Gino’s Pizza

For several years now we have traveled from Southwest Virginia to Pittsburgh for Pirate Baseball and have made Gino’s our lunch stop. Gino’s is located in a small strip mall with plenty of parking. When you enter you place and pay for your order at the counter. They have a good selection of food ranging from Pizza, calzone, spaghetti and very good subs. Once you place your order find a table or booth and a staff member will deliver it. We have eaten here several times and the food has always been served quick and hot. The Pizza’s are very good and I really enjoy their subs and the baked spaghetti. We have always enjoyed our visits to Gino’s and will continue to make it out lunch stop when traveling to Pittsburgh.

So four hungry government workers are riding in a car…
That has to be the start of an amusing anecdote. But there we were, en route from Pittsburgh to Charleston and we did need some sustenance. We pulled off the road and found this neat little pizza joint tucked into some stip mall.
Gino’s is a friendly little place, which seems busy at lunchtime (always a good sign). Not having time to order a full pizza, we opted for sandwiches and the like. I ordered the half-​Sicilian (hot ham, genoa salami, pepperoni) and it was every bit as good as the ones I’ve had at my favorite haunts back in Pittsburgh (Monte Cello’s, Yimmy’s). Service was friendly and efficient too.
And just so you know, when I rate something at three stars, it very often means that the place is a solid, nothin’ fancy performer. Gino’s is good for a quick lunch and tt’s well worth looking past the usual highway interchange McDs & BKs.

Stopped for the night on a road trip from NC to PA and this way or half way point. We had read the other reviews and were not sure but decided to take a chance. Boy are we glad we did! My husband had the lasagne with meat sauce and garlic bread. Some of the best we’ve ever had! The lasagne had big chunks of meat, not a measly bit. The garlic bread was out of this world, made with garlic oil I think. And I had the calzone with ham and tomatoes. So friggin good! Large pieces of fresh tomatoes and flavorful ham. We were stuffed and happy! My husband said that this MUST be our stop every time we come this way. Highly recommend!

I grew up on Ginos so this is nostalgic for me. My favorites are the baked spaghetti and pizza breads. Love the sausage they use and baked crispy.
Sometimes the pubwiches are drowning in mayo so if you are averse, ask for it on the side.
Overall, I think it is a solid local pizza parlor. Authentic «Italian «? Of course not. Familiar and comforting? You bet!

You know how you can sometimes take a chance and stop in at an «Italian» restaurant in a strip mall and get some pretty decent lasagne? Well, that didn’t happen here. When the best thing about a restaurant is the garlic bread, you’ve got a problem. Lasagne was awful. How hard is it to make even an okay lasagne? I don’t know what the meat was, but neither the texture nor taste seemed like beef. The sauce wasn’t good. The noodles weren’t good. The cheese wasn’t good. The spaghetti portion was laughable. My four-​year-​old nephew could’ve eaten three or four of those baby portions.
«What kind of salad would you like?» «What are my choices?» «Ranch. French. Blue Cheese…» «Oh, what kind of salad DRESSING?» Shredded iceberg with a couple tomato cubes does not a good salad make. Sigh.