Message from Avanti At The Arboretum
Avanti is Old School Italian from the Old Neighborhood. We Are New Jersey Style Pizza serving up some of your favorite italian dishes such as: Specialty Pizzas Loaded Stromboli's Huge Calzones Fresh Salads Oven Baked Subs Bakery Desserts At Avanti, we appreciate our diverse and loyal base of customers. We've been meeting your expectations since 1993 and it's always our highest priority to provide the best level of customer service possible. If there is anything we can do to make your dining experience more enjoyable, please let us know.
Latest reviews from Citysearch.
Delivery: Wonderful Pizza, rest of menu falls flat!
by Louiseydooloo
I have ordered pizza from Avanti's several times, and I have always been beyond happy. I love New York style pizza and that is what you get. The last time I ordered a pick-up and my friends and I got three different entree's. They were awful! I would have been much happier with Chef Boyardee. The pasta in the dishes was overcooked and mushy, the sauces were bland and under seasoned. They also messed up the order, and we had to return to pick up some things. One of those things was the garlic rolls, which ended up also not being good. If you go here stick with the pizza!!
Pros: Best New York Styly Pizza
Cons: Other entrees were flavorless and boring.
Posted 08/28/09
Great Pizza
by lendmeyoureyes
What are you people talking about?? The pizza at Avanti is awesome! Service was great, owner came out and personally asked how everything was, even had the authentic NY accent. (Felt like I was in a Goodfellas scene minus the coke and Joe Pesci) Stop your complaining, this place rocks.
Pros: Great Tasting Pizza
Cons: none
Posted 08/25/09
so not worth it
by nahcali
i live a mile from this place and they deliver which would be convenient for me.... i would rather drive 100 miles to get better pizza and food for the price.... coming from NY metro area... this place is worse than pizza hut
Cons: all cons
Posted 07/01/09
Food is okay but service is dismal
by mommaz
We have three small children (6 and under) so we love to arrive at restaurants early and patronize places with quick service. We ordered two slices of pizza and one stromboli and a plate of plain pasta. We were the only ones in the restaurant when we arrived. 30 minutes later when the restaurant filled up with eating patrons, we were still waiting. We brought this to the attention of the manager and he told us he would check. 10 min later we went to the front counter and were told our order had mistakenly been given to someone else. There was no apology. No offer to compensate. Simply a "We'll put it in again." If you have small children you know that waiting longer is sometimes not an option. My husband explained this to the manager and was told it 'wasn't their fault.' What???? We asked for a refund of our money and will not patronize this place again. Too bad since we live close by and love pizza. There is no place for "attitude" in good customer service.
Pros: Convenient location, clean
Cons: Service was slow and manager was rude.
Posted 03/26/09
Outstanding pizza
by montgomeryburns
We get the pizza here, can't vouch for any of the other offerings. But you get a great pizza. We've tried a few of the other pizza places locally, and we like this one the best by far. Big pie, fresh ingredients, overall it tastes very good. We usually get vegetarian pizza, and it gets a little soggy, but I think that's to be expected with all the vegetables on it. It's a better deal than Wolfman pizza - bigger, toppings are a little cheaper and it tastes better.
Pros: Great pizza, very competitively priced
Cons: stuck in the corner of the strip mall
Posted 08/10/07
Best New York Pizza in South Charlotte !!!
by louiel
Being from New York, they have the Best Pizza I have found In Charlotte, NC. Since they remodeled, I take my family once or twice a week there. The Staff is always very considerate and brings the food to the table. I have NEVER had a bad meal here. The other reviews must be from their compitition (Just Look at the "User Names"... What a bad way to do business).
Many of the Pasta Dishes are great portions. They advertise a 16" pie but if you eat in, you usually get a very Flavorful 18" pizza that fills up my family of four. My favorite Entree is their Lasagna. A huge mound of a piece that leaves you enough for lunch the next day. I brought some relatives from New York here two years ago and they always request to go here when in town. This restarurant has been in the Arboretum since 1993 and has always Kicked Butt on their competition.
If you are looking for a great Family Restaurant that serves Italian Food but you don't want to bust your wallet.... This is the Place !!!
We Also had our Soccor Party here and the staff went out of there way to accomodiate us. We made a huge mess and they all worked together to Clean UP !!! Thanks...
Pros: Great Food. Closest to NY Pizza I have found in Charlotte
Cons: Very Busy on Fridays... The Place to Be for Families !!
Posted 07/30/06
expensive and bad
by pizzarocks
The food here was expensive and bad. The pizza was not good at all. It was overcooked with the wrong toppings. The lasagna, however, was good. We took some people from out of town and we were embarrased. When our pizza was brought to the table it had all the wrong toppings on it, and when we brought it to the attention of the guy who appeared to be the owner, we were told that we must have ordered it wrong. I guess its possible that, as vegetarians, we meant to say mushrooms and black olives but we accidently asked for pepperoni and sausage. He said they would make another one and it would take 15 minutes but he didnt offer any discount or even apologize? Overall, Bad experience.
Pros: uncrowded
Cons: expensive, bad service
Posted 03/15/06
Eh
by sportstarmarc
Pretty good pizza but staff just socializes and it gets very busy, especially on friday night. I'd do take out for this place. Also, VERY VERY pricey.
Pros: not bad pizza
Posted 08/30/04