Positano Restaurant & Pizzeria
Ocoee, FL 34761-6918
Phone: (407)291-0602
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Vizcaya Lake Rd
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-3pm, 4pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 12pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Positano Restaurant & Pizzeria – by Lynelle Lawrence
The Scene
With an extensive selection of both traditional Italian fare and house specialties, there's something for everyone at this local favorite. Share a heaping plate of baked ziti and slurp the delectable mussels fra diavalo (New Zealand mussels simmered in spicy marinara sauce) as an appetizer. The straw and hay pasta with cream sauce, proscuitto and peas is uniquely Italian, complemented by an Italian pino nero. Meat dishes are hearty, and pizzas are made New York-style with your toppings of choice. On the casual side of Positano, grab a cheesy calzone, deli sandwich or hot Italian sub, to sit down or take out.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe front room houses the more family-oriented, casual pizzeria. The back room features more elegant dining.
When To GoThe pizzeria can get quite crowded on Monday nights during football season.
Where to SitUnless you have rowdy children, sit in the more pleasant dining area. Prices are the same as in the bright pizzeria
User Reviews for Positano Restaurant & Pizzeria
05/13/2008 Posted by corona0611
WOW! This place has changed for the worst. Once the best place for Italian food and NY style pizza Orlando, it's a shame they let it go. Everything has changed, the owner, the management, alot of the staff. Our last dining experience was a disaster. We had this waitress with no personality what so ever and clueless. She barely spoke over a whisper. Our glasses went empty for about 15 minutes before I decided to get the attention of another waiter to refill our drinks. The bread that was served to us tasted like styrofoam and they now use whipped spead (82% vegetable oil) margarine, no more butter. We ordered pizza slices as our appetizer and even the pizza was not the same, it was just okay. The salads that came with our entrees had wilted day old lettuce and the ranch dressing was terrible. For our entrees we had the Chicken Marsala and Veal Positano, the chicken was very tough and dry, and the sauce didn't taste the same. The veal was also very tough, the potatoesthey served with the meal seemed day old and microwave reheated. We didn't want to stick around for dessert , we were already so disapointed. I asked our clueless waitress to speak with the owner or manager and apparently the owner was to engaged with paper work to come so the manager came. He seemed very short with us and wasn't at all concerned about our dining experience or our opinions on the taste of the food. I would only recommend for people to stay away.
Pros: Plenty of parking due to the lack of customers.
Cons: Everything goes downhill when you walk through the doors.
05/05/2008 Posted by Cassafrass
We have been going to Postano's since they first opened many years ago. We recently have noticed changes that have been very disappointing. We would often order a ceasar salad for two (their cesar salad is very good) and we would each get a slice of either white pie or stuffed pizza. The white pizza is not as good as it used to be and they stopped serving single slices of the stuffed pie. What a disappointment that is. We went tonight and they put a basket of bread on the table. The garlic knots were terrible - they were also stale - that has happened the last few times. Tonight we noticed that the italian bread was different - it was terrible. But that wasn't a problem because we had no intentions of eating it - they now serve a small container of spread. We asked for butter and we were told they don't have butter anymore. Terrible decision. We were talking to friends and we mentioned how disappointed we were and they told us that there are new owners and they stopped going too because the food just wasn't as good anymore. What a shame.
Pros: Close to home
Cons: Fake butter - yellow whipped substance
