Reviews for De Fazio's in Troy, NY
DeFazio's makes a great pizza. Our party shared 3 small options. Cheese, Vegan, Broccoli and Spinach. All of them were... delicious. What impressed us the most was how the plain cheese pizza was the star. Whatever they are doing with their sauce,cheese and crust is perfection. Nothing says to me that a pizza shop knows what it is doing when the plain slice blows you away.DeFazio's nailed it. Important as well is the vegan options. As is typical it gets a bit more expensive when you go for veganoptions, but the Vegans in the group were so very happy, also noting they hadn't found a vegan pizza in the area as good as theone they had at DeFazio's. This place is super busy and actually has to limit their orders per time slot. So if you can,consider this for your future order and reserve it ahead of time. When we arrived a few minutes early, they asked us to waitoutside (you can wait if your vehicle and actually choose that option online) and they came to us outside to hand deliver thefresh pizzas when they were ready. You can see they have put thought into the their systems to make the process as smooth aspossible for their customers. And as always Enjoy!! Read more
Honestly I don't know how I feel about this one. Went here because Dave Portnoy gave it an 8.2. Turned out to be more of a high... 6 - low 7. Pizza dough was a bit raw in the thick crust. Toooo cheesy and less sauce. Edges were burnt so couldn't eat someslices till the end, and on top of all that it was really greasy to the point we had to eat it with a knife and fork because itwas unpickable. After leaving it to cool down a bit, it did get better but still a bit disappointing. Wouldn't say this is thebest pizza in Albany at all. On top of all this the outdoor seating just wasn't it. Sooo many bugs and flies coming to ur foodwhile eating and the Parmesan on the table tasted funky :( Read more
Grabbed a pepperoni pizza on their gluten free crust. Proportions of everything was balanced? ratio of sauce to cheese to crust.... As delicious as I remember in my pre-Celiac diagnosis days. Great gluten free crusts are hard to come by. De Fazio?s was goodand closer to a pan-style crust than hand-tossed. Very happy with it and did not get sick afterward! Read more
Defazios has gone downhill in the pizza quality since they opened a second store. I don't know what happened, but the last 3-4... pizzas I've ordered have been way, way too heavy on the cheese and not like the Defazios I know and love at all! It pains me tosee them do the same thing that every other pizza place in the area does and sell pizza that has so much cheese on it that it'sbasically just white with tiny spots of red. If you're a pizza lover like I am, you will agree that a Pizza with so much cheesethat it's primarily white (instead of a healthy, diverse white/red mix, like the surface of mars) is borderline Not Pizza, buthopefully they turn things around before they start selling Not Pizza instead of pizza. Read more
I ate there for the first time, and I definitely will be coming back. This is by far the best pizza in the capital region. You... definitely can tell they take pride in their food and it shows. Very friendly. Read more
After a 3 hour drive from NYC thinking about nothing but the renowned pizza I'm finally going to try, imagine my disappointment... when I was told they're not taking any new pizza orders for another two hours ???? Well good thing De Fazio isn't a one trickpony, because pizza isn't the only thing they do well. We had pasta they made just that morning - I could taste the dough beingkneaded. And their Hangover Cake... it is the most moist, soft concentration of Italian dessert flavor. Of course there wereleftovers because they don't skimp on the portion size, and of course we are eating them for dinner. I will come back to try thepizza if it's the last thing I do. Read more
I?m passing through Albany and I was told by two people that this was the best pizza in the area, so I took their advice. I... tried to call to order ahead, but the call didn?t go through. They were definitely busy when I got there and it was about a 35minute wait, but I was determined to try it out and it was definitely worth the wait. The pizza is great, but the pepperoni issuper greasy (to be expected- just not used to it since I usually don?t eat me, but I?m on vacation)- nothing a few paper towelsdidn?t fix. I normally don?t do Italian sausage (always stuck with regular sausage), but the girl that took my order said it?s ablend and it tasted really good, too. There are only two small tables inside, but they had outdoor seating in the back. Overall,I highly recommend. Read more
This pizza was amazing, the dough, cheese and sauce were all extremely tasty. With an airy crust to top it off. Definitely one... of the best pizzas I?ve ever had with a fantastic environment and pleasant employees. Read more