Briatore Pizza

Love this place! The food is always fresh and delicious. I haven’t had anything on the menu that wasn’t great. Delivery can be a little long but I don’t mind at all. Just plan on ordering a little earlier.

I’m disappointed in the lack of customer service. Hopefully the gentleman I spoke with a few times is not the person in charge. I will not be eating at this establishment due to the abuse I received on the phone.

Ordered a 14′ Gusto BBQ chicken pizza and a Gusto Greek calzone (lamb)… BBQ pizza was delicious, I highly recommend it… I would give this joint 4 stars if it weren’t for the lack of meat/​bland taste of the calzone… Delivery was on time (45 min), a little pricey, but, I knew what i was getting myself into… i will definitely order here again. The question is, what calzone will I try next?

I’ve been a customer of Briatore since Amy and George had their little tiny place on Northup. Now they have a beautiful restaurant and the food is still just as incredible. One of the best places that compares to actual New York style pizza, and I would know cause I lived off of it in New York and incredible lamb gyros. If you haven’t ever been, definitely make it a must try next time you’re craving pizza!

ordered the meat combo pizza and loved it. the toppings were generous but not so much the red sauce did not cut through and the slice could still be picked up and folded! one of the best crusts I’ve eaten in the Bellevue area.
service for me was great and fast, tho we were in before the lunch crowd. I highly recommend.

Wow! The people who run it most likely own it, because that’s the only conclusion I can come up with for why they lack so much customer service skills. I’m very disappointed, and will not be back. Unfortunately, I did not get his name but I won’t be back so it doesn’t matter.

Terrible service, was sitting outside waiting for a friend and was rudely told to get up and leave.

Stopped in for a quick bite to eat. Really like the set up! Ordered the Greek salad and it was wonderful. Wish they had a place out in Maple Valley.

I ordered just a pepperoni pizza and it was delicious.
Super cheesy and the crust was flakey and soft!
And it came out very quick to
Only problem was ordering was weird cause there wasn’t a menu on the wall or anything.

I wish I could give this a negative amount of stars! I called to speak with the someone about accepting cash for delivery, instead of a credit card. The owner then called me stupid! He continued to interrupt and argue with me saying that «it is illegal to not tip your driver and give them the whole amount of money», and «what would you like?» «what can I get you?» As a business owner, he should know better than that. I used to choose Briatore all the time for the company lunches, now I am NEVER ordering from this place again.

The other reviews here that complain about horrendously slow service are spot on. But what makes me so torn is that they have fantastic food!
This place is definitely a hobby for the owners, not a business, There are some days that they decide just not to open and other days they decide to open for just half the day, so be sure to call ahead before wasting your time. If you get there on a busy day and did not call your order in, be prepared to wait a very long to to not only place your order, but get your food. There is typically only 1 or 2 people ever working, and they are very, very slow while they try to cook, take counter orders and answer phones. Even if you call your order in ahead of time, don’t expect it to be ready when they say it will be ready. On top of that, they always look closed in that they never have the lights on inside or their large flat screen TV. Again, this appears to be nothing more than a hobby for the owners who put in very little effort.
Beyond those very frustrating aspects, they do have great food. The pizza’s are great, the lamb gyro’s are fantastic and their cheese bread is incredible. Like someone else said, its a classic Seinfeld «Soup Nazi» scenario.
For me, customer service is huge, hence why I give them ³⁄₅ stars when they have such great food.

The staff (perhaps owners) are incredibly rude and unfriendly. I cannot imagine how they stay in business.

Food was decent. Ordered a spinach salad. Told it would take 40 minutes, ended up taking an hour… and my office is in the same parking lot. I called and asked about it and the guy interrupted me and said it will be there soon.
Someone else on here said it felt
like I was interrupting them when I called. Totally agree. Not getting lunch here again.
oh yeah, and they charged me for the container the food comes in

Pros: We had calzones which were satisfying and large. Tasty but not memorable. Menu had a good selection for lunch. Plenty of parking and I liked the décor of the dining area.
Cons: Customer service was pretty atrocious, which is unfortunate. Felt very unwelcome, like I was interupting them. Reminded me of that soup nazi place from Seinfeld.

