Sausage, Red Peppers, Garlic and Oil
Sausage lovers will want to try this special dish: Italian Sausage, roasted red peppers, garlic and oil served over your choice of pasta (ziti, spaghetti or linguine)
Lite Bites and Appetizers
Del-Dio's has a variety of lite bites and appetizers that really hit the spot! Here are a few of our most popular appetizers. You'll find that they're perfect for sharing before a meal, or, they can be enjoyed as a side dish or snack. Above: Garlic Bread with Cheese and Tomato Above: Garlic Knots served with tomato sauce Above: Fried Calamari Del-Dio's prepares fried calamari fresh; lightly breaded and seasoned then fried perfectly and served with marinara sauce
Uncle George,
I remember watching you as a kid, back in Brooklyn; always serving delicious Italian food to many customers. Your restaurant “Del-Dio” was number one in Canarsie back in the 1960′s. Even today people mention that the food was remakable. Everyone still remembers the fine food you and my father served. I named my restaurant Del-Dio, but without the original owners it just isn’t the same.
I will carry on the name but the legend is gone and we will miss all the great times we had together. I hope to see you and my father again so we can do this all over again. God bless you.
Friends, 
We can’t tell you how much we appreciate the positive feedback. Your love of our food and the neighborhood atmosphere we’ve strived to create is what keeps us going! Nothing makes us happier than to see you enter with a wave and leave with a smile.
Thank you to Yelper Rayni for the recent 5-star review of Del-Dio on Yelp!
My latest favorite for Italian food. They don’t just have great pizzas, they have great pastas and other standard Italian dishes as well. Their location is a little unfortunate because of how hidden it is, but the interior is decorated very well, and once you’re inside, it feels very cozy.
Everyone that we’ve interacted with that worked there have been friendly. They were also attentive, which perhaps isn’t difficult in a restaurant that is on the smaller side, but still very much appreciated. I actually witnessed quite a few regulars in the restaurant and it felt like I was a fly on the wall observing a family reunion. It was a comforting sight. Maybe I’ll be their token Asian-Italian?
Their pizzas are great! There is something about the crust that is special. It’s thin, but not too thin. It’s greasy, but doesn’t make you feel guilty. It’s salty, but just right. I’ve tried the Special and also the Hawaiian and both were great. I like the Hawaiian better, but they both had fresh ingredients and definitely hit my pizza cravings.
I’ve also tried the garlic knots, which was excellent. It had the right amount of garlic. You still won’t want to eat this if you’re on a date, but it’s not strong enough to clear up your nasal passages. We actually ended up keeping the leftover oil+garlic+parmesan “dressing” to dip our pizza crusts in. Yum!
They make their pasta sauces fresh and their alfredo is so amazing that I would really like to buy from them instead of Publix or Olive Garden when I feel like having some at home.
I can’t wait to come back and try more of their dishes.
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Happy to share this great review by Mari posted on Urban Spoon
When I checked out this place I was already expecting good pizza.
I had heard from a few of my local friends that Del-Dio was better than other pizza joints in town. But what I didn’t expect was how good some of the other dishes on the menu are! This place is definitely more than a pizza joint. They have a pasta dish with bacon and Parmesan cheese that is totally to die for! Go be tricked into thinking this is just a pizza place!
Just found another great review, recently posted on Trip Advisor. WOW! Thank you RDMD!
My family and I love this place. My son and I go here often for pizza and it’s amazing and reminds me of all my trips to NYC. The crust is chewy yet thin and awesome. The chicken parm is delicious too!!!
Its hard to find if you’re not looking. It faces the executive airport and not Colonial. Whenever I hear, “small family business” I think of this place. There’s only a handful of employees and the owner is always on duty in the kitchen. If you come in once, they’ll recognize you every time you return.
We live nearby and run into our neighbors frequently here. It’s always a great sign when you love a place and see the same people month after month. This place is consistently great. The servers are also fantastic with kids.
Sometimes there’s a wait to be seated due to the smaller dining room size but the server is quick to accommodate you as soon as there’s an opportunity. Its worth the wait.
For the price you won’t find a better deal when it comes to quality, presentation and service level.
* Visited September 2011
Every once in awhile I trip over something I never noticed before… It happened to me today when I came across this review by The Pizza Man’s Daughter. It was actually written almost a year ago.
I was so delighted to read it, I wish I would have found it sooner!
She writes…
I have just visited Orlando with the kids this weekend and yes I visited a pizza spot that I visit everytime I go there. Pizzeria Del-Dio is what I would call, as close to NY style pizza as you could get. I would have to say, its actually better than many actual NY pizza joints.
Not only was the pizza delectable, but the spinach and cheese calzone was unreal. I saw the owner himself take out the dough on the spot and make the calzone from scratch. He used fresh spinach and mozzarella. It was obvious that this owner knew what he was doing & was highly experienced. Low and behold, I find out that he’s from Brooklyn NY as well. Finding a place like this in Florida is a rare find. Not many pizzas can live up to New Yorkers pizza expectations.
All I can say is our customers totally rock!
It was quite exciting to read this latest review by Central Florida lifestyle blogger Dana Damato!
Dana recently blogged about her experience at Del-Dio’s in an article titled “The Search for the Best Pizza in Orlando” – which we are thrilled to share with you:
I’ve been on a mission to find someplace that had that true “New York City” taste to it. So in my search, i’ve been here and there and everything was just…okay. Then, I was referred to a place I’ve never heard of before, Pizzeria Del-Dio. From the moment I walked in, the atmosphere alone was already giving me a good feeling. … read more
Apparently Dana tried a number of items from our menu as well as the daily special – and Del-Dio’s did not disappoint!
It’s comments such as these that make serving our customers so rewarding!
Special thanks to you Dana!
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Del-Dio’s has a variety of lite bites and appetizers that really hit the spot!
Here are a few of our most popular appetizers. You’ll find that they’re perfect for sharing before a meal, or, they can be enjoyed as a side dish or snack.
Above: Garlic Bread with Cheese and Tomato
Above: Garlic Knots served with tomato sauce
Above: Fried Calamari
Del-Dio’s prepares fried calamari fresh; lightly breaded and seasoned then fried perfectly and served with marinara sauce
