Bambino Pizza

I really don't want to write a bad review but this pizza is not good. The sauce is tangy to the point of being sour and tastes like it's from a can. The dough is like the yeast was forgotten and just turned into a floppy thin crust. The cheese didn't have any flavor. Really needs to improve with a number of good pizza places in the Dunedin area.

The food was awesome. I had the pepperoni roll and it was delicious 😋. I will be back 😀. The lady that runs the place is really nice and helpful also.

I have been a customer over 15 years. Recently, due to Storm (Helene), they have been in the process of rebuild their dining area. We have supported them through the years and also during Covid and the food is outstanding, the meatballs, the Bambino’s mitt, meat lovers pizza, lasagna. The pizza crust is delicious. My contractors love the food as we had take out to keep everybody fed as we rebuild our home and the others in the community feel the same way. Come on down!

Just under $21.00 for this 12 inch pie. Lacked flavor. Missing the mushrooms and meatballs that should have been on it as well. Not much cheese. Order wasn't ready at pick up because the gal stated she burnt the first one. Ordered a slice of "New York" cheesecake and the chocolate cake to go. Those were frozen and certainly did not exceed any expectations once they were edible. Choose a different place.

Ordered for pick up. Had Bambino mitt and pepperoni roll. Both were ready on time and delicious. Moderately priced great lunch option.

Pouring down rain and we wanted to get something to take back to our condo. We ordered a medium lasagna pizza. 😋 It actually tasted just like a lasagna....we were completely surprised! A large house salad , fresh and delicious! Reasonably priced 27$ feed all three of us. Plus, a little left over. I would highly recommend this for anyone traveling in the area. They do offer delivery but, we just picked it up. The owners were very nice. Support small businesses and check this place out!

The pizza and wings were great. They are still in the process of rebuilding from the Hurricanes. Had a good meal and a beer on Friday. They were a little busy but very much worth the time. Stop by and help a good place in dunedin.

First time here. Very comfortable atmosphere. Greeted with a smile. Waitress was fun and attentive. Family owned and operated! Built my own 10" pizza and had their signature Sweet & Hot wings. Both cooked to perfection(I asked for both to be cooked a little extra crispy). Ingredients I could tell were fresh. The owner came out to make sure everything was good. Nowadays, it's difficult to find a restaurant that still offers a great experience...well Bambinos does! Probably because of the family aspect. Definitely my new go-to pizza place!!

We love the pizza at Bambino's and eat there a few times a month. They have many special deals too.

Had a calzone that was just oozing with hot cheese, fresh pepperoni, and tangy delicious sauce. Loved every bite!

I have driven past this place -Forever-. The other night my friend and I stopped in just to see what it was like. The location is huge and does a lot of take out orders. While we were there, my friend got chicken Alfredo and I got a Calzone, while I got the Bambino sandwich for my husband. Everything was made to order and delicious! Their sauce for the Calzone was zingy and tasted light and bright, the Calzone itself was large, filled with cheese and ham. It was good. The Bambino was humongous! Seriously this is a monstrous sandwich. It's definitely not for one person! But the flavours are all there and they are SO good!! We will come back again for sure

Excellent white pizza! Huge Calzones. Very fair prices. Big portions! Family owned. So glad they were able to reopen after being damaged by Hurricane. They only have limited seating right now but they deliver and have service inside. Take out is always a great option with them. I would put a picture of the white pizza, but we ate it all.

Wow! Soooo glad I stopped in to this pizza place!! Found myself in Dunedin for work, and noticed the sign for Pizza by the Slice. I was their first customer -- lady was extremely nice -- and got it to go. Good thing, because if I would have tasted it before I left, I probably would've bought a whole pizza! I got the two slices and a drink (can) combo for $5.99... well worth it! The slices were LARGE and the pizza, sooo good! I lived upstate NY as a kid, and this reminded me so much of good NY pizza! From the slight crisp when you bite into the folded slice (way to eat a good big floppy NY slice), to the way the cheese feels and the tasty sauce. Wow! I saw on the min they have calzones, wings and a whole lot more, I can't wait to try it all. I WILL be back with family and friends! Only wish I would've taken a pic before trying the pizza, but I was in traffic lol

