Russo's New York Pizzeria & Italian Kitchen - Pflugerville

"We hadn't been here for awhile and decided to stop in for dinner because we figured it would be quick and it wasn't busy inside. The waitress that helped us was very nice, but I'm not sure she completely knew what she was doing. We had a coupon for BOGO pizza, so we ordered 16" pep/mushroom and a second 16" pep and some garlic knots. The waitress seemed a bit confused that we were ordering two large pizzas for only two adults and one kid, but she confirmed what we had asked for. We then waited for over an hour until our waitress came back and apologized for the wait and said our order would be out very soon. About another 10-15 minutes later she brings out only a 12" pep/mushroom pizza (which my son won't touch because mushrooms). We went ahead and started eating this since it had now been much longer than we had anticipated and were unsure if we would even see the rest of our order (sorry kid, we took the mushrooms off, still wouldn't touch it). About 5 minutes later a 16" pepperoni pizza arrived. We asked how we ended up with a 12" for the other pizza and she said that they had read the order wrong and would talk to the manager. Another few minutes later our garlic knots finally arrived (which we would have thought would come out first, but hey at least they're here). The pizza itself was tasty. Both of them lacked toppings around the outer 1/3 of the pizza. The garlic knots were a bit overdone with some burn marks in some areas, but were still edible. When we went to pay the person running the register couldn't even find our order, so she ended up only charging us for the 16" pizza and garlic knots. My wife also decided to get a piece of red velvet cake to eat at home since it had already been over 2 hours here and we had to stop by other stores in the area before the closed. When we got home and she tried it she said it tasted dry and gave the rest to me. I agree it was pretty dry, more or less what you'd get from a generic mass-produced kind of cake, but the outer layer (the last bite I had) tasted like it had been sitting in a refrigerator soaking up all the ambient scents of a bunch of other things around it for some time. I can't say for sure that's what it was, but that's sure what it reminded me of. I hope this place can turn it around. The food really has been great in the past, but it's definitely not on the right path now."

"Hey guys, where's the sauce? There was barely any pizza sauce on my big slice. The pizza crust had a good crunch, and the feta and ricotta cheese gave the pizza a good creaminess. The spaghetti was aggressively mediocre; decent marinara sauce and the meatballs had a weird taste/texture(super mushy). Then again, this was a pickup order. Maybe I need to sit down at the restaurant for a fresh, tasty meal. If I need a quick slice instead of a whole pizza, I'll probably come back until I find a better place in this area. Since it was pickup, I didn't get a full experience of service. But as soon as I walked in, someone approached me to help, and i received my food pretty quick. Overall, it was fine. Check it out for yourself."

"I ordered a truffle burrata pomodoro. It was delicious but the only complaint I have is that the burrata cheese didn’t seem fresh or I was expecting the soft texture of burrata cheese but got more of a mozzarella kind of feel."

"On vacation in this area, was searching for a pizza place and saw the pictures and reviews for Russo's and decided to give it a try, glad I did, trusted my instincts and they paid off. It's quite good. It is of the New York Pizza variety and all of the components come together pretty well. I had a regular pepperoni with fresh mozzarella and pecorino romano and pepperoni and much to my delight it was quite good. So very glad I came. The price was in line with what I received and I got the pizza very quick and my waitress was quite nice and friendly. So it worked out for me good so I would recommend it."

"Good pizza option in the Pflugerville area. We used to live in Pflugerville and had been gone for 5 years before coming back for a visit. A nostalgic place for our kiddos is Russo's so we decided to have an early dinner while exploring our old neighborhood. We had a very nice server and the overall atmosphere is good. The pizza is pretty darn good. My kids remember and love the giant slice so both had their own and easily polished them off. My wife and I shared the Prosciutto & Fig; great flavors. The only downside during this meal was Austin was topping at 107F and the A/C was struggling to keep up with the temp so it was quite warm inside...but that was a problem many places were having during that heat wave."