Vesta Wood Fired Pizza & Bar

Have to be short and sweet here but I’ve gone here quite w few times and it never lets me down. Excellent food. From the apps to the drinks to the main course. Karrie (spelling? but def with a K!) is unbelievable waitress.

I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t what I received. Maybe it was just my pie, a new line cook perhaps, however my super expensive exotic hybrid was very lean on the ingredients far less than a «normal pizza», and I just can’t justify the price in my head. I tried! Pizza an Iced Tea and a coffee was mid 30’s. I’m kind of missing the boat on all the amazing reviews, even if it didn’t cost a fortune. The service was great though!

Opted for courses instead of the pizza, but will def be back to try that.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Drinks: meh… (see below)
The Mussels app was very flavorful with a great broth to dip the provided crustini in. I got the chicken parm. Nice sized portion and the chicken was thick, but still very tender — not chewy at all. Breading also stayed on which is a plus. Came with a side of pasta. Sauce was great.
GF got salmon which came with home made mashed potatoes. Cooked and seasoned very well.
Service was very attentive and polite. Only downside was the liquor. Ordered a pitcher of sangria but it was an odd recipe. Consisted of wine, orange juice and a TON of sprite. Tasted more like a wine spritzer than sangria. When we told the waiter they said it was pre-​made so they couldn’t make any on the spot. Asked if they could add some more wine to help balance it and they obliged.

Pizza was outstanding. Me and my date had the Buffalo chicken and Salciccia. Probably spelled it wrong anyways its crumbled spicy sausage with broccoli rabe. REALLY GOOD. thats basically it. We were full with 2 individual pies and 4 glasses of wine each.
The service was bad. We were waiting like damn near 10 mins b4 we got noticed. Actually there were 2 girls just chit chatting and going over some notes. I had to go thru the whole «AHEM hello??? Can anyone help us??» We got seated right away. Our waiter was ehhh. Limited menu. I would come again to try an entrée but yes. Pizza was awesome!

I live quite close to the pizza place and i was tempted to enter several times but always refused because I always had food in the fridge. A few weeks ago I tried for the first time and I am a fan since then. They treat you really well, the place is old-​style but warm and smells really well. You can see the pizzas in the oven, a real oven.
The vegetarian pizza is full of vegetables, you won’t starve for sure! I like the sausage pizza and I will try a different one next time… because there will be next time!

Nice ambience and good service.
Pizza — good! Especially the mushroom one. Marguerita one was good too.
Penne vodka — if it was al dente, would’ve been perfect. Flavor was good.
Chicken wings — good. Not salty and not saucy but had good flavor.

I came here for a work holiday party. We had a large room to ourselves. The lighting was beautiful — dimmed and intimate. The restaurant looks very nice, a comfortable and classy atmosphere. The food was buffet style. We had eggplant rollatini, bruschetta, rice balls, pizza, fried calamari, salad, and penne vodka. Everything I tried was great, especially the eggplant rollatini! The beer on tap was very cold. I would definitely come back!

Can’t say I am a fan, but definitely more than A-​OK.
Its a popular restaurant, and there are lots of folks in here on a Wednesday nite. So be prepared for a short wait.
The restaurant serves both pizza and American — Italian cuisine. I opted for the confit du canard, while my table went for the calzone and pizza. Judging from their satisfied grin and the serious open kitchen and wood fired ovens, I believe their pizza and cazone is pretty good.
My duck however, was so-​so. It lacked the crispy duck skin on a confit. The duck it self was cooked correctly and flavorful. The lack of that duck crackling was sorely missed. I was looking forward to that duck bacon.
The service is so-​so. They are short handed that day and resulted in short waits and hard to get their attention for our table.
The best part maybe their bar. Which surprisingly has a decent scotch, whisky and bourbon selection. I spotted a bottle of Japanese Nikka Coffey Grain, and got me a double. I think the bar is a great area to have your dinner with a drink.

Firstly the pizza is delicious! We had the prosciutto and arugula personal pizza $ 17 and a caesar salad $ 9. The pizza is a little pricey but the flavor is great. Crispy crust and cooked to perfection! The malbec was average and Sangria on the sweet side. The Waitress was fantastic, not pushy and extremely friendly.
The wait for the table on a Wednesday night was the only drawback! Waited almost 40 minutes.

A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G!!! There are no other words for how good this wood oven pizza is. I mean it is all just so fresh and so authentic. I have tried other wood oven pizza’s and this one is by far the best I have ever had.
I could not get tired of going there… I probably go there more than I should but how could you not when pizza is life, and this one definitely gives me life.

What a great spot hiding right off of Route 17! I came here for my sisters birthday, who was looking for a new Italian spot she had not yet been to. I had gotten recommendations to come here and so glad I did.
It was a quiet weekday and the setting was pretty intimate. Our waiter had a strong accent but was very personable and attentive nonetheless. We ordered the Mussels and Chopped Salad for appetizers. The broth from the mussels was so good, we were soaking our bread in it. The salad was also yummy. For entrees we decided to split the Papardelle Bolognese and Meatball Pie. The pasta was fresh and the bolognese was perfect; creamy and flavorful. This is where homemade pasta really shines. The crust of the pizza was super crispy. I also loved the fluffy ricotta and bufala in contrast with the meatballs and onions on the pizza.
Really superb meal.

Same splendid ambiance as before, by myself so sitting at crowded bar, great selection of draft beers, decent wine list. Specials tonight were recommended and owner tested I am told. The veal loin is served sliced with garnish (see photo of specials).
I knew this place had have better taste than that one-​off night back in 2013 and it does indeed. I wish I had made it back before now to review again. I could tell from the passion of owner and chef who emailed back then and offered me a full refund (for $ 400 group meal) and free meal which I never would accept as I honestly write my reviews from my heart, as dining is a passion for me.
Same friendly professional service even at bar. An Italian Barolo reserve was offered by glass which was quite excellent and I don’t understand Italian varietals but this was full bodied and «Bordeaux-​like». Italians may not like that analogy, but this is among the best Italian wines I’ve ever had and I love great cabs, great choice by the glass or bottle.
Caesar salad was well presented with beautiful mild white anchovies ($ 2 up-​charge) and very tasty. The veal was special this evening, especially the puréed herbed potato it was served on. Veal was served medium as recommended by chef and moist and flavorful. The caramelized onion and hard boiled quail eggs were great compliments to the veal along with tasty soft pickled red and yellow fancy sweet peppers.
Food and service were splendid tonight after a long flight from LAX and half day work in the city. Had a most pleasant long meal and drinks with Kim serving me at bar. I hate to have no complaints, so I will say the Barolo was luscious but should have been served at cellar temperature, not room temperature, it was still 5-​star.
Vanilla Crème Brûlée with vanilla gelato was an excellent close to a great meal and a good day, I always say there is no such thing as bad crème brûlée and preparation here was outstanding and if anyone reads my reviews, I had crème brûlée yesterday in Templeton, CA and Fredericksburg, VA three days ago. You would think it gets old, but great preparations never do. Try the classic vanilla crème brûlée with vanilla gelato here and let me know if you don’t love it too!