Squisito Pizza & Pasta – Severna Park

Stopped here for pizza by the slice while riding the trail. Got three different pizza slices serve promptly for about 6.50. Watched them make the handmade pizza was delicious, especially white pizza, and service was prompt and friendly.

Pizza is decent, but their prices have become completely ridiculous.
I took my two daughters there for dinner tonight and the tab was $ 47(!) including tip for a meal consisting of a pepperoni pizza and buttered noodles. I’m not giving this place any more money.

A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I decided to go out to dinner. I decided I wanted some Italian so we scoped out the area and decided to go here. We walked in and the place was packed which I assumed was a good sign. We went to the counter to order and pay for our food before we found a booth. We were greeted by a lady who we later realized was probably the owners wife. She was rude, had a bad attitude, and was more worried about getting our money than paying attention to our order or being inviting for that matter. I ordered the fettuccine medditeraneo and he ordered the tortillini soup and a Cesear salad.
We went and had a seat in the booth and decided she wasn’t the most pleasant person to deal with. After sitting in the booth for about 10 mins we noticed a roach crawling on the wall next to our wall. We had already paid for our food and this experience wants turning out to be too great. They brought our food out in a timely manner but had brought my boyfriend a seafood salad instead of a Cesear salad. We told them that it was wrong and they took it back to the kitchen. They did bring him the right salad but we had to bring it to their attention that they needed to refund our $ 10 difference we had paid for the wrong salad. He tomato tortillini soup was basically watered down tomato soup with tortillini in it, my fettuccine was pretty good although the Alfredo sauce was pretty tasteless.
A man came back to our table with our fixed check and apologized. I’m guessing he was the owner. I let him know about the roach that was crawling on the wall and how it was our first time dining there. He responded by saying that «sometimes the bugs crawl out of the customers jackets» and left it at that.
I wasn’t expecting a free meal but I think after seeing a roach crawling in the establishment your dining at would maybe want to have the owner pay for your dinner. I can tell you I was appalled and we will not be going back!

The Cheesesteak pizza is YUM!
One of my co-​workers brought leftover cheesesteak pizza to work and it looked yummy. In fact its the only place he buys pizza any more. That sounded like a great endorsement.
So a week later I stopped and brought one home. Everyone liked it. It was the best cheesesteak pizza I’ve ever had and will get it again.
The only reason for the three stars was I have only been there once. The ratings will be adjusted as we go there a few more times. But for now we have no complaints.

This place always seems to be pretty busy, but the last 3 times we have ordered from here, the wait has been horrendous! Having a gluten allergy, their GF pizza just moved up in my top 2! To me, it tastes like real Italian style pizza. The reason for three stars: 1) when our order is supposed to be ready in 20 minutes and you wait for 45 – 50 minutes when you get there to pick it up, just bad time management for their customers: 2) they are higher priced than a few other local pizza places and finally: 3) their calzones (my boyfriends favorite) are pretty small compared to most calzones served elsewhere. Good food, long wait time and never accurate, and more pricey… so, if you can wait it out and drop a few extra $$ then this place is a must try.

This review is for the dine in experience only! It seems the restaurant portion is an after thought. The woman taking our order was on the phone taking a take out order at the same time. Half of the orders were supposed to have salads but only one showed up at the table. Drinks are kind of on your own. The good was decent, but would recommend getting everything as a phone in to-​go as that is where the staff’s focus is.

Great Pizza. I get carryout at least 3 times a month. Probably the best pie in Severna Park. Their egg plant parmigiana is very good too. I would stay away from their soup though. Its is always very watery and does not contain much meat or vegetables.
Good spot for a casual drink — BYOB.

Mmmm, Squisito.
I don’t know why I avoided this place for so long, suppose I just assumed it would fall into the mediocrity that is most dining establishments of Severna Park. But wow, was I wrong.
I base this admission off my dinner there the past two weeks, and the dinners of those I was with. Week 1, I got the Mediterranean Salad with salmon. Now I’m always skeptical about trying salmon at new places. But mmm, it was perfectly cooked, crispy and moist, laying atop roasted veggies and lettuce, and blanketed with freshly crumbled feta cheese. What could have been better, you may be asking? The answer to me was obvious, as I looked around the eight-​top. I should have gotten a pasta.
Week 2, my always-​repressed carbohydrate lover won, and I went with a pasta dish. Chicken Arugula to be precise. Again, mmm. It was another good decision. The chicken was moist, the pasta was al dente, and the blobs of ricotta blended perfectly into the marinara sauce. And the arugula made it healthy. Obviously.
My only wish would be that there be more veggie-​laden pastas, so that my inner (and let’s be honest, somewhat outer) fat child can indulge more often. Though, thinking about it now, it’s probably best that they don’t. And that their salads are so good.
Food — 5
Drinks — 4 (BYOB!)
Service — 3
Value — 4

If you don’t like your job… don’t work there. On every single occasion the management has discussed me. I would understand if you worked at the restrauant chain called «Dicks», but you don’t! On another note… the coupons are tricky to use (to many stipulations!). I really don’t recommend this place!

I had a slice of cheese pizza and soup for lunch. Awful. Tasteless. Décor was ok but as others mentioned, the bench seats are ripped and the seat backs are stained. The wait time was short — the service was good.

Over priced and generic.
It’s embarrassing when dominos has a better taste than your «mom and pop» place. Has fallen off a cliff in quality
Plenty of other options around here.

The combination of the miserable grumpy service and spending the rest of the day in the bathroom, along with my wife, makes me think there was something extra in the carbonara. Why I went back after finding a small splinter of wood in a take-​out pizza last year I’ll never know. Stay away.

