When I heard we were going to Grimaldi's I had my heart set on New York Style Thin Crust Brick Oven pizza.. THIS IS NOT that Grimaldi's.
Normally if i want pizza - I will just make it myself, BUT I had been hearing great things about Grimaldi's. I didnt realize that this wasnt the same one as the one in scottsdale or the one on 99th and Northern... That being said...
This is a nice "family" style pizzeria that is from the East Coast, small cozy atmosphere. There are roughly 12-15 tables in the restaurant.. When we walked up I thought it looked like it was a carry-out only type of place. Several items on the menu we found out were only for "CATERING SERVICE"
Service was mediocre. Food however was fairly good. I love a good calzone so we ordered two meatball calzones, a small kids pizza for my daughter and my son got a medium pizza and we got an order of wings. The kids said the pizza was good ( I thought the sauce lacked garlic and spices ) The calzones were huge and stuffed with meat, cheese and a tiny bit of sauce. They were lacking in flavor though. There wasnt enough garlic in any of the food, The sauce was more of the consistancy of tomato paste. Our glasses all ended up dry several times and while there were three waitresses they all seemed to rather hang out by the register than help customers - except for the few friends they had come in - they got great service.
Had to go to the register to get our check at the end of the night and we had to get our own refills a few times.
all in all the food was ok. I'd recommend adding some spices to the food (GARLIC, some oregano, a little salt... ) - its an ITALIAN restaurant NOT DOMINOS.
I will give them one more try... being that they are 20 minutes from my house, I don't think I will go out of my way anytime soon.