Mama Rosa’s Pizza

Nope. You should eat their pizza if:
A. You are too drunk or injured to walk to NY NY.
B. It’s an apocalypse and you are craving pizza, and it’s all that is left standing.
It’s not a 1 star because it’s edible and the counter guy was old and sweet.
My daughter loved the red velvet cake. However this thick, never turned down sweets reviewer took one bite, and had to force swallow it. I didn’t want to let her down so I lied and agreed, while questioning if she should even eat it.
I ordered a deep dish slice. Listen I’ve never had pizza in Chicago but I’m 99.9 percent sure Chicago hates this place. I’ve worked in pizza shops I know how a deep dish is made. Deep dish does not just mean extra dough, less sauce and toppings. My slice split into 3 parts while I was eating it. 1. Topping layer 2. Layer of dough 3. 2^nd layer of dough and crust.
I love bread luckily, but not what I was expecting. In fact after I checked in I saw the reviews. I was hoping it was fate that I didn’t see the reviews and this place would win me over.
Nope, and it was hot as hell inside. I mean yea big pizza oven is totally hard to cool a place like that, but whoa get some circulating fans at Wal-​Mart or something.

Not worth the money. It took 2 hours to get the right order. Phone operator didn’t listen to anything i said, and what they delivered still wasn’t right. Pizza has no flavor and wings smell like hot garbage.

Wish I could give ½ star… Pizza was undercooked… Garlic wings had no flavor. Operator somewhat rude… Gotta do more research in the future… Big time loss… Dude, just go elsewhere.

I for one tend to get very hungry around 1 in the morning and my god am I happy mama rosa tends to my needs. Ordered a chicken Stromboli and chocolate cake the other night and they were delivered in about 30 minutes and were both absolutely delicious! Some of the negative reviews on here seem a little ridiculous and whiny to me, for instance tipping your delivery driver $ 2 is ACTUALLY not that much money! I know right?! Nonetheless, give this place a shot!

Just went to Mama Rosa’s. The sign said open so I went to open the door. One of the workers inside came to the door and said we don’t have any pizza. I said the sign says you are open. The worker says we are open but we don’t sell and pizza. Now how does a pizza restaurant stay open when they don’t sell any pizza. How ridiculous!

I ordered the Jalapeño poppers, 10 BBQ wings, and 1 large cheese Pizza. the Jalapeño Poppers had bread crust on it that was soft and mushy. The wings did not have any kind of taste to them, they were very bland. The pizza looked like it had been sitting for a while, and the taste was very bland as well. I would not recommend this place.

I had a terrible delivery experience from Mama Rosa’s, it took more than an hour to get delivered. Upon delivery, the pizza was completely soggy. I also ordered buffalo wings which didn’t have any buffalo sauce on them. I was displeased with this pizza place in general.

GROSS! We have tried all the pizza places in Ybor and this is by far the worst! The dough is paper thin and flimsy with a sweet tasting sauce. The toppings were also scarce. 2 large pizzas cost $ 32 and was not worth the money.

This is the kind of pizza you order for your employees …
for a Friday «pizza party» that you don’t tell them about.
leaving them to happen upon the boxes in the break room… and If they are ravenous enough. They’ll eat it…
And hopefully quit the next day… Because you hate them.
The crust is paper thin. The cheese is non-​existent and at $ 32 for two large pies… This is a costly dinner mistake!
There is nothing remotely Italian about this pie. Do yourself a favor and go to Costco, their slices are way better fare than this.

Only regret is that I can’t give it ZERO stars!
Total waste of time and effort. Rude service from operator on the phone as well as the driver.
Took almost 2 freaking hours for the food to arrive at my hotel. When the idiot driver finally called me, I told him that my wife and I already ordered from another place 45 minutes ago
(NY NY Pizza by the way) He goes «you want to cancel the order?» DUH!!! I have not the time nor patience for incompetence. All the time, I called the store so many times that they stopped answering my calls. When I told my wife to call on her phone, they answered right away. Hmmmm…
Do yourself a favor and stay FARRRRR away from this disaster. Oh, their prices were almost DOUBLED what we paid for at NY NY. The pizza from NY NY was good and it was hot. The Calzone was almost half the cost and was oooey gooey with cheese. 4 stars for NY NY Pizza.
If Mama Rosa was alive, she would be ashamed of this place!

