Mangia Brick Oven Pizza - Jackson, NJ Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The pizza is heavenly."
• "Food was amazing and so was the service!!!"
• "Best veal Marsala ever."
• "The crust is thin and crispy, and the toppings are generous."
• "The quality was second to none and that goes hand in hand with the value."
• "Their pizza is consistently excellent, and their prices are reasonable."
• "The pizzas are really good and have fresh ingredients."

Cons:

• "The pizza arrived ice cold…we only live 2 minutes away!"
• "Not as good the past few times I had it, grandma Margherita pie came cold."
• "Food is ALWAYS cold, they forget half the order often."
• "The pizza here is ALWAYS cold."
• "Both orders of chicken fingers came burnt one order with long hair and eyelash it looked like the fries were way over cooked."
• "It was terrible the arugula was soggy the chicken was Too breaded and not crisp."
• "Burnt crust pizza, flavorless sauce, skimpy cheese an $50 for two pizzas."

Service

Pros:

• "The entire staff was excellent, from top to bottom."
• "The waitstaff is friendly, efficient, and goes above and beyond to ensure a positive dining experience."
• "Waiter was very nice and friendly! It felt so amazing to finally sit outside the pizzeria and eat like normal again :))"
• "And our server Dana, what a sweet woman. Very nice and attentive, friendly and makes you feel so welcome."
• "The service is excellent, the staff is friendly, and the food is delicious."
• "The staff made us feel like valued guests."
• "The waitstaff is well-trained, and their dedication to customer satisfaction shines through in every interaction."

Cons:

• "They were delivered to the table sitting in a pool of water."
• "Who closes at 9:30 on a Saturday night? They said they did it during Covid but it's no longer Covid."
• "Each instance they messed up the order."
• "The staff is completely incompetent and I bet the owner isn’t far behind."
• "They never knocked and if they did it was fast and quite enough where my dogs did not here."
• "They usually lock the doors at 9:15PM and refuse orders by phone."
• "We were there three hours + with very long gaps in service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is cozy."
• "Love the atmosphere, staff, and mostly the food."
• "A real family feeling, and Louie our waiter was amazing, AND easy on the eyes."
• "The atmosphere felt so peaceful but exciting with the smell of food."
• "The brick oven gives Mangia's pizza a unique smoky flavor that is simply delicious."
• "Actually, I usually came here to spent my weekends and for chill out with my friends."
• "Extremely friendly staff, friendly customers that engaged with the scouts and delightful aromas from the oven!"

Cons:

• "The hostess seemed distressed that they were there. Maybe not a kid friendly place."
• "I had ants all over my food and my cannoli completely melted."
• "I recently ordered chicken wings for delivery and was disappointed to find a piece of hair in them."
• "It was so loud in there. I get it, it's the Italian way and it's super busy, but jesus, everyone was on their highest octaves."
• "I am a woman of color and I walked into a room of people who wasn’t the same skin tone as me! I WAS NOT DISCOURAGED. I was very much comfortable... until we was sat beside an old couple who obviously wanted us away from them."
• "Had to ask for bread butter no spoon with spaghetti cold air blowing in made food cold in 5 minutes."
• "The 'LARGE' we ordered had slices not much bigger then the pizza cutter we had at home."

Value

Pros:

• "Great food and a well planned and organized menu."
• "Had some pasta as well that was cheap and quick."
• "The prices are very reasonable."
• "Thanks for bringing something good to Jackson lol the choices are very limited."
• "The food is always amazing the specials are always changed every week so it brings new items to the table."
• "Fish and pasta dishes are excellent."
• "The food has been good there. We really haven't had any problems anytime we have gone. It big portions of food for good price."

Cons:

• "How do you get off charging 8$ for two tomato slices."
• "Is overpriced $6 for a slice of plain pizza and a fountain drink the guy said the fountain drink was $3 lol."
• "Not only is the staff rude, run by high school punks, and the pizza mediocre, bland, and soggy, but I ordered a large delivery pizza for me and my family over two and a half hours ago, and still haven’t gotten it."
• "WOW! $32 for 2 meals and you don't get a salad for sub par food."
• "Disappointed. It was our first time there and we went based off reviews. Service and food was good but we were 5 people including my 2 kids who got a medium plain pie and water to drink......$100 later for a Thursday night dinner?!"
• "Burnt crust pizza, flavorless sauce, skimpy cheese an $50 for two pizzas."
• "The audacity to only pay your drivers $5 an hour, in addition require them to answer phones and take orders is absurd."