| rev:text
| - I rarely, if ever, write reviews; however, this is pretty shocking. I actually found this review trying to find a number for Amy's so that I can order dinner, and was shocked by what I read. I live within walking distance of Amy's but only tried it for the first time with a friend a couple of months ago. When walking past it occasionally while walking my pooch it always appeared to be fairly empty, which is typically a bad sign for a restaurant. Despite the seemingly frightening availability of seats my friend and I decided to give Amy's a chance and we were pleasantly surprised - the food and service were great. In fact, the pizza was the some of the best I've had since moving here and that is saying a lot as I am from Chicago and relocated to the area from Brooklyn, where I lived for 2 years. By no means am I an expert, but I've had my fair share of delicious pizza! I thought that the gentleman who served us was very polite and accommodating as he rushed our order knowing that we were attempting to grab dinner before a movie.
I came in again for the pizza a month later and he remembered me and apologized in advance for the delay because he was short-staffed and attending to a fairly large party. I was still able to get my pizza to go without any issues and I was even offered a free appetizer due to the wait; although, I did not wait for that long. So my service experience has clearly been different. I've also never tried going there for dinner at 10 PM as I didn't even know there were restaurants (non-chain at least) in Scottsdale opened that late any night of the week lol.
I've had a few items off the menu - the caramelized onion and fig pizza (my favorite item), the crostinis (they are offered with a couple of different toppings), the appetizer of french fries, the monte cristo, and the martini with pomegranate juice. I can't think of a single complaint on any of the dishes that I've tried.
I will say that well its Scottsdale and I am fairly shocked when I see people whine about prices. You can go across the street to Dickie's and spend $15 on the world's worse bbq, so I think $14 for a reasonably sized pizza really isn't that bad. Even at Pita Jungle you'll be hard-pressed to spend less than $10 on a pita and side item whereas in most mom-and-pop Greek "dives" in Chicago I can get a d!%# good gyros with hand cut fries for about $6.
I'll also acknowledge that the owner's response to criticism was unprofessional. I can understand that criticism, even when constructive, can be hard to take but it has become a part of the business. Customers no longer just go home unsatisfied; they go home and blog about their unsatisfactory experience.
In short, I will still head to Amy's and enjoy my pizza dinner, while most likely walking on egg shells to avoid making anyone angry lol. I'd recommend giving the place a shot (at the very least try the pizza with caramelized onions, prosciutto and figs!) and forming an opinion of your own despite the reviews. You might be pleasantly surprised!
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)