If you want bad food from rude people this is a great place. I however would recommend eating the floor mat out of an 87 Honda Civic before you waste your time here. The best part is the condescending attitude you get when you ask why your order is wrong. If they slide a menu under your hotel door when you stay in Tampa do yourself a favor and slide it right back out into the hall.

So if you late night order, this place is bastardized version of a clown college graduation ceremony. Don’t think, for the love of ever being able to eat, that these suck wheels can figure out how to get an order to someone within 1:30. I would love to review the food, but it never goddam showed up. Absolute buffoonery.

We stayed downtown Tampa at hotel. The food was delivered fast, the pizza and the wings were steaming HOT when we got it so that is always a good thing! Pizza driver was professional. The food tasted good

Great pizza, cool building with high ceilings and exposed brick, they don’t seem to mind if you sit around a while (then again it’s a weekday at 3). A slice is a little pricey (3 – 4 $), but cheaper than most of the strip-​esque eateries round here. I saw an ad for $ 2.50 cans of beer but found only bottles within.
Overall, good. Excellent, if you only care about the taste of the pizza.

Mama Rosa must be rolling over in her grave. This place makes pizza with a conveyor belt. Any pizza place with a conveyor belt does not deserve to be in business. In fact, Mayor Bob Buckhorn should propose a city ordinance outlawing being within six feet of a conveyor belt pizza place. So many New Yorkers down here, I find it hard to believe a pizza place on 7^th Ave in Ybor wouldn’t use a real pizza oven. I think it demonstrates how much they really value their business; pizza ovens are an expensive, but necessary, investment.
Anyway, to the pizza. It was cold. It was actually cold. He did heat it up, but the inside was still cold. And it was floppy. Good pizza has a slightly crispy crust. Just crispy enough to maintain its integrity. Just crispy enough there’s a little crunch when you bite in. This pizza had none of that. It was a big ball of sloppy grease.
Furthermore, the slices were expensive. Try New York New York instead down the street instead.

For people who are planning to get food from Mama Rosa’s and are looking at these reviews, pay attention to where the reviews come from. There are apparently several locations for restaurants with this same name and they quite obviously vary in quality!
Last night I ordered from the one in Tampa and it was a little on the pricy side but really awesome. My husband and I ordered the meat calzone and the bianca calzone, respectively. Our calzones were big and hot and the cheese was melty and awesome. It was probably the best calzone I’ve ever had, not gonna lie.
The marinara sauce that it came with was awesome too. I could tell that it was homemade.
The costs are a bit higher than average (probably to subsidize their late hours of operation/​delivery), but so is the quality of their food, so don’t be afraid to order here.

A little soggy, but not shabby. They delivered to my hotel is record time, and the price was just about right for what you get. I ordered the Hawaiian and thought the toppings were sufficient, the sauce was good, and the cheese just right.
Again, my only problem was the crust was a bit more oiled than I’m used to (since I stopped ordering Pizza Hut years ago).

Sounds good, from the other reviews. They left a flyer under my door just TODAY promising late night food — open until 3am. It’s not even close to 3 and there is no answer, with over an hour left until they «close» when I started calling. I’m so hungry, and this sounds good, but no answer. I would leave 1 star, but the other people mention the food is good — all I can value is my own experience. Sorry.

Cold food & the driver tried to add money to the bill to pocket. Didn’t take being confronted on it very well either. Check your bill before paying

Monday night delivery to Paddywagon’s in downtown. Open till 3 a.m. So good we are ordering another. Parker and Tim introduced me to banana peppers and pepperoni pizza. Who knew? Such a good combo. It was a tasty New York style much better than chain. Check it out.
The second pizza we got was a Hawaiian with pepperoni instead of ham and add jalepeno. Jenn didn’t share any with me so it must have been good.
They opened in August in what used to be Manhattan Pizza.