Jano’s The Italian Pizza

I have been going to this place for a long time. It was really good for many years but has gone really downhill. The place is really dirty. When you are there look at the ceiling. Look at the ac vents all really dirty. Now they have peanuts that people just throw on the floor.
My biggest beef is the girls on the phone are just so rude. They give you times. The times are never right. They say thirty minutes they mean an hour. Give one of the other places a try this place is spent.

This place is slop the staff are snobby people who don’t know how to make quality food. I wouldn’t eat here again if you paid me!!! Janos is a joke

The dough was under-​cooked in the center of the pizza. The sauce was flavorful, the toppings were fresh and plentiful, but the first bite was just raw dough. Yuck.

It took 1 hour and 20 to get dinner for 4 delivered and it was cold. The fries were cold and obviously very old, cheesteaks cold. Delivery guy said, «we are slammed», well then call people and tell them, see if they can pick up there food while it’s hot. I called to express my disappointment and got «sorry». Asked for the manager and got put on hold for so long that I hung up. $ 50.00 for cold, old food. Really? Never again!!! Lost a great customer.

I have ordered from Jano’s a few times and have enjoyed it. Good pizza, good sandwiches, wraps, etc. The wraps are HUGE! Also, Nick? is awesome! I swear, he never goes home. He’s amazing at what he does. He always has a smile on his face. My husband and I enjoy the conversations with Nick while waiting for our food.
I will come back to Jano’s!

I was visiting PA from my new midwestern home, and of course had to get a cheesesteak! My grandmom suggested this place as her «go-​to» for cheesesteaks. I took her word for it, and had them deliver to her house in Drexel Hill. I got whiz wit (a cheesesteak with fried onions and cheez whiz), and was very pleased with the cheesesteak. They use Amoroso rolls, the essential ingredient. I think the sandwich was above average for delco. I will definitely order another next time I’m in town!

Decided to try a new place close to home. I went in for a slice, and was told they only do plain cheese pizzas by the slice. That was a bit of a letdown. considering I wanted to try one of a few different slices, since I’ve never been there before. Two dollars/​slice, very large slice. Uneventful. Too much cheese, I was practically gaging it down. Too much flour on the outside of the dough. Overall not much flavor going on. I would probably only go back if I had a group with me so we can get a full size pizza.

I stopped in based on Unilocal reviews and ratings… Unilocalers were right! Giant slices. Free fountain refills. Friendly staff. Can’t go wrong!

Great pizza joint food, great service. I would order from here again.
Just like most people, I am always on the lookout for good neighborhood pizza. This place has it. The service is also friendly.
One bonus for me was the first time I was there, I ordered a small cheese pizza. I thought I had enough cash but didn’t. It was under $ 10 and was almost afraid to ask if I could use credit. So many places violate credit card TOS and don’t allow credit card purchases under $ 10 or so. This place didn’t have a problem. They score big points for that, and return visits.
The menu is typical pizza joint. The quality is far superior than average. The prices are in line and typical. Drexel Hill, and this part of the country for that matter is lucky to have many great pizza, and Drexel Hill area especially. I order from other places, too, but will never hesitate to order from here too.

This was my go-​to pizza joint when I lived in Drexel Hill. I pretty much tried every shop in the area, and this was the best IMO. I never got to try the sicilian because you need to give them 24 hours advance notice, which I found weird. They also have decent cheesesteaks, but Civeras is better in that department.

Food was good. No complaints in regards to that. They get 3 stars because the inside is very smokey at least the night we were there. I recommend getting your food «to go» and not sitting there and eating. The door was propped open and cold air was blowing in. I assume to help ventilate the smoke out of the restaurant. This place would be 4 – 5 stars if It wasn’t for the restaurant having poor ventilation. Our clothes all smelled like kitchen smoke the rest of the evening.

Ordered here last night for the first time. We are new to the area and we’re trying to find a good place for cheesesteaks. Saw the reviews here so decided to give them a shot… and we were not disappointed! I got the chicken cheesesteak and the hubby got the special cheesesteak. They were both delicious and the bread tastes really fresh! We also ordered a large chef salad. It was a nice size for the price. Will definitely be going back!

Love it! By far the best pizza in Drexel Hill!!! For years it was a Nostra town and when they closed years ago my taste buds were consoled by Janos! Try the upside pizza… its really amazing!

