Pizza Fiore

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  This place was OKAY! The salad doesn't come with enough dressing. The pizza was cold for delivery. I paid for an extra topping feta cheese and I got like three cubes. This would probably only be a last resort for pizza next time. ):

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  Posted on 07.03.13 Toomie M.

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  Visited for lunch last Wednesday, table of 5.  Service was a tad slow.  I don't like sodas in a can but the pizza/salad/prices make up for it.
  
  The atmosphere is dingy, ugly.  But the pizza really was fabulous!!!  Table of 5 (4 men + me).  We ordered extra large meaty pizza & everyone had a side salad.  The extra large was in 10 extra large slices - - - we could not eat it all!! It was huge, but oh so good.  
  
  5 sodas, 5 salads, 1 extra large pizza - I believe our bill was maybe $60.  Cannot beat the price for the quality of food.  Just don't go expecting a nice place, because this isn't it! :)  With the right expectations, this may become your favorite pizza joint.

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  Posted on 02.19.13 Cindy B.

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  I am torn between 2 and 3 stars, here's why: this place definitely made me feel like "meh, I've had better", however, it's just your average New Jersey Diner version of wanna-be mediocre Italian food that half of America is used to, so, 2 stars.

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  Posted on 02.17.13 Carlos L.

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  This place is OK. Just a generic pizza place. I rate it along with the big national chains. Of course nowhere close to any of the good pizzas around (Andiamo, Harry's, etc.), but then again, it would be a little crazy to expect that.

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  Posted on 12.17.12 Mig B.

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  I'm rewriting my review as things have improved somewhat here.
  
  We had to order from Pizza Fiore since Pizza Hut is SOOO BAAADDDD.
  
  We ordered a large thin crust and it was actually quite good!  Highly recommended.
  
  Tonight we ordered the same pizza, awesome, and we ordered spaghetti and meatballs and Chicken Parmesan.  The sauce was interestingly tangy on the spaghetti, but the meat balls are obviously not home made....come on guys...if you make nothing else, please make your own meatballs, and for that matter, make your own pasta too!  Anyone can open a restaurant and buy everything frozen from Sysco and put it together...no creativity, and one needs only minimal culinary training to put together food from a box.

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  Posted on 12.07.12 John C.

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  I live just down the street and finally decided to give it a go.  FIrst let me say I am not a big pizza eater, so I did not have pizza.  I order fried calamari anc chicken wings, they were both awful.  The calamari were frozen and horrible, the wings were bland and the sauce was worse.  The only thing good I got was the marinar sauce that came with the calamari.  the rolls were ok.  the restaurant itself is cute and welcoming, the food at least what I had was not so great.

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  Posted on 11.03.12 Karen K.

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  Working in the Miami Shores area I came to realize that there are not many options for lunch.  We had a business meeting at the office 2 months ago and the vendor decided to order from Pizza Fiore.  They ordered an assortment of pies and I was very happy with just about every stlye I tasted. The only pie I was not too crazy about was the barbecue chicken.  Since then I visited the restaurant once and decided to dine in for lunch alone. I was in the mood for the pizza but quickly found out that they only sell pizza by the pie, not by the slice. Considering I already knew how much I liked their pizza I decided to order a peperonni pie for myself. I had a few slices and a soda and had to take the rest home with me. The service was good and quick. The food came out hot and on time. I would say that their pizza tends to be a bit pricey but there are not many options in this area so I cannot complain too much.

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  Posted on 07.31.12 Nick M.

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  Don't waste your time ordering from here.  Customer service is awful and delivery  takes forever. Pizzas are made half hazardously with cheap ingredients. Sad to say this 'cause I love the one on the beach.

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  Posted on 05.07.12 Victoria B.

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  You know how I do:
  
  1. Went today, so this is a RARE, timely review. Took a potential client from MRA Design (across the street) out for lunch.
  2. I had a chicken special and the two lovely ladies I was with did too. I had the season and yada yada chicken with penne. The sauce tasted like blended tomatos. The pasta was just overcooked. Solid 3 stars and that's about it...
  3. The service: Terrible. The waiter is just difficult to comprehend, and doesn't write anything down, and forgot one of the orders, and came back 3 times to double ask what we wanted to eat and drink. Fail.
  
  Go if you are starving, but don't get your hopes up.

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  Posted on 04.04.12 Steve C.

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  We were happy with our visit today (Sunday lunch). This was the first Pizza Fiore I have tried, and I will go back.
  
  There was a wall of lunch specials with good prices. However, we ordered from the menu: large caesar salad to share ($8), and the Pizza Fiore pizza, with chicken, mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.  The XL size was $19.95.  We ordered iced tea to drink, and tiramisu for dessert, to go.
  
  1) The brewed unsweet iced tea was good, and we got all the refills we wanted.
  2) The caesar salad came out first, and it was very large, with a good dressing.
  If I have any minor suggestions for the salad, it would be to serve it on a cold/refrigerated plate.
  3)  Along with the salad, our server brought us garlic knots (3). They were hot, freshly baked, and topped with lots of garlic.  We approve!
  4)  The pizza was big, and delicious.  We were especially pleased with the crust, and mushrooms were fresh, which is important to me. We had pizza to take home for later.  
  5) The tiramisu was very good. However, it was so cold that there were some ice crystals in it, and we took it home and ate it about 15 minutes later (without refrigerating it first).  :)
  
  I was worried/skeptical since some of the Yelp reviews were poor.  However, we were pleased with our experience. We plan to go back to try the pastas and sandwiches, and glad that a nice place has taken over the old Village Cafe space!

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  Posted on 03.25.12 Kris C.

