Rusticana Pizza

I’m sorry… Either we came out on a bad night or the rest of these Unilocal reviewers are delusional! The worst pizza I have ever encountered. Watery tasteless sauce, soggy green peppers and flat soda. The pizza lacked flavor and personality. We returned the pizza because there was a hair in it.
The pizza was so underwhelming that we changed our order altogether. I got a bacon cheeseburger which was also flavorless with undercooked jiggly bacon. My husband got the steak and cheese deluxe with fries that came out to the table 15 minutes before the sandwich. The steak and cheese was palatable.
I can’t believe the ratings this place has received… We were VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I am a big fan of eggplant part. This is the best ever

Good pizza. Had a nice dish of chicken parm, and some meat sauce spaghetti. It was very good, not typical deep fried hard chicken, tender and done perfectly, service was slow as they were pretty busy, the food will not dissapoint,
Great local joint has been forever„ visit soon !!!

Love this pizza!!! They need to expand! :)
I can only experience the yumminess when I go to the Eastern shore.

Best pizza in the area by far food was freash very tasty staff was courteous friendly!!! Price was right on target… Def coming back!!!

Good pizza! Generous w cheese, yummy sauce and perfect crust! Got carry out while in town for the night. Girl behind the counter was nice.

I’m from long island originally, and this is the real deal. It’s real Italian, not Greek or Mediterranean hybrid. Pizza to die for, calzones delicious. Décor needs a little face lift.. mostly the lighting.
Only tried the St Michaels store not Easton. We will be back and will be regulars!

When I saw 5 stars om this pizza place, I thought, «there is no way a pizza place could have 5 stars». But once I got the pizza and started eating, I understood why.
This place is a small family owned pizza shop in a small shopping center in an extremely small town. One other person and I ordered a pie to eat for lunch and we’re pleasantly surprised when we sat down and we’re served everything right to our table. The service was excellent and the people who worked there were extremely nice also. At one point, a little 5 year old girl walked in to pick up an order and they walked her all the way back to her parents because she was having trouble.
Food: the pizza was made right when we ordered it so it was extremely hot and so tasty! Coming from New York, I have had so really good pizza, and this pizza definitely is giving NY a run for its money. The 2 of us ended up eating 6 of the 8 slices and taking the other 2 home for lunch the next day (which was still great even though it was straight from the refrigerator).
Parking: there is a lot right outside that is shared with the other stores I’m the strip. We did not have any trouble finding parking and parked right in front of the place.
The Bathrooms were very clean as was the entire restaurant.

This mom and pop’s restaurant has been serving the bay hundred area for over 20 years. The owners are Italian and are both born and raised in Brooklyn NY, authenticity is not an issue here.
Everything is made from scratch using old family recipes. The pizza dough as well as all sauces are made every morning, and are never frozen. Pizza is definitely the main attraction here, but they have a very large menu. Hours are 11am to about 9 pm depending on business.

This place rocks for pizza! Saw another Unilocal review that said this pizza reminded him of pizza back home in NJ and I totally agree. Good dough, flavorful sauce and plenty of cheese. And at a price that won’t break the bank. Wait staff was very friendly too. Definitely coming back here!

Rusticana is like someone carved a slice of Jersey and dropped it right where it was needed the most. I grew up on this pizza and miss it dearly. Excellent people, excellent food.

Food fair, service awful. Spend your money somewhere else where they appreciate your business.

I have been going to this place since it first opened. I used to ride my skateboard down there for a slice on any given summer afternoon. The fare is good solid Italian comfort food and I prefer it to all the other places that have sprung up around it in the past two decades.

Great little Italian/​pizza/​pasta joint. Highlight of this place is the delicious, homemade marinara sauce — bright red with actual tomato chunks in it, sweet but a little spicy. Menu includes a variety of appetizers, salads, pizza, pasta, sandwiches, burgers, subs, and Italian specialities; also desserts, including cannolis. They have a small kids menu. Sodas are Pepsi products and they have Birch Beer! Refills are not free, but half price of the first. This place is very small and cute, like a mom n’ pop shop. Booths and tables. Very friendly service.
Prices are between $ 5 – 15, but the more expensive pasta dishes are worth it as you get a HEAPING plate that is impossible to eat in one sitting. Between me and my friend, we were stuffed and took home a good amount of leftovers. Here’s what we ordered:
Mozzarella sticks, around $ 5. Pretty standard as they come. More of a fried outer shell than breading. Sauce with it is real marinara — bright red with tomato chunks in it.
Pasta and linguine dishes come with salad and bread. The salads were quite large — not the size if you had ordered one as an entrée, but larger than your normal side salads. Pretty standard with romaine, red onions, tomato chunks, cucumbers, carrots, with an oil/​vinegar house dressing. Came with garlic bread that was basically 2 large hoagie rolls sliced open.
Spaghetti with Mushroom Marinara, $ 9.50. Very good. Like I said, huge amount of pasta — plenty of leftovers. Bright red marinara sauce that is sweet and a bit spicy. Tons of mushrooms.
Spaghetti with Meat Marinara, around $ 10. My friend ordered this, but I tried a bit. Good amount of meat mixed in with the homemade sauce.
Was slightly disappointed because the thing I ordered was still on the menu but apparently no longer served — it was a Sicilian specialty, with spaghetti, friend eggplant cubes, and marinara. If you are a fan of the normal eggplant parmesan, beware — this one is not breaded, so says on the menu, but I didn’t try it.