I cannot believe I have lived my life this long without a Grimaldi's Pizza!
Have driven walked and stumbled by many times in various locations in this city but never gotten to try it. My loss...
Until now! The service is nice from start to finish with pretty quick service. They have a bar for cocktails while you dine (and have the coolest wine bottle chandeliers I am going to recreate in my bar at home) lots of wine to choose from. The greeter is nice and the staff was great. Night before Christmas Eve it was busy from the nearby stores but the food came quickly not a worry.
Because it was my first and I am kind of a Pizza fanatic I had to start slow and continue slow to truly enjoy the flavors. When you take your time this Za has so many underlying flavors that you will miss if you dig right in. The "Coal Brick-Oven" is true and it is AMAZING! A soft Smokey flavor with every delicious bite of all the other flavors of you're choosing. It is an ala cart pizza style so it can add up but with flavors like this it is worth the price.
The ambiance is awesome, decor beautiful as I mentioned I am totally going to have the wine bottle chandelier in the near future. Service is nice fast and efficient and the food is great! Well worth the slightly increased price but when I make my Gourmet pizza at home WITHOUT the coal brick oven, it cost about this to make so yeah, worth it.