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| - There's been a lot of talk among my friends about Dough Bird. Expectations are high because Sam Fox is brilliant and his restaurants are amazingly popular.
This one is, I believe, succeeding early based on his reputation. I just wonder if people will come back? There's nothing really wrong about this place. The food is good but unremarkable. The service is really good.
Hubby and I arrived at 6:45 on a Saturday with no reservation. The place was hopping and the wait was 40 minutes for a table. They take a cell number to text you when your table is ready, so you could walk around the strip mall, I guess. However, we were very lucky to snag a spot at the bar. A friendly wait person greeted us quickly and brought water, then wine. I think the option of a carafe of wine is nice rather than buying a whole bottle.
She was back shortly to take our food order -- she hit the right notes of friendly, genuine, and helpful.
I can't describe the food at this point because it took a l-o-n-g time to be served. However, by sitting at the bar, we had an entertaining and educational view of the staff. Boy, do these folks work hard. They move with efficiency, smile most of the time, and fill in wherever needed. Any time there was a lull in orders up (maybe twice over the course of 90 minutes), they were refilling ingredients, restocking plates and stretching out more pizza dough.
When our dinner finally arrived, it looked good. We wanted to try both dough and bird so we got the pepperoni and burrata pizza and the half roasted chicken with the umami sauce and mac &a cheese on the side. The pizza was quite good -- tiny slices of pepperoni scattered across a 6-slice, thin crust pie. Little dabs of creamy burrata and tomato sauce with a just a tiny bit of spice to give it warmth. I liked it but I didn't love it. There are much better pizzas in town of that's what you crave. The chicken was nicely roasted but the skin was not as crispy as I would have expected. They do excellent roasted chicken at Chelsea's Kitchen and that's what I expected. The umami sauce was actually a citrusy (Ponzu?) sauce with nice depth. The mac and cheese was so bland they could have forgotten it and it wouldn't have mattered. We had a lot of leftovers and the server happily boxed it up for us. Our bill was $60-something for 2 including wine but no dessert.
One other note -- the restaurant is very noisy. People were having a good time. If I was with a group where some wanted pizza and others wanted chicken or salad, this would be a good place. But with all the awesome restaurants in town to choose from, I'm not sure I would make a second visit here. You should go and decide for yourself.
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