Pomodoro’s

This review is for the bar section of the restaurant. The food is usually very good, at least the stuff we most often order. Great authentic tasting pizza (NOT like frequently crappy bar pizza — again it is coming from the restaurant area.) Build your own pastas are very good quality, I love the Seafood Diablo. The Italian Hoagies, and all of the sandwiches I’ve tried are good quality. Tasty crisp fries. Good large dinner salads too.
The one bad note: The bartenders, at least two or three females in particular, have little idea how to provide good service. They frequently disappear into the kitchen for 4 or 5 minutes, leaving the bar completely unattended. They frequently chat with each other off in a corner somewhere while customers are clearly waiting for service. I watched one of them count money at the register for 5 minutes while literally a half dozen people stood at the bar holding out cash trying to get her attention.
Once we ordered an appetizer, which she delivered and said, «I’ll get you some plates.» Ten minutes later, we had resorted to eating it with our fingers and napkins, and she showed up with plates and an awkward laugh, as though it was amusing we had finished already. Another time I went up to the bar to ask for our check (walking up from the table, since we’d not seen her in a half hour) and she said «check? sure…» and on her way to the register, she got distracted by patrons she apparently knew and just started talking for 10 minutes while I stood there waiting.
These are waitresses who avoid eye contact while walking past your table when you are clearly attempting to get their attention. I ordered a martini and by the time she got it to me, both other people at my table had an empty beer and water glass, respectively. The waitress reached over my shoulder, literally looking the other way and set down my martini, then quickly walked off. It was a bizarrely obvious decision to not interact with us because she apparently knew we wanted to order something, but she was too busy to add two more drinks to her to-​do list. Really weird behavior.
Pomodoro folks: Fix your lady bartenders and you’ll get 5 stars from me. Other than them (who are worst when it’s crowded) this is one of the better places to eat in the North Hills.

We live close by, and frequent this lovely neighborhood restaurant. What is so nice is one side has a hopping bar with Pirates, Steelers & Pens games always streaming on the many TVS .
There is also a quieter more relaxing dining room. Best of all the chef is amazing ! Authentic Italian dishes. ! My all time FAVORITE is Lemon Pollo. A yummy chicken dish with flavor that will melt in your mouth ! Every night they offer a risotto. Always terrific !
The sandwich, pizza and appetizer menu offers so many choices. We have been there so many times. I NEVR get the same thing ., always terrific. Fried zucchini another fav ! Check it out. You will not be disappointed !

If you’re in for a good dose of pasta fixin’, come here. I always really enjoy the food here. I like ordering the pasta, you can pick and choose what to put in it.
Great carbo load after a long run!

Best antipasta salad! My family and I love this restaurant. Wish they delivered on the other side of Wexford — we would definitely order more often.

Giving 5 stars for service and food we have gotten takeout from here twice and it was great! We got pizza, sandwiches, and meatballs. The lady who answers the phone and does the register is amazing! She is so sweets. A great family owned business

The food was very good. The service was alright. We had to ask for everything and she was slow at getting plates out of the way. We had a very busy toddler with us who likes to grab everything in reach and all the empty plates were prime targets. Will be back without the baby.

Very good! I’ve been here 4 times and am very happy. Nice casual place to have some delicious pizza or salad. I mention the salad since I am really impressed with their homemade Italian dressing (they will sell it to go even though it’s not on the menu). The pizza and pasta are very good and the atmosphere is nice. The «bar side» is really refreshing and a nice place to meet friends.

This is my second review of this establishment and I have to say they’ve earned my respect and my repeat business. The calzones are fresh hot and very tasty and the service is quite good as well. They must have fired the old bartenders because the new staff is pretty much on their game!

Updated review: This is a full restrauant, pizza takeout, and bar with tv’s. Casual throughout. Been there 2 times on a Saturday evening. Bar side was packed for 44 or so people at my count. But what makes it excellent was it was properly staffed — 8 – 9 people working just the bar side alone. I am sure they sell enough to support having real staffing. Pizza was good, but not remarkable as pizza goes. Many designer beers on tap and in the refrigerator. Looks like this has emerged as a go to place and a locals place. Easy access from Brandt School Road — DO NOT park in the back as that is a closed area — use the bank in the evening.
Simply excellent service.
f8 and be there.

Atmosphere is casual but not too much … So I’m happy bringing my family there. Large TV’s but not loud.
Bar tender /​waitress is friendly and is attentive enough.
Pizza is amongst best around — particularly if you’re a New Yorker (Long Island) — crust just right, not too thin, not too chewy.
Wings also amongst best in area… Crispy not soft.

Got the buffalo chicken pizza and bacon cheese fries taste good. Doesn’t make me want to run back for more but a decent place to try.

The food here is really uneven. The pizza can sometimes be really good and sometimes really average. I’ve had good pasta (can’t recall the dish), an awful burger and fries (all frozen foods), great pizza, blah pizza and really good appetizers.
Tonight is a prime example. I ordered the Chicago Style, which was really good the last time I had it. This time, it was merely okay and contained random onions that weren’t there before. Unfortunately, they were too strong and overpowered the rest of the slice. $ 18 down the tube.
The delivery guys are always friendly, though they’ve messed up multiple times. The older lady at the counter can be a challenge as she seems to work a little slow. Everyone is very friendly though. I’ve only dined in once and it was okay service.
My recommendation would be to go to Pizza Labella, which is 15 minutes farther away, but is ALWAYS excellent. I think I’m done with this place since I never know what I’m going to end up with, good food or average food (or the wrong food).

