Russo's New York Pizzeria
$ • Pizza Restaurant
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Please be very careful if you have celiac it has a lot of cross contamination
Yes, they have gluten-free pizza crust and pasta... but the staff doesn't have gluten free knowledge. When I asked for a pasta dish to be made with gf pasta, and tried to confirm that the rest of the dish would be gf, the manager wasn't sure and went back to check with the cooks. When he came back, he said they weren't sure either. He then tried to explain that they don't know anything about gluten free diets or how to be gluten-friendly, and that they need training. He then asked me if I knew how he would go about getting educated in gluten-free menu items. So... I spent a bit of my meal looking online for websites for him to look at. Other than the lack of knowledge (which is most important), the food was delicious...
Never dined in but the gfree crust is delicious. They also carry Russo's frozen in the Kroger on Seawall.
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Had pizza twice at Russo's, once at this location. Overall pizza is very delicious although it gives me heartburn. The GF crust comes in medium size and can build it however you want. Will def come here for my pizza nights.
Food was decent, service was ok. wasn't really please with all the gnats flying around. Wouldn't go back again.
Great customer service! Knowledge servers. Apparently Mr Russo himself dedicated 6 months to creating the perfect GF crust. Ordered the Greek pizza and it was so delicious. I wanted more. They said Medium pizzas are GF and get whatever toppings you want. Also have spaghetti and penne dishes GF.
GF Pizza is decent. My son seems to really enjoy it, but I usually stick to the GF Caesar salad when I am there now. I react worse than he does and I just don't see how they are keeping things from getting cross contaminated in their kitchen. It's a lil iffy, esp when they are slammed with customers at lunch time. If you are super sensitive to gluten and/or wheat I would say avoid at times when they are really busy.
As a general rule it's much safer to eat out at slightly odd times...esp at places with small kitchens where it's hard (if not impossible) to have an allergen free area. At least they are nice and do seem to be trying here.
Gluten free crust but nothing else was everything was contaminated
Went in and got a medium gf pizza with no after complications. Not sure if their are other gf options ill have to find out.
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Delicious! We ordered 2 GF cauliflower crust pizzas via uber eats. Loved both of them. Would definitely order again from here.❤
They have gluten free pizza and pasta We tried 2 gluten free pizza: veggie and millbury, both are tasty, it’s about 70SR for each (medium size) I will definitely order again, and I recommend it for celiac
We notified th waiter we were allergic to gluten. He immediately told us that was not a problem. Apps, salads, and pizzas were labeled as GF. We ordered a salad and the waiter delivered it and assured us that all ingredients were GF and there was no contact or cross contamination with gluten. Then our waiter brought us the most delicious New York style pizza. All ingredients were fresh.
The waiter offered us a gf dessert as well. Flourless brownie a la mode. It was outstanding. The food was beautifully plated and super delicious. I’ll go here every time we visit South Padre Island.
Quiet place to it safe. Gluten free pizzas in a sepárate oven
Just a heads up to all the GF people, Russo's New York Pizzeria - South Padre Island no longer has regular GF pizza. We went there tonight, ordered the GF Flatbread to begin with. This is just the GF crust with their Italian spices on it, served with dipping oil. Our fabulous server brings it out to us and even said, I'm not sure why they cut it this way. I knew without even trying it that it was the nasty cauliflower crust. It was so nasty smelling that it made my stomach hurt. We were then told they no longer have regular GF crusts. Management made us pay for 3 bottled waters and a beer, even though they were out of what we ordered. Not a good business plan. It would have been so easy for them to apologize and comp us our drinks because they were out. The manager lady was not a nice person. It's hard enough being GF.
