Cugino Forno Pizzeria (Winston Salem)

Autumn

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September 08, 2024

This place was definitely not what I expected. The first thing I noticed is that it's not very accessible. There's a fairly steep staircase you need to walk down, and since there's no parking on site you can't just "run in and grab a pizza". You either need to pay for garage parking, pay for street parking, or take a chance parking on a street with "no parking on either side" signs. I'm sure it's great for those who live downtown and can walk, but not so much for anyone who uses a car. The pizza was alright, but nothing special to me, and I'm very glad I used a gift card I had been given to pay because the pizza I received was definitely not worth the $23 I paid. The cheese was the best thing on my pizza, the chewy crust caught me off guard, and the oversized pizza box is extremely misleading. The person who was working the cash register seemed to be learning English, and while that's great, it took nearly 3 minutes for her to understand my name. I had to pull out my phone and show her the email with my name before she understood. Look, I understand I was there on a Friday night and they were busy. None of that excuses the things I was displeased with. I might give another location another chance, but I will NEVER be ordering from this, the Winston Salem location again.

Cherry F (KonaKoi)

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June 23, 2024

Always excited to come here however, the last month or so we kept having pieces of dirt on our pizza 🍕, very strange so we went in on our weekly pizza extravaganza and I see a female worker with the pizza paddle that is used to turn the pizza inside the fire oven and bring it out to be served being used as a leaning post and shoe cleaner 🤢. She's got the paddle part on the ground leisurely talking with peers then scraping the gunk off the bottom of her shoes with it. Yes...I certainly did take pictures. Soooo many times we've eaten from here and finding unsavory nibits that shouldn't have been on our pizza embedded throughout it and now I see why and immediately looked around at everyone laughing, conversating and serving another slice to their little ones with floor paddle pizza 🤮. I personally cannot go back but If you choose to do so, be mindful of the sanitation practices unless of course extra mystery protein is fine then that works too. After all....to each their own! I included a picture of the girl in the pink hat because she was the only one not flirting and she was basically alone working her tail off. She was actually doing her best and really awesome!

Josh Pagano

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April 23, 2023

Very spacious. Plenty of both indoor and outdoor seating. Good for all occasions. Food was great... especially the strawberry muffin which was amazing!! However, major drawback is policy that they will not customize your pizza. It must come exactly as described on the menu. We were astonished by the lack of flexibility here. I guess they figure their food is good enough that they can tell people to go elsewhere if they don't like it, which I respect. On the other hand, if you or your loved one has special dietary needs or preferences, you're better off going somewhere else

Jeffin Koshy

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May 01, 2024

There's a variety of options of pizza that you can get from this place and I could say from just the one pizza I got, it was delicious. Being a Neapolitan style pizza, just getting it taste extremely fresh and it doesn't feel like it has tons of oils just added to it. The other key part of this is the location in Winston-Salem where it's next to incendiary brewery and there's a nice outdoor seating area to really enjoy the beautiful days outside. If you're in downtown Winston and you're looking for your top pizza of spot, this is it right here. P.S. their tiramisu is delicious

Donald McCall

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July 06, 2024

From the crust to the sauce to the cheese and toppings….in a league of their own. Awesome staff, pizza is served quick. Cannolis outstanding