Altomonte's Italian Market Reviews Summary

Category: Italian grocery store

Address: 856 N Easton Rd, Doylestown, PA 18902, USA

Phone: +12154898889

Rating: 4.5
based on 111 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The staff are so accommodating and nice."
  • "Girl in cookie section was pleasant and smiled and helped me to exactly what I needed."
  • "The staff that makes the sandwiches and pizza were very nice and helpful."
  • "Staff is friendly and excellent service in all sections."
  • "The people are utmost the most amazing!"
  • "Beth who works at the meat and cheese counter was one of the nicest and most helpful associates of any store I have ever been to!"
  • "Btw, people are incredibly nice and sweet in this store, starting from the cashiers, ending with deli, and take out."

Cons:

  • "Management is full of ignorant, rude, nonprofessionals."
  • "Rude male attendant at the ordering station for hoagies."
  • "The big guy taking orders had an attitude like he was being inconvenienced by having to be there, completely screwed the order up."
  • "The cashier was beyond rude to me rushing me along demanding that I get closer to another customer."
  • "I faced staff members at the deli and sandwich stations who refuse to acknowledge me & other customers that have been waiting to be helped."
  • "The guy in the deli was rude."
  • "We waited a good 5 minutes for assistance and when we were finally served, the woman was not friendly."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Every time I order this gluten free caprese pizza it’s to perfection!"
  • "The food is fresh and good, everything is delicious."
  • "The chocolate cake was super moist and the peanut butter mouse was so rich and velvety."
  • "The Italian cookies are wonderful. Also try the Italian rum cake. Yum!!"
  • "They have homemade pasta that is so good, couple it with their own sauce and you have a 5 star meal."
  • "Yum is the word for the choice of cheeses and fresh meats, pastas and side dishes."
  • "Pizza was good."

Cons:

  • "Every time I call to order sandwiches they are made incorrectly."
  • "One of the worst roast beef hoagies I have ever paid for."
  • "This place can't get an order correct even if it tried."
  • "Amongst the worst cheesecakes I've ever experienced. It was dry, grainy, and nearly unpalatable."
  • "The pizza was very dry, didn't have a whole lot of sauce on it, and what stood out the most is, it really lacked any flavor."
  • "Both were stale. The coconut cake was so dry."
  • "The chicken in the Chicken Toscona was so dry and old tasting that it was not edible."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Feed six people for a little over $20."
  • "Full-size and mini pizzas at very reasonable prices."
  • "The prices are not bad at all when you consider the quality of what you are getting."
  • "Great selection of specialty food."
  • "Big selection of ready to go meals which is very helpful for me."
  • "Overwhelming selection of quality groceries, love going into this place just to look around."
  • "The larger store in Warminster is worth the trip for it's pasta and deli selection."

Cons:

  • "They are $3.25 for one bite size Petit Four."
  • "Price was a bit steep for a slice though."
  • "Taste great but you’ll pay costly for very little."
  • "The prices on many items are inflated and a large number of items are unmarked making shopping difficult."
  • "Super disappointed in my $11 Greek Salad, which had maybe an ounce of Feta on it and was mostly romaine lettuce."
  • "I once order a sandwich without being told I would get charged extra for everything on it that came to $24."
  • "It's a little bit expensive but they products are excellent."

Store Experience

Pros:

  • "It’s always fun to walk around and check out all the unique stuff they have."
  • "The first thing that hits you when you walk into Altomonte's is the scent, that indefinable mix of deli and fresh bread and hot bar and herbs and... Mmmmm."
  • "Clean and excellent variety of produce, baked goods, and even coffee!"
  • "The store is clean and well stocked with many foods from Italy as well as other European countries."
  • "Beautiful, clean, and well stocked. Fresh salads, hoagies, pizza, bread, fruit and vegetables, as well as pasta, and condiments."
  • "They have a very nice and spacious seating area."
  • "You will fall in love with this place, a little taste of Italy in Doylestown."

Cons:

  • "The layout is a bit confusing, at least to me."
  • "Sad, good store but despite the Gov said masks aren't required and most stores are not enforcing this policy Altamonte's is enforcing it."
  • "I am only giving it 3 stars because of the employees not wearing masks."
  • "It's very like the food court stops on the turnpike and highways. Loud, confusing, nowhere nice to sit and eat or drink quietly...a lot of plastic trash and waste."
  • "If you're ordering food to go or eating here, they can't bill you out at the take out counter where you pick up your food."
  • "Traffic management and parking lot have received some improvements."
  • "Covid19: 2 employees handling pizza had their masks around their chin."

Health and Safety

Pros:

  • "They also offer amazing prepared food to take home."
  • "Great is the word for the service, selection and quality you get."
  • "We love this place. Great straight from Italy products."

Cons:

  • "The gentleman coughed at least 5 times, mask down and even began to wipe his nose with gloved hands all while preparing a pizza."
  • "2 employees, one on the floor and one at the pizza/sandwich area wore masks but underneath their noses."
  • "Even without the coronavirus an employee who prepares food with in such an unsanitary manner should not be allowed to continue without correction."
  • "Purchased the store brand frozen gnocchi. Directions said to boil for 10 to 15 minutes... It was mush. Terrible."
  • "Veal was dry and tasted like iodine, it must have been left over."
  • "When I finally got to eat my sandwich the chicken was cold and the cheese was not even melted."
  • "For the second time in a month, I relied on Altomontes to help get me through a party."

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