I'm going to be honest there is something very off putting about going into a Pieology and seeing how it is literally a copy of the Chipotle design in every single possible way. The layout is identical, the business model is identical, even the logo looks the same. And it is not owned by the Chipotle people so that makes it even weirder. Have you ever gone into a windows store and been annoyed at how it was literally an apple store? Me too and this is the same.
Im going to go out and say it. Chipotle is terrible and I think we all know that. It will always be C level fast mexican food and that has a function I understand that. Yes it also has Vegan options so some love that but no one is going to say that Chipotle is mind blowingly good.
Pieology is pretty much exactly the same. Custom pizzas made in an assembly line and baked while you sit and wait. The pizzas are simply okay. It would be hard to say they are particularly good or bad pizzas because they are just average thin crust pizzas. You can get better pizzas at regular pizza chains I think that is pretty obvious. This place tries to give you innovative pizza options but ultimately thats more of a pathway to disaster than it is success. Some strange combinations can and will get created here.
I dont have any specific items to review because basically you just construct whatever pizza you want. The premise is a good one, but it's also one with limitations. The food can never be amazing if you get to construct it because you just have no idea what makes a good pizza a great pizza.
Perhaps I am too hard on this place because it's not trying to make amazing pizza just quick fun pizza. And I get that and to that end it is a success I guess. Is it better than Chipotle? Obviously. Do not tell me how can you compare mexican and pizza because thats not my point.
But the ultimate question concerning a pizza place is this: is the pizza restaurant good enough to justify getting in your car, driving to the restaurant, constructing your pizza in line, waiting for it, eating it at a table, and then driving home? You have a plethora of pizza delivery options at your disposal so the above question needs to be answered a yes to justify a visit. The answer is obviously no. The pizza has to be incredible to justify that amount of time and effort. It is not incredible by any means.
If you are walking through the boring part of downtown summerlin and feel like pizza okay then go ahead and eat it. Otherwise? Skip!