Yummy! We come here every so often and have never been disappointed. We always get fantastic service and the food is delightful. Stopped today as the hubby was in the mood for pasta. We started with the pepperoni rolls which we had never tried before, wow! You get two huge rolls which me and the hubby split. They are chalked full of melted, cheesy goodness and pepperoni. The dough is salty, coupled with the terrific marinara sauce they give you to dip your roll in, delicious as the marinara is on the sweeter side. A good mix of salty and sweet. I chose pizza, a gourmet which was the spinach and feta pizza. As usual, tasty! The hubby got the penne pasta in the pesto cream sauce which was on the menu as Alfredo based. The waitress noted there was a parmesan cheese added to the sauce however they could nix it if the hubby did not want it in his sauce as the sauces are made to order and sure enough his sauce did not include an ounce of cheese. He was a happy camper as he is not a fan of cheese. We got yummy bread to start as well. What a delightful, local place! If you are in the area and looking for pasta and/​or pizza stop here. You won’t regret it!

Not big on ambience, but Gigantic on flavors.
Our server was outstanding and extremely pleasant. We could not have had a more welcoming server.
The server let us know that everything is made from scratch.
Ordered the Italian Wedding soup.
It delivered in a big way.
It was the best IWS I have ever had. Tons of flavor.
We shared the Buffalo Chicken Pizza.
Homemade dough and you could tell.
Great chef and you can tell they take pride in what they do.
$ 25.00 for lunch for 2 people was a hell of a deal.
Definetly will be back when in the area.
Stop in and you’re taste buds will thank you.

A really nice little eatery that we stumbled upon on our journey home to Chicago! Good pasta and pizza! Loved the meatballs! And great with the kids!

This place was excellent! I am not from the area and my girlfriend and I were famished so we decided to give it a try… so glad we did! Their pizza was excellent I probably couldve gotten a pizza with just sauce on it because their sauce was that good! Tons of menu options all of which are reasonably priced. We got an appetizer of loaded potato skins and a medium pizza with sausage, bacon, and peppers on it mmm. They had excellent sounding stromboli and calzones, which if I ever return I will invest in because a girl at the table next to us got one and they were HUGE! The place had a very nice atmosphere in the restaurant portion as well (the other half is a bar, so if you’re coming for the food go to the right area haha). Anywho excellent food and id love to return sometime!

The black and blue mussels are simply the best!!! Other favorites are the garlic knots, sicilian pizza, linguine with clams in white sauce, Jimi’s special tricolor tortellini with sausage and spicy vodka sauce (it has a nice kick), and Pollo Napoli (which I like a tiny bit better than the saltimbocca). We found that you do have to often ask for the free garlic knots, but once they come, the waitresses are quite generous with refilling.

I hear so many good things about Pomodoro’s, but yet every time I go I leave disappointed. I usually go with larger groups (~9 people) so I expect some delay in service. This most recent time it took our waitress almost 30 minutes to get our orders after delivering our drinks. When we asked for bread, we got cool garlic knots dripping with butter in a not so appetizing way. The salads were good, fresh and crisp. All of the dressing is served on the side, so if you’re dieting, it’s great, but if you like nicely disbursed dressing not so ideal. The entrees are generous in portions but inconsistent. It’s your generic Italian items like chicken parm, pizza, gnocchi. None of it is all that memorable, but it’s not really bad either. It’s just okay. Again, took a very long time to get our checks and pay. Let’s just say, I wouldn’t downright refuse to go here, but it’s not on my list of favorite Italian places in Pittsburgh, or really even in the North Hills.

We have started coming back about once or twice a month.
I love the house salad and the quality and quantity of ingredients.
Service is pretty good for the most part. Had to wait some times for service but nothing that made us want to leave. One of the best pizza joints around IMO !
Right up there if not better than — Large Plain on Babcock Blvd. in Ross. or Center Avenue slice in West View.
Wonderful place and we will be back and bring friends !

If you’ve been here, check your credit cards! My card was charged $ 25 for a $ 10 salad and it took nearly a week for them to give me a refund (refund on the salad only, they didn’t comp the salad, that bothers me). On the first day we called, we were told we’d get a call back after they looked into it. Still heard nothing all throughout the entire next day. (Keep in mind, our account has been comprimised, a little more immediate attention was in order in my opinion). The next evening after WE initiated another call to THEM, we eventually got a call back where we were told that their «drawer was balanced“at the end of the night. In other words, «we don’t believe you». When we insisted they check again, it became clear to them that they have a bad employee on their hands who doubled our order total AND kept the $ 1 tip my husband left when we picked up our TO GO order.
This on top of calling ahead the previous week, being told there wasn’t a wait, and being made to sit for 45 minutes with my 4-​year-​old as I stared at an empty table (son’s b-​day dinner, he wanted to stay). Not to mention the food is sub-​par at best. NEVER, EVER AGAIN!