Red Star Pizza 3

Usually stop here once every other week for a couple of slices. Always have a good selection. Like that they use the Belly App.

This place is the worse. They charged my card twice and I had to come in and make a big deal to get my money back. They have good food and I don’t believe they charge extra for delivery. I really like their cheesesteaks and bread sticks. Only problem is they usually get your delivery order wrong or charge your card incorrectly. Be very careful and use cash when coming here!

LOST TWO GOOD CUSTOMERS! Shame on you Red Star…
Myself and my family have been long time delivery customers of this place since the decent delivery options in the area are slim. The pizza was never the best, but it was always consistent and edible.
Until tonight. We ordered a very simple large pizza, half olives, half onion and sausage, well done. This was the same pizza we ordered last week and enjoyed. Upon opening the box, we observed an abnormally large amount of liquid pooling on top of the pizza as well as a slightly odd smell. The amount of cheese on top looked excessive and under cooked, so we blamed the sogginess on that. Upon calling, the girl was very nice and apologetic and offered to send us a new pizza.
The second pizza was no different. As a matter of fact, it was worse. Tired of waiting, we simply dabbed the top of the pizza with several paper towels and sat down to eat it. This time, the sausage was under cooked, the bottom of the pizza was burnt, and the smell was even more rancid. Upon calling the second time, we explained the issue to a gentleman (who sounded like an owner/​manager) and requested a refund (any other solution would just be absurd at this point). He rudely informed us that he, «delivered us two pizzas now», and was not willing to refund us. He then promptly hung up on us.
Needless to say, neither my household nor my parents household will ever be ordering from this place again. Pizza isn’t rocket science and neither is good customer service. But Red Star managed to fail in both departments. NEVER AGAIN!

Heads up to all that order for lunch.
Scenario 1:
— Double charged me
— Had to bring bank statement to get my money back
Scenario 2:
— Got my order wrong (larger portion/​more money)
— showed up items missing from order
— said I would be refunded. Still didn’t get refund. We’ll see.
I finally received my money.
STAY CLEAR OF THIS PLACE. Go to Stella’s.

Should be Red Star Pizza 2… as in 2 stars. Just another dime-​a-​dozen pizza joint. We’ve ordered from them on a couple of occasions and I’ve tried several different pies… they can best be described as varying degrees of bad to worse. The pies are doughy, they go very light on the low quality toppings and the veggies seem previously frozen. In all honesty, it is really hard to believe that the positive reviews on this one are legit. There are lots of much better choices for pizza; DeLorenzo’s in Robbinsville, Conti’s in Princeton, or only 5 minutes away, It’s Nutts on River Rd. in Titusville.

Greasy spoon pizza joint. Decent food and cheap prices. Definitely gets a solid 3-​stars.

The «3» in Red Star Pizza 3 is for three stars.
I had hoped to leave myself enough time to grab a bite and a drink at Al’s Airport Lounge before heading off on my first flight ever from Trenton Mercer Airport, but alas it was not meant to be. Time was very limited and I couldn’t chance finding food in the «airport,» so I drove a few hundred feet past Al’s and saw a Red Star pizza joint. A quick lookup on Unilocal confirmed what I figured might be the case: just another mediocre pizzeria in Jersey.
Beggars can’t be choosers, so in I went.
The interesting thing about New Jersey is that we have a lot of pizza joints, and even the less stellar ones are better than what you’d typically find outside of Jersey. In cases like this where you just happen upon some local pizza outfit, chances are pretty good you’ll find a decent slice to tide you over.
Such was the case at today’s unplanned visit to Red Star Pizza.
An experience like this starts with a scan of all the available slices on the counter. In better pizzerias, you won’t find too many ready-​made pies that have been sitting out for hours on end. And to achieve that, many better pizzerias limit the variety of slices they have at any given time of day, generally sticking to plain, pepperoni, and perhaps a Sicilian or white that tend to move pretty quickly. (See also: Joe’s in Manhattan.) Red Star had quite the variety when I stopped in, and most of it looked like it had been sitting out for at least a solid hour or more. Needless to say, things only looked mildly appealing at first glance.
I generally order whatever looks most fresh, which in this case was a Sicilian slice — not my first choice typically. But for good measure, since this was my first time here, I had to make sure I tried a regular slice, too. (Pizza Snob Rule #1: Always get at least one plain slice when you try a new pizzeria for the first time. That’s the true measure of any pizza place.)
Both slices came out nice and hot, though the Sicilian looked like it had recovered better from it’s cold, congealed sleep on the counter than the regular slice. To my surprise, both turned out tasting better than I expected.
The pizza here tastes very old school, which, unfortunately, is very hard to describe unless you grew up in New York City or New Jersey and ate a lot of pizza in the 70s and 80s. There’s a nostalgia to be experienced here, even though nothing about it is special. The flavors are all there, but everything tastes pretty generic. That said, nothing is wrong or out of place, either.
If there was anything to note at all about the pizza is that they do a nice crust. Oftentimes generic pizza can be a little too doughy for this guy, but that was not the case here. The water must be decent in Trenton.
And that’s pretty much all that I can say about olé Red Star Pizza. Definitely not a place I’d go running back to, but fine in a pinch, which was what I was in.

