Geraci's Restaurant University Hts

Christian Savage 2 months ago

As featured in Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives! Geraci's is an old-school eatery that would fit right in were it relocated to the Little Italy strip. The interior is quaint and charming and probably hasn't been updated in over half a century. As for the food, it... exists. Your best bet is to order a pizza; the pies are cooked pan-style and, although slightly overpriced, have a good crisp crust and plenty of toppings. The other menu items are, by and large, underwhelming: the salad tasted like it came out of a bag and was topped with supermarket dressing, the pasta was indistinguishable from Barilla (to be fair, the red sauce was flavorful, but I wish there was more of it), and the meat was overcooked and bland. Oh, the fried mozzarella was also worth getting again (but then again how hard is it to mess up fried cheese?). We've been a few times and it's always been jam packed, but the staff do a good job of moving customers through so the wait is never too long. They also do a brisk take-out business. I found the overall demand to be quite baffling at first, before realizing the nearby competition includes Rascal House and Georgios (why is this the state of the University He

Champagne & French Fries 7 months ago

Our server was great, no complaints. Social media built up the pizza and it didn’t live up to the hype. It was good but not the best in Cleveland by any means. I enjoyed the buffalo wings very much! The gelato was good but tasted like ordinary ice cream but the chocolate shell was delish! Overall not the best but certainly not the worst. The price was astronomical for pizza- It tasted good but not great & I would never spend as much again.

Shae Carter 8 months ago

I visited the cleveland heights location. This was my first time trying this establishment. The cannoli’s are good. I also got their fried donuts and fell in love .Their pizza was good but I’ll rather have more pepperoni. The spaghetti could use a little more seasoning in my personal opinion. I like a lot of spaghetti sauce. They didn’t give me enough. Not sure if it’s a cultural thing or just my personal preference. However, I will be back and I do recommend.

Molly Thompson 10 months ago

Italian at it's best... original location of long time family owned business. The Italian Wedding Soup was wonderful and the hand tossed pizza was great!

Tara 4 years ago

My in-laws came to town and our group of six went to Geraci’s on a Thursday night. This place is definitely one of my favorite Italian restaurants in the Cleveland area since moving here a short while ago. The bread they serve with the meal is good, the pizza was thin crust and the sauce was delicious and we had several appetizers too. The only thing I did not care for was the fried cheese ravioli appetizer. It just didn’t taste right in my opinion. We all did enjoy the fried meat ravioli appetizer though! We got two large pizzas. The Polpetta pizza (meatballs, ricotta and banana peppers) and the meat lovers pizza which had sausage, pepperoni and ham. Their pepperonis are thicker cut than most pizza places I’ve been to in Ohio which isn’t a bad thing at all. The sausage that comes on the meat lovers is ground sausage and adds a nice, subtle flavor of sausage to the pizza. They were out of Italian wedding soup when we went so I’ll be sure to try that the next time we go. I also am excited to try their pastas. I had a bite of my stepsons spaghetti and it tasted very good!