Walden Italian Kitchen

This restaurant is by far one of the best places in town to grab delicious, cheap, presentable food. Don't even get me started on the pizzas... my God. The dough, the sauce, the crust... just mouth watering. If you're looking for a quick, affordable meal then this is the location to go. The staff and the owners are very friendly people too. Great experience and highly recommend!!!

My husband got the Chicken Masala last night, and it tasted like a plate of wine. No Masala sauce, just a bowl of watery pasta that tasted so much like wine it was inedible. I already stopped going to this place months ago because the service is so bad, and now the food too. Steer clear of this place, Dino's, down the street, is a much better choice.

Nice small friendly pizza shop with very kind, helpful, knowledgeable, order taking, prep and cooking staff. Very sweet people! A warm friendly place. Lots of very orderly people came in to pickup their pre-ordered food. Almost always the ordered items were already being wrapped as the person came in to fetch their order. A few of the people had to wait, about three minutes with a maximum of five minutes. A remarkable feat during a very busy Friday evening dinner time. Seemed like a lot of happy smiling regulars doing pickups.

We have been coming here for years. I love the garden salad with grilled chicken and their salad dressing is even better than my own homemade vinaigrette! We also get veggie pizza without cheese (allergy), which comes out crispy and soft at the same time and is loaded with veggies. Before we stopped eating cheese we ate the Mediterranean Pizza, which we miss a LOT, but even with dietary restrictions, you will have a great meal here and you won't have to overpay. It's the same ownership for years and years and they really care about the quality.

Small, service was nice, but the pizza is like no other. It was amazing! The thin crust pairs amazingly with the hot pizza. Eat it fresh for best taste!

Always good every time. Best pizza that you can get anywhere around here. I love ordering food from them. It's always just the order and the expected time, no BS, no sign ups, no email lists, no phone numbers just give me food for money.

Went back with my son after several years. Has not changed and that’s why it’s great. Prices have..Chicken tenders, Italian sub and garlic bread all great. Service old school. A service and food.

I am a local. I randomly stopped in as I usually go-to Dinos. I had the worst sub I have ever had. The man at the front counter waited and waited to get up to help us. When he did he was condescending and rude. I was with a woman whom has special needs and he was obviously annoyed when she asked questions. Not a business for locals. It's a nasty overpriced tourist trap.

Great chicken Parm with fresh sauce, crispy coating and a bit of pizza dough! Great for takeout, great for fried ravioli too. Great quality chicken, cooked perfectly and flavorful!

A great local spot. Friendly staff and excellent food! It's been our go-to place for years

Ordered a sub and, unfortunately, it had only two thin slices of meat, a few pieces of cheese but lettuce was overly abundant. While the bread was fresh, the overall sandwich was disappointing. They seem to skimping on the meat....because I travel around, I eat subs a few times a month and when the sub is cut in half, you can see the quantity. Walden Italian Kitchen is definitely at the bottom of providing a reasonable portion for a $12 sandwich. I suggest they add a few more slices and people would come back knowing they get their money's worth.

The saddest little eggplant parm sandwich, straight from the oven yet somehow cold. I won't be back soon, other nearby sandwiches can't be worse deals. Fox News on the TV solidifies my stance. (I don't care if you think that matters, but it didn't decrease my star rating.)

Very friendly staff, service was great. But having grown up in New York, where any sandwich is a meal, I was mightily disappointed by the $10 'Northerner Prosciutto'. I mean, this thing was like a school lunch slapped togesther by an ex-convict who is hung over and hates his life. Look at it. Pathetic. The bread was terrible, and what is that, one piece of old prosciutto? I couldn't decide if it was just old ham. Gross. I ate one half (I was starving), took this pic, and threw the rest in the garbage. Never again.