I want to preface by saying that we did not eat here, so I cannot rate food. We did go in on a Friday night and there was only 1 other table that had people, along with a couple of people sitting in the front waiting on to go orders. They only had 2 young girls working. When we walked in, one of the young girls forewarned us by saying that they had a lot of carry out orders so it could be a while before we were served. We were understanding and chose to sit. She did come over to get our drink out and we both just ordered waters. She said she would take care of us when she wasn't busy delivering pizzas... it didn't register to us until a few minutes that she meant driving deliveries. We sat for a few minutes and ultimately decided to leave before getting our drinks. When we're were getting up, one of the girls was bringing us water bottles with cups of ice and lemon - curious as to if they have running water they serve or if they're cooking with bottled water too? This review is nothing to do with the two sweet girls working, but more of a review on how management expects them to effectively serve AND deliver while getting slammed with online orders and there only being two of them.

Bambino's: Go get some great pizza. Get the Super Bambino, 9 toppings. You can thank me later.

We've driven past this place hundreds of times. It looks like an old drive-in with perhaps, car hop service. On the inside, it's one big hall with mobile home type, plastic windows. On this Friday night, only 2 other tables were occupied. A blaring big-screen tv was at one end. On to the food and service. We shared a really good pizza. I ordered a small side salad, which could feed at least 2 people. Our server told us, she'd been on the job for 2 weeks. It didn't show. She was attentive and pleasant. We had a good meal. I could plainly hear traffic from Alt. US 19 even with the plastic windows closed. The TV set turned up fairly loud, distracted from our dinner. The ambiance is 1980's with an odd piece of wooden furniture in the middle of the dining room. This is a place sorely in need of a makeover. We felt welcomed here by the friendly server and someone in the kitchen who thanked us as we left.

We love supporting local small businesses because of experiences just like this one. The service was great and the server was absolutely delightful. We had the lasagna pizza and OMG was it good! Fresh, hot, flavorful. The medium was the perfect size for two people to leave feeling happy and full. Some people would call the interior dated. I think it's just homey and authentic. We will DEFINITELY be back.

Just had a real Italian pizza, a Margherita, and Super Bambino at Bambino's. It was fresh and delicious! Friendly local meeting place. Highly recommend! #Bambino

Ordered the meatball appetizer and the website said I would get 6 meatballs. It arrived with 4 contacted the delivery service and they said they were bigger meatballs, really? Last order they forgot my salad. They wouldn't credit me for it so I had them deliver it . Get it together bambino!

Okay I have tried the pasta dishes eggplant parm always wonderful but tonight I had the pizza it was amazing! Hands down best sauce ! I had the margarita pizza light airy and the sauce I could devour with a spoon! Seriously as an Italian I was doubtful but the lady who owns runs cooks and her beautiful daughter really this place is that good. They do a huge take out service and I know why! I am just so impressed. Service was great and trust me I thought too okay older building but the kitchen is amazing and the pizza is great. All I can say is try it for yourself and this place should be the mystic pizza place of Dunedin because the sauce is magical!!!

Nothing personal, just not a fan of the pizza. In a town with so many options I don't think I'll return. Server was really sweet!

Great lunch, great food. Pizza great, Alfredo sauce AMAZING! Friendly staff thank you!!

ok so ordered a med pizza and a small salad 27 dollars........pizza worse than a frozen publix pizza and ceasar salad was a tin container of lettuce. NO DRESSING a few measly croutons and that awful jar grated cheese, not fresh cheese. so bad i feel so ripped off.....they are going to have to step it up with the new wood fired place a block away. That was amazing food prepared with care! Too bad they were closed..... i would never recommend this place....we wanted a meatball sub but they were out of meatballs and out of sub bread.....a joke!

We have lived in the area for a year and a half and never gone. I don't know why. Dumb decision. We ordered 2 calzones on a Thursday evening. They were $5 each. And HUGE! They come loaded with ricotta and other cheeses but nothing else. To add additional toppings is 89 cents or $1.50 depending on whether it is considered a traditional topping or a gourmet topping. Jalapenos are considered gourmet, consider yourself warned. These things were wonderful. And enough to feed us for 2 nights. The only thing we would say is there did not seem to be much sausage and peppers in either one. Still delicious but next time I will order double sausage. The restaurant is clean and well kept. It was not busy but it was raining horribly and was after 8 pm so not surprising. They do deliver for free so be sure to tip your driver since they brought your food to your door and you didn't have to go out. I will return. I will order the calzone again. And I would definitely order other items off the menu as it smelled wonderful inside this place.

