Johnny Brusco's New York Style Pizza

Great food eyen better servicé' our seruer jordan was on top of things and was a delight to talk to' food was up quickly. tastey and hot we wlll def be back

A Rich Restaurant Review... so, my good friend Dean Palombi reported that the new Johnny Brusco’s New York Style Pizza here in Knoxville was his new favorite, and it looked great in his photos... so we went, and I’m here to share my review and experience.

First, the place is PACKED!!!! They gave us a 35 minute wait time... no biggie for a place this good right??? Well, it only took about 15 mins to get seated; maybe 20!

Then we get seated and all order our drinks and some mini garlic knots... how good could they be??!!? THEY WERE DELISH!!!

Then we ordered our pizza, and in spite of having to wait a bit longer, IT WAS FANTASTIC!!! Hot, fresh, and great flavor!

The staff was relatively young... normally complimented by poor service... NOT HERE!!!! Our server was super attentive with a fabulous demeanor!

If I’m to be critical at all, there are two issues I’d bring up... maybe three...
1. The young lady at the hostess stand greeting folks was telling people a lot longer than it actually was; which you’d think might be a good thing, but she was turning away business for this new restaurant, and that ain’t so good.

2. We were told we would get the next table... then I saw this guy and his small family of four walk in, and they seated them at our table!! At first I was pretty ticked off, but within 5 minutes a 6-top opened up, and it proved much more comfy!

3. The staff was slow to bus tables... this made it frustrating when there’s an empty table that you can’t get to because they won’t sit you at a dirty table (of course)... my suggestion is this... if you know the wait time on a pizza is 20 minutes, and you know a table is coming open, get orders in advance the same way Chick-fil-A does and get ‘em rolling before they even sit down!! It’s good for you and for them!

But seriously, overall... VERY GOOD experience!! I knew you’d like to know!!

I’m still grabbing Papa John’s, but to go sit down and be waited on, this is an AWESOME place to have a pizza pie!!!

We ate there Friday night and thankfully got there early. They got crowded fast. The wait staff was friendly and efficient. There are quite a few things on the menu, but I had to have a pizza for the first visit. I ordered a large meat deluxe so I'd have leftovers for the weekend. The slices were huge and I could only eat 3 out of the 8, so it's definitely worth the price and can be shared. My kids liked the pepperoni pizza they shared. My wife thought the chicken ranch wrap was just okay, but would get something else next time. We all enjoyed the ambiance and will definitely be back.

We have been very excited for this place to open. We finally got to go tonight and we were treated to some great food. We had the pizza and calzone as well as garlic knots. Everything was fresh and very good. So happy to have this great restaurant so close to home. Great job to Jaimee and the staff! We will be back a lot!