Buona Pizza - Scranton

Awesome slice's..This an old school pizza place..nothing fancy just amazing pizza served at a fair price

Hours to this place say they close at 11 on a Saturday night. Walked in around 9:02. I 've never seen more miserable people working in a restaurant in all of my life. As others have stated, yes, this is a classic local pizza joint so the ambiance has a Backroom feel. I 'm sure this place is cozy in winter, but it was about 90 degrees on a June evening. The pizza itself would not have been bad (toppings of cheese, sauce, and pepperoni were pretty good) if they didn 't burn it, but they did. Ate one slice. Here 's the bigger problem--if these folks hate their job so much, they need to hire people who know how to interact with the public. Three people walked in as I sat waiting for pizza, none of them acknowledged: the pizza cook kept hiding behind the pizza oven scraping the wooden pizza paddle. The guy making the pizzas looked as if I was asking him to wipe my rear when I ordered a pizza, and then in back a woman staring glumly out into the wide yonder of the restaurant. Finally, a young woman at the counter asked, after patiently waiting for 10 minutes, Could I get two slices? The cook said, We don 't have none. We 're closing. An hour and a half early? I got my pizza and two sodas, and the pizza cook mumbled $22 dollars. That was my whole interaction. And when restaurants close and act like their world has been shattered because people didn 't support them, this is why. I 'll never go back. Good luck to the college kids who tolerate this kind of unprofessionalism. This is not an acceptable way to run a business.

Cleanliness and sanitation is important in the food industry and this business lacked both. I read the reviews and decided to give this place a try but I was not impressed. The owner looked very overworked and as a result of that missed some key components of what it takes to run a healthy and clean business. I would say with more help and support this place could have some true potential.

We found Buona on Yelp. After a day of skiing a satisfying slice sounded ideal. They do carry out pizza by the slice, and the BIGGEST calzone you've ever seen. Pandemic procedures: call your order in and pick up in store. The employees seemed to be a little slack in wearing masks, but I felt safe in mine. The restaurant was empty. To go only right now (Feb 2021). The pizza was perfect. Cheesy and a little crunch with awesome flavor. The calzone was also really impressive. The ricotta and ham inside tasted really good. We were able to walk to and from the Hilton around the corner. All in all it was fun to have some authentic food.

The person answering the phone was extremely rude. I called said I wanted a large pizza and he said it was 15 min before close but he would make the pizza. He hung up on me. I did not have time to tell him exactly what kind of pizza I would like. When I called back and explained that nicely, he told me he doesn't want to make a pizza for me anymore after I only asked to actually tell him what pizza he was supposedly going to make me. Very upsetting as I just moved here and I actually really liked the pizza last time. I never leave reviews but this was completely unacceptable.