I grew up on Olympic Pizza. For as long as I can remember, my grandparents always ordered from here. The same pizza, every time. Half pepperoni, half peppers. When my grandma passed, grandpa kept up with tradition continuing to order their pizza. For years, we ordered pick up, and were never disappointed.
I make the drive from Glastonbury to Middletown often. When we take the slow route, we pass by Olympic. Last night my son said that he wanted pizza for dinner, so we decided to stop in.
There's plenty of parking right in front of the restaurant. Patrons that are picking up orders use a separate side entrance. When you walk in, you're greeted by a sign, stating that a hostess will seat you. We were greeted promptly by a friendly hostess, who seated us at a booth.
Our drinks and some crayons were brought over a few moments later. We placed an order for a salad, meatballs and a small pepperoni pizza. The salad came out relatively quickly. It was your basic tossed salad, too much Iceberg lettuce, not enough veggies and way too many onions.
I had ordered the meatballs off of the appetizer section, hoping to get them between the salad and the pizza. Unfortunately, they arrived with the pizza. Both of which were too hot for my son or me to eat right away.
We received our meatballs served in a shallow dish. They had already been broken up, placed in a little sauce and smothered in cheese. Having been placed in the oven, to melt the cheese, the uncovered meat was rather dry. While the flavor was decent, the method of which it was served, ruined my experience. A meatball served whole, would've kept the moisture. Had there been a little more sauce in the dish, it would've offset the dryness.
The pizza was extremely hot when it was brought to the table. We gave it some time to cool, and for the cheese to firm up. Our only complaint about the pizza, was the amount of cheese. It was almost as if they had put double (plus a little more) the cheese. Other than that, the pepperoni ratio was on point. The crust (my favorite part), was a good as always. This is a Greek pizzeria, so no thin crust here!
Our server, while friendly, pulled a disappearing act toward the end of our meal. No refills on our drinks, hadn't been back to check on us (at least 15 min.).
My son decided then, that he had to use the bathroom. Being that we were the only two at our table, I didn't want to get up without telling someone. Ten minutes passed, before I could get anyone's attention. I told the server that had been waiting on an adjacent table. I had asked that she have our leftovers packed up and a check brought to the table. After 15 minutes (anyone with a toddler will understand) we went back to our table, only to find everything as we had left it. We waited another five minutes for our waitress to come to our table, another five for her to box our food and bring our check.
Don't think I'll be dining in again. If a drive down memory lane is what I'm looking for, maybe pick up is the way to go. read more