just lifting open the pizza box. Some parts of the bread underneath was clearly burnt with black areas underneath. We couldn’t even eat the crusts or half of the bread bc it was hard as rock, we just ate what we could scraping the toppings and threw out the rest.
I was so angry I vowed to never eat there again, it’s been 2 years now since I last ate there. My bf had pointed out that I should have given them a call to make my complaint, but I was just so angry they intentionally tried to pass crap to me that I just didn’t bother calling them and never returned. *2016*OK, after cooling down over the years and rereading my original review, MAYBE it was an oversight in quality control.. I’ll give benefit of the doubt. But still, haven’t gone back, yet.

best pizza around. the cheese is amazing, I’ve had New York pizza and it taste like it. it’s really good with nice big pieces. way better than hungry howes and papa johns. I come from an all italian family and they even say this is the best pizza around.

Wandered in on a Saturday afternoon after finding a few other places closed between lunch and dinner or closed for parties. We weren’t looking for Italian, but figured we’d check them out. Shared the Francesco’s supreme calzone which the waitress informed us was half the size of the table. She was not kidding! It was huge! We’re two hefty eaters and there was no way we would be able to finish it without hurting for hours later. You could smell the garlic and cheese when it arrived at the table. Yum! The crust on top was crisp which makes my MY born husband very happy. We loved it so much we ordered one to go for the holiday party we were heading to later the same night. We’ll be back.

Got a pizza to go this afternoon. Paperoni and pineapple on the top. Sooooo good. My kids love it and eat a lot. Will go there next time.

Hands down the best pizza around. We live in zhills and willingly pass many pizza joints for this place. The only pizza we have had is the spinach chicken Alfredo. We have had it many times and since its so goof, we haven’t ordered anything else.

Third time here. We had chicken picatta and pasta carbonara. Picatta was crisp with tender moist chicken and an excellent lemon sauce with capers. Carbonara had an amazing creamy white sauce, delicious. The service was fast and professional. This will be a Dade City favorite for us.

Despite the look outside the inside was larger than it looked. Clean and the service was very friendly and prompt. I had the chicken Alfredo which was delightfully good. Plenty of chicken which a lot of places skimp on. My dad ordered the Stromboli which after seeing I had to try. It was very good also. Overall service was good, place was clean, food was hot, good and we left happy. Will return sometime when in area.

We ordered an extra large pizza ½ and ½ for our family likings. When we got it home it was soggy and disgusting. I had a couple of bits and could not eat any more. My husband was able to down a little but that was only because he was so hungry. The plate with a slice of pizza on it was thrown down the garbage disposal by my daughter and son-​in law. Also ordered a lemon jello cake for our get together and when I went to serve it, it was frozen… the salad was ok but the dressing was blah. We will never order from or step a foot into this place again. Oh and our bill was seventy something… wish I could get my money back…

Very dissatisfied. Ordered calamari to go and when I got home and opened it there were about 10 pieces of cold soggy calamari and some soggy lettuce. Even after i asked the lady on the phone about portion sizes. Payed way too much for way too little.

My friend recommended Francesco’s Pizza a few weeks ago. I used to go to this location back when Manolo’s Pizza was there last year, but hadn’t been to the new place, Francesco’s. Ordered take out from my cell phone after yoga and it only took 20 minutes for the order to be ready. Ordered one pepperoni pizza and one Capri pizza. Pepperoni was good, although I like my pepperoni a little crispier, but the Capri was divine (mozzarella, tomatoes, garlic, basil)!!! I will try a few of the other specialty pizzas but am pretty sure that the Capri pizza will be my favorite for a long time.
The staff was very nice and the restaurant décor was way cute. Someone painted a fabulous wall mural of the Grand Canal in Venice. They have lots of other classy wall hangings to keep your eyes busy while you eat in or wait for take out.
The menu is very diverse, I will be trying the zeppoles for dessert, hot and cold subs, greek pizza, bruschetta and garlic knots next.
It’s great to have a place like this in Dade City.