Jioio's Restaurant

I haven't been here in years, it was really like the first time, and it was good...After many years, I had the opportunity today to eat here. My wife and I shared their stuffed breadsticks, had their house salad, and choose the same dinner - a meatball late covered in cheese and all goodness. Service was too-notch, and took care of us tirelessly. My only complaint was the sauce - it was sweeter than I had had in recent and long memory. Not inedible, just sweeter than I prefer. Otherwise, it's a solid little place for some home-cooked Italian.

Stopped here on the way home while in area, and thought that we would give it a try, as one of our favorite restaurants is the Carbon Rd. Jioio's. We thought this would be the same experience, and opted to give them a try since we were closer to here. Unfortunately, we were wrong.As huge fans of the other location's pizza and pasta, this did not meet expectation. The crust was about the same, albeit slightly sweeter. The sauce, though--WAY BEYOND over sweet compared to the other Jioio's, and much thinner. Again, please know--we were expecting sweeter sauce, since we love Carbon Jioio's so much. This was over and beyond....As an app, we tried the Deluxe Garlic Bread, something we always get at the other Jioio's. This was okay, but a bit more soggy than the other place would have been--and again, that red sugar syrup sauce.... I tried the veal parmesan, and while I loved the amount of cheese they put on top, the same WAY OVER sweet, thin sauce, was used on it and the spaghetti side. It was so thin that it wouldn't even stick to the noodles. And, again, about put me in diabetic shock. The veal itself was something I would expect to get in a hospital or school lunch. A soggy, terrible ground up patty that absorbed up all that red sugar water they were trying to pull off as Joio's sauce.The side salad they gave was great portion, though, and I really liked their bleu cheese dressing. The service, however sweet-tooth cracking the food was, was phenomenal. You can tell the restaurant has been around for a while, and has an old-school family feel. As super-fans of the Carbon Joio's, I can't ever see myself returning here. I'm telling you....once you've had the Carbon Jioio's, you won't be able to stomach eating the sauce here. It's THAT thin and sweet. I guess the moral of the story is consider what you want to get. If you want pizza and pasta, go to the other one. Otherwise, I am sure this would be okay for other food items. Just not the veal......

Why was it sweet?! There should be warning as most people enjoy the original pizza flavor. It tasted like a pastry and not like pizza. My wife is crying and I'm possibly getting divorced for the poor choice I made in ordering this abomination. Thank you for ruining my life.

They lie about refunding your money if you don't like their pizza. There's a big sign that says the would gladly refund or replace your order if you don't like it. Well i was camping about 12 miles away and didn't get a chance to come back the night i bought their pizza and the lady would only refund me $10 on a $24 order. Saying that sign is for "Same Day". That's false advertising. I've never tried their pizza before, drove past it hundreds of times in the years Ive been camping by Keystone park and figured I'd try it. I too like a sweet sauce. But not plain sugar on burnt toast. Oh, i ate half of one piece of pizza. So it's not like i was trying to return half a pie. I should've listened to the other reviews. Anyway the middle aged blond lady wasn't helpful and i won't be back again and will post this all over. Mainly because the sign, that irked me. I know a lot of people like their pizza, but burnt cardboard with sugar and cheese doesn't make a appetizing pizza for me. Joe 8-31-24

This place is a must stop every time I'm near Latrobe Pa. The crust is as original as it gets, it's what facilitates the pizza experience at Joios. It's what I would think the original "pie" would taste like. It's almost pie tasting. The crust is thin and fragile and it goes perfectly with their homemade sauce. The pizza is also consistent, never had a bad meal there.

I loved Jioio's so much until today - this place is horrid. The "hostess" barks at you to sit wherever. The place is DIRTY! Even worse...Horrible Horrible Horrible service. So slow, food, particularly the appetizers were AWFUL. I feel so sad because I loved this place, Watched the waitress play on her phone for well over 10 minutes of an over hour long wait for a pizza we had to take to go, because it took so long. Ambiance? You wonder how the health department allows these bathrooms to exist. SO DIRTY!!!!!!!Edited to say -- the pizza was not what it used to be. You should see how watery their sauce is! You can go here, but you'll be reading this and agreeing with it all, promise.

We have eaten here on occasion, but, this will is the last time. The restaurant was EXTREMELY cold. Nearly half of the patrons had to wear jackets. Ok, I get it, it's hot back in the kitchen. Well, I hate to break it to them... it's NOT about the restaurant staff. It's about the customers. You keep this up and you'll be nice and comfortable in the kitchen with no one to cook for. Here's an idea, start by closing half the HVAC vents in the dining room. Waitress was friendly, no problem there. Spaghetti was cooked perfectly but the sauce was watery and wasn't even close to sticking to the pasta. Small pizza was cooked and nicely browned on the bottom... pepperoni was sparse and flavorless. Sorry, you've been chopped!

Delicious!Pizza. Large Pepperoni.anxhovySalad. Includes beets. Nice surprise Good job!!!

The pizza isn't my thing, but my wife likes it so whatever, I order an Italian hoagie. First off, it's what, six inches or so, not what I was expecting. Secondly, yellow cheese on a damn Italian sub? Never tf again.

First time there. Was seated. Took 25 mins to get my drink. Soda was horrible. Was flat and old as dirt. Order a large pizza with extra cheese. An hour goes by and still waiting on our order. People came in 15 min after we were seated and they literally were given drinks, food and left before the waitress decided to ask us what we were waiting on. We said our food! A min later she came out with our pizza. It had to of been sitting for a very long time in the back because it was beyond cold. Never got refills and to say service was beyond poor is an understatement. Pizza was incredibly sweet and tasted like crap maybe because it was old idk. We ate and left. Highly recommend going elsewhere.