Sauce Pizza & Wine

My daughter and I always visit the Norterra location and my office from the Thunderbird location. We were in old town for a staycation so we decided to get quick take out for dinner. We ordered from our hotel room which was a couple miles away and then looked for parking in the garage. I’m sure by this time it was a good 12 minutes from when we ordered. A family of 4 was 2 ahead of us when we entered, rather than walking up to take out register we just waited; now we are a good 15 – 17 mins in fromm ordering. Once we got to the register we paid and was told it would be a couple mins. Needless to say, the family of 4 was well into their meal of pizza, salad, Mac and cheese when I went back to the register to find out where our food was. No apology, not even a look of care. I eat Sauce 1 – 2 times a week, but I will not be back to this location.

Been coming here for 5+ years since working at the Waterfront. Never had slower service than this time! Place was way understaffed! Poor girl at the counter was so kind all while being overwhelmed. She was bagging take out, answering the phone, and taking orders for dine in all while a coworker stood at the kitchen counter watching water boil, and the (im assuming) manager just going back and forth with cash registers. After about the 4^th time of coming from the back he says «have you been helped» to the 6 or so people in line, obviously not! one guy literally asked me «should we just leave» as they had been waiting for quite some time to order and were watching the whole disaster that was happening right in front them. I was told 15 mins on phone. Arrived in 15 mins and still waited for a solid 15 mins. My entire lunch break was over by the time I walked out the door! Asked for a bread roll and the girl said they are baking it will be another 5 to 10 mins if you want to wait? I just left at that point. Won’t be back for a while, if ever.

I love this place! There isn’t one thing on the menu that I don’t like! They have a lot of options and The Mac and cheese is amazing!!!

First time going to Sauce… not awful but not what’s expected. I was told it was a good date night place. Definitely not! At least not this location. Ok not a big deal. We got bruscetta, which was really good. The chopped salad, which wasn’t that great. Lettuce was soggy, too much cheese. Also we got a couple pizzas. One regulator crust and one thin crust. I love thin crust pizza and this was probably the worst one I’ve ever had. Paper thin, soggy and burnt black edges. So all in all, i know not to go back for salads or pizza but i would go back and try something else since they have decent prices…

Such a great place with great service! We stopped in after the mall to grab a quick bite to eat and I am so happy we did! My husband had a pizza & I had the caprese salad. Both were incredible! At the end they brought us over a pizza someone didn’t pick up to take home with us! So nice of them! we will definitely come back when we are visiting the area again!

I work right by this location and I’ve always been pleased with the service. But today I called to order lunch, on my very short lunch break. They asked me to hold briefly and I agreed. After 5 minutes (no exaggeration, I checked the call time on my phone) they finally picked the phone back up. Even then I was still patient and ready to order. So I tell them again that I’ll be placing an order for pick up, and they ask me to hold again. So I let them know I had already waited 5 minutes to order, and he still pushed to have me hold AGAIN. When I only have 30 minutes for lunch and I’ll still have to wait another 10 – 15 for them to make my food, I don’t have time to hold over and over. Needless to say, I’ve crossed them off of the list of places for lunch in the area.

This place is my go to when I’m around Fashion Square or wanting a quick bite. You cannot beat their Chicken Pine Nut Salad, Mac & Cheese, or any of their Pizza’s (Chicken Pesto or Pepperoni) for the price!

Chicken and broccoli pasta for lunch today was great! Next time I’m doing to have to get the chicken and pine nut salad, couldn’t decide between the two. Already looking forward to the next visit.

My wife and I visited this location, the whole experience did not start off well. We went to sit down after ordering, we found a table, but it was dirty. We saw a girl wiping down tables who made eye contact with us, but she was not interested in cleaning our table. We decided we would have to inconvenience her and ask. We waited quite a while on our pizzas, so we were quite happy when they came out. Right away, I went to pick up a piece and the pizza was not barely a hint of warmth, obviously they were sitting around for a while. We returned the pizzas, waited what seemed like another 20 minutes, finally my wife and I both asked for status on our pizzas.
My wife went to another wait staff that was very friendly and went out of his way to make things right. He was super customer friendly and apologetic, the manager showed up shortly after we spoke with this nice guy (did not catch name =() with our pizzas that were fresh from the oven. She even wiped our entire meal, which included my two beers and gave us the meal for free.
Originally I was going to really hammer Sauce, but since the manager and the waiter gentleman really turned everything around for us. That is the only reason I gave a 4 star review instead of 5.

The reason for two stars is due to the food. The service, like most Fox restaurants, is garbage.
Don’t bother placing an order for pickup. I placed a simple order (salad, and Mac & Cheese) and was told it would be ready in 15 – 20 minutes. I arrived 25 minutes later and still had to wait another fifteen minutes. While waiting, I noticed that the manager was going around and asking other people, who also ordered for take out, what their orders were. It was pretty obvious that they were understaffed and it’s likely that the orders aren’t placed until you actually arrive in the restaurant.
UPDATE: I took the rating down to one star because upon arriving at home with my food I found out that they forgot to put turkey on their Turkey and Feta Salad… They forgot one of the ingredients that is in the name of the dish.