The pizza… eh, nothing special, however, they have the absolutely best side order of meatballs! The combination of the sauce and meatballs are the best I’ve ever had!

The food here (non-​pizza) is good, the pizza is alright. Not a fan of their wings. As another reviewer mentioned — their red sauce has a unique taste which was good. I don’t think it will ever disappoint but they have small things to improve.

I’ve only had one slice of pizza here on the run. And the service was friendly, attentive and quick — everything I want from a pizza place.
I had the Bruchetta slice (white slice topped with tomatoes, basil and garlic) was awesome! Not too much dough, not too much crust.

I would give Red Star a 5 if it weren’t for the awful, dismissive service ive recieved each and every time ive gone there. The pizza is my favorite in the area and really very good. Delicious. Unfortunately, ive always been made to feel that im interrupting the (way to many) people behind the counter and none of them have ever been in a hurry to acknowledge me. The young girl with straight, brown hair at the register is downright rude. I went in a week ago and she and another woman were having a conversation that seemed inappropriate for work, let alone in front of the customers. Even when the woman stopped speaking, the young girl continued the conversation and totally ignored me. FINALLY, the older gentleman acknowledged me. When i presented a coupon for my pizza, the girl looked so judgemental and pissed off a me. Hate to say it but i get this treatment every time i go there. The pizza is more expensive than any other shop in town (and ive tried them all) but its also the most delicious. If Red Star could show a little gratitide to their customers, they’d be a 5 star in my book. If there was a half rating, id actually give them a 2.5. Expensive, awful attitudes and service but the most delicious pizza.

Overpriced, nothing spectacular. Ordered a Large Plain, 12 Wings and 2 liter was around $ 25 and no better than the few other pizza shops in town that have specials for the same thing for around $ 18. Good for convenience but you can go about a mile ½ up the road and save about $ 7.00

Take-​out here recently was very underwhelming, and the service was terrible. The order-​taker on the phone sounded like I was the only thing keeping her from getting back down the shore. We were told our food would be ready in 20 minutes but when we showed up at 30 minutes our order wasn’t ready. Then the counter-​worker/​order-​taker didn’t know our food was ready so we sat there for at least 5 more minutes while our food was waiting for us. That gave us the opportunity to read an article (taped to the soda machine) about how customers need to accept that pizza prices only go up, they never come down. Awesome, thanks!
The pizza was OK, pretty basic, nothing special. The chicken parm was thin. The crust was well-​browned, giving it a burned flavor (I actually liked this, but it was a little burned). The red sauce had a distinctive taste that I liked. Overall, the food was OK and the service was not OK.

This place has the best eggplant pizza around. Some may be saying ‘eggplant pizza? Nasty!’ but if you are one of those people, you haven’t lived. If you like eggplant and like pizza, do it! They also make other great pizzas including classics that everyone loves.
Pizza aside, the antipasto salad is great and their entrees are full of flavor and huge portions. Personal favorites include chicken francese, chicken parm, and cheese steaks.