First time ordering and I ordered delivery. The guy in the phone was nice when taking my order. He told me my order was gonna take 25 – 35 min. No problem. An hour later the delivery guy showed up. Still no problem. I asked him again how much. I ordered 2 items that are not very good. One item was 6.98 and the other was 6.94. I paid 17.48 total. WTF??? O_​o Hell no I didn’t leave a tip. I know how to do simple math. Kind of upset me. I called and asked if there was a delivery fee. He said no. The food was not that great. Won’t be my first option but if that’s all that’s around then that’s fine. The money part I guess I could have called them out but I figured for the extra dollars I just won’t eat there again. The Gyro sucked by the way. Loads of tzatziki sauce. I like the sauce but there wasn’t enough meat. 2 slices of meat in my gyro? Really for $ 7. I eat on a regular at other gyro establishments and have never had a gyro that skimpy. If there wasn’t sauce oozing out everywhere when I took a bite and didn’t drown out the flavor of the meat. It would have been a whole lot better.
Anyways, I haven’t tried the Calzones but people say there good. So far I’m pretty hesitate to want to order again. In the end there are definitely better places for your buck. I read somewhere it’s a mom and pop’s shop so I guess I can support that cause but…

OK. So, the fact that I am STILL ordering lunch from this place even after my nasty review a few years ago should tell you that they are incredible. The delivery is still slow, but if I order around 1 – 1:30pm my order arrives at 2pm promptly. As soon as I realized this really was a small business, really more of a «mom-&-pop organization» things worked better.
The food is consistently delicious. My favourite thing after over 4 years+ of coming here is still the lamb gyro (this is still the BEST tzatziki I’ve ever had and my god mother is greek-​turkish, so I know my tzatziki), but I recently tried the Broadway panini and it was SOOO good. I also enjoy their salads a great deal and generally order a small one for lunch with my gyro. I once had a calzone which was yummy, but I was full for a day and a half afterward, so I don’t get them anymore.
If you are reading this review, you really should eat here. Seriously. You are quite likely to come back and thank me/​the reviewer that convinced you. I know I did. ^_^

Kind of odd that they were closed on a Saturday at a time they are usually open. I sat on the chairs hoping that they were just late opening, but someone (owner?) walked up to me and told me they were closed and asked me not to sit on their chairs. Come on, Briatore, stay open – I had been prepared to order 6 pizzas for a birthday party that day.

Well, some of you may be looking at my review with 5 stars as, possibly a joke. But let me set the story straight on this 5 star rating. I have been a customer to Briatore for 10 years now. I used to go to them when they were in a small little pizza shop on the opposite side of Northup Way and I used to work for Archstone Redmond Campus where I would boast to all my new residents about the wonders of their DELICIOUS New York style pizza.
Then I moved… far far away. I was so concerned that I wouldn’t get to eat at my favorite restaurant any longer, but because it was so amazing, I made a point to drive 30 to 45 minutes, depending on traffic, out of my way to obtain the tasty lamb gyro (seriously the best gyro I’ve ever eaten) and the fantastic taste of their pepperoni and Italian sausage pizza.
Though I don’t get there nearly as much as I’d like, I highly recommend it to anyone that lives in the Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland area because the owner’s are sweet as can be. After not being into Briatore for about a year, I walked in, and Amy greeted me with a smile and instantly we picked back up on life from the point we had last seen each other. She even remembered what I wanted before I could order it. It’s small owner run places like this, that have great service and great food that deserve praise!

I would’ve never guessed this place was a restaurant from the outside. I came here on a Saturday with a friend around 11am and I don’t think the store was quite open yet (the doors were locked). The owners were inside though, so they let us in and we ordered our calzones. These calzones are HUGE so I would recommend splitting one with a friend if you’re not starving. I loved that the outside crust was very crispy. The only reason why I removed a star was because it took a while for our food to come out. I think we were waitng for at least 15 minutes after ordering until we got our food and we were the only people in the place. The décor inside is very clean and modern though (love thier colorful chairs!) which I really liked. Would definitely recommend Briatore to anyone looking for pizza but want something a new. Will most likely be coming back if I’m in the area and craving some pizza!

After reading the various reviews, I was prepared to face a rude owner while on my quest for some good food. I’m happy to say that he was not rude at all, quite the opposite actually.
I got the Chicken Alfredo calzone, and it was delicious. The crust was cooked perfectly and all the ingredients inside tasted fresh.
I think the only downside was the size of the slice NY Cheese cake I got. Seemed a bit small for the $ 4.15 I paid for it, though it was delicious as well.
I’ll definitely be going back, although I’ll call ahead to lessen my wait time.
Went back today (²⁄₁). Called ahead and placed my order for a dinner size green salad with chicken. I did so in an effort to eat more healthy. Everything would have been fine had they not had whoopie pies sitting on the counter under glass. God, I love whoopie pies. Naturally, I had to buy two.
The salad was HUGE. Next time I’ll go with the lunch size. Everything was crisp and delicious, except for the chicken. It was moist and delicious.
Ah, the whoopie pie. I had such high expectations. The pie part was excellent. Moist, chocolaty, delicious. The whoopie part, eh. The texture was great, but the flavor was too salty. One would assume that any salt in frosting would be too much, right? I’m guessing the filling wasn’t fully mixed, so I’ll let it slide this time.