Pleasant pizzeria with large selection of subs and other items on the menu. Clean; friendly staff. While my sense was that food is generally good, my cheeseburger sub was a bit dry; the meat was dry and overcooked; it lacked enough condiments like lettuce and mayo for a hearty moist sandwich. I found the attitude of the owner interesting - when the customer walks up to the counter to order, picks up his order from the counter, and clears his own table, no tip has been earned. There is no service. In past times, tips were given at the end of the meal for services rendered. More and more fast food places are adding the tip as part of the electronic card payment at the beginning of the process, like adding unearned costs to the product. It gives the owner more profit and the cost of already soaring food higher pricing with no added value. In our party, the owner delivered the plate to our table just 5 feet from his counter for the patron that added a tip to his bill, but put the plates of the other patron who did not tip upfront on the counter and did not alert them that the plates were ready for pickup. The owner, whose salary has nothing to do with good attitude and service, seemed to be making a statement of his not receiving a tip. He had no other customers to look after. I would go back to the restaurant for its quaintness, but was not impressed with the messaging sent by the owner.

Excellent subs and good pizza. Chicken parmigiana sub ..8.2 steak and cheese bomb... 7.9.... Pizza...7.8

Ordered 2 Walden Salads with chicken, was served without the chicken and once pointed out received some pushback (waiter said that we didn't order it with chicken and made it seem like it was our fault and a total inconvenience to grab what was ordered). Food was ok but service definitely pushes to any other open establishment in the area if this is indicative of a pattern.

This is definitely one of my favor pizza joints around Concord! People are super nice, maybe I have known them for a long time. Two of my favor pizzas are Mamma Mia and The Florentine. Love both of them!

I'm searching for the best pizza around the Concord area including Bedford, Acton, and maybe Lexington. The pizza at Walden Kitchen was unremarkable. It's not bad, but it's also not very good. If I had to limit myself to West Concord, then I would choose a pizza at Walden Kitchen over Dino's. However, if I lived in West Concord and wanted good pizza, then I would head to either Sweet Tomatoes (just over the Acton/Concord line) or to New London Pizza in Concord Center. The pizza at Walden Kitchen was crisp, but pale in color - lacking any sort of leopard spotting on the crust (they should try turning up the oven temperature). The sauce, cheese and sausage topping were standard fare. Here's my current (sausage) pizza ranking around the Concord, MA area. I'm going to rank these pizzas using the one-bite pizza review scoring 1-10. For that scoring: 9's are best in class pizza anywhere, 8's are worth driving to, 7's are very good local pizza, 6's are okay because they're convenient, but they're not my favorites. 6's will be Yelp 3 stars, 7's will be Yelp 4 stars, and 8's will be Yelp 5 stars. In my opinion, I haven't had a pizza in the Boston area that I would rate a 9. Posto (Bedford, Napoli style): 7.3, $17 for 12 inch pizza Sweet Tomatoes Pizza (Acton, traditional pizza): 7.2 $16 for 14 inch pizza New London Pizza (Concord Center, Greek style): 7.2, $10 for 10 inch pizza Steve's House of Pizza (Bedford, Greek style): 7.2, $8 for 10 inch pizza Sorrento's Brick Oven Pizzeria (Concord Center, traditional pizza): 7.0, $12.50 for 12 inch pizza Walden Italian Kitchen (West Concord, traditional pizza): 6.9, $12 for small pizza Ken's NY Deli & Brick Oven Pizzeria (Bedford, traditional pizza): 6.9, $12 for 12 inch pizza Dino's Pizza (West Concord, Greek style): 6.8, $10.50 for a 10 inch pizza Here are some other pizzas in driving distance of Concord, MA: Spice Box (Lexington, Indian pizza): 7.0, $22 for a large 16 inch pizza Pepe's (Burlington Mall, New Haven pizza, white clam pie): 7.9, the price doesn't matter because it's that good.

A low key place with terrific pizza and good service. We enjoyed exploring the neighborhood afterwards.

