Wanted pizza to watch the Thorns and Seahawks games. Hubby has eaten here before, but it was first time for me. I was very hesitant to try something new as I'm a creature of habit and honestly, my husband likes bland, lukewarm food, so I'm not always excited about his choices. After reading over 50 Yelp reviews, I caved in to his craving.
I noticed that if you download their app and order using it, you get free Garlic Parmesan Bites. Signing up to use the app was frustrating. Could be user error, but it took me 3 attempts to get my information entered. Once I was officially signed-up, the app was very user friendly. Once you decide on the type of pizza you want, you have the ability to select thin or hand-tossed crust, remove toppings, add toppings, add extra toppings, select dipping sauces and select amount of sauce. I was a bit surprised at a charge of $1.75 if you select more than just extra toppings (you can select light, normal, extra, 3x or 4x) especially since I had removed green peppers and olives- kinda felt like that should've evened it out. I changed my selection to just extra to avoid the fee. It said it would be 45 minutes for delivery, but it got here in under 30.
We ordered the FREE Garlic Parmesan Bites, a Medium Hand Tossed Champ Combo with no black olives, no green pepper with extra mushrooms and red onions and a Medium Hand Tossed Veggie with no black olives, no green peppers, light spinach, add roasted garlic and extra mushrooms.
Aesthetically, it all looked very, very good. It wasn't as hot as I'd like, but was perfect for my husband.
I thought the Garlic Parmesan Bites were just "ok". Pretty bland. I did not detect any garlic. Hubby said they were "good". He also didn't taste any garlic and thought more Parmesan would've made them "great".
Hubby had the Champ Combo. He thought the hand-tossed crust was good, but a bit too soft. He would've preferred it to be a bit more crunchy and less chewy. Perfect amount of sauce. The toppings were excellent with the meats being the stand-out.
I had the Veggie with hand-tossed crust. Definitely too soft for me as well. I think adding an option to select a desired cook time (like well-done) would take the pizza from "very good" to "off the charts excellent". There is an option to add special instructions that I should have used to indicate my preference. The taste was phenomenal, with the huge, sliced mushrooms and roasted garlic as the stars. Obviously made with fresh ingredients. Perfect amount of sauce. Probably my new favorite veggie pizza in Vancouver.
Concern- the ranch dipping sauce was in the box with my veggie pizza. The lid was not on and had any of the ranch gotten onto the pizza, and I hadn't noticed, it would've been a huge medical crisis for me because I have SEVERE food allergies. My suggestion would be to put the dipping sauces in a separate bag or container where it can't cross contaminate.
There was no place to add a tip using the app, so I completely forgot. When I realized my error, I called the restaurant right away and they were able to add on a tip.
Overall, it was a great, nearly excellent experience and I always like supporting local/small businesses. We'll definitely be ordering again! read more