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Pizza Express

Pizza Express

153-155 Station Road East, RH8 0QE, Tandridge, United Kingdom

Pizza • Pasta • Salad • Lunch


"We decided to go for dinner at pizza express Oxted this evening but unsure of what time. I checked the website to see what time they closed and it said 22:30. I called the restaurant to check what was the latest time to place an order for food and they told me 22:15. They said there was no need to book a table as they weren’t busy. We arrived at 21:30 to be greeted by an empty restaurant and all staff staring at us like they’d seen a ghost! A male member of staff then asked “takeaway?” I said “no, I called 20 minutes ago to ask when last orders were and was told 22:15, it is only 21:30” the staff members then all looked at each other shocked and one said “but we’ve cleaned the kitchen!” They spoke amongst themselves for a short time while we stood waiting and then we were told it was fine and to take a seat and they’d get us some food. Obviously this is extremely unwelcoming. I called ahead of time to ensure there was space for us and that we were there in plenty of time to order food so we didn’t get there at the last minute and make everyone wait. We then placed our order quickly. Whilst we were eating our starter, a lady, who Ivan only assume was the manager as she was not wearing uniform, was leant on the counter staring at us while spinning her keys in her hands, she then started wandering around. It was the most unwelcoming experience I have ever had in a restaurant. Perhaps this would have been acceptable if we had arrived 1 minute before they had stopped serving food, however, we checked the time and arrived 45 minutes before they stopped taking orders. This was most unwelcoming, had I not been so tired I would have left and gone elsewhere, but I just wanted to eat dinner and go home. The food was delicious, no problems there. Just the unprofessional welcome of all staff members especially the manager who stood and stared at us while we ate our food which made us feel slightly uncomfortable."

Pizza Express

Pizza Express

8 South Street, Epsom KT18 7PF, United Kingdom

Pizza • Sushi • Mexican • Seafood


"My sister booked a family meal for 11 to celebrate my mums birthday this Friday gone for Saturday the 14th four groups of the family came from different locations as this was the closest PE. My family and I were there first to arrive, it was obvious that there wasn’t a large table set for us, my sister who booked it arrived next and on arrival we were told that there wasn’t a booking! The manager asked when she had booked it she replied yesterday lunch and had spoken to a man, the manger denied there was a man working and that we hadn’t booked! Can the manager please enlighten me to why four families travel without a booking to celebrate someone’s birthday? Did we do this to just waste our time?We paid to park in the Ashley centre to what waste money!!! No apology, no attempt to try to resolve the matter, just we are very busy you can wait an hour and a half or we can sit you on two different tables! There were no tables available that could have been pushed together so we would have been sat well apart. I cant understand how after Covid and all of the hospitality industry have been so prominent in telling us all how hard they have had it can simply mess this up and not resolve the issue! The curt attitude of the manager was appalling. I’m glad it wasn’t me that made the booking, I wouldn’t have been so polite,and before the manger denies we booked , please find attached the call register from my sisters phone on the Friday.Won’t be returning, which is a shame as its the most local to my mum’s, Prezzos it is! We then got a table at the Worcester Park branch who couldn’t have been more accommodating."

PizzaExpress

PizzaExpress

230-236 Lavender Hill, London, SW111LE, SW1V 2PB, United Kingdom

Pizza • Italian • Meal Deals • Delivery Services


"We popped in for lunch, 90 mins before a theatre visit. We hadn’t booked, but were welcomed in and shown to a table. Our waitress seemed surly at best. She took our drinks order quite quickly, but then seemed irritated that we weren’t ready to order our food and took ages to come back for the order. The restaurant seemed to get incredibly busy all at once, with dishes literally piling up but not being handed out by the waitresses, so the greeter had to get involved. Our waitress went missing during the 30 minute wait for our food, and time was ticking away before we had to leave. When it did arrive, it was decent, but we had about 20 mins to wolf it down before we had to leave. After that 20 mins, I asked several staff members for our bill, as our waitress was, again, not around. One told us to ‘give us a minute’ and then never came back; another said she would find our waitress. When our waitress arrived back on the scene, she scooted quickly past our table and went to make a coffee. As she went back past to deliver the coffee, I asked her for our bill. She ignored me, but then delivered the bill with no eye contact, just the question ‘cash or card?’ I declined the opportunity to tip on the card machine, and she almost threw the receipt at me. I appreciate it wasn’t her fault we were in a rush and the restaurant was busy, but her lack of availability and rudeness are what has encouraged me to write this review. It was a disappointing lunch for my children and me, to say the least."

Pizza Express

Pizza Express

Bignells Corner, EN6 3QQ, Hertsmere, United Kingdom

Pizza • Vegan • Cheese • Italian


"Wow. What an experience. We were really looking forward to a meal out and we’re staying in the hotel next door. We entered and it took around 5 minutes for someone to seat us despite it being quiet with lots of members of staff on. We waited a relatively long time for someone to take our order but we were fine with the wait. However, 30 minutes passed and we were still waiting. Our starters then arrived, calamari with no dip or garnish so we asked for some dressing. The garlic bread starter was noticeably burnt and we were still waiting for a dough balls. The dough balls arrived around 10 minutes later and were completely cold. I politely went to the counter with the burnt garlic bread and cold dough balls and asked if they could be redone. I was told to wait a minute. I then returned to the table and when a (this time undercooked) garlic bread arrived I asked for the manager as our drinks still hadn’t arrived. The manager came over and I explained why I was unhappy. The manager didn’t apologise, she simply said ‘what do you want me to do?’ to which I was quite honestly shocked. The manager then walks off claiming she was checking what time we ordered our drinks. She returned to the table with quite honestly an attitude and said ‘I have taken the drinks and starters off your bill, do you want your mains?’. Still no apology. I calmly said to the manager ‘do you even care about my complaint’ to which she responded ‘I am 8 months pregnant and you have scared me, I’m so intimidated and feel threatened by you swearing and shouting at me, I am shaking’ to which I simply did not do. My partner asked if she needed an ambulance quite rightly not needed but with the lack of respect we had been shown, we were clearly upset and I personally was extremely hurt and upset by her accusing of threatening behaviour which simply didn’t happen. The manager then snatched my drink from my hand and told me aggressively to ‘get out’. I am so devastated by my experience, I have personally recently had issues conceiving and was truly hurt by the ‘playing the victim’ card with the 8 months pregnant comment. Aside from this I would never ever threaten or intimidate anyone and I am so upset by the experience. We travel to London a lot for work and we would be a regular at the restaurant but I will never return to a pizza express again. I will be taking this further."