The food is always consistently good and the servers are always friendly. Their house dressing is unique and delicious!
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Lindsay A.
The item to order here is pasta. The Sunday gnocchi is very good but very heavy. I love their pastas with white sauce. You get at least 2-3 meals out of one order. Pizza is still subpar though, but I know better than to order pizza or subs from here.
(4)
Fox E.
I tried to sign my kids up for the best summer camp in the area, but it was full. They told me to go to the camp above, or the camp below. I went to the camp below, and found this Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, which is named, appropriately, "Camp Below" in Italian. What to get: slice I can't tell you how good the Italian food is here, but I can tell you that they have excellent pizza slices. Unusually, I really enjoyed the slice, whereas my pizza-partner said it was just okay, good but not one of her favourites. This was a big surprise to me. The Pizza is hot and wet and thick and juicy. It is not too sweet, and reminds me a little bit of Imperial, Mattina's or Blasdell. There is no higher compliment for a slice of pizza than that. It took absolutely forever (maybe 10 mins plus) for them to heat it up, but it was so worth it. The bad reviews for this place are bizarre and over the top. It's a little Italian place with good prices hiding in the corner of a leafy suburban plaza. These kinds of places need our support, they're doing a good job and making a good product. If we don't support these places, then all we have left will be Olive Garden. And nobody on earth can tell me Olive Garden food can compare to a little place like this. I do think, though, that Robert Pattinson is a little camp. So choosing between him and the emotionless "Bella" is tough. Which character did you prefer? Camp, or Bella?
(5)
John A.
Service is, as noted, horrendous. Dining room feels like a diner, not an Italian restaurant. Weird place. Service details: Walk in and see a couple whisked into the dining room by the hostess. She doesn't return for a few minutes, someone from the kitchen asks us if we're waiting for a table, we say we are, she says the hostess will be right back for us (LIES) two more couples walk in after us, each also say they're eating in and are told the hostess will be right back (more LIES). After the third time I heard that I said none-too-quietly "that's what they told us 5 minutes ago" and received an elbow in the ribs from the wife. After finally being seated, ordered an appetizer and entrees, got a side salad promptly and my empty plate sat in front of me for the next 20 minutes. 30 minutes after that we got our app and an apology for the kitchen. About 10 more minutes and we had one entree. 10 minutes later the other entree arrived. If this was one bad night I could overlook it, but it appears that this is what you're in for anytime you dine here judging from the other reviews. The pizza we got was pretty delicious though. Their "Popeye", a white pizza with spinach, meatballs, and ricotta. Also, their Campobello's special is good. Pasta topped with ricotta, a meatball, a piece of sausage, meat sauce, mozzarella, and baked. A massive amount of food and the ricotta was tasty, though their sauce is lackluster. If they made decent sauce, the dish would be fantastic. Even with the sauce limitations it was satisfying. Wife said: "we could get a pizza again as long as we do takeout."
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Christopher B.
Campobello's is my go-to pizza joint as of late. It's located on the hard-scrabble streets of East Amherst, so guard your grill, ha! I like Campobello's pizza because it's very crusty.. I'm easily filled by only a few pieces. The sauce is light, the cheese is plentiful. It's the perfect mix in my opinion. The price is right as well. I've dined-in only once. The experience was okay. I have to agree with Doug's review in that the dishes aren't anything "special," but they are good nonetheless... and HUGE. Then again, are there any local Italian joints where you DON'T get a large portion ?!
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Cheryl R.
You will be satisfied with the food and dissatisfied with the service every time. Bread is awesome! Every time I go to this restaurant, they act like they are doing mea favor by seating me. Then my server is slow to acknowledge me and always seems irritated by my mere existence. The not reason I return is their pasta sauce. But, after the last time of being treated like a nuisance, I decided the sauce isn't worth it.
(3)
Rita S.
Like to go to campobellos when I'm craving pasta. They serve the chicken franciase which I like and can't get at a chain restraunt. Takes a while to get food sometimes, and the servers aren't always the most enthusiastic but ill deff do back
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Liam D.
