Our first visit to this business was in February 2023 to celebrate a fellow Elite's birthday. Still, I can't believe I didn't write a review, since we had so much fun meeting fellow Yelpers, eating great-tasting pizzas, and experiencing outstanding dine-in service. Thankfully, since that visit, my husband and I have ended our showdown between thick-crust and thin-crust pizzas. In the past, I have preferred eating the comforting, thick-crust pizzas from Chicago or Detroit with "everything but the kitchen sink" toppings. However, my husband, who doesn't care for tomato-sauce-based pizza, prefers the lighter, thin-crust pizza more synonymous with Neapolitan-style. I was impressed by their Jersey-style's perfect thin, crunchy, and crisp crust and fresh flavors of the quality toppings, which remind me of dining at a favorite Neapolitan pizzeria in Los Angeles. However, since we're hardly in the Hawai'i Kai neighborhood, Repetti's Pizza has remained in my taste memories.
After my medical appointment at the Straub Benioff Medical Center - Hawai'i Kai Clinic, which concluded around lunchtime, my husband and I drove to the Hawai'i Kai Shopping Center on Keahole Street and walked into Repetti's. At first, we thought of ordering a couple of slices to go, but the female server was so welcoming that she convinced us to dine in. I remembered getting a Grandma's white pizza, or pizza bianca, during our first visit, so I suggested we try the Repetti's Special or the supreme pizza.
The huge Repetti's Special $31 pizza was topped with pepperoni, peppers, sausage, onions, cheese, and mushrooms, all atop a smear of tomato sauce. The pizza was pre-cut into eight slices and delivered to our table piping hot. We like that the thin crust doesn't get soggy even when covered with sauce, meat, and vegetable toppings. Although there isn't a correct way to eat pizza, I managed to pick it up by hand and fold it in half, noticing that none of the toppings were sliding off. My husband, on the other hand, didn't wait the few minutes I did before picking his slice, and used a fork and knife to dig into it. We could only eat two slices each and took home the other half of the pizza, which, by the way, reheated well in our toaster oven.
We didn't have too long a wait for our pizza, and during that time, the female server was friendly, welcoming, and attentive. I couldn't help but compliment the pizza maker in the kitchen on Repetti's thin-crust perfection and on how the toppings didn't make the pizza soggy.
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