Review of a Slice of Pizza at Nonna Ilva in Carlisle, PA

I’ll save you some time, they don’t sell slices. But you can read on if you like…

The Mission

I tried a slice of plain cheese pizza at every traditional pizza shop the Carlisle, Pennsylvania on a mission to find the best slice of pizza in Carlisle. I could eat pizza almost every meal of the day, it’s definitely one of my top favorite foods without question. And when I get pizza, I usually just get a few plain cheese slices from a traditional pizza shop nearby. Nothing fancy. But I am a bit picky about my slices. And since I live in Carlisle now, I gotta know where the best slice is! Unfortunately Nonna Ilva does not sell slices, so here is my non-review of theirs…

Even Playing Field

I made sure to visit each pizza shop either around 12:00PM noon or around 5:00PM/6:00PM when they should have a good fresh slice pie ready that hasn’t been sitting around for a while. This puts them on even playing fields and gives them the best shot at giving me a good representation of their slices. It also gives me the opportunity to see how the service is when they are a bit more busy. And I do not let them know I am doing a review, so they are not doing anything special or better because of that.

My Bias

Full disclosure, I’m a sauce guy. I need enough sauce and it needs to have some tang and/or sweetness and good flavor, or I won’t like it. And I don’t like a crazy amount of cheese, so places that make slices like that, immediately have a disadvantage in my ratings. If you like tons of cheese and don’t care about the sauce, then you could probably go by the opposite of my ratings.

dining room taken from entrance door of Nonna Ilva in Carlisle, PA - Carlisle, PA Pizza Reviews - Awesome Carlisle!

Notes

They don’t sell slices, so they get a zero.

Price Per Slice (including tax): NA / 0
Day of the Week: NA / 0
Time: NA / 0
Order: NA / 0
Wait time after ordering: NA / 0
Dining room: Large and good for dining in.
Parking: On-Street Metered/Paid. Located in downtown Carlisle.

Rating

on a scale of 1 to 10

Cheese: NA / 0
Sauce: NA / 0
Sauce to Cheese Ratio: NA / 0
Crust: NA / 0
Size: NA / 0
Service: NA / 0 – Seemed annoyed when I asked for slices. Offered me a small pie instead.
Facility: NA / 0 – Looked nice for the few seconds I was there, but wasn’t there long enough to really evaluate.
Total: NA / 0
Slice Only Total: NA / 0
Value: NA / 0
Slice Only Value: NA / 0