3.5 stars.
The wife…read moreand I came here when we first moved to Mt Juliet back about 10 years ago. Having both been MTSU students and having met in Murfreesboro, we were both more than familiar with the original Sir Pizza on Main St. Been many times and love it always. Unfortunately, neither of us liked our pizza and we hadn't been again since. 10 years...
If you are familiar with the original Boro location, then you know this (Old Hickory/Hermitage) spot is just a little bit off. We recently went back to the one in the Boro a few weeks ago and loved it so much we figured we'd give this location (literally a mile from our house) a try again.
Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on how you see it), our pie was admittedly better than our first outing 10 years prior. BUT... having had the OG in the Boro so recently, we could tell a huge difference in the taste.
For starters, the Boro's crust is nice and thin, quite crispy, and has a great 'munch' and crackle to the mouthfeel. The Old Hickory location has a very much thicker dough base that when cooked, turns out rather fluffy (despite still being a relatively thin crust... go figure), and when we bit into the center pieces of ours, some of the dough felt a little undercooked. The cheese and toppings are the same as the Boro, small minced meats and tiny pepperonis, just like it has always been. No issue there.
The final and (in my opinion) worst offender of the slightly better, but still off, pie we had was the sauce. In comparison again to the OG Boro spot, Old Hickory's sauce was SUPER sweet. It tasted to me like whoever makes their particular batch of marinara adds WAY too much sugar to the recipe. Pizza sauce/marinara should not be sweet IMHO. I also echo the comments from another reviewer. We got a side of meatballs (don't do this), and it came with a little cup of marinara for dipping. It was, in fact, super chunky. I get that some people like this, but I've never cared for large chunks of tomatoes in my sauce. Just like the pizza sauce, their marinara, even with the chunks, was VERY sweet and quite off-putting to add to the meatballs to give them any semblance of flavor since the meatballs themselves were clearly just reheated, frozen, very small meatballs.
Overall, the place made the pie quick, it was hot and fresh, and we had no complaints with the staff or customer service. Unfortunately, despite a better experience than a decade ago, we still didn't like this location's food and, since that's the only reason to go to a restaurant, we will just continue to frequent the OG Boro location when we're hanker'in for some Sir.