DeLuca's Italian: #1 for "Truffle Pasta" on Grubhub and Uber Eats
A Staten Island Italian restaurant ranked #1 for truffle pasta on two delivery apps and stayed in the top 4 for meatballs on every Grubhub check.
DeLuca's Italian Restaurant sits on Amboy Road in Tottenville, at the south tip of Staten Island. Its menu leans on the classics: Famous Mamma's Meatballs, Truffle Rigatoni, Spicy Rigatoni Vodka, Truffle Riceballs. We followed two keywords a hungry Staten Islander might type, "truffle pasta" and "meatballs", on Grubhub and Uber Eats.
Truffle pasta: #1 on two apps
On Grubhub, DeLuca's was #1 for "truffle pasta" on 18 of 21 daily checks, and it held #1 on every check from the fifth one on. On Uber Eats it was #1 on all 17 checks.
Grubhub
“truffle pasta”
- Latest
- #1
- Best
- #1
- Found
- 21 of 21 checks
- Results
- 77
Rank on that day (higher is better)
Uber Eats
“truffle pasta”
- Latest
- #1
- Best
- #1
- Found
- 17 of 17 checks
- Results
- 79
Rank on that day (higher is better)
Top of the list on Oct 19, 2026
- #2 Rocky's Pizza Bar Truffle Fries
- #3 Belli Baci Bakery and Cafe
- #4 Mangia Pasta Marinara
- #5 Taqueria Restaurant Tres Amigos
- #6 Towne Deli & Pizzeria
A detail worth noticing: on Uber Eats, the item the app matched to "truffle pasta" was DeLuca's Truffle Riceballs. The word "truffle" in the item name was enough to put DeLuca's at the top. It is a good example of how the words in your item names decide which searches you can win, sometimes more than you would expect.
Meatballs: top 4 on every check
"Meatballs" is a crowded search. Grubhub returned 68 results near DeLuca's, and plenty of them are Italian places with meatballs on the menu. DeLuca's was in the top 4 on all 24 checks, reached #1 on six of them, and most often sat at #3. On the latest check the matched item was Famous Mamma's Meatballs.
Grubhub
“meatballs”
- Latest
- #3
- Best
- #1
- Found
- 24 of 24 checks
- Results
- 68
Rank on that day (higher is better)
Top of the list on Oct 19, 2026
- #1 Millie's Of Staten Island
- #2 Mangia Meatballs in Sauce
- #4 Vesuvio Trattoria & Pizzeria Homemade Meatballs
- #5 Aunt Butchie's of Brooklyn 2 Meatballs
- #6 Il Forno Pizzeria Pasta with Meatballs - Pasta
DeLuca's Grubhub rating, 4.96, was the best among the top three for meatballs. Millie's Of Staten Island and Mangia, the other two, had 140 and 370 reviews; DeLuca's had 67. With a rating that high, every new review adds weight, and the six days at #1 show how close the race at the top is.
What DeLuca's does well
- Distinctive words in item names. "Truffle" appears in two item names, and DeLuca's was #1 for truffle pasta on both apps.
- A named signature dish. With Famous Mamma's Meatballs on the menu, DeLuca's was in the top 4 for one of the most common Italian searches on every check.
- An excellent rating. 4.96 on Grubhub, the best of the top three for meatballs.
Read the full PEO guide for what the top-ranked shops have in common.