Giacomo’s Pizza & Cafe

They have the best pizza and knots in the area, not to mention the service is great and delivery is quick.

In my search for good NY style pizza in this area I decided to try them. I like plain pizza with thin crust. Sauce and cheese are just as important.
I got 2 slices last week. They were not bad at all. I will eat here again. Servers were very friendly.

Let’s start by saying I didn’t expect much going in. I’ve seen quite a few restaurants of this chain in the area and decided to try it out. Most chains like Dominos, Pizza Hut, etc, are OK but not what you’d call great pizza. This wasn’t great pizza either, but it was a good, fast and inexpensive lunch. They have a big selection of pizzas for «slices», so if you’re in a hurry, you can grab a couple to go. My wife and I decided to dine in, and we got a bacon tomato and ranch flatbread pizza. Basic, simple and tasty. Most of their pizzas in the showcase were flatbread types, but there were a few traditional pizza pies as well. Strombolis, subs and pasta dinners are on the menu, as well as salads-​if you eat them.(I don’t touch the stuff) With drinks, we spent about twenty bucks on lunch. Not bad for a sit down lunch. These days you can drop almost that much at Wendy’s

Normally I order the Marguerita Pizza which is delicious. Decided to order 3 entrees, and one hero a few nights ago. Let’s just say… my spaghetti with calamari wasn’t good at all. Seemed like the cooked calamari were just thrown into the sauce as it heated, rather than being cooked in the sauce, thereby giving the sauce very little flavor except for overpowering garlic. I couldn’t detect any olive oil which is essential in making a good tomato/​marinara sauce. My husband’s tortellini soup was inedible after a few spoons, again with little to no flavor. The garlic bread (for which you are charged) was also inedible. It was saturated in so much oil that you couldn’t separate the pieces turning the bread very soggy, and it was covered with brownish herbs as though they were burned, although the bread itself was not. Had a terrible taste and was completely thrown in the garbage. My son ate ½ of his meatball parm hero and refused to take the other ½ to work for lunch because he didn’t like it at all. Please put more effort into the cooking and less into the size of the portion which is very substantial. In Italy, the portions are smaller because the flavor is what matters. I’ll still order from here because of the pizza, but I will definitely draw the line at ever ordering an actual meal. BTW… I am a natural-​born Italian so I know how true Italian food should be made and taste.

Burnt bottoms of pies and an average of an hour to deliver. The staff always seem to feel you are inconveniencing them by being there. The ingredients seem like they come from a big frozen bag.

The WORST in service!!! I have ordered for years and their service just gets worse!!! Lots of Italian places in the HV. Go somewhere else… THEY ARE OBNOXIOUS!!! Don’t tell people 25 minutes and constantly take OVER AN HOUR!!! Not a way to run a business.

We get takeout fom here at least once per week. The owner and staff are very friendly and efficient.

I happened to this pizza joint while traveling for work. I settled on a plain slice, a slice of whole wheat veggie pizza and an iced tea.
The veggie slice was surprisingly good. The veggies, which ranged from the common (olives, peppers and onions) to the more uncommon (artichokes) were tasty and really came through on the crisp whole wheat crust.
The plain slice however was quite a disappointment, the slice was completely forgettable and the sauce tasted oddly akin to that which you get in a can of spaghettios.
To cap it all off, the iced tea, while at least not from a fountain dispenser, was weirdly cloudy and was not unsweetened, but was far too weak to be considered sweet tea. I was not really sure what they were going for.
Needless to say that other than the fact that I live hours away, I won’t be coming back anyime soon.

For the area, this is a 4-​star place. Compared to other mid-​Hudson Valley pizza joints, it’s a 3.5, hopefully that makes some sort of sense ^_^
The grandma slice was pretty tasty but it didn’t make me want to buy another slice, probably because I still remember what a grandma slice tastes like in UES’ Delizia.

Met my family here that live locally thinking it was just a regular pizza place. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. The variety of pizza was extensive and great. There was choices of salads and rolls of many kinds. Five of us had lunch for under $ 30. Everyone loved what they picked. We had grandma pizza, regular pizza, vegetable slices and salads. The salad was big enough to share. Service was great. Restrooms were very clean. I plan on eating here again when I am in this area.

We had lunch at Giacomo’s this afternoon, and we were pleased to find that the service was excellent and the food was pretty good. The range of pizza combinations are impressive — buffalo wing chicken, Hawaiian chicken, Grandma’s pizza, fresh mozzarella, tomato & basil, fresh vegetable, etc. We were also happy to hear that you can split the pie and have different toppings — for example we chose buffalo chicken on one side and fresh vegetables on the other. Our waitress was friendly, patient and helpful.
I would like to write that the pizza was the best we have ever tasted — and when it came to the table it surely looked as if it would be. The veggies were fresh (not the frozen mushy type), the buffalo chicken side was filled with chicken and a bubbly orange sauce. To be sure, I thought, this is going to be a nice spicy meal. Unfortunately — the spicy chicken was almost flavorless — no trace of spice at all. To be fair, the menu doesn’t say «spicy» buffalo wing chicken, but I think it should — otherwise call it chicken pizza with an «original» sauce (just an idea)
The vegetables on the veggie side of the pizza were plentiful and fresh, but once again, the taste was a bit bland — we were expecting to experience some bursts of flavor — say italian spices — garlic (?), oregano? something? But alas, although the veggies were crisp they stood alone. There was no marriage of vegetables and «Italianess». The crust was good, and unlike a lot of other pizza places, it was well cooked on the bottom.
They have a fine array of other dishes on their menu, but unless they do a bit more to «spice it up» (in other words put more pizazz into their food) — we won’t be back — it’s a case of the food looking good, but just not flavorful.