Coal

This place has one of the worst creations that they call pasta carbonara. What I got was pasta with cooked egg and black pepper. There was no carbonara sauce at all. The menu claims that there is pancetta but there was nothing either. Their sandwiches are made with something that resembles pita bread or naan. The fried mozzarella was not gooey at all. Do not recommend at all.

Never again. I used to frequent this pizzeria as their pizza’s were actually quite good. Then something changed over the past few months that caused their quality and service to take a huge nosedive. I would mostly land the blame squarely on management… or lack thereof.
The pizzas previously were cooked to perfection, nicely blackened crispy crust. Lately however it’s been either burned (overcooked) or raw and floppy. Don’t even think about getting any meat toppings unless you’d like a side order of trichinosis… yum.
Finally we get to the «management». What they’ve managed to do over the last few months is run this place into the ground. Shoddy promotional practices combined with abhorrent customer service seems to be par for the course now. The death knell has rung as people who want coal fired pizza will surely head over to Anthony’s down the street.

Coal’s fried pizza is as good as Italian restaurants get. Some of the stuff I have had are Chicken Parm sandwich, Calamari, and Buffalo wings all of which were delicious as expected. The pies I’ll eventually get to considering they are ordered by the pie and not the slice something I do wish they did.
The atmosphere is clean simple and very New York styled as expected. Two TVs with sports on. Heh Its got everything
The best part is that usually it’s not very crowded so if you want a nice date with little background noise this is a go to
Like I said only complaint is I wish they served there pizzas by the slice but I’m sure they have a reason. Needless to say it’s worth the check out when you’re in the mood for great italian food

Experienced some of the lowest quality of service from delayed food, poor portions. 2 chicken cutlets on a few plates nd other plates with 1 chicken cutlet. Over cooked food, warm food, and missing orders. Poor customer service from the servers and management. Plates were not removed when stacking up. When asked to clean up eye rolls. Then at a point while eating appetizers the servers started clearing everything off the tables that were still being used. The place was rented out for a few hours. Due to their delay in food. They wanted to charge the extra hour needed for dessert and coffee.

Booked an event and it was a disaster. Food was served late and cold. The portions were not what we were sold on. The manager on duty was rude and disrespectful. You would think a business making over $ 2000 on a party would have been equipped to handle it. Never again!

Simply the best this Brooklyn girl could find in this area as long as you order it this way: thin crust margarita extra well done. It wasn’t well done one time and they insisted on giving me a new one. Good service over all (I have had inattentive kid waiters before). The salads are good. Zucchini bites awesome although I prefer marinara on the side. Love that it’s byob. Go here instead of Anthony’s which should be called chewy pizza.

Best pizza around. Pricey but excelllent. Calzpnes and salads as well try everything they do a great job with their parms as well

Good quality pizza but overpriced. Ingredients are good quality but applied heavily and overwhelm the pizza.

Always great service !! Best pizza in New Jersey! Glad we moved close by! Definitely recommend this place !

Been here a few times with the fiancé. Usually a 4 star place, but after tonight I’ve noticed the food has been on the decline. The coal wings, I swear, have gotten smaller each time we’ve eaten here. Had to send them back as they were so dry and burnt. We got the special pizza with mushrooms. The mushrooms were not cooked and cold, not tasty. Clam pie was pretty good. Ended with a cannoli which was good.

Went there tonight. Food was good. Service was terrible.
Our waiter forgot to put in our pizza order. We saw people who came in after us being served. The table next to us got our appetizer, so we had to wait for them to make it again.
I was next in line for a table. I watched them clean it off.
All of a sudden the managers friends walk in and he brings them right to the table I was supposed to get.
Poor service always spoils the taste of good food.

I came here for dinner last night with my husband — he goes here for lunch with coworkers often and had been pushing for me to try it as well. I was really in the mood for coal fired pizza, so I gave it a shot and I’m glad I did.
We ordered the fried mozzarella to start and I was really impressed with the quality — I really don’t like those obviously just come from the freezer fried mozzarella at most restaurants, but these were really nice and the marinara sauce was warm too (nice touch).
We ordered a large pie, half plain, half pepperoni. It was really good. Just simple, high quality pizza. I’d definitely like to come back sometime soon. The prices are pretty decent.

Pizza is excellent always fresh, service is friendly and accommodating. I do wish the menu was a little bigger and the specials more creative but over all I enjoy it

Love the pizza here. Always fresh and tasty! The potato pie is delicious and the wings with sautéed onions are so good!!! We’ve been here several times now and never had a bad experience. Service is always good and friendly. Prices are very reasonable.

Love love love this place! It’s our Friday night pizza place. Love the Michaels Original and the fried calzone. Can’t go wrong here!

Honestly don’t know why the ratings are that good? Came here this week. Pizza is pre made and they just heat it up in the oven and got cold in a second. Was very disappointed. Staff is very friendly but menu is very limited. Place is mediocre and typical would not go out of my way by any means to come here.

Excellent pizza, great salad, pleasant service. A hidden gem.
We had a large party with kids and adults and everyone was happy. Kids pasta was good, pizzas tasted great and were perfectly cooked. Salad went down well. Need to remember the restaurant is byob if you want alcohol.

Good, but not amazing, Coal is almost a total clone of the Anthony’s Coal-​fired Pizza chain. So much so that the menu is virtually indistinguishable from its doppelgänger just a few miles north, right down to the coal-​fired wings and the availability of pizza toppings like long hot peppers and caramelized onions.
We ordered our pie extra crispy, which is standard at many thin crust places. Unfortunately ours still came out a little undercooked. I also didn’t find the ingredients to be as high quality or fresh as other higher end pizza joints. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say it didn’t taste good.
We also ordered a tomato, mozzarella, basil salad, but it never arrived, nor were we charged for it. The order must have gone unheard. We didn’t complain because the pizza was large enough, and frankly we probably didn’t need it. My wife ordered eggplant parm with linguini which was good, but only on the level of your standard issue local pizzeria. The kids each had a bowl of penne, drowned in olive oil and seasoned simply with salt. My daughter claimed «it was the best pasta EVER.» (She’s 5.)
As Joe B. mentioned in his review, Coal serves up thin crust pies, but not as thin as places like Federici’s in Freehold. I happen to like super-​thin crust pizza, so my preference is still with Federici’s. But I do know that many people don’t like it that thin, in which case Coal is a very good compromise.
I don’t know too much about all the local pizza places right in this area, but I would imagine Coal stands out from most of them in a good way. If you live around here or find yourself passing through the area, I definitely recommend giving them a try. I just doubt I would ever make a special trip for this given all the other places I like closer to home.

Aside from the perfectly cooked pizza with FRESH ingredients, the customer service is OUTSTANDING! The waiters are attentive and the manager makes
sure you are taken care of and treats you like family. Being born and raised in California, I guess I never experienced «real» pizza! This is the real deal!!!

Went here with the husband and in-​laws for a birthday lunch this weekend. We started off with a salad which was more than enough for the 3 of us (FIL refuses to eat any veggies) and was nicer than the regular iceberg salad so many places serve.
Next we got an order of wings and a large margarita pie. The wings were good though the kicker for me was the carmelized onions they came with. I could not stop eating those onions — maybe next time I should just get a plate of those.
The pizza was very tasty, was just like a margarita pie should be with good quality sauce and cheese. The only bad things I can say is that it could have been cooked longer and I would have liked more sauce, less cheese. Those are just personal preferences though. I’d definitely return here if we’re in the area.