Ate here tonight because it was listed as one of the best pizza places in Ephrata. Mixed bag of great and terrible, so it gets 3 stars. I'm willing to give them another go next time I am in the area at the right time.
We ordered the "Special" Stromboli, a side of garlic bread, and drinks. Garlic bread was an utter disappointment. Just needed something to snack on until the main food was done, and wasn't exactly expecting much for the $1.50 price, but it was a sandwich roll (maybe baked by them), with an olive oil and herb mix spread kinda unevenly inside. Warm and nice on the outside, but a little soggy. I like my garlic bread toasty/grilled so it's a little crispy. Oh, and they overcharged us vs the menu price ($2). Taste was OK tho -- 2/5.
Drinks were typical, and they gave us abundant lemon wedges on request. They cut them the stupid-but-pretty way though. Forgot our straws, had to flag down the waitress for some. 3/5.
Finally the stromboli. SO MUCH potential here, coulda been a 5/5 boli. We ordered their "Special" stromboli (basically a supreme pizza style) The dough was tasty and crispy. The fillings were ample and relatively well-spread. We made two alterations -- requested no hamburger (important for later) and subbed green peppers instead of sweet peppers. Let me reiterate, the boli was very well-made, but staff error killed it. First, it lists sauce as an ingredient but it had none. We asked for a cup of sauce on the side, but the waitress forgot, and by the time she checked back with us it was 20 minutes later and we were done. Second, we finally noticed there was no ham (an ingredient on the list) in our boli. Turns out, when we omitted "hamburger", the waitress broke up the word over two lines with her huge cutesy handwriting -- "ham" on one line, and then "burger" below it, so the cook left both off. So the boli drops to a 4/5.
They offered an explanation for their error, but not an apology or remedy. No offer to remake (we'd only eaten 3/8 of it), no offer of a minor discount, etc. I'd have been happy if they just offered to knock off the price of one topping as a gesture. To be fair, the waitress was pretty busy, but it seemed like other tables got more attention. NOTE TO MGMT: I see now why most places call their hamburger topping "ground beef", to avoid the ham confusion when people abbreviate etc. Maybe consider following suit.
Based on what we got, I'd expect their pizzas and strombolis to be excellent, but don't waste your time on the garlic bread. Will update if/when we make it back. read more