Tony’s Cafe

I have had many items from Tony’s menu and everything that I have eaten has been delicious! We recently had Tony’s cater a business party and all of my fellow employees were extremely impressed. Did I mention their customer service is excellent. My friends and I love this place!

It is in the suburbs but it has the feel of a city neighborhood. After buying a few dinners Tony recognized me and would know what my family liked. The place always smells so good it makes my head spin and is busy with patrons who give respect to everyone in the place. They have deserts that are superb! It is an experience of joy.

Incredible! I had a small catered event on a Saturday night, so I went into Tony’s the week before. They were super accommodating and the food was delicious! Lobster ravioli, sausage and peppers, broccoli Rabe, etc. Yum!
The pizza is pretty good, and the restaurant itself is adorable. Give it a shot… I’m a fan!

Pretty good pizza joint that falls short of the standards of its competitor five minutes down the road– Cacciatori’s. Still, the restaurant provides enough good food to stand on its own merits. The regular pizza is pretty good (not as good as Cacciatori’s– just saying) and they have a ton of speciality pizzas– the only one I’ve ever tried is the white pizza which isn’t very good. But if you want a pizzeria that has more than your standard cheese/​pepperoni/​olive pizza, this is definitely your place to go. The strombolis are great, and they also have one of the better dessert offerings of all Delaware restaurants. The «zippoli’s» as they call them– which are basically sugary dough, are great, and the cannoli’s are out of this world. The facility is a little dirty, but not too bad, and all the staff are very friendly. I would definitely recommend Tony’s to you.

Tony’s is spot on every time. We ordered a large number of pizzas today for a party. Even though their delivery guy wasn’t working today they had our order hot and ready as soon as we got there. They even threw in a few drinks for free.
The pizza was hot and delicious. We had cheese, pepperoni, mystic and the white broccoli pizza. Everyone at our party loved them. We will definitely order from them again.

Hands down the best pizza in Newark. The only pizza place that rivals it is its sister restaurant, Amalfi’s. The cannoli are delicious, too.

Only giving Tony’s 2 stars… I’ve eaten here many times both dine in and take out and I find the food allright but it doesn’t knock my socks off. The pizza is decent, not great.
The tomato pie is disgraceful– bland– stale crust. The subs/​steaks are about on par with average. The calamari is one bright spot– it was pretty good. The lobster ravioli had no lobster meat in it, just an over-​abundance of the pre-​packaged frozen mini shrimp. The chicken marsala was really dry and tasteless. And I noticed that the kitchen cooks and food prep people were not wearing hats or hair nets, nor were they wearing any cooks attire. They were all in street clothes. WTF? Sorry I don’t want any hair in my food! Tony’s needs to get it together. They also need to expand that place, it is wayyyy too small. But with established businesses on either side of them it’ll probably never happen.
On a recent visit, their «special» that night was Shrimp Scampi over Penne Pasta, decided to give it a try. It was NOT Shrimp Scampi, it was not the garlicky/​buttery scampi… it was a lemon and capers sauce… so it was actually Shrimp Picatta over penne pasta. I ate it… it was edible… but not what I wanted. Sure the server was bright and cheerful but the food really was lacking. We are not going to come back to Tony’s Café for a long time; they really need to get their act together or lose us for good. Also, they should make a decision on whether to watch the soccer game or listen to the music. Both were too noisy.

I love love love Tony’s, I can’t rave about it enough. I’ve been coming here for sooo long and it’s always consistently amazing! BEST pizza around without a doubt. I have never once got something here and was disappointed. Also have ALWAYS had great service. Some of my favorites are their plain cheese pizza, buffalo chicken pizza, penne alla vodka, chicken caesar wrap and of course their tiramisu.
For years my family would get their stuffed pizza with extra tomato sauce and Andy would always joke «What do you guys drink this stuff?!» He’s always so friendly and there to fix if there’s ever a problem. Five stars! I will be here again… probably next week.

Tony’s was recommended to us by family who live in the area so we stopped in for a quick lunch. The place was hopping the whole time we were there. It is situated on the inside of a 3 – 4 store front. Parking was available in front of the store but I believe there is also parking behind and over to the side in front of some other stores. When you walk in, you’ll probably run right into the line of customers either waiting for an order or about to give an order because the cash register is right up front. Standing room is tight there. Off to the right are a line of tables that go to the back of the store. In any event, the line moves quickly and the orders are worked on immediately. The time from ordering to getting our food was about 10 minutes.
We shared a italian sausage sub, fries and cokes. The coke machine is right up front to the left. The sub was very good, hot and crispy, with just enough sauce to make it a finger licking event. The fries were great.
The owner has a crew of workers behind the counter and lets them know in italian if they’re missing something.

Absolutely delicious! Every single thing that I have ever gotten here is incredible. I highly recommend the eggplant parm and the lobster ravioli… YUM!

When saw the reviews for this place I had to try it out. Every time I ordered take out. The pizza is delicious the food is always good. The only reason I gave it three stars is because I got sick after eating here once and never returned. I had a salad and pizza not sure which gave me food poisoning. The people there are nice and we made sure to let them know. I do recommend it because it might have been a one time thing.

Excellent food, excellent value. Our family loves Tony’s. the pizza, the dinner plates, the appetizers are always excellent. The menu has all the standards of an Italian restaurant, yet they are all much better than standard.
When eating in you can choose from the menu or the pizza slices, pepperoni rolls on display.
The place is tiny, 6 – 7 tables, but the take out line is always busy. Tony has at least 6 people working in his tiny kitchen, which is fun to watch. The piles of pizza boxes grow shorter and are replenished. Looks like many people order more than pizzas for take out though we never do.