Great food. But when I asked to use a Squisitos $ 1 off «any entrée» coupon on a Greek Salad with shrimp ($ 9.98) I was told «that’s not an entrée». Generally speaking, the staff there makes me feel like I’m bothering them. My wife was in a few weeks later to pick up a pizza she’d phoned in 20 minutes before and waited for 40 minutes for a large cheese pizza — again, the staff left her feeling unimportant and a bother to them… I don’t get it.

Squisito’s survives on the «only game in town» rule of business. Their food overall is quite good, but they can’t seem to handle when business in good. On more than one occasion, I have gone there for both eat in or carry out food. Each time I carry out, they quote me 45 minutes and I show up after 30 to wait another 45 minutes or more. The production they offer can’t sustain against the demand, and in turn, they have no ability to tell you really how long it will take. The problem is if they told the truth, you would go somewhere else.
When we have eaten in, we find that the tables are usually available, but you then order at a counter, where they then hand you 4 sodas for your family and you go to your table and wait. The waitresses then cycle your food out, as the kitchen can’t handle getting all of your food ready together — in turn you get French fries first, pizza third, sandwiches second and salad last. Of course, if you order dessert, you might get that to go. The reality is that they lack an expediter and it hurts their business.
Given the volume they do and what they ask you to tolerate, the prices are still pretty high in contrast to what you are getting in terms of service. At the end of the day, the food is good, but when you have hungry kids at home and you get there an hour late, maybe Pizza Hut is a better option. And Pizza Hut should never be a better option.

I ordered a cheese pizza for carry out while shopping at the consignment shop next door. I wasn’t sure they’d get the order right, since the cashier didn’t speak English very well and seemed to have trouble working the register, but all was good… guess it’s kinda hard to screw up a cheese pizza.
The pizza itself was very tasty, thin crust and just enough greasiness to be delicious… and kept me sustained throughout the afternoon and into the evening as I was working on a big project and needed to munch intermittently. Next time I may try some of their other dishes, but for this time the pizza was just what the doctor ordered.
Parking can be a little tricky, as this is in a tiny strip mall right by the street… be careful when backing out, as you’re going to back out RIGHT into the street, and oncoming traffic doesn’t seem to want to let you out. And if someone else wants your space, they don’t seem to understand the concept of giving you room to get out of it before they try to get in.

Pretty damn tasty! We got there late on Friday, maybe 7:30 p.m. The pizza came out quickly, we also enjoyed the antipasto. Prices were right for what you get. The pizza had about 1,000 toppings and was tasty — totally worth the $ 17 price tag for a 16 inch pie.

Yum! Great quality for a great price. Casual atmosphere, where you order at the register, but then they bring you the food. Bonus points for BYOB.
Would be a great spot for a family dinner.
Their rose sauce is sooooo good. Plus, my mom was psyched that they had low carb pasta. Will definitely return.

Before they opened a Bella’s in Arnold, this was my go-​to Pizza spot. Pizza is great! I’ve had a few of their entrées and only eaten there one time. They have good deals on «family style» options that is an entrée that serves 2 – 4 and comes with salad and bread. Their bread is always rock-​hard unfortunately but I make do.
My one major complaint is their system of ordering. You call, they take your order and name and quickly hang up. When you come in you have to wait about another 15 minutes while they figure out who’s ordering what. It is always a cluster-​f. There isn’t a lot of area to wait, and I think they just need a better system to figure out what people ordered. It’s always packed on Friday nights which unfortunately the only times I go in.

I’ve been to Squisito a few times and I do find their food to be tasty. I particularly enjoy their sandwiches and salads and I find the food to be a good value. Their house salad dressing is tasty and I also like that you can get pizza by the slice.
However, Squisito’s «system» seems a little odd and service can be spotty. You order at the counter, seat yourself and then someone will bring your food out to you. This works out ok providing there is a table available. Otherwise, the situation can get awkward. On a recent visit for dinner, there wasn’t a table available, and once one did become available, we couldn’t find anyone to bus it. With a line nearly out the door and our food on it’s way, we were concerned about having to get it to go at last minute. Also, sometimes a waitress will walk around and check on tables… other times, no one ever comes by the table. (This is what I mean by «service can be spotty».) On my recent visit, I had to go to the counter to get refills on drinks. My salad came with the wrong dressing, but absent a wait staff, I just went with what they gave me.
The crowd of people in Squisito is testament to the yummy, reasonably-​priced Italian food, but don’t expect to be wowed by the service.

I’ve eaten here a few times both eat in and carryout. Their pizza is pretty good. A little greasy, very thin. The pizza sauce has a very good flavoring and the mozzarella cheese is of a good quality. Out of all of the pizza joints in our neighborhood this is definitely our go to place. It’s a notch above the rest in Severna Park.
Our dine in experience was a little different. This is a reasonably priced Italian place so I wasn’t expecting the greatest service therefore I wasn’t surprised when the woman taking our order wasn’t really paying attention. I gave her my order and the whole time she was reading other receipts and organizing the cash register area. I had to repeat a few times, which was slightly annoying. She wasn’t the best at multi-​tasking. When my friend behind me ordered the cashier gave her the order number and told her she was lucky number 54 and she gets a free menu item. Turns out she was just joking, my friend didn’t understand her humor at all and no one was laughing except the cashier. My friend didn’t really care but just thought it was odd.
I got the rigatoni with the rose sauce. It was decent for the price but I could’ve done without the crab sprinkled on top. I think it might’ve been canned crab because it had a slightly odd taste but I’m not a 100% positive. Fried calamari was decent. It wasn’t heavily breaded, only lightly dusted, which was refreshing. I also had a small side salad which was standard. Garlic bread was good. Very buttery, which is always yummy!