Love Bambino's. Good food. Best pizza in the area. Also delicious Jalopeno poppers when you need a little fuel. Check it out!

We have never been here and will never be back. We waited over an hour for some mostly cold cheese bread; with a hungry 3&4 year old. Mind you there was one other table in the place with people. Then our pizza came out separately and when I asked the girl who brought it she had an attitude trying to figure out why she had someone else's cheese bread. When our pizza came out it was cold?!! How? After an hour and a half of waiting. The tables all around us sat dirty for the two hours we were there without anyone coming to clean because obviously the girls working the front aren't into working. I can only assume our food sat around a while before they brought it to us because it was so cold. And then it was over $55, which is one thing for good food but not for 2 hour cold pizza. It takes so much to upset me typically, so this was unusually bad service. The place was basically empty and now I know why.

Pizza is solid and reasonable priced; well built but not the most flavorful. The dining area was hot so I recommend takeout.

What a great place to eat! I had the Bambino Mitt which was packed with very tasty ham salami lettuce cheese and papers. Baked to a golden delicious brown. My wife had a pepperoni calzone that I tasted and it was delicious. The service was very friendly and attentive. Give this place a try.

THE WORST! It took them close to an hour and a half to deliver this poor excuse of a pizza that cost me $18 and looks NOTHING like the picture on their website. I called to speak to the manager who was the epitome of unprofessional and RUDE. I'm surprised this place stays in business...

Thin crust when I asked for thick. Very little toppings and very skant cheese..even though I asked for extra cheese. Crust too hard to eat..sad cuz I love crust. Pizza was late and cold. Epic fail.

These people know how to make quality pizza! If you're in town I highly recommend trying this place, you will never be disappointed! Very clean dining room and excellent customer service as well! Love Bambino's!

Love the pizza, going there for years. Owner is really nice and always wants to please. Pizza tastes like real pizza not the stuff from the chain stores. Sandwiches are good too

Hands down the best pizza I've had in a while, the meatball parmigiana was incredible, everything was delicious! Awesome staff, great vibes, I'm a customer for life!

I love this local restaurant. I have eaten in and had the food delivered. Never disappointed. Homemade goodness every time. The specialty pizzas are my favorite. Fantastic meatballs ! My husband always gets the Bambino Mitt. Lots to choose from. I highly recommend

My son and my daughter came to visit me it was 6:30 and most restaurants are crowded . So I said let's go to Bambinos .what a disaster. People are at tables waiting for hrs to eat . The Waitress says are ovens are full . Wth does that mean . The pizza in the oven are for take out ! So I guess the patrons inside have to wait for hours . How do you not take care of patrons that bring there friends and family there to eat! I Didn't get an apology from the waitress or the owner . This was an unbelievable experience I thought I was on a hidden camera show . If you can't handle patrons eating inside perhaps just become deliveries only! Piss poor service!!! And over priced !!

Big salads with artful arrangements. Love the Cesar salad, dressing is yummy. I had the crispy eggplant with pasta. I do recommend if you like the purple foods!

This place was recommended by a friend that lives in the neighborhood as I was telling her I've been looking for a good New York style Pizza shop in Dunedin. I ordered a medium mushroom and sausage. Wow it was so loaded with fresh mushrooms and sliced sausage I couldn't get over it. As so many places I have tried you couldn't even find the toppings and had to pay extra and didn't even see where they were. I ordered a medium and had two meals out of it because it was so loaded I will definitely be back!

The pizza is good. I'd give more than three stars but the pizza is WAY overpriced. Ive ordered takeout twice. Both times the pizza was good. Their pricing makes me assume they will go out of business eventually. Don't get me wrong, I like their pizza, but there's equally good pizza for less money out there. I hate to see a locally owned and operated pizza place go under because of pricing. I've seen it happen in downtown Saint Pete couple times...don't know why it has to happen here in Dunedin.

