Tommy V’s Osteria and Pizzeria

Not good.
We sat at the bar. There were maybe two other patrons in the restaurant. It took about 4 – 5 minutes for the bartender to even notice we were sitting there.
Ordered the happy hour margarita pizza. Not much flavor and honestly with all of the other area restaurants specializing in pizza I would NOT order it here.
The vibe is boring and old. Definitely won’t be rushing back…

This place is fabulous and the food is fresh and ordered every morning. I highly recommend the chiopino seafood dish. Muscles, squid, clams, and shrimp in a linguini. Your missing out if you drive by and don’t stop in. Tomasos shares the same kitchen, your able to order wine and entrees as well as apps from both sides. Same management, same servers, same kitchen. Stop in and say hi to Vinchenza and Tomaso!

Tommy V’s is a fav to go for a glass of wine and the Bill Levine soup. Makes a great meal!

Heaven for the palette! Absolutely everything on the menu is five stars!

I discovered this eatery last February. What a find. Great bartender, staff and of course food. Happy hour WAS fabulous. Went through renovation of some sorts. Staff gone, menu that was so fab… gone and they dropped the good alcohol to crap bar booze. Tried it twice since it reopened and that’s it. Not friendly bartender… where is Tony? WAit staff??? Sorry, not good… too many better choices
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Just reopened!
A little thing like a fire can’t hold down Tomaso Maggiore and staff! After several weeks of remodeling after a fire, Tommy V’s is back with a vengeance.
The wood burning brick oven is fired up and already churning out beautiful rustic pizzas that are the envy of the Camelback corridor!
The homemade pastas are on point, you can’t get better dishes even if you go to Italy!
The atmosphere is casual, the friendly staff is ready to go and make you feel like you are a guest in Tomaso’s house.
Always a good pick when you are hungry for good, homemade Italian food!

Tommy V’s is connected to Tomaso’s, it’s like the more casual, comfortable… oh hey there’s a bar with a lot of wine. side. The antipasto tagliere charcuterie Board has prosciutto di parma, soppressata, bresaola, finocchiona salami, aurichio provolone, artichokes, castelvetrano olives, and is perfect for sharing. We also got the capricciosa with mozzarella, tomato, mushrooms, artichokes, olives, prosciutto cotto and it was perfect for two. We had cannolis and coffee, and it was the perfect ending.

Tommy Vs serves a burger they call the millionaire burger… lamb and beef combined, sesame seed bun with cheese and great toppings. Unfortunately tried to order it medium rare, and came out more like a leather hockey puck. The fries along with it are hand cut, and well done. Tiramisu for dessert was great. Good bar, but few craft beer selections. I would go back but definitely consider ordering other things.

Great atmosphere and good food.
Kinda pricey for a casual place. $ 13 – 17 for a pizza. Same prices for entrees as Tomasso’s.
Will go back for HH only.
Central Bistro across the street has comparable or lower prices and an amazing HH.

This place has gone way downhill. When it first opened it was pretty good. But now, it’s terrible. The service is not good. The food is overpriced and not very good. I have had better chicken marsala at non-​Italian places. They can’t get the orders correct and the drinks are watered down and the bar tender is not pleasant. Won’t be back.

Very poor service, very poor cocktails and they don’t care.

PHOENIX: Tommy V’s is a cool, old fashioned-​feeling little Phoenix pizza joint with good food and service in a relaxed setting.
Service and Ambience (4 stars): The walls and floors are worn wood and brick, with black and white photos of old actors and actresses. The waitstaff is black clad and high service; they took care of us.
FOOD
Bread (4 stars): The bread was fresh and served with a delicious herb butter. Great way to start the meal.
Caprese Salad (4 stars): Delicious mozzarella and tomatoes were pretty flavorful, well seasoned and well portioned.
Cuatro Carne Pizza (3.5 stars): This was a pretty good pizza, but as with many of these Naples types, the center got soggy and the edges were slightly burnt. I know that’s sort of the style, it just wasn’t amazing. It was «good» with no adjective to amplify it.

Walked in thinking I could grab a slice & go, to my surprise it wasn’t that kind of place, sat down, grabbed a burger and it was fantastic.

This place is awesome! Nice selection on the menu. Lisa the bartender was excellent and attentive. I would eat the Tommy V pizza every day if I could. VERY tasty! I could have eaten half of it and been content, but I couldn’t stop… so I ate the whole thing. Cannot wait to return.