This pug faced overweight guy with glasses called me and my boyfriend a cockroach in spanish yesterday. He also spoke Portuguese and continued to insult me and my boyfriend. I am half brazilian and my vovo and vovo spoke mainly portuguese and i lived in costa rica so i understood a good amount of his insults. This was all after i tipped over 20%. Not coming back :)

I've been going to this place since they first opened in the early 2000s. Growing up in town, we got take out from this place all the time from when family was in town, or a random Tuesday night. Pizza is the best around in my opinion. Sandwiches are good, big variety of pizzas and pasta, good salads...rolls rival those of Bertucci's. Good prices. My only complaint is they stock Pepsi products-- which just don't for it for me-- end up getting a Coke at the convenience store down the street. Minor issue though!

First time here had the best steak bomb eva.and my wife got a Greek salad with chicken.well worth it.

Mediocre But friendly and a lot cheaper then SALTBOX next door... . go here if your feeding some kids or want a cheap grinder / slice of pizza . Very friendly but wouldn't consider this a real Italian restaurant, more a quick stop sandwich and pizza shop.

I work very close to this restaurant and we order as a group several times a week. Food quality is good, food handling is bad. You will get what you ordered about 50% of the time- wrong dressing for salads, missing ingredients on subs etc. is very common. Food quality: 4 Food handling: 2 Service: 3 Attention to detail 2

Ordered a large sub over the phone. Took my order. But was not told there was only one size. I hoped to share my sandwich with my daughter. Got home and there was one slice of Turkey in my $11+ sub. Could have called to complain but instead I'll never go back. Not a good practice to be so stingy when there are so many sub shops to choose from around here.

Great pizza and mozzarella sticks, wonderful service, quick and very kind staff. Def recommend!

I'm writing my review based on the con pollo pizza I ordered that doesn't have sauce. This pizza was especially delicious and was a very pleasant surprise. It's very flavorful, much more so than other similar pizzas from other restaurants! Today was my second visit because after my first visit I couldn't get over how delicious it was! Given all the pizza restaurants in the area this has to be my favorite!!

GREAT PIZZA! Every time we order Pizza its from Walden. We have not tried much of the other food but from what we have got its been pretty good. I HIGHLY recommend the pizza. Its sooooooo good!

Cheese and toppings slide right off pizza...annoying af. Chicken in sub was hard and tomatoes were old. Hard pass

Ordered the gnocchi and halfway through chewed on something weird, took it out of my mouth and realized it was some weird looking quil or tiny bone?? Not sure what got mixed in it but it was unsettling to say the least. The prices online are also not updated, so I was surprised to see about a $5 increase per item on the food I ordered when I picked it up

Food is good, people could be nicer but they really just needs to get with the times and do delivery or use food delivery service like GrubHub/DoorDash.

Tried it for the first time, as I work and live close by. I tried to order a broccoli/garlic calzone, and was told "no, we don't have that". You have broccoli and garlic, but cannot make that? So I tried to order another of their calzones on the menu minus onions, and was told "no, it comes with onions". So clearly they are pre made, and warmed up, and it tasted like it! Awful!

Thank you Walden kitchen for the wonderful meals sent to Emerson Hospital during the Covid pandemic tonight on Friday, April 17. Honestly I'm on labor and delivery for the next 72 hours and I was getting a little hungry and a little "hangry" about the slim pickings when just about a dozen prepackaged meals appeared from Walden kitchen. It truly brought me to tears. I had to sit down and say thank you before eating because it just warmed my heart. We are open for business here on labor and delivery and safe and busy, yet it is still exhausting with all of the new social distancing and guidelines and extra care being taken. We will all get through this but it sure feels a heck of a lot better when there's so many wonderful people out there rooting for us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart Walden Kitchen - And your food really is great! Dr Laura Silk, AFA OB/GYN

I went here with a coworker for lunch. Ordered at the counter. I wanted to pay the bill for both lunches. I told my coworker I had this and to please put away her money. I proceeded to give the cashier my credit card. The cashier at the register actually had the audacity to say "well I would prefer the cash". Business is business. My paycheck automatically goes into my bank account, at my company this is the choice. I do not care if the food here is good or not I left with such a bad taste in my mouth over this man's rudeness, I would rather drive thru DD's or McDonald's than give them a dime of my hard earned money to this establishment. If you do not wish to pay the price of credit card or debit processing, which is the cost of doing business then don't, but do not be rude about it.

