First of all, our server kept making comments about the size of the pizza we ordered: which was literally the **only option** except for pre-cooked, re-heated pizza slices.
First he tried to talk us out of ordering a pizza here. He said "are you sure you want a whole pizza?".
Who isn't sure of that choice when they make it, I wonder. So my husband said "well we did see it was a really big pizza but it's the only one we can buy, right? The less large size said it's for take out only????"
And our server replied, "yeah the such and such inch pizza is for take out only. The other pizza is 26 inches though. You want to order that? We have slices."
My husband said "yeah my wife explicitly said she didn't want to order slices."
Server: "okay, if you're sure...." And finally accepts our order.
Then he comes by and brings my salad, huge salad btw but had lots of rotten and gooey old, dark, wet, lettuce and greens leaking onto everything so after finding my 3rd clump of that, I had to set it aside. They are not turning over their salads fast enough it seems and the quality had gone downhill fast.
Anyway, so he drops it off and forgot the dressing and comes back and said, "hey, do you want me to put the pizza on a different table, it's pretty big" Good grief, I thought, yes, we heard that you thought it was too big of a pizza for us.
There was another table he was serving that ordered slices and a giant pizza and he didn't ever comment to them such things or offer a different table for their pizza. I know, because I was surprised when a giant pizza came out for them and paid close attention to how they were treated.
Finally our pizza comes out and he's not wrong, its massive. But it's also paper thin. Arguably too thin because after it got cooler it became kinda brittle and hard in several spots. My husband wolfs down 3 giant slices. My toddler eats lots of one. I have one and a half. There's half a pizza left. And the Pizza Gods didn't come down and punish us for our mistakes and failure to eat the full pizza. We just took it home and ate leftovers like we often do with any size pizzas we order. And all was good in the world.
What this guy didn't know was that there was a very specific and special reason we came in there and his weird pizza size issues sort of ruined it for me. I grew up super poor and saw New York style pizza sold at fairs and things and never got to try it. When I was finally an adult I was a broke student and still had a lack of ability to afford that kind of pizza, in the Midwest there weren't joints that sold by style pizza ever. So it was a big deal to me to find super super thin NY style pizza being sold at a restaurant that was anything like what got sold at fairs and festivals. And before we came I told me husband this story and said I wanted to order one with just pepperoni and kind of pretend I was having the hot fresh fair pizza of my childhood. He agreed and we had a fun adventure in mind. This store only sells slices or a giant pizza so we were forced into that size. Why we couldn't have been allowed to order what we wanted in peace, I don't know. But there was a broke kid in me that was already embarrassed by the size and cost. :) I can afford pizza now, please just let me have it in peace and joy. I promise we eat the extra. ;)
Over all, I don't know if I'd come back. I don't want to be pressured about food ever. I find that really socially awkward in general. On the other hand, we did like the pizza.
I'd recommend the restaurant change their menu and allow anyone to order any size for eating in or carrying out, and training servers better on not down-selling their customers and instead accepting orders graciously, despite their opinions. You might not know what's motivating people's choices, they could be fulfilling childhood pizza fantasizes lol.
But even if we just wanted a giant hot fresh pizza, just cause we love pizza... let people order it in peace, please:) read more