Sciortino’s Trattoria and Pizzeria in Greenville, SC

Basic Information:

Pizza: Sciortino’s Trattoria and Pizzeria

Number of Locations: 1

Location Reviewed: 3734 Pelham Rd. in Greenville, SC (just west of I-85, exit 54)

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Sciortinos-Trattoria-Pizzeria-123512401005238/

Date of Review Visit: October 2016

What I Ordered: 12” Neapolitan pizza with sausage and pepperoni; Dr. Pepper to drink

Price: $14.53 (includes drink and tax but not tip)

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Summary Review: 4.5 stars (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: Founded by an immigrant who moved to South Carolina from New York, Sciortino’s offers two crust styles: Sicilian thick crust square pizzas and Neapolitan thinner crust round pizzas.  I would normally choose the thick crust option, but the Sicilian crust is only offered in one size (16”), which is too large for just me.  Therefore, I chose the 12” Neapolitan option.  The crust is not ultra-thin, but it is nice and crispy.  The pizza has a heavy garlic taste.  I spent a long time trying to decide whether the garlic taste was due to garlic in the sauce or a garlic-laced solution brushed on the crust.  I finally decided it was both, which leads to a small deduction for an otherwise quite good crust.  Score: 9/10.

Sauce: As you would expect for a New York style pizza, the pizza has only a little sauce.  I already mentioned the garlicky taste.  Some people may like the garlic, but it does not suit my taste preferences.  Score: 9/10.

Cheese: This pizza has 100% mozzarella cheese, which means the cheese has very little flavor.  The cheese appears in good quantity and produces very little grease, so those are plusses.  Sprinkling on some parmesan helps on the flavor side.  Score: 7/10.

Toppings: The sausage is slightly spicy but not overwhelmingly so, and the same can be said about the pepperoni.  Both toppings appear in excellent quantity.  Score: 10/10.

Overall Taste: The garlic really overpowers everything else.  If you like the taste of garlic, you will like the taste of this pizza.  I very much don’t like the taste of garlic, so I don’t like the taste of this pizza.  Score: 7.5/10.

Pizza Appearance: The toppings dominate the pizza’s appearance, which is excellent.  

Dining Atmosphere: The dining atmosphere is upscale casual with more refinement than a typical strip mall pizza place.  Sciortino’s also serves free garlic knots as a pre-meal appetizer that tastes almost as good as the pizza crust.

Customer Service: The service is prompt and attentive.

Monetary Value: The price is higher than average, but the pizza is good quality.  Also, this pizza is huge: it easily feeds 2 normal-sized people or 1 of me.  Thus, the value is not as bad as you might think. 

The Final Judgment:

Sciortino’s offers a touch of class for a reasonable price.  I can see why some people think this pizza restaurant is top-of-the-line.  By my reckoning, it is very good but not quite elite.  Score: 87/100.