Umberto's of Long Island

I've lived in Tampa for the past 25 years and have been in the Dunedin area so many times since moving down from Long Island NY, but didn't know about this place until recently. The original Umberto's is in New Hyde Park, Long Island NY, which is 10 minutes from where I grew up. One of the brothers moved to Dunedin back in the early 70's and opened this restaurant. The current owners since 1986 told me that they use the same recipes for pizza and most other dishes. Anyway.... my wife and I go over that way frequently and often get pizza to bring back home. Need to heat up some slices at the house, but it's still some of the best pizza I've found in the Tampa Bay area since moving here. Excellent ratio of sauce and cheese with high quality ingredients. So many places say NY style pizza, but the owners are not even from the NY Tri-state area and probably have never even tasted real NY pizza. They usually put so much cheese that it's like chewing bubble gum until your jaw hurts. Real NY pizza is thiner and lighter on the sauce and cheese. You gotta be able to do "The Fold". Tried the Sicilian today and it was outstanding! I highly recommend this place. Be sure to check it out if you're in the area. You'll be glad ya did.

Excellent quality and portions.

First time here. It was crammed! I felt like a sardine in a box. This place is very small but busy. The food was pretty good, but very pricey. I got a 16"pizza with spinach and tomatoes for $20. We didnt get a pizza tower so the pizza pan took up a lot of table space. Seemed odd they didn't offer one. The portions seemed large, which is good. Parking looked very packed as well. I'm on the fence with this place. Service was okay...we had to ask for bread. You know the bread that comes out while you look over the menu?

6 out of 10

Severe gastritis from over acidic marinara sauce. I tried to rectify things 2 times today. They didn’t care. I ordered from Joeys in Srabreeze plaza. So nice great food and great attitude. I’m from Long Island Umberto is just an old fashioned name and establishment. Great lunch specials at Joeys sea breeze pizza plaza

Moved near here about 4 months ago and have been curious. We ordered take -out and tried 3 menu items, I can say I'm excited to try more! The staff was friendly and quick, my food was food hot, yummy and I feel like the portions were generous.