I have mixed feelings about this place. I love the aesthetics, and the restaurant was incredibly clean. The service I got was pretty mediocre, and the guy looked like he didn't want to be there. In their defense, I will say I only ordered pizza here, and it was just OK.
I went here on a Thursday night because I was told I could get a really good pizza here. So let me start off my review by saying all I tasted was the pizza, and nothing else. Some of the food that came out of that kitchen looked incredible, but again all I had was pizza.
I was immediately greeted and sat down by a kind hostess. I was very excited to try this place, but all that kind of went out the window when the server came up to our table and began talking to us. I tried to ask questions about the pizza, and his answers were curt and basic platitudes. I couldn't tell if he didn't want to interact with me, or just didn't know anything. When me and my friend said we just wanted pizza, and nonalcoholic drinks, he just kind of took our order, and then disappeared. He never once refilled my drink, nor did he try to have any real meaningful conversation with me. When he came back to ask how the meal was, I said it was just OK, and he walked away without saying anything. Again, just really bad for a server.
Let's get into the pizza. I will say, that I am very tough on pizza because of the amount of pizzerias I've reviewed, and also the amount of time I've spent making pizzas. Let's talk about flavor, this pizza was absolutely delicious. I ordered something called the Scarlet fire. Olive oil, mozzarella, sopressata, roasted tomatoes, ricotta, and hot honey. You could tell the ingredients fresh, and everything really worked. So I absolutely loved the flavors. But the execution was a little rough. First off, the dough was tasty for a one day fermentation (waiter told me dough was made fresh daily). However, whoever was stretching, really didn't stretch the dough out enough. I had places where the pizza was so thick, that the dough didn't get a chance to properly cook or rise. Unfortunately, this created a perfectly beautiful exterior, but a very gummy, thick, and wetter interior. The second problem was the overall soggy of the pizza. I couldn't tell if this came from the roasted tomato, a wetter sauce, or someone being heavy handed on the olive oil. I did notice that the overall pizza was pretty oily. Any number of these things could've caused the wet soggy pizza I experienced and that was only made worse, by the thick crust that didn't seem to cook all the way through.
All in all, this place was OK. And everyone seemed to be enjoying the other food. So maybe I just ordered wrong. read more