Stella's Pizza

Your local joint serving up great pies with great service.The ambiance brings you back to a simpler time. One of nostalgia and love.Go get a slice and travel back in time.

I wrote a 5 star review of this place back in January of 2023. The business has since been sold, and BOY does it show! What was once a delicious, paper-thin, crunchy crust is now floppy and tasteless. I have been back 3 times under the new ownership just to be sure I didn't just happen in on a bad day. I'm sorry to report that the once-great Stella's is no more.If you're looking for a great pizza in the Watertown/Belmont area, there's still Belmont Pizza. With the way things are going, though, who knows how long that will last? As a certain former president says, "Sad!"

Take out Service was cheerful but the veggie pizza was overloaded with mushrooms which was not well recievef on the home front.

If you follow me you'll know that I stick strictly to reviews of old school joints and their MEATBALL GRINDER (aka Sub) game. Not all meatball subs are equal! And I'm always in search of that perfect sandwich. Stella's - to my shock - fell short. Their meatballs are not homemade!!! Why??? I was quite surprised given the old school feel of the place - it looks right out of the old days with the wooden booths and pizza ovens behind the counter. Why they don't use a homemade meatball is a mystery to me, because they has a very friendly and welcoming vibe and offered great customer service. The sub was tasty, with a very high quality marinara and just the right amount of toast on the roll and a good melt on the cheese. It was wrapped well and not too messy to eat. All pluses, but it fell short in term of the actual meatball, that tasted right out of the freezer section from Stop And Shop. While I waited, I got a slice and I think it suffered from that slow heat lamp death. The fresh pies going out the door looked ten times better then the reheated one I got. I might not be back from their grinder ... but I'd definitely revisit this joint to chat with their friendly owner, soak up the old school vibes and pick up a fresh and hopefully amazing pizza pie! Hey - they have anchovies here - Anchovies, please!!Stellllllaaaaah!!!!!

How do you screw up a business in three weeks. Buy a shop that's been around for 30 years and change the recipe.. I heard these people were nice people that bought the shop, but this is a slap in the face 21 to anyone who ate at Stella's for the last 30 years. Shame on your new owners, shame shame shame pathetic. This pizza is now garbage. I hope you wake up bring Mike back to retrain your people. And make the pizza the way it was not this dog crap.Edit seriously this review was not meant to hurt anybody's business but you're killing your own business. Please let me know when you revert your recipe and I will update my review.!

Delicious crispy thin pizza, not too greasy, not too heavy. Got mushroom and sausage pizza and mushrooms were cooked perfectly (not soggy)

Ordered a pepperoni pizza recently and it was nothing like it used to be, before the business was sold around the fall of 2023. Pizza used to be amazing, the best pizza in the area / rivaled anything I've had in NYC or Boston.The pepperoni and the cheese were clearly of inferior quality (Costco or BJs Wholesale?). I was sick to my stomach after only a couple of slices and had to throw the rest of it out, both a first for me in my 10+ years of ordering from Stella's.The new owners seemed nice (cordial on the phone and in person) and I want them to succeed, but if they don't go back to the old pizza recipe, which I assume they purchased along with the business, I don't think they're going to be in business much longer.Old Owners: I don't know why you didn't sell or couldn't have sold the business to Mike, your friendly and hard-working former employee, who I assume wouldn't have changed what had been working so well for so many years, but you didn't and here we are.New Owners: Please change your pizza recipe back to the original. If you can't do that, please sell the business to Mike.

I was hesitant to go back after reading some of the reviews under new ownership, but I was not disappointed.We always get the extra large crispy, and the crust was just that: crispy and thin, which is how I like it.The toppings were generous, maybe a bit too much cheese on our spinach & bacon half, which made the slice harder to handle and a little heavy, but otherwise, the pizza was delicious. My husband and I will definitely be going back.The new owners/employees were friendly, and our pizza was ready in a flash.

Has the ownership changed hands?Was always the best pizza but the last few pizzas it seems like something is off?

Always great food! All of the staff is friendly and does a great job! I'm trying to try everything on the menu. I try to go once a week at least. Definitely worth going to. My favorite is the mushroom pizza, mozzarella sticks, and chicken parm sandwich.