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Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

Isabella's is just another example of a sure thing being screwed up by the L.E.S. Syndrome of schlocky people coming to what they perceive as a schlocky neighborhood, thinking they can get away with things that would never be tolerated in any other Manhattan neighborhood. That's why the turn over is so great down here.. The whole "Luigi is in Italy scouting Pizza recipes" schtik is hysterical. Isabella's started out great but deteriorated due to cluelss, inept and poor management. They should be selling slices instead of turkey and cheese sandwiches $ 3.50 lunch specials[ with a free can of Coke!]. They won't last the winter.

DoctortedNYC at 8:04PM on 12/24/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Rejoice ! Manhattanites no longer have to go overseas for great pizza anymore!

Difara, Grimaldi's eat your hearts out! Adios Lombardi's !

Even better..I live across the street!

DoctortedNYC at 7:07PM on 07/30/07

Responses to Comments by DoctortedNYC

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Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

hey i am not a shlock they told me luigi was scouring italy for new recipes to amaze lowereastsiders and he will return by july

sam 99 at 9:32PM on 12/26/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

WORST PIZZA I had in a year pie was soggy service horible and the staff looked like rejects from tony sopranos bada bing

jeff b at 4:00PM on 11/30/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Pupster, I'm so sorry you had mediocre pizza at Isabella's. Adam K. and I also had lousy pizza there two weekends ago. We posted about it on our pizza tour post. The good pie man, Luigi, has gone back to Italy. The current pieman is nothing special, as you and I found out recently.

Ed Levine at 10:54PM on 11/27/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Sounds like pizzaiolo (pizza maker) issues to me...the hardest piece of a pizzeria. Pretty much have to do it yourself if you want to be as close to perection as possible.

Kim Nyland at 10:54PM on 11/27/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Lousy. We had expectations after the rave from Levine. Now I know his opinion can't be trusted. We ordered multiple pizzas, and there were serious issues with crust and sauce. Ingredients were just so-so. On par with any neighborhood slice joints. Not even close to being among the top 10 in the city..

Pupster at 10:15PM on 11/27/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Must say, I'm a little surprised with the raving reviews... food was ok, but not great, and way overpriced. We ordered two pasta dishes and both came to the table appetizer-sized. The pizza was tasty, but the crust was soggy. I don't care how good it is, who wants soggy-crusted pizza? The service was mediocre. Our waitress was not very knowledgeable on what was AVAILABLE on the menu (turned out they were out of four items we wanted to order). We received a large attitude when we asked for change (by the way, it's cash only) and and even larger attitude when we caught a mistake on the check. Overall, the food was good but I would not return... with the money we spent we could have gone to a much better restaurant with better service and ambience. They have a lot of work to do in order to stick around for the long haul.

csg0104 at 8:15PM on 08/31/07

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Isabella's Oven: One Great Pizza on a Saturday Night

Have to disagree. I went for lunch yesterday with my mother who lives nearby. What we got was a re-heated crust with nearly nothing on it. For $21! The waitress said the day pizza maker was a different person. I'm never going back.

chrisd at 9:48AM on 08/05/07