It's quite unfortunate that I have an American boyfriend with an American stomach who enjoys eating things like Pizza and Burgers. The only things in his staple diet that I can approve of is Chipotle's Burritos and In-and-Out burgers, otherwise his requests to go to places like Pizza Hut when we are in places like the Beijing airport leaves me rolling my eyes and eating solo, which i guess is okay as he at minimum doesn't s shove the American grease down my predominantly Asian stomach that can only take Asian grease.
All this was just to explain how we ended up eating at Sam's Pizza Land when we were in Zurich. Admittedly, we didn't do our homework when it came to eating in Zurich. We also did not anticipate the Swiss Franc shooting up our butts two days before we arrived in town. Around noon on a Sunday, we got ourselves in central Zurich from Oerlikon in search for an open restaurant that's not $50 a person with palatable food. We ended up at McDonald's....well for the free WiFi...and this was when he found out Sam's pizza land was down the street.
We went and checked out the menu: 20 to 30 FR for a pizza....shouldnt pizzas be $10 instead of $40???? I was hesitant as I neither liked pizza nor the prices at this place, but pretending to be a wonderful person and a compromising SO, I slouched my shoulder and dropped my head, and walked in with le sigh. The server does not speak any English, and we German. Somehow between my French and English, we got across the idea that we can order a medium-sized pizza with half of what he wants and half of what I want. As another person had mentioned in the reviews, each pizza is named by a state or city in the US, but I have to add with no rhyme or reason, well except for Hawaii, cuz you do still have the typical ham and pineapple, which is what my bf ordered for his half. For mine, I opted for something that had onions and peppers or something - I can't remember, doesn't all pizza just taste like a lot of cheese and grease?
Anyway, the pizza was HUGE and really heavy. Very standard American pizza. After my bf ate his half and a slice of mine, and I had two slices - we still had another leftover neither of us can stomach. It probably didn't help that we did get a large salad from their buffet salad bar for an appetizer. The salad bar choices were actually great and super delicious, at reasonable prices. A small salad is about 5 FR and the large about 8 FR. We walk away with damage at about 40 FR - I guess it's okay for Zurich standard. If you are craving from some standard American fare, this is a good place.
P.S., in case my bf reads this review and gets upset, i should mention that he did end up stomaching that last slice, as he firmly believes that no pizza should get left behind. read more