There is a much better NY style pizza place up the street (on Alt. 19 going toward Palm Harbor) called Plum Tomatoes. It's great! No comparison to this garbage.

If you like poor service this place is for you! If you like to order some take-out, be told 25 min, and when you show up not having it ready, this place is for you! It gets better though. They will lie to you and say, "oh, were a bit behind, only 10 more minutes". In reality though, they just never made it, but god forbid they admit that Then, 25 min later, with zero offers for a drink or anything for your troubles, they just hand you your food with no apologies and no offer for your time. The food quality and portion size here is so hit or miss the garbage service is not worth it.

How shall I begin to state my experience here? I placed an order for delivery, and the girl estimated that it would take about 45 minutes to arrive. 50 minutes have passed, and my order has not yet arrived. I call back and the girl says an additional 10 minutes. I wait another 15, and what do you know, my order still has not arrived. I call back one last time, and the girl says that the delivery girl went out for another delivery and has to go back to the store to pick up my order and will be an additional 15 to 20 minutes. I just told the girl to forget about my order because I refuse to wait almost an hour and a half for an order. When I told her to forget it, she sounded as if I did something wrong. I will never order from this place again.

Went here about a month or so ago with my son and a friend of his. Waited a HOUR for three COLD sandwiches, two weren't even correct but we were so hungry and ticked off we didn't care at that point. There is no sandwich worth waiting that long for. I didn't appreciate the repeated "oh it will just be another minute or two..." from the borderline rude staff either. This place is a stone's throw from my house but I will never be back.

Local pizza joint with horrible service. I actually went to the counter and handed them my glass for a refill. Pizza is good but pasta is not. I would give the pizza 3 stars but the service 0 stars so that is why the 2 stars. They don't deliver far either and if I am going for take out, I choose a better place. It is very loud and full of kids so if you want the kids to run while you wait.......it seems the place for kids to run between tables or under them.

Our go to pizza place. Pizza is always tasty and ready when you order. Great deal on Tuesday and a little pricey on regular days.

TERRIBLE SERVICE. Ordered from here the last two times and have sent it back both. Was hung up on from staff when I asked to speak to a manager to just get my food re done. Over cooked. Lack of knowledge . Told me the manager was too busy to speak to me with ONE man in the restaurant. She told me my chicken tenders just look over done because the oil is older.

I've lived less than a mile from this spot for close to 20 years, off and on, and have only been one other time, many, many years ago. Decided to give it a shot today and was definitely nervous upon arriving and seeing the layout inside. Any place that has a bathroom outside....oh man, watch out ! The last time I used an outdoor bathroom (this one came with a KEY and a pre-emptive apology--I think the waitress caught my expression-- YIKES!) was in Belize and it was downright scary as someone was living in that one when I attempted to enter. Anyhoo--this bathroom, while outdoors, was IMMACULATE and had smokin' hot water, as well as no inhabitants, so maybe I need to re-assess my blanket disgust with outdoor bathrooms. On to the pizza. Not at all disappointing! It has a crispier, oilier crust, nice sheen, (this is a GOOD thing) with decent quality pepperoni and OK cheese. We killed a large pie handily--this is not a "filling" pizza, or what I call a "dinner" pizza, but today, it fit the bill and we were pleasantly surprised. Fellow diners had eggplant and ziti dishes that looked great. Price was right, just at $20 with sodas and tip. Service was very gracious and I'm betting these are newer owners from my last visit. We will return.

We have ordered take out from Bambino a few times and have enjoyed the pizza but have nothing to rave about. It is not traditional New York style and even ordering well done couldn't bring a crispy crust after deliver. Family friends recommended the restaurant for their ambiance so we hope to try eating in soon.

Had a really good time here. It was a friend's birthday & we were a party of 17. Service was great, Shannon did an incredible job! We all shared the mozzarella sticks, Greek salad, & antipasto salad. All delicious! For entrees hubby and I shared the Tequila Sunrise pizza & Italian hoagie (hot), both very good. Everyone else's food looked great. Prices are very reasonable. Would definitely return!

