My sister lives in Northampton and whenever we go to visit her I'll usually treat the kids to something from Dial A Pizza on Abingdon Square. There are loads of pizza places to choose from in this area, but Dial A Pizza food always seems fresher than others and the prices are absolutely excellent.
There are a range of sizes of pizza available from small individual ones (which are still big enough to serve two or three people!) right up to extra large pizzas which will easily serve six to eight.
The variety of toppings is equally as good as any of the larger chain pizza places; I love the Hawaiian as they'll ask what ratio of ham and pineapple I want, I adore pineapple so ask for plenty of that and just a little ham. This pizza is always exactly what I ordered so I'm usually happy. You can also add extra toppings to your pizza for a small charge so I'll sometimes ask them to add some mushrooms or pepperoni to part of the pizza so that I can ring the changes as I'm eating.
The last time I visited they were selling a sweet chilli chicken pizza which was delicious, the guy in there explained it was a venture as they were not sure how well it would go down so I hope it's still on the menu when I'm back in Northampton next month!
There are the usual ways of getting your pizza; you can either call for a delivery, call the order in and collect it yourself or walk into the shop to order and wait. I usually go in to order as there are usually some special offers in the window or new additions to the menu that I wouldn't know about if I were to phone the order in.
There are a small selection of side orders to choose from including potato wedges, chicken bites and garlic bread, plus you can buy your soft drinks and ice cream from here for little more than you would pay in one of the local shops.
As an example I usually order three small pizzas and a medium one and this costs just over a tenner, which I'm sure you'll agree is much cheaper than places like Pizza Hut and the quality of the food is practically identical. No, scrap that. The pizza from Dial A Pizza is better in my opinion than that from Pizza Hut as the food is neither cold nor swimming in grease when I come to eat it! read more