Vocelli's Pizza

The tiny pizza place was empty.

There was no one inside Vocelli’s Pizza, but in the Subway next door there were some people. After we had spent around thirty minutes there, only one other customer joined us inside and one person called for an order. All I could hear was the workers occasional loud talking and laughing, and see many people walking by on the sidewalk, possibly going into another restaurant in line with Vocelli’s.

We ordered the food looking off the menu online and trying to use the quite confusing menu on the screen behind the counter. It was full of random words and prices not clearly labeled, and a few pictures here and there. The worker who took our order was a little impatient and got the name wrong, and the one who picked up the phone seemed to not really know what he was doing. Otherwise the service was adequate considering the place is not for dining in but is for take out and delivery, and we chose to take out.

The food took about twenty minutes to prepare, so we waited on one of the two benches on the sides of the tiny place. There was a TV that was showing pictures of the food, some pictures were not appealing to any level, and there were some photos of people who were eating pizza and other items. On the other side there was a rack with pepper packets and huge bottles of pepper similar to those used in the olden times. Vocelli’s really didn’t try to keep their customers engaged.

We got the boxes of food we ordered and it didn’t smell very good. Nothing like the traditional fresh pizza smell that emits from other boxes like Manhattan pizza’s or even the pizza at Costco. I ate two slices of cheese pizza and since they tasted rubber I decided not to eat anymore. Then I tried the breadstick which was covered in white garlic sauce and Pecorino cheese, I could see all of the things on it but there was no taste, it tasted like plain bread. My parents had the veggie pizza and they also said that it tasted very bad compared to all the pizza we have ever had. We used to get Vocelli’s pizza before but after we found other pizza places that were significantly better we stopped going to this one. I think they still haven’t gotten a taste that can match that of any other pizza restaurant. Vocelli’s pizza would be my option only if I had absolutely nowhere else to go.

Vocelli Pizza

42010 Village Center Plaza #130,

Stone Ridge, VA, 20105