Guiseppe’s Restaurant

We have eaten here multiple times. We always enjoy the family atmosphere that is in the dining area of this resturant. This is a local resturant for us. If you would luke to see who ur drinking neighbors are as in any local establishment this is the place to be. If ur interested in american style italian dishes this is the oocal place to be. Please enjoy and say hi to Carisia.

Nice place for pizza, wings, and subs, but skip the dinners.
Giuseppe’s is located on Route 7 between Pittstown and Hoosick Falls. It Is the only restaurant in the area, and one of the few restaurants in all of Pittstown. It is easy to miss because it’s up on a hill off the highway and largely hidden from site. Up the steep entrance road is a large, unpaved lot.
Inside, the restaurant is divided into three sections. The bar area is in the front, a casual dining area is in front and off to the side, and the dining room is in a separate area in the back.
Service in the bar area is adequate, as long as you can get someone’s attention. The staff behind the bar is usually busy talking to the regulars, so don’t be shy about asking for service. Service in the back dining area is slow to non existent. The wait staff has to run back-​and-​forth between the front and the back and they seem to spend more time up front. That’s why it’s best to sit up front, in the bar area or the casual dining area. Of course then you have to deal with the noise and bustle of the bar area, but that’s the trade-​off that needs to be made.
The pizza and wings are about average. The hot subs are very good and are a good value. This is where Giuseppe’s does well — inexpensive casual food.
Entrees are another matter. In addition to the slow service, the freshness and the quality of the dinners is not very good. I’ve had dinner at Giuseppe’s three times, and each time the salad was wilted, the bread stale, the main course just thrown together and heated up. So not only were the ingredients not fresh, the entire preparation of the meal was sloppy and the food lacked flavor. Three times is enough for a disappointing dining experience.
They do a good takeout business; there is an entrance on the left side of the building specifically for takeout orders. I have picked up take out orders a number of times and the service at the takeout window has always been good.
I will continue to frequent Giuseppe’s for their casual food and pizza, both for takeout and eat in. Might even have an occasional beer. But definitely won’t be having any sitdown dinners — i’ll just drive in to Troy for that.

I was a guest at a Christmas parties that was catered by Guiseppes. I will start with the lasagna… we opened the cover and thought there was a mistake. The lasagna has no sauce and no cheese on top, literally the top layer was bare. The host called the restaurant and was told that’s how they serve it when ordered to go. I have had the lasagna at the restaurant and they do not serve it this way. It tastes like it was made 3 days in advance. The next platter was chicken parm.
The chicken looked better than the lasagna but it too tasted 3 days old and the chicken was dry and tasteless. Disgusting!!!

Dined here recently with some friends and was pleasantly surprised, but there was a few downfalls. This place could use a serious make over. You have to drive up a steep, bumpy hill to get to the parking lot which is also full of potholes. The sign is outdated, as is the building. The dining room is full of family photos and toys, which may be cute to some, but I thought it was a little too much. The tables are all set up weird and it was just not a comfortable looking set up. On to the food — we started off with a few sodas and water. I don’t know if it was just that night, or the water from the area (as I’m from Albany) but the water tasted like total iron. I felt like I was licking a dirty penny. It was gross. We ordered mozz sticks, wings and pizza. When the mozz sticks came out I was a little disappointed because they looked like frozen, generic mozz sticks that you could get from a diner. I thought they would be more home made, but apparently only the sauce was. Ill probably skip those next time. We got BBQ wings which were really good, but the pizza was amazing. Apparently all the ingredients are home made, including the dough, which really made it taste great. My friend ordered the chicken parm which was alright. Huge portions. Only sizes of pizza are 12 cut and 24 cut which don’t work so well for 2 people. Everyone had left overs. Our waitress stopped over maybe once during our dinner and only offered refills after our dinners were done which was annoying because we were the only table in there. Overall, I was satisfied I may return if I’m ever in the area again, however I think they need to clean the place up a bit.

Excellent pizza, staff was very friendly. Waited awhile for the pizza but it was with it.

Not the best looking from the outside, almost drove away! Glad we didn’t had a homemade pizza which was very good and very big! Waitress was friendly and entertaining! The building and decorating needs attention. But will stop by again.

went there just the other night. I havent been there in several years. The food and service is great. I ordered prime rib and it was juicy and delicious, too bad though that the steak and the baked potato was luke warm. By the time I finished eating everything was cold. It wasnt that busy so it wasnt like the waitress couldnt pick up the order from the chef in time. It really ruined it for me. I would have given 5 stars if it wasnt for that.

Holy cow. the 24 slice pizza was HUGE! Def enough for like 7 people. Very tasty and well priced

Guiseppe’s Restaurant is a local Italian American restaurant & bar tucked up away from Route 7 in Pittstown, just west of the Hoosick town line (Potter Hill). This family run restaurant has three separate entrances: takeout & market entrance (left), bar entrance (center), and dining room entrance.
I stopped here for dinner on a typical weeknight. The takeout entrance was closed and the dining room looked empty, but the bar area (loud atmosphere) was packed with plenty of regulars, mostly an older crowd.
I entered through the bar entrance and I asked the bartender for a menu. I seat myself at a table on the other side of the bar. The bar has TVs, video games, darts, Touchtunes jukebox, Quick Draw (forms at each table), and is fully stocked with liquor and over 100 beers offered. There’s also a fireplace and place is decorated with NY Giants and Nascar themes. This restaurant is also a meeting place for a snowmobile club. Live band entertainment is offered.
The waitress comes out and goes over the specials and takes my drink order. The menu offers Italian American fare including pasta, pizza, chicken, steaks, veal, seafood, soups, salads, sandwiches, and appetizers. Dinner entrees come with soup or salad and bread. The prices here are reasonable, dinner entrees ($ 8.95-$ 19.95) and sandwiches with a side ($ 5.95-$ 7.95).
It took me a while to decide (10 layer lasagna or eggplant parmigiana), but I started out with an order of Fried Calamari ($ 6.95), which had light & crispy breading (not greasy) with very tender calamari served with a chunky tomato sauce. Next, a basket of hot bread & butter was brought out, which was soft and chewy. The tossed salad (comes with dinner) with standard lettuce with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and dressing in a small wood bowl.
I did wait quite a while for my dinner (25 minutes after ordering) to come out. I ordered Eggplant Parmigiana ($ 9.95) and I was expecting a modest portion with a few breaded slices of eggplant, pasta, sauce, & cheese.
When the food finally came out, I was pleasantly surprised at the very generous portions of food served. The eggplant dish needed time to bake and it was definitely worth the wait! The eggplant parmigiana was served in a good sized casserole dish (enough for 2 people) and a separate plate of pasta (I chose fettuccine) with a chunky homemade tomato sauce. The food was outstanding with the eggplant parmigiana layered with lots of mozzarella cheese and thin breaded eggplant slices. The pasta was cooked perfectly with the delicious tomato sauce.
I was very stuffed and the waitress boxed up the rest of the food at the table. I had to pass on dessert. The desserts are homemade (by Colleen) and change often. They had éclair pie, tiramisu, carrot cake, apple pie, chocolate layer cake just to name a few. Next time!
Overall, the atmosphere here is definitely far from being 5 stars, more like a local watering hole atmosphere. The service was friendly. The food I had was exceptional. a lot of food for the money! I came here hungry and I left stuffed and happy. Another hidden gem Unilocaled!
NO CREDIT/​DEBIT CARDS accepted. ATM is in the bar area.