Original Italian Pizza & Restaurant

Order to go pretty often usually get a pizza canalloni the sauce the canalloni is in is excellent for dipping the bread in.

This place is a poor excuse for an italian restaurant.  I read the previous reviews and someone said that this place had good alfredo.  My girlfriend and I were traveling from NC and we decided to gas and try the local food in Lynchburg.  I gave it a shot considering it looked and SMELLED like a hole in the wall.

We ordered calamari and marinara sauce, chicken alfredo with broccoli and cheese tortellini with pesto sauce.  I asked for light on the alfredo... it was ignored...  YOU COULD SERIOUSLY DROWN A RODENT IN THE AMOUNT OF SAUCE.  (strike one)....  The calamari claimed to have marinara sauce... the chef decided that shrimp cocktail sauce would be a perfect substitute.  It was terrible.  My girlfriend and I were making jokes about how we bombed our dinner plans with crappy food.

When I checked out...  I couldn't help, but notice the BUCKET full of marinara sauce placed next to the pizza station.  I was tempted to ask the server what was the proper sauce that goes with calamari, but my girlfriend advised me that it would rude and improper, so I went with the next best thing.  BASHING THIS PLACE ON YELP.

If you are tiresome traveler... avoid this place with all cost.  The serving staff doesn't listen... they don't abide by the ingredients posted on their menu... and they even jacked up the garlic bread and salad.  

Lesson learned.... for me....  suck it up and speed passed this crap hole of a restaurant.  Save the appetite for the restaurants in Charlottesville, VA.  It's worth it... at least by then you would have a better selection on food.

Pretty good!

If you have ever enjoyed a meal at a restaurant named Vinny's, Sal's, or Mario's you will find something you like here.  I prefer OIP's Sicilian Style Pizza.  It is a thick but light dough crust.  

If you are looking for middle to high end Italian, this is not the place for you.  This is more of a "neighborhood Eye-tal-yen."  I've never had a bad meal here, and the price is right.