Zio Johno’s Spaghetti House

I love this location the best out of all of them. The manger there is so sweet and makes me feel right at home everytime I go there. I love the garlic bread and chef salad. The meat sauce is also amazing. My mother moved to Washington state and talks about how much she misses their food. I must try for anyone who lives pasta and bread.

I have always loved Zio Johno’s. I love the fresh baked bread and the homemade ranch dressing. I love how fresh the tomato sauce is in the vegetable lasagna. The place is clean and the service isn’t too bad. They have some pretty good meal deals for large families and also just one person. I most certainly love Italian food and would pick this place over Olive Garden any day.

Dec. 2014 Update — prices have gone up sharply since this review was written. The spaghetti lunch is now $ 6.41. Still a nice lunch spot, but the price/​value is not what it was.
Old review– I eat out at lunch fairly often and try to keep costs low. Zio’s is a great value at lunch –a fairly large plate of spaghetti, 8 small pieces of garlic bread, and a large soda for $ 4.91 after tax.
The noodles have always been cooked well, and the sauce has been consistent. There have been a few times the bread has been stale which is why I’m deducting a star.
The sauce is okay and will not leave anyone complaining. It’s at least better than any sauce which could be bought in a jar at Hy-​Vee. You can request the sauce without meat, which has a little more garlic and bigger tomato pieces. Both with and without meat are good.
Amongst the other lunch menu items, the Ravioli isn’t enough food and costs more than the spaghetti. The sandwich bread is slightly sweet and tasty, but the only sandwichs I tried (gondola and meatball) lacked the veggies & sauces to make it worth recommending. The Gyro is probably the second best item after spaghetti, but the sauce will make your hands messy while eating.
Watch out for the parking lot, it’s kind of a free for all without good striping. I’ve seen cars parked perpendicular and horizontal to the store on different days. If you can’t tell where a row is supposed to start, just be brave!

I have been eating a raw food diet for several years and lately went back to eating gluten and occasional dairy because I have to taste foods for a class I am in. I went here on a Sunday in September 2013 and picked up a carry out of a half gallon of cheese ravioli in marinara sauce and garlic bread. When I ordered the kid did not know what some of the menu items were so he must have been new. He had to ask someone else. he forgot to ask what sauce I wanted and I had forgotten to tell him. He did call me back to ask after I placed my order. I thanked him for that.
I was highly disappointed after ordering their food all the time when my kids were younger and not having eaten it in a few years, I find the quality has gone very far down hill. The garlic bread was burnt black with little if any garlic flavor. It looked yellow in spots like it had butter, but I could not even taste that or the taste of their wonderful bread, only burnt taste. yuk!
The marinara sauce was super salty. I thought it was just me at first, but my daughter had some and she has eaten their food more recently and agreed that it was way over-​salted. Not worth blowing your diet for, that is for sure.
After missing their great food for years, I was so disappointed. I won’t be ordering from this location for a long time if at all. I am sure some of their other locations still have good food, just not the one that delivers to my house.

I was in town for business, and this place was on the list I got from the front desk of the hotels I was staying at of places that delivered there. I ordered a meatball sub and side salad with the Italian dressing.
While very large, the meatball sub made me want to gag, and left me with an upset stomach. The meatballs were very dense and dry, and the meat itself was unappetizing. The melted cheese had hardened to a semi-​translucent leathery layer. The only reason I finished eating this was out of hunger.
The side salad was fresh enough, but essentially just lettuce. The Italian dressing might as well have been Kraft Wishbone dressing.
I would never eat here again.

My regular Zio Johno’s used to be the one on 1^st and 35^th… sadly it is gone now =(. I haven’t really explored the menu because to be honest, I am hooked on their spaghetti with meat sauce. There is something about their sauce… it is a little spicy, a little sweet, a little smoky… I think they put crack in it because I really cannot get enough.
And on top of that… the Gondola. It goes against everything I know… cheese (you know the Kraft-​out-​of-​a-​plastic-​wrapper kind), ham, salami, and lettuce. And for some reason it works. The bread is also awesome. Really their food is comfort food. Good for a stay-​in-​and-​pig-​out sort of night.

I think I just found my new favorite that’s right! Even better then there cheese bread? Hmm that’s up for debut yet but I just had a ham and cheese sub from here and wow it was so so good!
The only bread they have is there Zio bread which is homemade and fresh! I don’t know what it is about that bread but to me it is amazing! The bread was warm and there was a spread of butter on the bread and plenty of meat the ham was really good and the cheese was melting to perfection but the time I was finished! Ahhhh so good! And the cheese bread yeah it’s still great I love getting one full order and sometimes get two full orders so I can warm it up later with another meal!
The paintings on the wall our great the inside of the center point rd is not there biggest location but it has a nice feel to it, almost like your in a big city and found a great eatery!

Great food, fast. Can’t beat the prices.