10/26/07

Best pizza ever.

by evo_ix_52

Best pizza ever. My favorites are Pepperoni or Canadian Bacon. My roommate worked at the competing pizzeria Mama Santa's. They're both good, but valentino's has the best sauce of all time.

08/21/07

Browns or Steelers, Yankees or Red Sox, Mama Santa or Valentino's...it's one or the other!

by tenaciousdv

Like the title suggests, people seem to love one or the other of these rival pizza shops in the Little Italy neighborhood. For me, Mama Santa is the winner...hands down!!! I have tried Valentino's a few times and found it to be drastically overpriced considering it tastes like frozen pizza. If you like the bland, flat, stone oven type of pizza, you may be happy. I'll eat anything and I LOVE pizza, but Mama Santa's sauce makes this a no contest. Plus, Valentino's is more than double the price for a large pie. While the service is typically unfriendly at Mama Santa, especially the girls behind the counter...you'll be happier with the food.

04/10/07

THE BEST PIZZA IN OHIO!!!!!!!!!

by christof92

the best pizza in Ohio by far!!!!!!!! i can't find another pizza like it!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe the taste!!!!!!!!!! those Italians know how to cook a pizza!!!!!!!!

• Pros: best

12/18/06

This is THE Pizza of Little Italy

by atomaso

I discovered Valentino's before I moved to the neighborhood and recommend it constantly to people. The pizza is delicious, the thin crust is amazing. The sausage (which is homemade) and onion pizza is a true treat! The pizza sauce is a little on the sweet side, to die for! The salads all come with an amazing homemade dressing that is out of this world! I could drink it! I know people who buy jars of it, just be careful, it is all homemade, no preservatives, so use it quickly. The subs and dinners are excellent, generous helpings and not overwhelemed with sauce. It is take out year round and the wait is so reasonable. There is outdoor seating in the summer and the prices, well you cannot go wrong with them. The staff is all super friendly and nice and the owner is lucky to have them. They all work hard and make it a great expereince, all the way around! So when you see all those suckers standing in line at Mama Santa's tell them to put away the Tum's and head down the street to Valentino's!

• Pros: Great food, resaonable prices, super friendly staff
• Cons: Parking, it's Little Italy

08/10/06

Best authentic-style Pizza

by garfield78

I read in the papers about it and immediately checked it out the following day....and I absolutely do not regret it!!! I tried the white pizza with artichoke, and my husband tried the eggplant parmesan, and both of us were really amazed by our meals....

I recommend it for any real Pizza gourmand: the pizza is italian style thin crust, and the taste/seasoning of the sauce and the cheese is just perfect!!

• Pros: Fresh and yummy ingredients
• Cons: no real nice place to sit and enjoy

01/14/06

The Best!

by evilrob

Valentino's is the best neighbor you could ask for. I love the pizza; my roomates love the sandwiches; We walk there all the time. The price is great, and the service is excellent. I've never walked into a pizza place before and been greated by my first name! Valentino's is hands down the best take-out restaurant in the city.

• Pros: great service, inexpensive, excellent food
• Cons: not open on sunday

Hearth-baked pizza, pasta, and meaty subs power a takeout favorite.

by Contributor

In Short
Under a yellow awning, this family-run pizzeria in Little Italy has made its reputation dishing perfect pies--fragrant, expertly charred in a stainless-steel hearth, and mottled with melting mozzarella--to the University Circle and college crowds. But the pasta dinners loaded with family-recipe meatballs and homemade sausage are also a real find (salad and bread included). The meatball sub, four tennis ball-sized beauties in a foil-wrapped, foot-long roll, qualifies as a feast.

05/06/03

Beats the number one pizzeria!!

by sdnanavati

Another pizzeria in Little Italy has won the best awards for best pizza in cleveland.. I and a lot of people I know find that that award needs to go to Valentino's! It's got the best pizza, the best subs, and awesome pasta dishes.. and the best part is, you dont have to wait for a million hours to get seated.. the ambiance section is not applicable b/c it isnt a sit down place except for summer.. but other than that, it's great.. forget mama's! go to Valentino's!

• Pros: price, speed of service, quality
• Cons: no seating indoors

08/13/02

Even better than Mama Santas!

by lsrichlo

We lived in the neighborhood for several years before finding this wonderful pizza. No eat in (as I recall) but generous toppings and great crust!

• Pros: Great food, reasonably priced
• Cons: tough parking, no eat in

08/05/02

Unbelievable pizza

by cjgtom

There is no question as to the best pizza in town - the people who voted for other places just haven't tried Valentinos yet. The crust is awesome, and you can get white pizzas too, unlike most other places. The hours are a little odd b/c its a family business - I wouldn't trust just anyone with the recipe either! There is even a patio outside. Highly recommended

• Pros: the best