I used to get delivery from here regularly 4 or 5 years ago and it was always very good and consistent. After moving out of town I have been back in the Buffalo area recently and decided to order from here. I very clearly said delivery and the woman on the phone asked for my address and made sure it was correct. They said 45 min to an hour. I waited an hour and no food so reasonably I waited thirty minutes before calling. An hour and a half after I ordered the food. The woman on the phone goes "Oh its listed as a pick up order..... So finally they sent it out and it did get here quickly after that but the whole experience left me a bit unnerved. To top it off the food was very subpar. Hopefully this was just a lone experience but it was not a pleasant one...
(2)
Chris D.
What a terrible dining experience. I ordered spaghetti with meat balls, my wife ordered pasta with spinach, and my son ordered the kids meal (2 pieces of cheese pizza). The food took Forever to come out. The waitress came back after 40 minutes and informed us that they were out of cheese pizza slices and were baking a new pizza. so after my 7 year old son waited and waited for his dinner, he had to wait another 25 minutes for his food. they actually served my wife and I and made him wait. When his pizza arrived it was so hot, it burned him. It hurt him so much, he began to cry and had to leave the restaurant with his mother. Who serves scalding hot Pizza to a child? Apparently Campabellos. My dinner was TERRIBLE. The sauce was very watery and actually formed a pool of water in the bottom of the plate. The spaghetti was the thinnest I have ever had. The waitress assured me that it wasn't angle hair, but I think she was wrong. My wife got angle hair pasta, and my "spaghetti" looked exactly like hers. the meatball tasted mostly of bread and was a mush ball. It was so bad, I left most of it on my plate. After telling the waitress, she told the owner who took the kid's pizza off the bill, but refused to make any adjustments for the incredibly long wait time and my very sub par meal. What was supposed to be celebratory dinner out was ruined by the owner, management and kitchen staff of Campabellos. Now I know why the restaurant was mostly empty. I wish I had read a review like this before wasting my time, money and family time at this place.
(1)
Kris K.
The calzone is amazing!! It is huge, serves 3-5 & the ricotta cheese inside is like butter... Oh, sooooo good. It comes with red sauce for dipping. The kids meal pizza is 2 large pieces & comes with a big drink, too. Awesome huge booths. Very clean & nice dark wood & tile decor. Much more than what you'd expect from the peeling sign outside & the stripmall setting. Bathrooms "weren't dirty, they just need to be freshened up," in the words of the hubs.
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Doug B.
A friend of mine recommended we come here for dinner. We ended up going on the early side, and were among the early bird special crowd. I have to say I was pleased with my food. Everything came out hot and fresh, with generous portions. However, there wasn't anything special about it. Its just another strip mall Italian joint. Bottom Line: I'd come back, but I won't miss it if I don't.
(3)
Luiz G.
Pros: Pizza Cons: Hostess, service, very slow food delivery Parking space: Enough for all customers Good for big groups: Maybe On Friday, around 6:00PM, the restaurant was very crowded and there were still available sits there. The hostess gave me a weird reception and directed me to my table. It seems they are not used to have only one person for dine-in. The parking lot is shared with the other stores of the mall, but is big enough for everyone. The dining room is not an exciting place, but it was not bad. I had the feeling to be dining on a kitchen instead of a restaurant. The waitress was nice but not efficient, after drank my whole soda glass, I waited more than 15 minutes with it empty and no pro-active part of her. This time I was looking to have something very basic to eat, so I asked for a cheese & pepperoni 1/2 pizza. Overall, the experience was meh. The pizza did not taste anything special to make me ignore the time that I waited for it (more than 30 mins) and noticing my waitress ignoring me. Maybe it was a bad day? Don't know. So maybe I'll come back to this restaurant, but for sure this is really out of my first options restaurants. UPDATE: After I got my piece to my house and cooked more the pizza. It tastes much better.
(2)
Suo L.
