As far as chain pizza goes, Pizza Express at Cheshire Oaks is pretty good. It is one of the newly…read morerefurbished locations, so the restaurant interior does look improved, fresh and modern.
As you'd expect from a restaurant serving a large shopping area, it has plenty of seating, despite visiting on a Saturday afternoon, I was able to get a table with my two guests, without much of a problem. We were even given a rather nice, comfortable booth. The lighting above the booth did affect the quality of my photos, but in person I rather liked it.
I ordered my usual Pizza Express order, the gluten-free Pollo Pancetta, despite it no longer being on the menu, after my friendly server checked with the kitchen, they offered to make it anyway. Normally they do have the ingredients, but it was removed from the menu for some reason.
Considering they were rather busy, my pizza tasted quite good with a nice amount of the toppings (chicken, pancetta, peppers etc).
My guest, having only a lite appetite ordered two starters to split between them:
- Dough Balls with Garlic Butter
- Garlic Bread with Mozzarella
The server brought everything at the same time (as requested) so we could eat together, which we appreciated. They also enjoyed their food. They had no complaints regarding their food.
One of my guests, ordered the Biscoff Cheesecake Dolcetti, which came with a large latte, it was only a bite-sized dessert, but it looked pretty cute and went well with the beverage. The first coffee was served cold, but the server quickly replaced it after we let her know.
The Naturally Pink Apple Juice was also good, it tasted fresh.
4* - As far as chain pizzerias go, this place was pretty good, I do think the prices are a little expensive if you do not have any promotional offers though, but I managed to save a good chunk on my meal being a Pizza Express Gold loyalty member, which allows you to obtain multiple offers including a free dolcetti and dough balls.
