Coppola’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant

This shop is not located where Unilocal says it is. Unilocal says: 1044 US Hwy 52 S, Mount Airy, NC 27 030. It is actually 4 miles south in the Lowes shopping plaza.

We stopped here one night on a recent family trip to Mayberry! We have kiddos so they wanted pizza. I had a garden house salad and we ordered Italian bread for an appetizer. We shared a medium pizza. Everything was delicious! And the best part was the service-​excellent! We will be back.

On a road trip home and we wanted to eat some pizza. Not many places show up in this area, so a few good reviews on Unilocal led us here. We drove 20 minutes out of our way to get here… The pizza was worth it.
We ordered garlic knots and a large pizza — half cheese, half bacon. The garlic knots are not great… Kind of doughy and seemed reheated and no garlic sauce…
The pizza, though, did not disappoint! The crust is thin and toasty, but not cracker-​like. There was joy too much sauce and the cheese was melty. The crust — the deal sealer or breaker for me — was perfect. Just the right amount of chew, not fluffy or tough. And the flavor was good — not salty or floury.
I don’t know about other menu items, but the pizza was worth the stop.

First we chose this restaurant based on the Unilocal rating and since I was driving I didn’t read the reviews. After being seated I did review them and most appear to be for the Pizza. And I noticed that many people dining in as well as takeout were ordering it. Maybe we should have ordered it also.
We ordered pasta dishes along with an appetizer, The Italian Sampler. The salad was brought out quickly and first. This was a first warning sign. But the salad was very crisp and the house dressing, a Vinegarette was excellent. The combination appetizer appeared shortly thereafter while we were eating the salad. And as anyone who reads my reviews knows, this is a major No-​No for me, to have two courses on the table at the same time, and in this case out of sequence. It was very good though and one item, Pepperoni Bruschetti had slices of pepperoni on their sliced bread with mariana sauce and mozzarella cheese and was excellent. It reminded us of a Pizza Burger that we hadn’t had since we lived in PA. And the bread is also excellent as others have said.
Then the entrees arrived and they were large! I ordered the Penne with Broccoli in Olive Oil and Garlic and it was good except for the amount of broccoli was excessive. Mary had the Spaghetti with Meat Sauce which could have served us both. When served, the waitress didn’t provide a large spoon or parmesan cheese. A good Italian restaurant would have fresh parmesan to grind on your meal but that wasn’t offered. Also the server should have provided the spoon as well. She took off as soon as she dropped the plates and it took me several minutes to get her attention to tell what we needed and several more to bring them. She did an ok job of keeping my tea filled though.
So given that the food was very good but the service poor I decided on the three stars. The restaurant was very busy and obviously trying to push people through, the bill was delivered shortly after rhe corrections were taken care of. Once again this demonstrates very poor front end management and a lack of ability to properly train the staff. And I also did not see a manager type in the dining area during our time there nor when I paid the bill so there was no one to provide immediate feedback to. While the food was good I don’t think we will be going back here again. We prefer to patronize locally owned establishments but only when they deserve it.

Yum! Loved the deep dish pizza with onion and green peppers! The pepperoni is so good and lots of cheese. A+++ will eat again!

Amazing food! I had the Ziti with broccoli and chicken in a cream sauce. HUGE portions. Great atmosphere and our waitress was very friendly.

Love this place. I guess I am a regular for lunch.
Very nice staff. And most importantly, the food is excellent and the price is very fair.
Recommendations:
1. Most of the sandwiches are excellent– however, my favorite is the philly cheesesteak sub special — cooked hot. Man, this is good! It comes with a side of fries or chips. Usually, I order the fries cooked extra crispy.
2. Also, I would recommend the Turtle Cheesecake. They served it chilled. YUM!
Note: the only dish that I would not recommend is the Shrimp Scampi. It is a large dish of pasta with small sized shrimp. It was not very tasty. Needed tons of salt.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
JV

My wife’s grandparent live in Mount Airy and the last time we visited they took us here for lunch. We all got sub’s and these subs are awesome. The bread is super light and fluffy. The sub is super filling and the fries are delicious as well. We will definitely be going be here the next time we are in Mount Airy.

I can only speak to their Sicilian pizza, but have only the best to say about that! Only thing that prevented five stars was a semi burnt crust but mostly the dough and base was pillowy and fresh, the sauce was not too sweet, an the abundance of cheese filled my heart with joy after a long car ride!

We checked on to Hampton inn n didn’t want to go out. So instead of pizza we ordered dinners We had shrimp scampi chicken parm. Salads. Brashetta. Warm bread all for 31 $ delivered. It was excellent. Portions were huge And it came Hot as well.

Hmmmm. Two slices and drink for five bucks. Hmmmm