Campobello's is a standard Buffalonian Italian American joint. It pretty much typifies the genre: nondescript decor, friendly family-run service, good value, and predictably predictable food. That is to say: giant platters of pasta, red sauce that's a a tad on the sweet side for my taste, good minestrone, salad out of a plastic bag, and honest pieces of meat. I apologize for the lack of enthusiasm; I like it, but it just doesn't excite me. I had the chicken parm. Predictably, it was very good: 3 lightly breaded chicken cutlets, probably weighing in at around a pound, smothered in mozzarella cheese and red sauce and served with a side of red sauce pasta of your choice. I ate one of the cutlets and the side of pasta (about the size of a side of beef) and saved the other two to make a sandwich out of the next day. My brother had their specialty platter, which was penne, red sauce, ricotta, meatballs, sausage and maybe something else, smothered in cheese and baked. That looked like it could feed a family of four, or one ravenous Bills fan. All in all, it's enjoyable but nothing to go out of your way for, especially in Buffalo, where it's hard to avoid eating this sort of food.
(3)
Maria C.
great selection but food preparation was EXCEEDINGLY slow.....Over 45 minutes for appetizers and over an hour and a half for entrees. We ate so much bread waiting that by the time the food arrived, we were no longer hungry! Waitress excelllent, but beware of long wait times and frigidly cold temperatures. If all the customers are wearing hoodies and sweaters in the middle of July, why not turn DOWN the air conditioning. Next time, maybe takeout!
(1)
Christopher S.
It seems to me that the prices and portions would be the main draw for locals who eat here on a regular basis. It's also plausible that the same folks who eat here in a regular basis consider frozen entrees at Wegmans delectable. Unable to comment on the service as we've only had take out from here (2x). We found the pizza to be too thick for our liking and the sauce wasn't strong enough to stand up to the dough. In a search for catered food, we tried the eggplant, penne with tomato sauce and meatballs. None of which we found to be tasty. Meatballs are tough to judge because they vary so much from place to place, but it's safe to say that amount of breadcrumbs used was one of the most I've ever experienced. Upon reading the positive review regarding the calzone, I'm tempted to try it... then again with so many other places in the area... I'm not exactly sure why I'm even considering it.
(2)
Diana D.
I love the pasta with broccoli (we've tried other items from thier menu I wouldnt go back for anything else.). Bread and salad is always good service not so much. They are always in a rush and not very friendly.
(3)
Rich H.
Well over rated. Had 10 people - spent $250 and was sorry we went with all the other Italian restaurants available. Service was ok at best. Food was a D minus!!
Amanda S.
The food is always consistently good and the servers are always friendly. Their house dressing is unique and delicious!
(5)Lindsay A.
The item to order here is pasta. The Sunday gnocchi is very good but very heavy. I love their pastas with white sauce. You get at least 2-3 meals out of one order. Pizza is still subpar though, but I know better than to order pizza or subs from here.
(4)Fox E.
I tried to sign my kids up for the best summer camp in the area, but it was full. They told me to go to the camp above, or the camp below. I went to the camp below, and found this Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, which is named, appropriately, "Camp Below" in Italian. What to get: slice I can't tell you how good the Italian food is here, but I can tell you that they have excellent pizza slices. Unusually, I really enjoyed the slice, whereas my pizza-partner said it was just okay, good but not one of her favourites. This was a big surprise to me. The Pizza is hot and wet and thick and juicy. It is not too sweet, and reminds me a little bit of Imperial, Mattina's or Blasdell. There is no higher compliment for a slice of pizza than that. It took absolutely forever (maybe 10 mins plus) for them to heat it up, but it was so worth it. The bad reviews for this place are bizarre and over the top. It's a little Italian place with good prices hiding in the corner of a leafy suburban plaza. These kinds of places need our support, they're doing a good job and making a good product. If we don't support these places, then all we have left will be Olive Garden. And nobody on earth can tell me Olive Garden food can compare to a little place like this. I do think, though, that Robert Pattinson is a little camp. So choosing between him and the emotionless "Bella" is tough. Which character did you prefer? Camp, or Bella?
(5)John A.
