Vinny's Italian Grill & Pizzeria

We visited a week ago and the only good thing about this place was the server Parker. I have been a regular there for fifteen years and this experience was very offputting for us. Parker was informative, polite, and friendly. We got fries and when they were delivered to the table I noticed they looked different than usual. We have pretty bad intolerances to gluten that cause GI upset, migraines, nerve pain and rashes. The server went to check with her manager. She came back and told us that the manager said they should be gluten free because they have been serving them with all the other gluten free items. I asked her to clarify if they were actually confirmed gluten free - should be just doesn't work for us given the extent of our reactions to eating gluten. She went and checked the box

So have been here to eat twice. Moved from Boston to Charlottesville and have missed having a local place with varied menu, good food and fair prices. Both meals have been great. Had pizza and fries. Had this huge basket of fries for 4.99. Real fries not those fake batter stuff. Pizza was delicious, dough fresh sauce tasty. Next visit my husband had a wrap which he devoured. I had the chicken and mushroom sub which was delicious. The chicken was moist flavorful and I believe the sub bread was freshly baked! Love this place and will be going back to try other things on this varied menu!

The Antipasta salad was delicious and they gave a generous portion! The ribeye cheesesteak was also very good. My first time visiting the restaurant and it will not be my last. The location is minutes away from my home. I definitely recommend Vinny's Italian Grill & Pizzeria.

I have to say first, I’m basing this review on today’s takeout order. BLT, cannoli and when I arrived I saw the tres leches cake in the display fridge as you walk in and was told it was new. I had to try it. Didn’t even think to ask how much ($7.95)! I found out after I got home. My entire bill came to $26.21. For $7.95 I could have probably made a whole tres leches cake myself and if I’d thought to ask the price, I would have. The cake was way too sweet and not worth the money. When I make it, I put 3 kinds of milk on it and the milk in bottom of this container was thick and I believe it was sweetened condensed milk, no other milk mixed with it! What I really stopped to get was a BLT. It turned out to be a LT with maybe 1-2 pieces of bacon on it. I think, I tasted bacon in maybe 2 bites

I ordered the blackened chicken primavera with no tomatoes and a side of garlic bread for pickup about 45 minutes before closing, which is close, but shouldn't be too close. I thought I had remembered the pizza being alright when I was a kid ten years ago but maybe that was wrong. I should have known with everything on their menu that they don't specialize and therefore do nothing well. Anyways, there were about 2oz of chicken, like a third of a very thin filet, and it was ok. The Alfredo sauce was just a bunch of under seasoned fat coating everything in my mouth in a gross way, the vegetables were not seasoned at all, and the broccoli was overcooked and mushy. The garlic bread is bland and dry too. I ate the bit of chicken on the bread with some squash because it was tolerable, but I will