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| - Full disclosure: It's my goal to get this Magic Oven on Danforth up to a solid 4-Star rating from it's current 3.5, and tonight's take-out experience will illustrate why.
Being short on time preparing for the long weekend and two kids pleading, "I'm hungry!" we doubled-down on pizza from Magic Oven for the second Friday in a row. Last week's experience left us remarking a) how much the kid's loved their Double Hawaiian and b) how much we adults enjoyed the Euphoria Magic on their Gluten-Free crust (one of the BEST GF pizza's we've ever had). Crisp and thin of a cracker-like texture with no mealy-gritty-aftertaste won us over to order again.
This week we branched out and ordered 1 pound of wings and a "Build Your Own Pizza" on GF crust with proscuitto, figs, walnuts, and mozzarella on a garlic and olive oil base, along with another Hawaiian for our boys.
There was a problem... okay two problems. First, our BYOPizza was a little scant on toppings. Granted we selected premium-hipster-toppings which tasted great, but it still left us feeling a little jilted. Second, the "side of fries or greens" (we went fries) were absent from our small wing order which consisted of 7 wings. For those keeping score at home, at $13 for 1 lb, with tip & tax that's about $2 per wing. Now these wings were MONSTERS; big and crispy and tasty with no breading done up salt-n-pepper style with the garlic-chili sauce served on the side (just the way we like it).
So why 5-Stars when the food-portion:food-quality ratio was shouting 4-Stars? A: Service. When I called to ask about the dainty toppings and missing fries, I received a very polite and very reasonable apology and explanation, topped off with a $10 "We're Sorry" credit on my next visit or order. Nice, nice, very nice.
If you find yourself willing to part with a little more dough for fewer woes topped with a cherry of quality-first, order from Magic Oven and then join me in raising this under-rated-pizza-place up to the 4-Stars it truly deserves.
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