The service here stinks so badly and it seems like the waitress spit in my diet coca cola, I ordered a buffalo chicken special, and it was too hot for my liking. The service here was so bad that everyone died. The end.

I was very disappointed in this place. I tried a plain cheese pizza and the upside down. On the plain, there was just way too much cheese. There was so much cheese that I was basically doing nothing but chew cheese. The upside down was doughy in the middle. It’s also a little pricey for the area.

Yummy! They deliver but not to us in Morton. I decided to pick it up anyway and am glad I did! Really good plain and upside down pizza.

Visited this place for the first time the other on a trip back through the old neighborhood. From a visual standpoint this place is no different than the majority of pizza shops. Seemed clean enough and smelled like any other pizza shop. I ordered two slices of regular cheese pizza. Slices came out quick and were huge. I was shocked at how big the slices were — two slices here are equivalent to about 3 – 4 slices at other spots. Pizza was pretty much the perfect thickness for NY style pizza. It had a great combination of floppy and cripsy. The end crust had just enough crisp. Sauce was very tasty and the slice wasn’t overpowered by too much cheese. Slice dropped a good bit of grease, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Definitely going to stop back again.

I love the food here! the BBQ Chicken Pizza with red sauce is my favorite!!!

Let me begin this review by telling you that I LOVE pizza. I’ve been a firm supporter of Pizza Friday ever since I was little and I make pizza from scratch pretty much every Friday for dinner. So, yes, I’m picky when it comes to this particular delicacy.
My husband grew up near Drexel Hill, so I’ve had Jano’s pizza several times over the last 9 years. He and his family are big fans. I guess that’s because it’s what they grew up on, but I have never been overly impressed. I grew up on Ledo’s and Stained Glass Pub, which are far superior in my humble opinion.
Anyway, it had been a while since we last got Jano’s, and although we usually get their upside-​down pizza, I requested we get something else this time. We ordered green pepper and onion and got red pepper and red onion, which was fine. Like most pizza, it smelled A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G. It looked awesome, too.
CRUST:
There aren’t a whole lot of ingredients that go in to pizza crust and it’s taken me a lot of trial and error to perfect my at-​home dough. This crust? BLAH. They obviously use a lot of flour to roll out the dough and the problem with doing that is a lot of the loose flour sticks to the outside of the dough and gives a really unappealing, dry texture. To be fair, it did hold the toppings and it’s not limp or greasy. It’s just extremely dry and flavorless. There’s no satisfying crunch nor distinct chewiness to speak of, either; it’s just bland.
SAUCE:
The sauce is my biggest complaint when it comes to Jano’s pizza. It.Is.Terrible. I’m 97% sure it’s just raw tomato paste… it’s really acidic and bitter and it makes my teeth hurt. I guess that’s why I never liked the upside-​down: it has a ton of sauce on it.
TOPPINGS:
When it comes down to it, the toppings were the highlight of the pie. They are generous with their cheese and other toppings and truth be told, they were cooked perfectly.
According to my in-​laws, this is the best place in the area for pizza. Kinda disappointing if you ask me!

Honestly, pizza is pizza to me. I love it all. It’s never bad, however some places are better than others. This being said, I never really had a favorite pizza spot in Upper Darby — it was all pretty good stuff. However, I will forever go to Jano’s for pizza.
The reason: I went to Upper Darby High School. In order to graduate, you had to complete the «Graduation Project» requirements — you basically just had to do something that took 30 hours to do, document it, and then make a presentation for it. My project was holding a concert with all proceeds going to a pediatric cancer relief foundation. I asked just about every local store in the area if they would be interested in donating something to the event in exchange for me advertising their store as a sponsor. Only a few stores were interested, and they all generally contributed about $ 10 worth of goods (gift cards, samples, etc.), which was fine, as every little bit helped. However, Jano’s hit a home run. Without hesitation, they donated ten extra-​large pizzas for us to sell to the concert-​goers. They even delivered them to the venue — asking for nothing in return.
Despite having a heart of gold, this place has really awesome pizza! It’s a classic Italian style, however the slices are enormous! Fantastic value, and really cool employees. They also have fridges upon fridges of various drinks (alcoholic and non) when you first walk in, which is pretty unique in this area. They have my business from here on out.