Paisano's Pizzeria

Was out visiting ione. We had pizza delivered. It was delicious. Melt cheese. Crispy crust. It was good. Worth checking out if in the area

As I was en route to my friend's house in Ione, she informed me that she was ordering pizza. Seeing her message made me realize that I had failed to eat dinner, and was very hungry.By the time I arrived, the pizza, salad, and chicken wings had already been delivered. The pizza was half pepperoni, half Hawaiian, and I had at least one slice of each. In my opinion, the pizza was good, but not great. Then again, it's hard to say, since pepperoni is my least favorite flavor. To me, ordering pepperoni pizza is like ordering vanilla ice cream-- it is the most plain and boring flavor.The Hawaiian side was good, but nothing special. Even though the pizza was loaded with toppings, there was something lacking about the flavor. The ham and pepperoni both tasted a little bit less than fresh to me.The wings were great, and were definitely my favorite part of the meal. Since the order only came with eight (and my friend's teenage son was with us), I only had two, but if there were more, I would have eaten more.The salad was fresh, and decent, but, again, nothing special. My friend said that it usually comes with more toppings, but I can only speak to what I witnessed, which was just an okay salad. On the bright side, they did give us LOTS of ranch dressing-- three sides-- but the dressing was also just average, and did not taste like it was made in house. Looking through the pictures, I see lots of other flavors of pizza and salad that I would have rather tried. Obviously, since I wasn't there, I didn't have a say in the selection. In the future, I would like to come back and try some more interesting flavors, to see if I like them better.My friend informed me that the owners are highly supportive of her children's sports teams, which is cool, but is not something that factors into my Yelp review. However, I have a feeling that this may be the explanation for several of the other five star reviews.Overall, this pizza place is pretty average. If you are someone who likes average food-- like, if you dine at McDonald's or Appleby's more than once per decade-- it might be for you. On the other hand, if your taste buds are on the more adventurous side, like mine are, this might not be the right pizza for you.Since I spend a lot of time with this particular friend, there is a pretty good chance that I'll come back in the future to give Paisano's another try.

A place located in the town's plaza; neighboring between the grocery center, and the nextdoor Subway. When I first walked into Paisano's, the manifest given by the Pizzeria was a "Sit down and wait for your order" type of place as of the 3-4 people I noticed actively waiting for their to-go order. However, the interior design was decorated enough to satisfy an in house diner, having craine machines, sticker machines, paintings, comfortable chairs, etc. The place also depicted a need for staff/employees, but seems like it stood stable with the limited amount they had.Lastly, the food. I ordered a medium sized thin crust pepperoni, mushroom, and black olive pizza. The vegetables and pepperoni were deemed fresh and delicious to me, and I wondered if they bought the produce from the grocery store nextdoor (I didn't ask them unfortunately) but it would make sense as how local the place was. Carrying on, the dough was above average, having a nice soft texture, being backed up by a nice and smooth garlic buttered crust. I noticed the tomato sauce was also high in quality tasting amazing.Good staff overall, good interior, and especially good pizza.

Ouch.. I feel bad for this pizza place.. I walked in to get my pickup order, and one of the men there was arguing with a lady (I think his gf) while he was working. I felt so uncomfortable when I heard the conversation. Least to say, professionalism was not there tonight when I went in. Never coming back..

Food and service has really dropped over the past two years. We used to go all the time. The food is really greasy not like it used to be. They need some improvements

Very good pizza at a great price. We ordered an xl foothill delight and crazy bread for only 28.95 and it was good. I especially loved the crust! The salad bar was also good with lots of toppings. Wish I would've seen the bad yelp review from a few years ago- I could've got 10% off lol

Super disappointed. Cute tiny little spot. The service was good but I ordered a Margherita pizza and it was horrible. It was as if sweet tomato paste was just slathered on it, not enough cheese and the basil was shredded and placed on it cold. I ended up picking most of the excessive basil and the sun dried tomato things off. I ordered the cheesy knots they were good but too much pretzel salt. I couldn't finish those either I traveled 25 min to try it out and was left super disappointed

Just moved to Ione today and saw this was the local pizza place. Our experience was very nice, ordered for pick up and it was ready a few minutes early. Crust is nice and chewy with a good buttery garlic flavor without being greasy. The cheese pizza for the grandkid and wife had plenty of cheese and got 2 thumbs up. The pepperoni pizza had plenty of toppings and a nice spice to it. Finally the cheese garlic bread sticks were a hit with everyone. We will happily be ordering from here every week or two so stay tuned for more reviews.

Had the best pizza last night. John's special. Really nice staff. And glad they are in Ione. Loved Jackson too.

Not impressed, it's funny to me how the people up here are so deprived of decent food that they praise such rudimentary pizza. You read these reviews and they say "best in amador county" but it's literally just slightly better than a frozen pizza. Sure the staff is nice but the combo sucked. I guess I m just spoiled. Zero comparison between this combination pizza and say a ricks down in Lodi. Of course the response would be "well you are lucky to have anything up here" and yes in 1980 I would agree. But not in 2023.Check out the picture of a ricks vs paisano. To each their own but everyone has an opinion.