Service is, as noted, horrendous. Dining room feels like a diner, not an Italian restaurant. Weird place. Service details: Walk in and see a couple whisked into the dining room by the hostess. She doesn't return for a few minutes, someone from the kitchen asks us if we're waiting for a table, we say we are, she says the hostess will be right back for us (LIES) two more couples walk in after us, each also say they're eating in and are told the hostess will be right back (more LIES). After the third time I heard that I said none-too-quietly "that's what they told us 5 minutes ago" and received an elbow in the ribs from the wife. After finally being seated, ordered an appetizer and entrees, got a side salad promptly and my empty plate sat in front of me for the next 20 minutes. 30 minutes after that we got our app and an apology for the kitchen. About 10 more minutes and we had one entree. 10 minutes later the other entree arrived. If this was one bad night I could overlook it, but it appears that this is what you're in for anytime you dine here judging from the other reviews. The pizza we got was pretty delicious though. Their "Popeye", a white pizza with spinach, meatballs, and ricotta. Also, their Campobello's special is good. Pasta topped with ricotta, a meatball, a piece of sausage, meat sauce, mozzarella, and baked. A massive amount of food and the ricotta was tasty, though their sauce is lackluster. If they made decent sauce, the dish would be fantastic. Even with the sauce limitations it was satisfying. Wife said: "we could get a pizza again as long as we do takeout."
(2)Christopher B.
Campobello's is my go-to pizza joint as of late. It's located on the hard-scrabble streets of East Amherst, so guard your grill, ha! I like Campobello's pizza because it's very crusty.. I'm easily filled by only a few pieces. The sauce is light, the cheese is plentiful. It's the perfect mix in my opinion. The price is right as well. I've dined-in only once. The experience was okay. I have to agree with Doug's review in that the dishes aren't anything "special," but they are good nonetheless... and HUGE. Then again, are there any local Italian joints where you DON'T get a large portion ?!
(4)Cheryl R.
You will be satisfied with the food and dissatisfied with the service every time. Bread is awesome! Every time I go to this restaurant, they act like they are doing mea favor by seating me. Then my server is slow to acknowledge me and always seems irritated by my mere existence. The not reason I return is their pasta sauce. But, after the last time of being treated like a nuisance, I decided the sauce isn't worth it.
(3)Rita S.
Like to go to campobellos when I'm craving pasta. They serve the chicken franciase which I like and can't get at a chain restraunt. Takes a while to get food sometimes, and the servers aren't always the most enthusiastic but ill deff do back
(3)Liam D.
I used to get delivery from here regularly 4 or 5 years ago and it was always very good and consistent. After moving out of town I have been back in the Buffalo area recently and decided to order from here. I very clearly said delivery and the woman on the phone asked for my address and made sure it was correct. They said 45 min to an hour. I waited an hour and no food so reasonably I waited thirty minutes before calling. An hour and a half after I ordered the food. The woman on the phone goes "Oh its listed as a pick up order..... So finally they sent it out and it did get here quickly after that but the whole experience left me a bit unnerved. To top it off the food was very subpar. Hopefully this was just a lone experience but it was not a pleasant one...
(2)Chris D.
What a terrible dining experience. I ordered spaghetti with meat balls, my wife ordered pasta with spinach, and my son ordered the kids meal (2 pieces of cheese pizza). The food took Forever to come out. The waitress came back after 40 minutes and informed us that they were out of cheese pizza slices and were baking a new pizza. so after my 7 year old son waited and waited for his dinner, he had to wait another 25 minutes for his food. they actually served my wife and I and made him wait. When his pizza arrived it was so hot, it burned him. It hurt him so much, he began to cry and had to leave the restaurant with his mother. Who serves scalding hot Pizza to a child? Apparently Campabellos. My dinner was TERRIBLE. The sauce was very watery and actually formed a pool of water in the bottom of the plate. The spaghetti was the thinnest I have ever had. The waitress assured me that it wasn't angle hair, but I think she was wrong. My wife got angle hair pasta, and my "spaghetti" looked exactly like hers. the meatball tasted mostly of bread and was a mush ball. It was so bad, I left most of it on my plate. After telling the waitress, she told the owner who took the kid's pizza off the bill, but refused to make any adjustments for the incredibly long wait time and my very sub par meal. What was supposed to be celebratory dinner out was ruined by the owner, management and kitchen staff of Campabellos. Now I know why the restaurant was mostly empty. I wish I had read a review like this before wasting my time, money and family time at this place.
(1)Kris K.
The calzone is amazing!! It is huge, serves 3-5 & the ricotta cheese inside is like butter... Oh, sooooo good. It comes with red sauce for dipping. The kids meal pizza is 2 large pieces & comes with a big drink, too. Awesome huge booths. Very clean & nice dark wood & tile decor. Much more than what you'd expect from the peeling sign outside & the stripmall setting. Bathrooms "weren't dirty, they just need to be freshened up," in the words of the hubs.
