La Gondola Spaghetti House

700 E War Memorial Dr, Peoria - 61614
109 reviews
Pizza Italian
(309) 688-0800

A hidden gem. Owned by a purple heart war veteran who is the greatest. He does a lot for vets of Peoria and his surrounding area. Great pizza! Support local!!

Amazing service! Extremely well run and overlooked Peoria restaurant. Honestly better/more friendly service than about anywhere else in the area. Also the food here is fantastic especially for the price!!

My son enjoyed his spaghetti but the sandwiches were laughably bad. It is the sort of place that needs Gordon Ramsay to visit and ask them when they stopped caring.

I really didn't see much value to quality myself. The service was poor. There were flys flying around the food while dining in which is really disturbing because they had the same issue 17 years ago. Many people like their pizza. I think the cheese and sauce was good but did not think it deserved over a 3 rating. The poor customer service along with flys everywhere lowered my rating to a 2 star rating. In short I was only acknowledged once and that was when I placed my order. Although someone clearly seen me waiting for 5 plus minutes to get a to go box it literally took another employee to get one. I had already waited 30 plus minutes for the pizza before that. There was not a single person besides my table to wait on as well. Doubtful I would go back. Even in another 17 years

I tried the thin crust/GLUTEN FREE pizza, it was AMAZING! The toppings were plentiful and went all the way to the crust the large was enough to feed 5 adults easily.

Always great food and good variety of choices.

We made a last minute decision for lunch after an appointment at children's hospital ...and let me say I am SO GLAD we did ..the atmosphere was absolutely amazing. The food was truly incredible. We traveled from Milan Illinois to children's (about an hour and 40 minutes away ) . we will definitely be back ! Thank you the genuine experience

The food is great and price reasonable. If you run into them finishing a batch of cookies, you must take them. They are amazing

Pizza is awesome,Thank you for offering my daughter a position in your establishment!

My husband remembers this place to be totally awesome and wants to eat here constantly. Problem is, his childhood memory just don't match the actual flavor of the food. If you get the deep dish, the crust is completely bland and all pizzas are skimpy on topings. Salt, garlic powder, olive oil... ANYTHING would improve the flavor of this crust. I've resorted to asking them to apply a little garlic and/or olive oil and mostly they "say" they'll accommodate my request. It's still bland and flavorless with a putty color. Does no one know what golden brown means anymore? That toppled with the fact that it is by far the most expensive pizza in town makes this place a very poor choice. Hubby admits it's bland and boring every time we get it but so far he's remaining loyal to the restaurant. Eventually, I'll wear him out and he'll agree that Pizza Works and 460 pizza outshines theirs with a far better price with more toppings and a tastier crust. I sincerely hope someday they figure it out because I'm not impressed in the slightest. He knows when he does this restaurant to get the small because I just can't eat it unless I rebake it myself adding garlic and olive oil to the bottom of the crust and cooking it to a beautiful golden brown once it gets here. It's important to note that I really, really, REALLY wanted to love this place.