Tommy Vs was one of the most fun dining experiences I’ve ever had.
First off, the restaurant was packed, and there was a wait when we got there. It probably helps it’s a sister restaurant to the upscale Tomaso’s, right next door.
The crowd was mixed, but it was definitely dominated by older people-​middle-​aged and senior citizens. It was nice to see fans of Tomaso’s be loyal and check out his newer eatery. There were also lots of families, and some young couples.
The dining experience didn’t feel rushed at all, despite the bustling atmosphere. The restaurant is divided into two rooms, with tables throughout the rooms, making for an especially home-​y feel.
We started with a huge bottle of Malbec wine ($ 30) that provided more than four glasses of the delicious red wine. For appetizers, we had vegetarian Pasta E Fagioli ($ 7), a brand new item that was chock full of white beans. It was a great meal starter, and it rocks it was meat-​free.
Then we split a pizza with olives ($ 12). The pizzas are wood fired, just like at Pizzeria Bianco and Cibo. It wasn’t burnt like Bianco’s, but it wasn’t as thin and doughy like Cibo’s. It was a generous portion with huge chunks of mozzarella, but I would have loved for the pizza to be a little less crispy.
For dessert, we had tiramisu ($ 5), one of the best tiramisus I’ve ever had. It was the perfect creamy consistency, and it melted in your mouth. I would say go to Tommy V’s just for the tiramisu alone.
It makes sense why Tommy V’s is so popular. The staff is excellent, and the atmosphere is warm and inviting. It reminded me of a big city restaurant, like one in New York and San Francisco.

Why no HH on Sundays?
They need to fix their website as well…

Great hood hangout to relax kick back have a nice wine or beer with a fancy Pza.
The Bartender and cooks work their asses off, and the food and constantly replenished alcoholic drinks reflect this.
My Love throws a tantrum in order to come here every time he flies in from Silicon (e) Valley, as it reminds him of the local hangouts he has way up North in Geekville Valley.
The Za chef will make him special custom Zas using the fancy chimney brick oven, which seems to fascinate my Love. Seriously, why doesn’t he take such interest with my oven at home? Anyway, the Za here quite seriously rivals Pizzeria Bianco, if not better…(again, I seriously don’t know what the hype is all about with that other Pizza place other than having to stand in line for 2 hours – maybe the hypoglycemia makes people so hungry they quite literally lose their minds — but I’ll review that place later, but if you insist, one word: meh).
I agree with many here that the prices for the classic Northern Italian cuisine that has to be run over from next door Tommy V’s could run a bit steep, but that’s all part of the the ambiance, and we are helping to pay for the restaurant’s location next to Tarbulls… oops, bells… whatever that pretentious place is…(I will review that soon too… I got food poisoning there: TWICE).
Why don’t you do this; stop in for a drink there, then over to Tarbulls for another one, then over to Sportman’s for yet another, then finish it off with some exercise at 24hr Fitness.

I was recommended here by a friend and was unimpressed considering the price and location. The food was tasty, but not the best Italian I’ve eaten. The service was a disappointment, the staff seemed frazzled and overwhelmed, even though it wasn’t super busy as they were able to seat a party of 8 with no reservation right away.
The prices were on the high side, but it’s Scottsdale so what can you expect. The location was great and the parking was easy. If it were busier, which right now Scottsdale is pretty low in visitation this year then in most, I can see parking being a problem, but fortunately it wasn’t.
The ambiance was not comfortable at all. Really noisy, and I can’t remember if they played music or not, as you can barely hear the waiter. The staff wasn’t as knowledgable or provided any wine recommendations either. You would expect that from a fine dining establishment.
Definitely not dining here again, but it was worth a try.

Really. Good. Italian. Lasagne is absolutely fantastic. Everything there is. The sad part is they had, hands down, THE BESTcalamari in town. Sooo friggin good but they changed it and now it is mediocre at best. Strang becuase everything else is so good. Take it for someone who has been for at least 30 meals.
Good happy hour too.
Also, be aware that unless you are going for lunch (which I recommend) you will need to valet. Its free, except for the couple bucks in tip, and fast.
PS, don’t get the burger and give it a bad rating. If anything give yourself a single star rating for being an idiot and ordering a burger at an Italian place.
Manga!

While visiting Phoenix, a group of six of us decided to go out for dinner one night and chose Tommy V’s — gourmet pizza, casual atmosphere is what the website promised us and we were not disappointed!
A friend and I agreed to split meals so we could have different tastes of different things and everything was really good. My favorite salad was the Beet Goat Cheese, amazingly well done. We also had a really nice Caprese salad. I simply cannot get enough tomatoes with mozzarella.
We decided to stick to pizza because well, we felt like pizza. We had the Braised Short Rib pizza and the Pancetta, Gorgonzola & Artichokes pizza. Both were amazingly delicious. I think I may have liked the short rib pizza just a little more, actually, but I would easily order either one on a return trip.
Our companions had other pizzas, spaghetti and fish. Everyone raved.
The staff were very friendly, when we arrived, we immediately felt right at home, I was kinda looking for a sofa in the corner to kick my shoes off and take a nap afterward! If anything, the staff may have been a little too attentive. Several times they stopped in to see if everything was okay. It was nice, but we could have gone a little longer. Maybe it was just because we were all immersed in our food and conversation. Not a bad problem to have I suppose! We did have a small mistake when they forgot to leave the nuts on the side of a dish, they immediate took it away and were back in just a few short moments with the corrected plate, I was surprised that there was not an additional wait while they redid the salad, but it’s obvious they went that extra mile.
I only wish I had had another day to stay in Phoenix, to try out Tomoso’s next door.