Amato Pizza

I live a few doors down and it’s dangerously close! There have been many times where I’m coming home from classes and stop for a slice from my favourite pizza place. I recommend it to anyone and everyone looking for pizza in the area, ¹⁰⁄₁₀!

Hungry and half lost, we wandered in the front door of this pizza spot after a few drinks at some bars down the street. There was a nice older Asian dude behind the counter who helped heat up our pizzas. For some reason I really needed a certain slice but was bummed it didn’t have mushrooms on it… so dude added mushrooms! What a guy!
A weird thing happened tho. as we sat in the booth and ate, I couldn’t help but notice this old guy in the back of the restaurant. He was like the owner or something. He kept going back and forth from watching his old school tube TV to clicking around on his dusty IBM desktop computer. It was like looking through a time travelling window back to the early 90’s… weird.
Anyways, the pizzas were pretty good. Just seems like this place gets no love for the delivery service. But if I ever end up back in the area, I’d go back.

My friend left her purse in the store and we went back to ask if he saw it.
He was incredibly rude so we just looked around. After, he started getting really really in our face. Cursing us out and getting in my friends face. He was right in her face and all she wanted was her purse with all her identification, money and cards. He was so close to her he looked like he was ready to hit her. She didn’t back down and I tried to calm it down.
That’s when he got in my face and both of us still didn’t swing at him or even want to fight. I was getting angry that this creature was calling me out and getting right in my face.
We just wanted her purse that had all her belongings in. That’s all. Nothing else. We threatened to call the cops if he went in our face again when we werent doing anything.
He at that moment pulled the benches back and there was her purse. All we wanted. He kept screaming at us like we actually did something wrong. Calling us names and accusing us of everything. He wouldn’t calm down. Just kept screaming. So I screamed at him till he shut up.
Pizza was garbage. I’m not using curse words on here to describe it so I’ll just use garbage.
I wish I could give it lower than a star. I give this garbage place a nothing.
Dude is garbage. Customer service is garbage.
Never going back and telling everyone as a warning how rude and horrible this place is.

This is my favourite pizza place in Toronto. No question. They never skimp on the toppings and the service is great!
I am vegetarian and i have never had a problem finding a few different tempting options here. It is not cheap but you get what you pay for!

Delivery driver was very rude. Tried to demand a tip when he showed up almost 2 hours after I placed the order. The order was suppose to arrive about 1 hour after I ordered it, he was an hour late! Very poor way to treat customers. I believe most people in the service industry deserve to be tipped, but not when they can not adequately provide you the service they are offering. Also a tip is a privilege not a right.

They have their information setup incorrectly on Tasteaway. Some rude jerk called from the restaurant after I ordered from them to tell me they don’t deliver and I was wrong. Refused to call to cancel the order for me.

I love pizza. My family has always said I should marry a pizzaman because well… I love pizza.
I do not love Amato.
There was too much sauce and it was salty
Most of the bacon was all fat
not much of a crust, you know the part of the crust where some people like to dip it in sauce? Yeah, that crust wasn’t that different from the crust under the pizza.
I got pizza here because Fresca was closed.
The pizza here reminded me of a bad pizza experience at King Slice, where there was equally bad pizza.

Best pie in Toronto!

Pizza is delicious! Super friendly guy making the pizza. Although a bit more expensive than other pizza restaurants.

Ordered from there tonight. We live about 10 minutes from the location but they still offered delivery to our area no hesitation. first they took over an hour to deliver and when the pizza came it was cold and the box was wet. We called to complain and the guy who answered the phone was incredibly rude. Yelled at me on the phone and said that the only reason I was calling was because I wanted a free pizza. After I told him he was being rude he just told me I was wrong. After about 5 minutes of this I decided the conversation was going nowhere and politely ended our conversation. Won’t be ordering from them ever again. Giving them one star ONLY because to write the review they require at least one star.

I am so very turned off by the quality of food and delivery customer service of Amato.
I ordered my meal at 11:03pm and after an hour and 30 minutes (12:36am) it finally arrived at my door. I call an hour and fifteen minutes into my order to see where it was and the man on the line told me it was going to be there at any second. Fifteen minutes later I finally receive my order.
Not only was I missing the can of pop I ordered and paid for, and not only did the man at the restaurant give me a roundabout excuse about the lateness of the driver (that my street is apparently a confusing, one-​way street, which I can assure you that it is not) but the food quality was disgusting at best.
There was no flavour to the pasta, there was barely any chicken in it as well. It was super oily and I threw it out after four reluctant bites. The complimentary bread that came with the pasta was stale, which really confused me as to how it took so long if I had a super sub-​par meal with bread that wasn’t even fresh.
I will never ever order from Amato again.

AMAZING pizza. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. one of the worst. I had someone hang up on me as I ordered, I called back only to have «15 minutes» shouted in my ear. 1.5 hours later, a pizza *almost* worthy of the wait showed up. Never ever ask for delivery or anything you have to interact with the employees for.

Totally disgusted by what just happened to me by this location.
Okay, the food is okay. That’s literally the only reason I gave it two stars. The delivery service, on the other hand, WOW…
I ordered $ 14 worth of food online, and only had $ 3 in change for a tip. I added $ 1 to the bill so I could leave a (in my opinion) very generous $ 4 tip for the driver. When he showed up, literally 1.5 hours later, I opened the door, he was so angry he was shaking, and said to me, before I was able to give him the $ 3 cash «LISTEN, next time order from Pizza Pizza, it’s not worth it for me to drive here for $ 1. It’s not worth my time and I don’t want to work for free». I was floored. Disgusting. Never again will I ever order from here.

Amato has been the original long standing gourmet pizza chain in Toronto before all their competitors. What you get is lovely thin crust with oddles of toppings. They a ton of meat, veggie and even vegan options. The college location is a bit divey but they have great service.
You can not beat a slice and pop for $ 4.99! Amato is a must on your cheap eats list!

I’lll eat pizzaoioiolo If it’s the closest thing and I’m lazy as it’s pretty decent. But I would take Amato’s carnavore over pizzaoioiolo’s gianni-​ola any day of the week.
This is a good late night eat that I generally find hard to resist when it’s on my way home. which is very often. I also just like the old italian guys who work there. They sit too close to the television. They are funny. I don’t know why.

UNETHICAL WORKING CONDITIONS FOR STAFF
Overall, Amato is not as good as Massimo’s, which has opened up a couple doors down.
Pros: Excellent selection, pretty good hours.
Cons: Pizza is so-​so, and Amato has a horrible reputation for ripping off their own staff!
Regarding the rip off, google «Giuseppe Colantonio lawsuit» to read the deets and watch the Youtube video which indicates Amato owed workers over $ 75,000 in unpaid wages back in 2006.
Even if the pizza was good, I would not support a business like that. Mediocre pizza and Massimo’s close by makes that decision even easier.

My first delivery pizza from Amato was so incredible it almost prompted a thank-​you call. The guy who made my pizza wrote «Thanks! Eat more Amato!» on the plain white pizza box and signed his name.
Not the cheapest delivery pizza, but well worth the few extra bucks. They serve pizza by the slice, as well as delivery, and have several locations around Toronto.

Besides the pepperoni and cheese you have spinach and feta. And a rather wild assortment of twenty or so pizzas on display for the vegetarians and carnivores. The emphasis here is more on the topping flavours because of a thinner crust. A slice and pop is about $ 5.
The rating system of Unilocal asks me if this place is good for kids. I don’t know, I mostly go here after midnight when it’s full of drunk and stoned university kids. It’s good for them though.
Add the red-​bottled hot sauce yourself. It is usually beside the pop vending machine.