Petrizzo's

The price is great. We went with the kids at mid-day and inside was empty. The service was quick. The pizza was all we ordered and it good in taste and size. The kids added boric and cheese to make it taste stronger. Good amount of cheese on it also. We would go again.

Where to begin with Petrizzo's?

Let's start with the positive...The food and prices. At least for lunch. I can't judge the dinner menu. For $20 my wife and I had a bucket (5) of 8oz Coors Lt splits (or nips depending on your geography), a mushroom swiss burger and a veal parm sub. Can't argue with those prices in my mind. The burger and sandwiches were actually pretty good. The veal parm was very fried though, so i'm guessing it wouldn't translate into a dinner entree that well. Probably best to stick with the sandwich.

Now the negative...We sat at the outdoor patio, and it was pretty dirty. I don't want to use the word filthy, but it was bordering on it. I know it is outside so I expect to share the space with a fly or two. This was ridiculous. Brought me back to Amityville Horror. There were flies everywhere. The tables weren't thoroughly cleaned which kept the flies fed. The bar area itself really needed a cleaning. I have 6 letters for you...B-L-E-A-C-H. Event the bucket that held our beer was dirty.

It's a shame because the outdoor patio area is just the place people are drawn to in areas like this. After a morning or day of kayaking, hiking, and other outdoor activities it's great to unwind outside with a few beers. The patio is hooked up too. They have TVs around the large bar area. Live entertainment is provided (and I'm not just referring to the colorful mix of locals and tourists). The bartenders and wait staff were all friendly, and it may not be 5-star service, but I felt like we were treated well throughout our visit.

I can't attest for anything inside, as I never left the patio. They do allow dogs on the patio, and their pizza looked decent. I'd just like to see them clean it up a bit. This could be a fun, quirky spot.

I have been using Yelp long enough that I know the reviews are generally right on the money!  Since this restaurant only had three reviews at the time I thought "maybe" they all just had bad timing.

Unfortunately they were right - stay away! Trust the few reviews that have been written!

We saw this place at it looked like a great spot to stop because of the outdoor bar area.  It was a beautiful day and that exactly what we were looking for.  There were a good amount of people there so I decided to ignore the Yelp reviews and head in.

To begin with the outside portion is really the only place with any atmosphere, they even had a live guitar player/singer covering old rock and roll from the 70s - 90s which was OK.  When I went inside to use the restroom I was surprised and how outdated this place was to be in a prime location for tourists going by - it didn't have that "Pocono rustic" feel at all - just outdated that the owners don't seem to be reinvesting.

The service was the worst I have had in years, our waitress was terrible.  She was slow, not attentive to when we finished drinks and constantly forgot literally every request, a list of examples of items forgotten when requested a number of times; bring children's menus (she gave a 6, 8, 11 and 12 year old adult menus), adult beverages (on four or five separate occasions!), the appetizer for one person (even asked a bus boy to help he said OK and then we watch him just go back to picking up dishes and not say anything to anyone!), kids refills of juice and continued requests to find out where our food was (took over an hour to get the appetizer for the one person and another 30 minutes after for the entrees!

When the kids ordered the two boys (11 and 12) wanted to order off of the adult menu, they each ordered a small pizza.  One of the younger girls (6) ordered a personal pizza which was the perfect size for really an adult which was fine - the waitress provided no suggestion to anyone that the "small" pizzas the boys ordered off of the regular menu were actually big enough to feed two or three people each and just let them order.  One of the adults ordered an entrée that was to come with pasta and a salad - she never took mentioned or provided that. We were served "dirty" bottles that we had to return as they were disgusting to even think about drinking out of and the list of other items would continue to go on but I'm sure people have stopped reading this review by now...

We all agreed the food was good, solid food - or we were just so hungry after waiting so long it didn't matter.  It's a shame that this place is run so poorly as it is in a good location when traveling on that road.  We will not be returning here.