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| - Yelp Mobile App...you have steered me toward better dining opportunities.
On searching out the location, we were not impressed with the location...located in the corner of a nearly dead strip mall...we thought this was the hidden gem in the Tempe italian world. We were somewhat embarassed after we ordered, especially with friends from Milan in our party.
On pulling up to the restaurant, we walked in and waited at the 'seating stand'. The waitress came after about 5 minutes (she was working to deliver orders to the folks at tables), asking how many were dining and where we would like to sit. We let her know we were ordering to go, and she motioned us to the bar.
On arriving at the bar and not sitting, we were asked if we were ordering to go or to eat in. We let the person requesting our order know that we would be ordering to go. She brought up her pen and order pad and asked what we would order. We ordered a mushroom/pepperoni/sausage pie sufficient for 4. Waitress asked if we would wait for our order, and when we said we would go to Big Lots in the same mall, she said we would wait 35-40 minutes for our order.
We walked out and down to Big Lots, finding a few items we could not pass up. Leaving Big Lots at 30 minutes after we placed our order, we proceeded to put our purchases in the vehicle and headed back to the restaurant to pick up dinner. When we arrived, the waitress advised we were early, and would we like a beer or glass of wine while we waited. We declined and stood waiting for the pizza we ordered.
What was delivered 10 minutes later was a 12-inch pie. While we anticipated a pizza that was sufficiently loaded to take care of 4 people dining, we were sadly disappointed. We took the pizza we ordered and drove a mile to the homestead. When we arrived and opened the box, we were all underwhelmed at the toppings. There were 2 strips of sausage, 5 pepperoni slices and 5 mushroom slices.
While I was reminded that we should have opened the box at the restaurant, I replied that we should give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt. Was I mistaken? ABSOLUTELY! Being hungry, I resisted the normal 'check it out before leaving' concept.
$19.25 for a 12" pizza with such minimal toppings, I was directed to return to the restaurant with the insufficient pizza. On arriving back at the restaurant, I was told that since I left before lodging my dissatisfaction, nothing would be done about the order I placed, as I might have "peeled toppings off to express my dissatisfaction".
If you want to spend too much money for a pizza, this is the place to go.
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