Reviews for Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria in St. Albert, AB

The food quality at this location is lacking to say the least! The margaritas had no basil, no cheese pieces, and our other one... was dry with zero flavor. Other locations are much better. If you're in St albert, Buco down the road has much better qualitypizza for the same price Read more

Usually Famoso is one of our favourite restaurants, but this location was incredibly sketchy! The items we ordered were not... prepared how they usually are and none of the four meals ordered tasted good, the restaurant was dirty, and the atmosphere wasoverall very uncomfortable. The waiter even at one point leaned over our food and got soup over his sleeve. We joked when wefirst walked in that the restaurant must be a front for something, but the longer we stayed there the less that seemed like ajoke. Very uncomfortable experience. Read more

Honestly best traditionnel pizza place in entire Edmonton and surroundings. All their food is 10/10. The service and the owners... attitude is at it's best! My family has been into restaurant business and I definitely recommend this restaurant for familymembers of all ages! Read more

Place was empty and it didn?t take long to figure out why. Our server came over and basically stood there - we had to initiate... the conversation the entire time. Other staff slouched across adjacent booths on their phones and looked at us like it was aninconvenience having us in their restaurant. Meanwhile the place was dirty, there were boxes of supplies in the eating area andtables weren?t even wiped. This place used to be good but is now a dump with overpriced food and horrible service. Will never goback, avoid at all costs. So many better options in the area. Read more

Walked in thinking it was Famoso. Walked out wondering how they?re allowed to have that name?Famoso used to be my favourite... restaurant. Hadn?t been in a while and was in St. Albert so thought I?d go there for an early dinner on Friday. Arrived at 3:45and there was no one in the restaurant or on the patio. In hindsight, I should have walked out. I thought it was just a weirdtime of day and that?s why no one was there. Then it all started to make sense. There were storage boxes just laying out, staffwere sitting around a table as we entered. They all promptly got up when we arrived and came to serve right away. Our chairswere dirty (seemed there were crumbs on every one of them at the high top long table) and the server saw me wiping them anddidn?t even say anything. We ordered and my cousin took my recommendation on their Caesar salad?.Well needless to say l, a bowlof romaine with a tiny bit of parm showed up (dressing was requested to be on the side). The Caesar salad used to have their?signature Caesar dressing? and used to be phenomenal. This was a store bought one (think Kraft Caesar) that showed up. The foodcame out promptly (which it should have because there were 6 workers and we were the only customer) and we were asked if wewanted parm, chilli flakes and salt and pepper. Yes please! The salt wouldn?t come out of the grinder so I asked for another oneand she said they were out of salt?.The pepper also wouldn?t come out, so she took it away and fixed it and then brought itback. I was able to get a little bit out then. The pizza ended up being very delicious but the toppings were used sparingly. Wesat for a bit waiting for the server to clear our dishes?she never did. She FINALLY came over after ending her conversation withher co-worker and we asked for the bill. She asked if we wanted it together or separate and I said together to make thingseasier. We would split it down the middle when the machine came. Well, it was very telling that she didn?t Read more

Poor experience. This location used to be lively and fun to visit. Now, the service is slow and the restaurant is dead. Our... server sat inside at a booth chatting with her friend almost the entire time while we waited for service on the patio. The foodwas still good but I was overall unimpressed with the quality of service I received. Read more

We visited this famoso location a few years ago and it was great! Today we visited and our experience was not great! The... restaurant was empty, that should have been our first clue. We ordered pizza, caesar salad, meatballs and wings. Absolutelynothing was the same as it was, and different to all other famoso restaurants we've visited. The wings were not fresh and thedip was not the parmesan dip, but some cheap ranch dip. The caesar dressing was different and very sparsely incorporated with nocheese. The pizza sauce was different...as well the dishes were not served with the cheese or garnishes that usually accompanythese items. It seems management has decided to swap in cheaper substitutes...but this is not what we expect from famoso at all,and why we're willing to pay a little more for top quality food. I think the worst thing is that, from where we sat we couldsmell a foul odour....like a sewer backup. We came to this location to celebrate our son's birthday today as our location inwest Edmonton closed after the pandemic. We will not be returning. Read more

First and last time at this location. Absolutely horrible experience. Visited the restaurant with my family for dinner and was... not impressed. Ordered pasta, salad and 2 large margarita pizzas. Pasta and salad tasted fine (pasta was under-portioned).Pizzas were the issue. The pizzas came to us with almost no basil. Every other restaurant you order margarita pizza at puts youleaves of basil. It?s a big part of the margarita pizza. They had tiny specs of it essentially sprinkled on the pizza. I wentto grab a slice and it was so soggy and the dough so thin in the middle, it was so unappetizing. After trying the pizza we weredefinitely disappointed. All we tasted was cheese. No sauce taste or basil. When the server finally checked on us and asked howthe food was (at the very end of the meal) I commented the salad and pasta were fine but the pizza was not good at all and Itold him why and he essentially ignored me and walked away. I don?t know if it was a language barrier or he did not care?Anyways, it reflected in the $0 I left for a tip. When I reached out after to notify the store of my experience, the manageremailed me and offered a pizza for the trouble. Are you kidding me?? I had a horrible experience and you are offering me anotherpizza!? How about my $40 back for the money spent on awful tasting pizza? We ended up throwing out a pizza and a half. What awaste. The response from management speaks volumes about this location. Avoid! Oh and the place was not clean. Tables weredirty and the bathroom was a mess. I really do regret eating here, especially after reading some reviews that align with theexperience I had here. It?s sad especially when you see staff sitting on break in the dine-in area with the place looking likethat. Go to Ripe Tomato and get 4-large pizzas for the same price. And they actually taste like margarita pizzas are supposedto! Read more