Gaetano's Pizza Ristorante Lakeside

This place has been here for a long time. It's nostalgic and cozy in a part of the city limits between el cajon and lakeside. The food was very good. I am coming back with my family for sure. Almost everything is made in-house, and it's delicious. Clean. Restrooms. Plenty of parking. Good if you're by yourself, it's better if you're 2 for sharing and tasting. Great for small parties.

This is sad. Me and my wife has been going here since 1997. The food and service use to be great. This last visit was absolutely horrible. The waitress was just plain awful. We were ignored big time. We were given our drinks, and we sat there for over 15 minutes to order our food. Our drinks ran dry and no one came to refill them. The waitress finally showed up and took our order. We asked for a refill and she didn’t come back. Finally I asked another waitress can we have a refill? She had to tell the waitress we needed them. Finally she came back. Then when we got our food , she brought mine and our friends dinner and not my wife’s. My wife had a salad and should have been served before us. So she asked where her salad was, and got an oh ya, and ran and brought it back. She ordered a chic

I use to eat thier with my Grandma and my Dad when I lived n Lakeside when I was a little kid back in the 80's. I remember the food was Great, and the First time I had Spumoni ice cream was thier. And it was really good..... :)

Ordered the medium baron pizza and small cheese. They're very generous with the portion toppings. However there's no flavor to sauce and not much of it. The cheese was very disappointing no flavor thin crust lil cheese. Baron pizza portions was generous. but no flavor and the crust was thin, not thick around the outside of it! Also pizza looks nothing like it does in the pictures on their web page. Crust much thinner and lil sauce no flavor. Definitely not worth what they charge for it!! Diff not a do over!

We have been hearing about this place for years and we were really excited to go. The first thing you notice when you enter the door is a tank full of fresh lobsters in which you can pick out for your dish. There is an outdoor patio which is dog friendly so we brought our pup with us. Maybe that is the reason the service was so bad. The lady did not introduce herself (not a big deal), but when I asked if I could modify a pasta, she replied “if you want to”. She never checked on us to see how everything was. Never offered to refill our soda and when we asked, we were informed that they do not offer refills but you need to pay again. Now for the food. We ordered a large pepperoni, jalapeño, and bacon pizza, creamy tortellini with added mushrooms, and fettuccine Alfredo. The pastas dishes wer