Fabio's Pizza

We have never had the pizza here since the new owners. It may be very good.

I have always told people this is the best Italian food you can find in the area as long as you order from the specials menu...and until yesterday I have always been extremely happy with everything I have had here and so has my wife.

I am being very critical in this review because not only was a meal not very good, but it was not as it was described in the specials menu and the staff/owner did not care if we were happy.

The specific meal was the Seafood Cannelloni my wife ordered. At $15 it was a terrible disappointment. The menu (handwritten daily specials) described this as made with crab, shrimp and scallops. There was nothing that even resembled crab, shrimp and scallops in the dish. The only pieces that even resembled seafood were clearly mussels and some still had the beard attached. We even took some home and dissected the meal to prove this to ourselves. There were some hard chewy bits of indiscernible something that may have possibly been scallops but more resembled diced calamari that was cooked to near cartilage type hardness.

That was it. Not even anything that resembled bits of shrimp or pulverized crab flakes...and at $15 any diner should expect clear and present chunks at least of the scallops and shrimp and at least something flaky that could be perceived as crab...even imitation crab would have been almost acceptable but they didn't even attempt to pass that off in this dish.

Our server said she would talk to the owner/manager and went back to do so...we saw her with the manager printing our check/credit statement and thought they would address the problem somehow...perhaps at least an apology but a discount would have been appropriate. We were given nothing...not even a comment or an explanation that they use what they have on hand even though the menu says otherwise. We don't blame the server...we blame arrogant Italians that own the place. Italians are not known for taking criticism of their food well...I've been there...done that.

I ordered the Farfalle Bolognaise and it was fair, but not exceptional and does not look like any bolognaise recipe I have ever seen. The server said they mix their standard meat sauce with alfredo sauce for this dish...sounds like a cheap way to use leftover sauce and get paid $14 for that "special" to me.

We will try to give them another chance. I have always loved their food and I'm very disappointed...I hope they are not beginning to fail which would explain them cutting corners like this.

If they redeem themselves in the future I will come back to Yelp and revise this review or post another positive one...but for now...customers beware...there was something very wrong with our experience last night.

This isn't the worst pizza I've had, but it's certainly not the best. We've always had the same waitress when we have gone, and she is very friendly and attentive.

If there were another pizza place in Gordonsville, I doubt we would ever go here.

Really, really good pizza, prices that are right out of the 1970's. Just the kind of gem you always want but rarely find.