Dale B.
Yelp
I've been coming to Floridino's for 25 years...ever since I started my career just up Alma School for this place. It's been the go-to lunch spot for me and many co-workers over the years. Now I'm also blessed to take my family here occasionally for an amazing meal.
Let's start out with how friendly the staff and service is. Many of the servers have been here 10...15...20+ years! That's how well they treat their staff and patrons here.
The indoor seating area has 3 main sections...up front from the entrance and bar, an area straight back with booths and tables, and then the area to the right as you enter that's newer and expanded. There must be 30+ tables in the restaurant and there's still a wait during busy times.
The decor is simple with posters from Italy, wine bottles, Arizona flair and more. They have their jokes of the week and other fun and quirky things to find. There's a few TV sets in the corners showing sports or rolling specials and ads for their restaurant.
Now to the food...it's simple but tasty. There's pizzas, calzones, pastas, salads and starters. One of the best items they serve are the pizza muffins, which are rolled up in their amazing dough with different flavors- all are excellent. They have a special pizza muffin of the month as well that's usually amazing- birria, grilled chesse with tomato soup, cajon, jalapeno poppers, and more! These are also a hit for takeout and get togethers. We brought 4 dozen pizza muffins to a party and they were the first item gone.
The two-item calzone is my historic lunch staple. The calzones are big and filled with mozzarella and your choice of stuffings. They come with marinara sauce for dipping. Pro tip- If you want fewer carbs, ask for the skinny calzone and they use half the dough but all the inside goodness.
They run a lot of great specials, like throwback prices to yesteryear! Calzones are cheaper on Thursdays and large 1-item pizzas on Sundays are currently $10.
A staple in Chandler and consistently good...I recommend trying this place if you've never been.