(5)Doug B.
A friend of mine recommended we come here for dinner. We ended up going on the early side, and were among the early bird special crowd. I have to say I was pleased with my food. Everything came out hot and fresh, with generous portions. However, there wasn't anything special about it. Its just another strip mall Italian joint. Bottom Line: I'd come back, but I won't miss it if I don't.
(3)Luiz G.
Pros: Pizza Cons: Hostess, service, very slow food delivery Parking space: Enough for all customers Good for big groups: Maybe On Friday, around 6:00PM, the restaurant was very crowded and there were still available sits there. The hostess gave me a weird reception and directed me to my table. It seems they are not used to have only one person for dine-in. The parking lot is shared with the other stores of the mall, but is big enough for everyone. The dining room is not an exciting place, but it was not bad. I had the feeling to be dining on a kitchen instead of a restaurant. The waitress was nice but not efficient, after drank my whole soda glass, I waited more than 15 minutes with it empty and no pro-active part of her. This time I was looking to have something very basic to eat, so I asked for a cheese & pepperoni 1/2 pizza. Overall, the experience was meh. The pizza did not taste anything special to make me ignore the time that I waited for it (more than 30 mins) and noticing my waitress ignoring me. Maybe it was a bad day? Don't know. So maybe I'll come back to this restaurant, but for sure this is really out of my first options restaurants. UPDATE: After I got my piece to my house and cooked more the pizza. It tastes much better.
(2)Suo L.
Campobello's is a standard Buffalonian Italian American joint. It pretty much typifies the genre: nondescript decor, friendly family-run service, good value, and predictably predictable food. That is to say: giant platters of pasta, red sauce that's a a tad on the sweet side for my taste, good minestrone, salad out of a plastic bag, and honest pieces of meat. I apologize for the lack of enthusiasm; I like it, but it just doesn't excite me. I had the chicken parm. Predictably, it was very good: 3 lightly breaded chicken cutlets, probably weighing in at around a pound, smothered in mozzarella cheese and red sauce and served with a side of red sauce pasta of your choice. I ate one of the cutlets and the side of pasta (about the size of a side of beef) and saved the other two to make a sandwich out of the next day. My brother had their specialty platter, which was penne, red sauce, ricotta, meatballs, sausage and maybe something else, smothered in cheese and baked. That looked like it could feed a family of four, or one ravenous Bills fan. All in all, it's enjoyable but nothing to go out of your way for, especially in Buffalo, where it's hard to avoid eating this sort of food.
(3)Maria C.
great selection but food preparation was EXCEEDINGLY slow.....Over 45 minutes for appetizers and over an hour and a half for entrees. We ate so much bread waiting that by the time the food arrived, we were no longer hungry! Waitress excelllent, but beware of long wait times and frigidly cold temperatures. If all the customers are wearing hoodies and sweaters in the middle of July, why not turn DOWN the air conditioning. Next time, maybe takeout!
(1)Christopher S.
It seems to me that the prices and portions would be the main draw for locals who eat here on a regular basis. It's also plausible that the same folks who eat here in a regular basis consider frozen entrees at Wegmans delectable. Unable to comment on the service as we've only had take out from here (2x). We found the pizza to be too thick for our liking and the sauce wasn't strong enough to stand up to the dough. In a search for catered food, we tried the eggplant, penne with tomato sauce and meatballs. None of which we found to be tasty. Meatballs are tough to judge because they vary so much from place to place, but it's safe to say that amount of breadcrumbs used was one of the most I've ever experienced. Upon reading the positive review regarding the calzone, I'm tempted to try it... then again with so many other places in the area... I'm not exactly sure why I'm even considering it.
(2)Diana D.
I love the pasta with broccoli (we've tried other items from thier menu I wouldnt go back for anything else.). Bread and salad is always good service not so much. They are always in a rush and not very friendly.
(3)Rich H.
Well over rated. Had 10 people - spent $250 and was sorry we went with all the other Italian restaurants available. Service was ok at best. Food was a D minus!!
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