This place has no clue how to treat a customer. This was our first time to Bambino, we live in Ozona and figured one day we would try the famous bambino mit we see advertised. I got the mit and it was decent to OK, I think unnecessarily messy, but not horrible. The problem we had was with my son's roll with meatballs, we got home and started to dig in... hmmm lots of cheese and spinach, but no meatballs, so we called back to talk to the staff. The woman who answered sounded pleasant but has no idea how to treat customers. My son told her he ordered a roll with meatballs and there were no meatballs, she said 'how far have you eaten?" my son said, 'i cut it in half there are no meatballs" she said "they're in there, look more to the right side" my son said "um... what? look to the right side?" she said " yes, they might have melted all to one side" my son, doing as instructed looks further (his roll is now completely opened up) and says back to her "no meatballs", then you could hear the woman calling back to (I guess the cook) "hey did you put meatballs in that spinach roll?" and we hear a "yep", so then the woman back to my son on the phone says "yep, they are in there" and my son says "are they green?" and she says "no, thats the spinach" and my son says "ok thats fine, I dont want to deal with this anymore" and says good bye, the woman says "if you want to bring it back we will replace it" my son "no, thats ok i dont want to deal with this"... a few minutes pass, a call comes into my phone, its the lady calling back, my wife answers it this time she says "i'm really sorry, we made a mistake, we gave you the wrong roll". (LIKE DUH!!!!) and my wife says she will come and get a new one with the meatballs, so she did, and when she got there, my wife said" you know the way you talked to my son was really uncool", the woman said "we made a mistake", my wife said "but you didnt have to treat him like that on the phone, you didnt believe what he said", and the woman said "it wasnt my fault" we get complaints all the time.... my wife said "thats it, you wont see us back here anymore" and left.... This is how NOT to treat a customer, they didnt even offer to do anything like give her a coupon for a free meal or anything, they didnt offer to deliver it to our house. I hope your experience is better than ours.... or better yet maybe they will start treating customers better.....

Go here every friday night great pizza and im very pick avout my pizza but they will have my business for many years to come

My wife and I were in the area while staying over a couple nights on our way to the Keys. We stayed at a hotel right up the road and stopped here and ordered wings and a couple sandwiches. The restaurant and bathrooms were very clean. Our food was made quickly and we returned to our room. We wanted the wings to hold us over until a little later when we eat our sandwiches. We both agreed immediately that they were some of the best we ever had! They were so good we didn't wait for the sandwiches to make this review! Highly recommend their wings!

Went with family, and enjoyed their great antipasto salads; for 6 of us, we split a large and a small salad, and had plenty to share. Casual, nice place with friendly staff. Good place to watch a game or enjoy a conversation. The pepperoni and mushroom pizza we had was very good, too! Generous toppings, good sauce, and chewy crust that we really liked. We'll definitely be coming back, next time we visit this area of Florida!

the staff is abrupt but completely friendly and helpful. our glasses were never empty for long and although it can take some time for the food to cook- it's so good each meal must be homemade- it is well worth the wait. there's usually at most three other tables so it's fairly quiet. this is normally where i go after a beach day but it also makes a great spot for a date night and having conversation. it seems very family friendly and family oriented. there is a wide variety of pizzas, calzones, pastas, salads. absolutely wonderful!

We have been going to Bambino's for years and have always been treated like family. We moved from NE to Dunedin, and right away the waitress (who is the daughter of the owner) made us feel right at home. The food is consistently good and the mom/daughter duo is great. Their lunch deals are really good too, and the pizza, usually is quite good and very cheesy. The daughter, if cooking, makes the best pizza we've had there. What we like is that we always know what we're going to get - consistency, consistency, consistency...

Staying at a hotel near by, ordered delivery. Was told 45min to an hour, once it got here there was no salad dressing or garlic bread (I asked specifically for garlic bread which she told me was included and asked if I wanted a second serving, guess I should have said yes), and the deserts were still frozen and flavorless. However the entrees were delicious and the salad was pretty good even without dressing.

4 stars PLUS - for a great pizza, fantastic wings, and nice little side salads. We love this place. It's clean, quaint, and delicious. Friendly servers and just a nice experience.

Always Looking to find a better pizza I tried Bambinos New York style pizza, I found the crust to be soggy and had paid extra for double cheese, and had virtually no cheese just a sprinkle here and there, hopefully someone will come to Dunedin with a great pizza soon.