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  I was really excited to learn that a pizza place opened in the Shores &  I was looking forward to the newest addition to our limited downtown area. Not sure if I wasn't in the mood, but the menu seemed boring. Nothing special. After studying the menu as I just could not find anything appealing, I ordered a slice - which was large, hot & okay. I must stay the garlic rolls were amazing. Service was okay, my server was sweet but unengaged. Disappointing.

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  Posted on 03.23.12 Kristin K.

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  Went in there yesterday to order 2 pizzas for takeout.  The waiter was unable to answer my question about their takeout pizza deals.  He told me to talk to the woman behind the counter.  The woman took a long time to acknowledge me, as she was very busy playing with their POS system.  She was also talking with another customer about her bill.  She definitely saw me there though...  eventually the owner came out to assist me, and he was very helpful answering my questions.
  
  Then I ordered BASIL and tomato on one of my pizzas, and the lady behind the counter put the order in as BACON and tomato.  The bacon was not good either.  Plus the pizzas were a bit overcooked.  
  
  Overall this place really needs to amp up their customer service.  They need people who are friendly, attentive, and take orders correctly.  When that happens, I will go back.

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  Posted on 03.10.12 Aimee Y.

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  I was happy to see a familiar name coming to Miami Shores. And I told myself they better do a good job, because news on the Village run really fast. Specially if you are not doing a good job.
  They are busy, so you need to be patient. Which I don't' mind. I'm not going anywhere . Its dinner.
  Service is good. Close to very good actually. Everyone is doing something which it tells me they are trying really hard.
  It might not be all perfect, but what other options you have in Miami Shores? Mama Jennys? I don't think so.
  Pizza, Pasta, its al OK. I'm not dying to get it  again. But I'm not disgusted by it either.
  Garlic Bread is actually good.
  Had the Alfredo carbonara it is alright.
  And the cheesecake was pretty good too.

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  Posted on 03.10.12 Joaquin M.

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  We ordered for delivery and were very impressed! We got two pizzas and wings and it was all very tasty, and the food came quickly

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  Posted on 02.26.12 Taylor T.

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  My parents taught me that if I had nothing good to say, to not say anything and usually I have reviewed places that I love...but, the experience I just had at Pizza Fiore needs a review.
  
  I am a long time Miami Shores resident, so when a Mommy friend told me lets try the new place in the Village and take the kids for dinner, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. When we arrived the place was packed with Miami Shores families and it was great to greet so many friends. We sat down and I checked in both in foursquare and Yelp. We ordered our soft drinks, garlic rolls and two plates of tortellini and the ravioli....
  
  The drinks came out, then the rolls after 10 minutes and then we waited and waited and waited for the entrees. I asked politely twice and by the time I saw that another table that was sat later than us had received their food I told the waiter our kids were getting hungry and to please hurry with the food or we would leave.
  
  45 minutes had passed when the tortellinis - one w pink sauce, one with Alfredo sauce and the Ricotta Ravioli arrived. The tortellini in pink sauce tasted "fishy" - so my mommy friend decided not to have them. The raviolis were okay.
  
  What happened next was what is making me write this review.... the owner happened to pass by the table and I introduced myself and politely told him that we had waited a bit too long for our food.  Instead of trying to listen and take recommendations, he became confrontational! "The kitchen was too small" "How can I serve 70 people at the same time" "He had lived in Miami Shores since 1990" "He had another business with double the kitchen space" "The sauce was fresh so there was no reason for it to taste fishy" "His wife was in PR" ... it actually became almost laughable that no matter what I tried to say was confronted with a reasoning that made no sense. It was almost like he had inherited all these problems and he was not going to own to any of them.
  
  When I recommended that maybe, just maybe, he might want to take reservations if the kitchen was too small so he wouldn't have unhappy customers he retorted "and, what, turn people away?" Exasperated, (and friends know that doesn't happen frequently) I said "Well, you are turning them away anyway"
  
  I paid for the experience of being reprimanded $55 and I'm definitely not going back for more! Why would I go to a place that "has a kitchen that is too small to serve " or that has a very vocal owner who gets exasperated by recommendations?
  
  Thanks, but no thanks!

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  Posted on 02.24.12 Natascha O.

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  Family Restaurant. Large portions. Friendly staff. If you're high maintenence or in a rush, you may be disappointed. It's not Andiamo or Piola, but it will do. Cannoli's are "Yummy"!

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  Posted on 02.22.12 Joe F.

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  Pizza Fiore  is a great, casual place to eat if your in the shores the three things they sell(pizza, pasta, and subs) are all delicious. The reason it gets four stars is because there is really no atmosphere yet but it did just recently open. If it can become the good vibrant restauraunt that Miami shores desperately needs then you might have trouble getting a table past 5:30

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  Posted on 02.14.12 Connor S.

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  As crappy as Village Cafe was, the dining options in Miami Shores were so few and far between I was actually sad to see it go.  Lo and behold once I saw the "Pizza Fiore coming soon" sign on the door the angels began singing and the skies opened up with sunshine.  I used to live in Normandy around the corner from the North Beach location so I had always been a big fan of this place especially the delicious lasagna, the grilled chicken & guacamole sandwich, and the combo pasta.
  
  Sure enough this week the Miami Shores location of Pizza Fiore is now open!  We ordered the Rigatoni Vespucci and the Antipasto salad.  The light cream sauce of the Vespucci was exactly as delicious as I remembered it.  I can't wait to order some of my old favorites.  
  
  Shores Residents take note - Don't bother calling Mama Jennie's again for pasta.  Pizza Fiore absolutely destroys MJ's sorry pasta dishes in every way possible.  In addition their subs are great and very reasonably priced.
  
  Welcome to the Shores Pizza Fiore!!!!

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  Posted on 02.09.12 Paul M.

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