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The food is great here--amazing homemade pasta and pretty good personal pizzas--but the service leaves a lot to be desired. The waitress was very rude when I asked her to make me a new iced latte because she sprinkled chocolate on it (I'm allergic), and we weren't even told about the specials (and when I heard them repeated to the table next to ours, they sounded delicious!). The wait was long, as usual, and I don't think they serve free water anymore--it wasn't brought out to us when asked. It's such a tasty place but if they don't improve their service I won't be going here anymore.

Great food and a neighborhood staple, but the delivery service has deteriorated greatly. What once was a 30-45 minute wait is now over an hour and half. I am always told 45 minutes to an hour and the food not only gets delivered much longer, but the pizza and pasta is usually cold and the salads are completely wilted.

Myself and my partner are frequent patrons of La Nonna and each time we dine there, we are never disappointed. The chef prepares at least six or seven different specials every day, each authentic and not the typical Italian fare. There is always a homemade pasta, seafood, meat and poultry dish that is prepared with the freshest of ingredients and if you want to sample the food in Italy without going there, this is the place to come. Excellent food and friendly and courteous service.

Just over from Ireland for a short visit to New York and having been here a few times before and was dissapointed with some pizza places on previous visits, I was very impressed with the pizza's we had at La Nonna, everything a pizza should have with no overkill. Staff very friendly and helpful. Simple yet expertly made pizza with lovely toppings. Would recommend this to anyone staying or visiting the area.

I've always wanted to try this pizzeria because I always look for authentic pizza (I'm from Italy) and my friends were telling me how good La Nonna's was. So I finally tried it and I must say that their pizza is pretty average, it tastes just like take-out pizza. I also gotta say that their staff has a big attitude! There are much better pizzerias in the area.

It is true it is not original Italian pizza but a good American one. But it is not true that the pizza as we know today was originated in NYC. It was in 1889 in Naples to honor Queen Margherita. As for the pizza's capital of the world... San Paolo Brazil why over 6000 pizzerie and even a Pizza day to celebrate!

I was annoyed by "The Rogers" review below, so I'm countering with this -- True, La Nonna is more of an Italian American place than "authentic" Italian. If you can appreciate the difference and are not an obnoxious snob then you'll like this place. While it originated in 17th century Italy, what pizza is to the world today originated in NYC (Lombardi's 1905). La Nonna is a very good pizzeria and a very good value. If you're not an insufferable culinary academic, then you'll enjoy this place.