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Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

btw for the 60$ we spent there we could have gone to a nice place. also whats the deal no credit cards but they charge tax and dont like giving change?

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Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

I stand by my comment for 21$ for a soggy pizza I would rather eat at pizza hut right accross the street you have a great place called two boots they have great spicy pizza for as little as 2$ s slice and the pizza is always crisp and good patsys makes a great pie this place wont last unless they get a new management and luigi comes back

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A Saturday Pizza Tour

isabellas oven pizza is in my bottom 3 pizzarias pizza hut gas better pizza for a fraction of the price

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From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

btw for the 60$ we spent there we could have gone to a nice place. also whats the deal no credit cards but they charge tax and dont like giving change?

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

I stand by my comment for 21$ for a soggy pizza I would rather eat at pizza hut right accross the street you have a great place called two boots they have great spicy pizza for as little as 2$ s slice and the pizza is always crisp and good patsys makes a great pie this place wont last unless they get a new management and luigi comes back

From Slice

A Saturday Pizza Tour

isabellas oven pizza is in my bottom 3 pizzarias pizza hut gas better pizza for a fraction of the price

From Slice

Isabella's Oven, The DJ Bubbles Drive-By

just about the worst pizza in new york city pizza soggy staff reminded me of sopranos rejects avoid avoid avoid go to two boots across the street

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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

From A Hamburger Today

Deep-Fried Cheeseburger

Without the cheese, my local chip shop in Britain has been making deep fried burgers for the last 30 years plus. It's not a Scottish thing, it's a 'chippy' thing to go alongside the heart attack in batter of a Spam fritter!!

From A Hamburger Today

Deep-Fried Cheeseburger

I realize the posts happened over 9 months ago, but I wanted to reply and clear something. For you information Starvin Marvin, Hackney's has never deep fried their burgers. They have always been pan fried or by request, broiled. They still to me are the best burgers in the area,and to say the nation!

From Slice

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

From Slice

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.

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

they were giving out free samples today in front of the store pizza was ok average fare they say luigi is back in italy scouting local pizza recipes for isabellas he will retern in june or july with new recipes

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

they claim luigi will be back the end of june

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

I agree this place is substandard the food is not even in the top 100 pizzarias of the city the kosher pizza store a few stores away is on par with this ripoff joint.. Pizza is limp and bitter, overpriced the salads are not fresh the pasta is overcooked if you want authentic italian food go to patsy's this place will disapoint

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

Holy crap!! I just ordered a 16" margerita DOC last night and thought it was a bit off - the crust was a bit more limp than usual and the sauce was oddly tangy, moving torwards bitter. I haven't ordered a pie from there in 3 months, because I've been experimenting weekly with home made pizza, slowly accumulating everything I need to make a proper pie (2 stones, peel, experimenting with uncooked sauce recipes, etc.) I was lazy and just ordered a pie and discovered....damn, I can't believe my homemade pie is almost as good as I.O.!

From A Hamburger Today

Deep-Fried Cheeseburger

looks like a toothless person with a bad gum disease

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

jeff b, I would rather eat my own shoes than Two Boots pizza.

From Slice

Isabella's Oven, The DJ Bubbles Drive-By

bubbles please go back to this place and redo the review apparently this place had a decent pizza guy for 3 weeks then they shilled in some guy from canarsie "slice" should not be touting mediocre pizza! 1.5 stars out of 5

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Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

i went to this place 4 weeks agoit got such high marks from ed and dj bubbles. We had a party of 5 people we got brocley rabbe appitizers and rice balls also some mozz and tomatoes and 4 large pizzas the back yard was ok it is sort of fenced in with wood shingles of sort and there are plastic chairs and tables. now to the food the appitisers were nothing good they were very overpriced for the size and the quality of the food. we waited 40 minutes till the pizzas arrived the pizzas looked good but sorry to say they were not good 2 of the pizzas were room temputure and they seemed pretty wet not good at all the other 2 were very hot and also they seemed soggy and tasted kind of like a bad afghan bread with some cheese and sauce The waitress was never around we had to call her to get some water overall the food was 1 star out of 5 the backyard garden was 2 stars out of 5 service was 1 star out of 5 This place would be ok if the prices were 50% less. the pizza is on par with your neighberhood slice joint not in the same ballpark as UNP or patsy's the only item i kind of liked were the rice balls but again it was standard fare not something you could rave about OVERALL I RATE THIS PLACE 1.5 STARS OUT OF 5 YMMV

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

Tried it again yesterday just as bad as the last poster noted "Cloying sauce, soggy crust" except i paid for my pizza:(

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

As I mentioned some months back, I was given a sample slice of Isabella's at a small street fair shortly after they opened. It was, frankly, inedible. Cloying sauce, soggy crust. I can't remember the last time before that that I didn't finish a slice, but that slice hit the trash bin as soon as I rounded the corner.

From A Hamburger Today

Deep-Fried Cheeseburger

i'll take two and then a bowl of queso to dip them in.

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

The food needs to improve fast from what i hear this store is not paying rent to seward park management they owe over 19000$ in back rent and even with fran marino (owners mommy) on the board of directors a eviction is on the way

From Slice

Isabella's Oven: Going Downhill

Go to Kossars Bialys next door. They've been there about 75 years and are masters with dough. Even their bagels are awesome. Joan Nathan wrote a book about bialys and says their the best. Of course you can then head to the Pickle Guys down the block.
And I think the donut place is a rip-off. The donuts are no good and like $2 each.

Did I mention I used to have 4 aunts and uncles in the same building at the Seward Park co-ops in back?

From Serious Eats: New York

Tia Pol chef Alex Raij Discovers Serious Pizzeria on LES

jeff b. I'm so sorry you went down to Isabella's recently. We've been posting on sliceny.com for a few weeks now talking about the pizza going downhill there. The good pie man went back to Italy and the other guy just isn't very good. I feel like I should treat you to a good pizza somewhere.

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