Really good Pizza, as close to NY style as you can get around here… I’ve only done take out, so cant speak for the table service…

Pizza Fridays has been a weekly tradition with my fiancé and I. We have already been frequenting to Tonys with our families for many years and now we made it our own tradition. There has never been one time that Tonys has let us down! Andrea has always been so friendly and he does a great job acknowledging his regulars. My fiancé recently got transferred with his job to Connecticut. We have had one heck of a time finding a pizza place that could even slightly compare to Tonys. Every time we come home we ALWAYS make a stop at Tonys. From their pizza to their pasta to their Antipasto salad, even their tomato pie… it never ever fails. This is the perfect mom and pop feel and the food never disappoints.
Love this place and I recommend everyone trying it!

This was our first visit. We are not from the area but had to do some shopping in the area so I poked around on Unilocal looking for some good food. We picked Tonys because we had lots of stuff to do other than food so we wanted a cheap place that was fast but not a wasted meal (Quiznos, McDonalds, etc)
This place was the perfect pit stop for some out of town shoppers to fuel up without losing time or money. On top of the speed and affordability the server was awesome, she comped us a cannoli since we were out of town! Not only was the service great but the food was very good as well. I am not a New York or New Jersey pizza snob so I can’t tell you how it compares to Those places but I have had pizza from all over Italy and the plain slice would have fit right in.
I will be returning when ever I have the chance!

I have been a customer here since it first opened, and it is just as great today as it was then. Tony’s provides amazing Italian food for a great price. Large portions of excellent food. They are almost always busy and crowded due to their relatively small size, but they never fail to provide excellent customer service that makes you feel like part of the family. Tony’s is a great member of the Newark community. Fast, friendly service, amazing food!

So happy to get to eat homemade gluten free Ravioli !! Thank you Tonys! Delicious marinara sauce.

I’ve had just about everything on the menu but their pizza is so legit. I absolutely can’t get enough of the white pizza and the broccoli pizza as well. I’ve never had anything on the menu that I didn’t like. I usually order my stuff for pickup but I’ve eaten there a handful of times. It’s a small place but it fits maybe 30 people tops? Anywho, great place to eat and tastes authentic.
Would give it 5 stars but the customer service is sometimes lacking. I’ve had my order screwed up a few times or they’ve over charged me as well.

I’m giving them 5 stars because it is extremely hard, if not impossible, to find an authentic New York-​style pizza in Delaware, and Tony’s is definitely the closest thing to it. Granted, it’s still no New York pizza, but let’s face it, this is Delaware.
My college friend (a New Yorker) told me this was the best pizza in Delaware. I kind of laughed. I was like, «there’s no real pizza down here.» I was pleasantly disproved! Of course, I had to test it out the only way you test out a pizza place — by getting a plain slice. Tony almost got it down pat (but I blame the difference in the water for it not being perfect). It was a perfect combination of sauce and cheese. The crust was on point, and it dripped with that greasy deliciousness that reminded me of back home :)
I know a lot of people swear by Margherita’s on Main St., but Margherita’s has nothing on this place. Take the 2 or so mile trip up Paper Mill to go to Tony’s. It is definitely worth it.

Judging it for what it is — a little pizza joint in a strip mall — Tony’s has its merits! Starting with Tony, or at least the guy I’m assuming is Tony, who looks, acts and sounds exactly like the owner of a little Italian shop should. Also, I hear the pizza’s awesome. I didn’t order any because frankly it didn’t look so hot, but looks can be deceiving, so maybe you should go with the majority and give it a try.
The biggest upside is the overall family-​pizza-​joint vibe (
) with the plasticky plaid tablecloths, paper menus, plastic-​wrapped silverware (
), high school girls as servers, and the aforementioned Tony. I was hoping the food would be amazing just for the satisfying juxtaposition it would make, but unfortunately it wasn’t really my cup of tea.
It was more like a cup of McFlurry, in that food-​wise this place reminded me of McDonald’s: each bite makes you crave another, but not because it’s really good — more because it’s addictively bad. Now, I am known to succumb to the occasional McDouble, so I’m not totally writing this place off, but I’ll start with the biggest losers first:
The spinach & mushroom ravioli looked like a huge plate of gravy (
), and my hubs had to poke around to find the raviolis. Any mushroomy goodness that might have been hiding inside the ravs were totally overwhelmed by alfredo sauce.
My Italian wedding soup looked good but was bizarrely sweet (
). I tried adding some salt and pepper to counteract the sweetness, but it didn’t have much of an impact and I couldn’t get past the weird flavor. No one else at the table wanted more than a bite either, so it went half eaten.
On to the winners:
The table favorite was the penne in vodka cream sauce (
). This was my McDouble. It was also everyone else’s, and there was still so much of it that more than half went home in a doggy bag. It wasn’t an impressive dish by any means, just a pile of pasta with a pretty one-​note sauce over it, but it was definitely hard to stop eating it.
The bread basket they bring to start includes what I’ve learned is called «tomato pie,» thick pizza dough slathered with pizza sauce, all of it cold. I found this pretty gross, yet ate a large slice of it. Sigh. Anyhow, other eaters were relatively enthusiastic about the tomato pie and wished we’d gotten more of it. (
)
I have a feeling I’ll end up back here, but mostly because there’s not a whole lot to choose from in this area, and everybody likes an excuse to eat McDoubles.