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| - The good: Location is very good for Ballantyne and the restaurant itself is clean and well decorated. The staff was friendly and service was prompt. I would give this part of the visit 4 stars, but I came for the pizza.
The bad: I consider myself a pretty decent pizza connoisseur, but I'm not a pizza snob. I'll eat what's available and won't generally complain. While our meal may have been worth $25, it was not worth the $55 we spent on 2 sodas, a small salad and 2 pizzas.
Maybe their pasta dishes are really good, but the pizza just wasn't. We ordered a plain cheese that was definitely plain; bland and without flavor, but it was also too doughy and way undercooked. We also had their 'New Yorker' that really looked great to the eye. They didn't skimp out on the toppings at all, but it was also without flavor despite the onions, roasted peppers, pepperoni and mushrooms. While it was more cooked than the first pizza, the crust was nothing special. Flags always get raised in my mind when the wait staff bring Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes all to the table when a pizza is ordered. If customers ask for those regularly, it supports that the pizza has no flavor. I give the pizza 2 stars and so a 3 star score overall.
Will you die if you eat this pizza? Probably not, but for pizza there are other local places MUCH better. (See Zio or Riccio's for example)
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