Me, too. Great pizza. Too bad they won't deliver to my house. The Chicken Parm Subs are terrific. Great bread. Great salads, too...

We've been back about three times now, most recently last night. I stand by my earlier review. Every time we go, the salad is fresh and the vinaigrette dressing is fabulous. Their garden salad is better than at many much fancier restaurants and I am famous for my own home-made vinaigrette dressing -- theirs is as good or better than my own, really! Veggie pizza is crispy crusted, loaded with veggies, including fresh tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, spinach, thin slices of crisp eggplant, olives -- YUMMMM! I love the quality and value, cleanliness and neighborliness of this small gem of a pizza place. Must try pasta next -- they offer shrimp scampi, seven!! different chicken pasta dishes, Picatta, Marsala, Cacciatore, Calabrese, etc. This is a delightful little place!!

Big fan of Walden's. Never had their pizza, but have had their pasta quite a few times. Big portions and a good price. I'll definitely come again for a quick pasta fix. Pasta isn't the best -- but its not terrible, and they have quite a few options to choose from. I always go with the pasta of the day. You can't go wrong with that.!

The staff here is great. I got a meatball sub here, unfortunately I burned my mouth on the first bite killing my ability to taste....it smelled so good I couldn't wait. curses! Smell, awesome. They make their own meatballs (nothing frozen), bread was fresh, plenty of sauce and the meatballs had the right firmness to it. Also, they have Gluten Free Pizza, which makes my wife happy. Thanks for looking out for dietary needs. You folk rock.

I'll keep it short and simple. The prices are good for the amount of food they give you. So far I've had the Meatball Sub and a small pizza, and the meatballs rivaled my grandmother's and the pizza had a nice thin crust, the toppings were perfect (not too much or too little). It wasn't at all oily. The locals obviously enjoy it as the staff seemed to have memorized their orders and special requests. I might be back weekly if I didn't have to watch my diet.

Called around a few places for gluten free pizza, and this was one of the few I found in a quick search. It was better than some of the other gluten free pizzas I've had. Really liked the buffalo wings (they actually serve the hot sauce on the side, so it's like fried wings with a hot sauce dip). Very friendly service. Not a large place, about booths, and a handful of tables. Street parking in West Concord.

Gluten free pizza- not freshly made I got the Mexican pizza, olives where straight out of a can. They where sooo salty! Ick! The sauce had no flavor, I wasn't happy with my meal. My friend had a salad here , it looked great and she enjoyed it. The staff was nice but it seemed very unorganized. They couldn't take my payment when I order, someone separate had to do it so I ate first and waiting in line again to pay the bill . Eh, I wouldn't go back...

I've eaten here many times with my boys. My youngest teen typically orders a single slice of cheese or veggie sub. My middle son always got their marinated steak tip sub, and I get the steak tips on a salad. Their steak marinade is very tasty. They remodeled this place several years ago, the wall are now bright mustard yellow wash. It does look like an Italian eatery but it is owned by Greeks. They are not very willing to donate to the community events. They are a popular place for lunch and dinner in West Concord.

I have had zero luck in Concord today. After leaving a nail salon because they wanted to use non-sanitized tools on my nails, I headed over to what has been one of my favorite eating spots for years. As I was telling the young girl at the counter my order, the owner/chef was behind her- I watched as he got salad dressing on his hand while filling their salad counter and he LICKED it off-heard I was ordering a salad-and proceeded to get my salad out without washing his hands. I made an excuse to leave because I was so caught off guard. If this is what's happening in front of me, what the heck else is going here? I do hope the owner sees this so that he cleans things up. Needless to say, no longer a place I want to go to for food.

Picked up a pizza today - really disappointed not fully cooked and the sauce was tasteless. I'm chalking this visit up to the pandemic.

