New York Pizza and Pasta Review »
Dropping into this unassuming strip-mall restaurant on a Friday night, we found one heck of a crowd. I mean they were absolutely slammed. Khan's, which is just a couple of doors down, had almost no one inside. So I either the food was great, Khan's is bad, or some combination of both.
We've been to Khan's, and the food there isn't bad at all, so we didn't know what to expect. What we did know is that NYPP, as the server's shirts proudly proclaimed, was absolutely hopping. So we decided to stay. Somewhat surprisingly, we found a table without so much as a wait. I guess everyone moved fast enough that it just worked out that way.
While they offer a menu, and they seem to offer delivery as well, the attraction at New York Pizza and Pasta is definitely their buffet. Spread out in a corner of the lobby area, it holds four or five pizzas of varying toppings, some form of breadsticks (often stuffed), a couple varieties of pasta, and a healthy salad bar.
What it doesn't offer, unlike many pizza buffets, is a dessert selection. It's not that they don't have a dessert offering there - they do. But it doesn't come on the buffet. You have to buy it separately, and it's under the counter up front. The servers don't really offer it, even if you ask. It's like you pick it up on the way out. So it's like they just don't want to sell it, which is a little odd.
As to the food itself, very tasty. The cheese and the sausage and onion pizzas were excellent. The others were good, but a bit heavy for my taste. The pasta was good, and I have to admit that I didn't even try the salad. But I did have plenty of the pizza. Yum.
