Johnny Brusco’s New York Style Pizza

Best pizza place around! I’m a fan of the New York Style so I love this place. The calzones and Stromboli are incredible and huge if you want something other than a pizza. Give it a try!

Good atmosphere and service. Pizza is good, but garlic knots are delicious! We have been about 4 times and they are very consistent with their pizza! However the pizza you eat at the restaurant is better than the to go pizza. Just my opinion! My husband loves it and it’s his favorite pizza place in NWA.

I like it here. Good solid food. Great service. Chicken Parm is good and I enjoy it. Worth a try. Food is hot and plentiful.

Best pizza place in the area! The Stromboli is amazing!

Good pizza and friendly wait staff. Been 3 – 4 times & never had a bad experience. Kid friendly. Oh & they also deliver!

Came here with my friend at his recommendation since he was craving pizza.
It’s in a nice little plaza and there was plenty of parking (probably because it was Sunday!). We sat down and waiter came over to take our order. OMG this place has the nicest, friendliest and most adorable staff. I wish I could carry them around in my pocket and have them come out every time I’m at a restaurant! Took them a while to return so I could ask for my ranch cup (my vice!) but they were just so nice and smiley every time they came over.
In general the décor is a little less Italian and more like a pub, but it’s very modern and clean. The food was okay, but very expensive for what you pay. The mini garlic knots with cheese were pretty yummy and a great appetizer. The pizza however was a slight let down. I got the «gourmet pizza» slice which had feta, artichoke and sun dried tomatoes and it was decent tasting, but definitely not worth $ 5.20 a slice –more like $ 3.50−4 at the most! My friend’s sausage pizza was the same size so I think in general the slices are on the smaller size (given you pay $ 4 – 5 per slice!). If they knock $ 1-​$ 1.50 off every pizza slice I bet they would get a lot more business — my 2 cents.

We are new to the area and like to try different pizza styles. Johnny Bruscos was delicious. The waitress was friendly and the food was fresh. I liked being able to order individual slices as opposed to having to agree on an entire pizza. My son and husband are pizza lovers and really liked it, the slices were so big my son couldn’t finish his 2 slices. We would go back for sure.

Ordered a great white pizza for pick up, so no idea how eat in service is. The pizza was tasty, but the sauce and ricotta cheese seemed to pool into the middle of the pie, causing very inconsistent cooking. Some parts of the crust was great, crispy and chewy, while others was very soggy and almost undercooked. I’m sure a more consistent pizza would be 4 stars.

I come here all the time for a mid day beer. It’s just okay. Don’t expect New York style pizza.

We had been to Johnny’s before and ordered pizza. We loved the pizza so we have returned a few times for pizza and calzones. We have dined in and ordered take-out.Their good food is based on a wonderful marinara sauce.
On one occasion we dined in for the lunch specials. The server was new so she was clueless as to what was on the menu. I had to show her what we were ordering on the menu. Overall, she was a terrible server. She was not attentive at all. I had to track her down for beverage refills, checking on our order, returning an item, and getting our bill. Another server did pick up the slack. It took approximately 25 minutes to get our order even though we were the only new diners in the restaurant. My boyfriend ordered the Johnny’s Italian Special Calzone, which was not a lunch special. It comes with their tasty marinara sauce. It was a fairly large calzone that was filled with lots of cheese, meats, and veggies. I did order a meatball sub with chips and a beverage. I was very disappointed with the sub. When I cut into the meatballs, they were frozen inside. I tracked down another server and returned the sub. After some thought, I went up to the cook and asked for a calzone instead. I could see that he was putting frozen meatballs into a pot of sauce. That surprised me as I had the impression the meatballs were freshly made. Nope. Now I know why the meatballs were frozen. I did have to take the calzone to go as time was obviously not on our side. I will say that they comped the calzone when we paid the bill.
I have ordered the calzone to take out a few times since then. Truthfully, I didn’t want to have to deal with the poor dine-​in service. Consistency seems to be an issue with the size of the calzones but they are always yummy. We have also ordered pizza to take-​out. Love that sauce!
Johnny Brusco’s is our go-​to restaurant for the best pizza and calzones in town.

OK Jersey Girl in AR, I see NY Style Pizza advertised so of course I am curious. First time there I had the sausage and pepper stromboli and to my surprise it really wasn’t bad at all, actually pretty damn good. Didn’t have any more room to try the pizza tho. Second trip there my plan was all about trying the pizza BUT when I get there I decide to go for the Lasagna, I know, I know what Jersey girl orders lasagna in the middle of Arkansas?!! I have to confess it was one of the best lasagnas I ever had, «almost» better than my own. The service was outstanding and even the salad and garlic bread were better than most. No doubt I will be back here when I am in AR again!

Just tipped the delivery driver $ 3 for 1 pizza. Got a huff and a loud door slam. Last time we ordered took 2 hours to be delivered and told we wouldn’t be charged. Guess what, we did get charged. No more orders from us. Terrible service.
Owners, feel free to contact.

Horrible. Everything was horrible. We ordered beer the same time as our pizza and got our pizza first. That’s how poor the service was, while the bartender was just chit chatting away with another server about who knows what. The pizza taste worse then freezer pizza, we sent the wings back because they were cold and looked and tasted like they had been sitting in the back for hours. It was a really bad experience and we won’t be returning. Luckily we had
coupons so we paid half price for our meal otherwise it would have been a bigger let down.

Very good calzones but haven’t tried anything else but we will be back to try other things.
Service was good and wasn’t rude

Great staff, good food! Wouldn’t recommend it if you’re in a hurry but if you have the time to wait for perfection no better place to do it than here! Try the garlic knots!

We’ve ordered from here quite a few times but almost always for pickup or delivery. Their pizza is thin, New York style with a sweet marinara sauce. Its decent.
My family loves the chicken bites, especially with BBQ or buffalo sauce for dipping. The bruchetta is very yummy and loaded!
We’ve recently had subs — chicken parm and steak and cheese. Both were toasted and delicious.
Service is OK and it feels a little pricy for what it is, but a decent meal when you’re looking for fast, Italian.

My Brother family and myself went over to eat for dinner. We got a quick seating and the server was hospitable and knew her menu very well. The salad presentation was simple, the cucumber were cut thick and the red onions as well. The Pizza taste awesome. The waiter was responsive with beverages service. I recommend this place for Dinner.

I had been to JB after 2.5 years and found the pizza pathetic. seemed stale and uncooked.

I read about this place here and thought it would be a good quick pizza place with decent pizza.
Part of the problem could have been the hour I went, as it was 9pm on a Tuesday when I arrived.
I was exhausted and needed something VERY quick, so I saw they still had slices.
I ordered 2 slices and they took a bit of time to heat, took them home to my hotel only to find the pizza was EXTREMELY under cooked. It needed at least 5 more minutes in the oven, the cheese wasn’t completely melted in the middle of the pizza/​first bite. And then the crust had a great crispy crust, but I’m wondering if it would have been edible had the pizza been cooked all the way.
I’m saddened to think people think this is a «good» pizza, as even if it WAS cooked I would hardly say this is even a «decent’ pizza and that’s 1 step below good in my mind.

Every time I’ve been here, I always forget how terrible and slow service is! When I say terrible I mean 1.5 — 2 hour lunches for a pizza… not to mention they forgot our order one time! The entire place cleared out before we got our food.
Also I’m from NYC and this is not NY style pizza. Where’s the oregano? The crust should be thinner. Also the owner wears a Red Sox hat? Cardinal sin to a NY Yankee fan
If you do eat here the meats are yummy.