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PizzaExpress

PizzaExpress

227 Byres Road, Glasgow, Glasgow, G128UD, G12 8UD, United Kingdom

Beer • Pizza • Pasta • Italian


"Popped in for a late lunch on a dreary afternoon, I 'd seen that they had a Vegan pizza on the menu, so I was looking forward to trying out this new addition to Byres Road. First impressions were that the place is huge, like the tardis or layers of an onion it just keeps on going! Sadly due to the lack of customers at around 3pm, it almost felt like watching the maiden voyage of the titanic, having already read the script. The staff the manager in particular looked bored a little disheartened. Anyway, having been sat down in a wee corner booth, I took a moment to look around. As you 'd expect the restaurant looks brand new, they 've gone for a much cleaner, brighter whiter look than their branch on Sauchiehall St. The white tiles and metallic trims on the bar and kitchen give it an industrial look albeit one that 's been done to death . The faux-vintage wall decoration just seemed odd didn 't really fit together. On the kitchen counter, they had two bags with today 's dough preparing written on them, which felt like a bit of a cheap gimmick you wouldn 't want to leave dough to prove in the middle of a restaurant.. I ordered the Classic Pianta, with Artichoke, Mushroom, Spinach and chilli flakes. The pizza was OK, sadly nothing memorable, it was heaped with rocket and lacked pine kernels and garlic oil, so it tasted a bit like most people 's impression of Vegan food: lacking in flavour and covered in grass. It took a longer than expected to get the bill, possibly cause the rest of the staff were on the other side of the restaurant /Byres road , but thankfully the waiter didn 't disappear while the bill was settled. Sadly this first visit didn 't really give a great impression of the latest addition to Byres Road. I 'm sure when the restaurant is full it 'll actually be quite vibrant. The lighter decor gives the impression that it 's been designed to be a social space rather than subdued/intimate. My only concern is that business will never be sufficient to sustain this large space given the number of great pizza options available in the West End and Glasgow as a whole . Maybe Pizza Express on Byres Road is a bit of a slow burner, but for now I 'm not convinced it 'll remain a long term fixture in the heart of the West End."

Pizza Express Amersham

Pizza Express Amersham

12 Sycamore Road, HP6 5EQ, Chiltern, United Kingdom

Pizza • Vegan • Pasta • Italian


"update 2022 after I used the restaurant again, I have revised my previous 2 star ratings up to 4 stars. it was 5 stars before the delivery fiasco described below. in the restaurant we had an excellent experience as before, the service was great and the eating was on site. we will definitely go back. while we were there, we noticed pizzas for the delivery accumulating in the kitchen. it was a long time before deliveroo came to collect them. I wouldn't have delivered. my previous 2 star rating is as follows: good restaurant, bad delivery. we have often used pizza express in amersham as a restaurant and are always satisfied. it's not cheap, but it was good. tonight we ordered by deliveroo. eating was slightly delayed by the original forecast, but was actually delivered within 29 minutes. no problems with deliveroo or your driver. when opening the sealed bags we found that the dough balls were missing. also the Bruschetta topping was distributed around the box. once again, it was in order. the pizzas and lasagne arrived cold and we decided to reheat them. the lasagne was in a film floor without lid placed in a card box. this seems idiotic, as any Indian or Chinese restaurant successfully supplies in foil floors with lids without spillage. the reheated pizza is not great, but the lasagne was still beautiful. of the three desserts we ordered were two in order, but the chocolate wing cake was terrible. it was gritty and oily becomes an unpleasant aftertaste. we took the chocolate wingcake back to pizza express and asked for the manager. he listened to our complaints and apologized. he replaced the terrible cake with a brownie that was beautiful. he also advised that we could comment on the cake with the deliveroo app, but I can not see how. overall I would say, use the restaurant, but do not disturb with the delivery. the restaurant manager helped the situation that was very appreciated. cake side by side that would have been very good if it had been served hot. for reasons of clarity, this is not a reflexion over deliveroo, which made its part of the ordering and delivery well and facilitated the reimbursement of the missing teig balls."