We were disappointed! Ordered Pepperoni pizza. It had no flavor what so ever. I have never had pepperoni where i couldn't taste it. No seasonings. Seems like it was much better a year or so ago.

Dropped in and had salads here today. They were fresh & delicious, way beyond our expectation! I bet other items (pizza & pasta) are as delicious as salads!

Absolutely the worst steak bomb sub that I have ever had! Dripping with brown water and salty as heck. The very finely chopped meat seems to have been pre-cooked/boiled or maybe it is leftover roast beef - not all like fresh shaved steak cooked on a griddle. I was very hungry but could only get through half of the sub just to fill my stomach a bit. Went in thinking I'd just get a slice of pizza to tie me over but at $4.25/slice, I thought why not spend more to get something more substantial. The two people behind the counter were unpleasant to boot. Bad food, unfriendly staff - never coming back!

To the negative reviewers! Before you hide behind your keyboard after getting some liquid courage, having a glass of wine or two, think twice. We support all small business owners who risk everything to operate a small business and serve you the customer, unless you have owned and operated a small business it is difficult to understand. It would be no different if someone who did not agree with you at your 9 to 5 job, going to your boss to tell them how horrible they think you are. In other words if you do not have anything good to say, DON'T SAY IT! This place is great, we do not know the owners but, every time we go there we can see that they are incredibly hard working. Keep up the good work!

Quick, delicious lunch place. The guys that work here don't talk much and I have no problem with that. Parking is tough because it's on the street but well worth it. I come for lunch whenever I'm in Concord. Wish they took AmEx.

I can't believe people like this place. When we were there they were changing the oil, so any fried foods were a half hour wait - which seems really excessive (especially during lunchtime). The pizza our table ordered was visibly oozing with grease. Husband and I got two pasta dishes, neither of which we liked (shrimp scampi and some special I can't remember since I only ate a couple bites). Both had mushy pasta and sauces with dull flavors. Our friend said the cheesesteak was also gross.

You might think pizza, when you're looking, but, the name is: "Italian Kitchen". Try the pasta! Home made huge portions. I decided to try the vegetable lasagna, not expecting much. Then, WOW! Huge big 2 inch pieces of real fresh carrots, zucchini + squash. Good sauce.

Had the sausage stromboli. Pretty decent. For $10 got a good sized portion for dinner (probably would have been too much to eat for lunch, though). Went to Walden Pond to walk it off, so that was nice.

It's the best pizza in the area. They will make whaever you want to order. I like to order spinach with garlic and lemon. yummmmmm if only they delivered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The other reviews pretty much capture the essence of this low-frills, budget-conscious, casual Italian dining restaurant. The service is somewhere between perfunctory and gruff. The various pastas get good marks and the pizza is decent but not great - the GF pizza isn't anything special. So, for a quick, casual bite to feed that Italian craving, Walden's Italian Kitchen will fit the bill.

I strongly recommend that you try out Walden Italian kitchen, located in west concord. Walden's signature Walden salad with grilled chicken is scrumptious .They also offer delicious pizzas, call ones and a great assortment of mouth watering entrees.You can get flavorful sandwiches, subs and also many fine tasting side dishes as well. Treat yourself to lunch or dinner at Walden's Italian kitchen and you should be pleasantly surprised!

five stars for concord, 4 stars overall in all my pizza-eating experience. great prices, wonderful pizza. medium crust, much lighter than it looks, which is at once crispy, chewy, and tasty. the sauce tasted like it had a hint of pepperonici, which was a good surprise. great sauce, generous on the cheese (aka oozing with pizza pleasure). very popular -- lots of families and kids. they gave me arguably two slices for the price of one for about $3.50. i paid cash (not sure what the beef is about potential credit card stuff). i'll be back! annie

I like everything I have eaten here but my fave is a slice of the Walden Pizza. Great price for a large slice and very tasty. The guys that work here are very friendly and I never leave unsatisfied.