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| - IF YOU WANT A TRULY HONEST REVIEW OF THIS PLACE...READ ON... ... ...
I don't get the hype over this place??? The only possible reason this place has anything better than an "A-OK' review is people must be too embarrassed to give it a honest review after they just waited 2-3 hrs for a below average pizza. And I use the word pizza with hesitation...what they serve is far from any definition of pizza.
We had been wanting to try this place for a while and since the line into the NFL Experience was crazy long we thought, hey, lets go sit in line at Pizzeria Bianco, based on all the "talk" we ought to come out with smiles on our face and satisfied bellies. If we are going to wait "in line" for hours on a Saturday, lets do it there instead.
First, the wait is loooong, we completely expected that. We were actually relieved when we got there and it was only 1 1/2 hours. We went over to the little house next door where the waiting takes place and bellied up to the bar (which has about 6 chairs). Now, if you are a "regular Joe" (hey I make over 100k a year but I still view myself as an average person), you like the normal beer selection (Bud, Coors, Stella, Blue Moon), you get the drift. The ONLY beer that was recognizable was Tecate. The rest, never heard of them! And, you can pay upwards of $10.00 for a beer while you wait for your typical 2-3 hours. I also favor wine but I cannot part ways with my hard-earned money and justify $20.00 for a glass of vino. So in essence, lets make everyone wait for no less than 1 1/2 hours to get in and lets bend them over with our drink prices and unrecognizable selections.
As I mentioned, it was the day before Super Bowl so the "big names" were all over the place downtown. Unless you are a celebrity, you are going to wait at this place. Yes, we sat at watched as the "celebrities" and "A-listers" walked in the door with their followers (8-10 people in tow) approached the hostess and somehow got seated in front of people that had already been waiting their turn for well over an hour and a half!! We had a great window seat right up front and yes, we did only wait for 1 1/2 hours and yes, we saw this happen a few times. We noticed when we were seated that not only is this place very small but there were several open tables big and small so the managements choice to only seat a limited few or to keep tables purposely available for whom they deem to be VIP's, well enough said.
The menu, completely unimpressive! Again, being an "average Joe" I like toppings on my pizza or at least a "normal" choice of typical, expected toppings. There was nothing tempting about any of the limited pre-selected topping pizzas on the menu. We ordered and added mushrooms.
We were pretty hungry and looked over the so-called salads and again, there was hardly anything that came on the salads and the prices - crazy! We saw one being delivered next to us and our mouths dropped when we saw a big plate with a little lettuce, certainly not a $10.00 salad any place I've ever been. Can you say rip-off???!!!
Finally, the moment of truth, the pizza arrived. Do you remember they saying "Where's the Beef"? Yes, we were asking "Where the hell is the $18.00 pizza with the $3.00 in extra toppings we ordered"????
Pizza crust, there was none. I regularly make pizza on my grill and let me tell you, MY pizza on the grill made from scratch has a beautiful crusty edge. Not only was the crust lacking, the thin, no paper-thin bottom was tasteless, yes, completely tasteless, like a saltine cracker without the salt. As for the so-called toppings, they were non-existent! I carefully tore off one small piece and what do you know, not one piece of cheese was on my sliver of pizza. Not only would a little cheese been nice but it would have helped to secure what limited a toppings I did get to stick to the pizza. Every time I took a bite everything fell to my plate. Our selection was to have come with salami and guess what, that was lacking on my piece as well. The olives, tasteless! The only thing on the whole pizza that had flavor were the extra mushrooms we requested that too failed to make the whole pizza.
We sat and collectively decided right away that this place is ALL HYPE and no substance and certainly, not worth the hours of waiting or the price! So ignore all the hype you read, somebody's getting paid off to write the A+ ratings or perhaps, THEY ARE BEING PUSHED TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, each and every time they frequent this place.
Save yourself the time and money and get a much better pizza, go to Grimaldi's (fantastic pizza every time). I highly suggest Sauce (several locations in the valley) for a pizza that is made the same way and 100% better taste. Their salads are priced the same and you can actually make a meal of them.
If getting into this place and eating here is on your Bucket List of life, erase it and go somewhere.
Truly Yours
Average Joe : ^
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