I visited Sauce when I went on a trip to AZ for about a week. We ordered 5 pizzas and 8 ciders for our party of 8. All pizzas were really good, I prefer a thicker crust pizza than thin but after eating 5 different types of slices, they all tasted the same to me (texture wise). Never bit into a slice and didn’t like it. but I also don’t discriminate pizza.
I was charged incorrectly on their cider (which was really good btw) and I didn’t realize it til I saw my cc statement after I’ve already arrived back home in California. Eryn, the manager at Sauce, helped me out through the phone and was very sincere and understanding about the entire issue that happened. I am forever grateful for good service and if I ever go to AZ again I’d go to Sauce to say thank you to Eryn, but also to order more pizzas.

The pizza was really greasy. Ordered a create your own with mushrooms and it came loaded down, which might have been good except it that’s all it was, mushrooms. There was practically no cheese or sauce. The cheese pizza is surprisingly not boring with 3 different cheeses on it. The pizzas are big enough to share, if so desired. Hand stretched is a basically a thin crust pizza with a slightly raised crust. They serve Pepsi products and a wide variety of teas. They offer patio dining which would be great if people with shopping bags and scooters didn’t walk through it and bump everyone all the time. While it was an ok pizza place next to fashion square we won’t go back again.

I love Sauce! Met a girlfriend after a workout class last night & it was actually my first time eating inside, normally my boyfriend and I get takeout. We got a caprese salad, pepperoni pizza, and a side of meatballs to split. The caprese salad was delicious and different than I expected it was a salad with lettuce with chunks of tomatoes, mozzarella, and pieces of bread, I would definitely get this again! Side note: the Caesar salad is really good too. I am a huge fan of the pizzas, they are thin crust, I’ve had a few different ones and enjoyed all of them, perfect to split between 2 people (~$ 8 – 10 per pizza). Its a nice place if you want to have a casual meal, you order at the front then they deliver your food to you (sort of like a pei wei or noddles& co).

Things I loved: great prices, good location, good service, the rolls, everything was ready fast!
Thing I did not love: the chlorine taste my pizza had.
My boyfriend likes Sauce and I hadn’t been there in years so I decided to give it another shot! Wasn’t too crowded when we went, and I was happy to see all of the vegetarian pizza options! The bruchetta looked good too. I was incredibly hungry when I came and was so grateful that we were able to order and receive our food pretty quickly!
I ended up getting the artichoke portabella mushroom pizza. My boyfriend got one with chicken sausage or something, I don’t remember but I do know that he liked it! The pizza looked so amazing when it arrived and I was happy to see the thin crust. The outside was crispy and I liked it! Almost cracker-​like. It was good. The middle got a little too soggy, was flopping when I picked the slice up. But was still not too bad! The one weird thing was every few bites I’d get a chlorine smell/​taste. My boyfriend did not have this issue with his pizza so idk what was wrong with mine! Maybe it was the water the vegetables were washed with or something? It wasn’t so strong that it was inedible or I felt the need to complain, but it was odd. The rolls were great though I loved them haha. Well I still feel unsure of Sauce but I’m not totally opposed to returning!

Initially I loved this place, but after going here regularly for work, the novelty wore off kind of quickly. The pizza’s good, but doesn’t compare to a lot of other places in the area. I know it says «Pasta & Meatballs», but I always think that’s going to be spaghetti, and I’m thoroughly disappointed when it’s not. I thought I’d try the «chicken caesar & parmesan pizza» to go out of curiosity. I don’t know what I expected, but they gave me some pizza bread – Yep, a pizza but with nothing on it, and, completely separately, a chicken caesar salad. MAYBE I’m the crazy one and I expected too much, but I didn’t expect to have to assemble my own food – especially something that is already IMPOSSIBLE to assemble. What the actual hell?
I pretty much just stuck with the turkey and fontina panini from then on, but even then, it just got kinda boring. I wish I could love this place as much as I initially did, but now, in my mind, it’s very mediocre.

First time dining in at Sauce, it’s a fast dine-​in type of place that serves pasta, pizza, wine and the like. Definitely casual, decent pricing and good food.
Stopped in with a few gals to have a bite to eat before heading out for cocktails for the night. We decided to share the Wild Mushroom Pizza and the Broccoli Mac & Cheese.
The pizza came with arugula, mushrooms and truffle oil and was delicious. For you thin, crispy crust fans this is it! Crunch and thin crust with light vegetarian toppings! Very good and not too greasy or heavy feeling. The Broccoli Mac & Cheese was good, well cooked pasta, creamy cheese sauce and pieces of broccoli. Definitely a lot better than The Vig’s, it wasn’t incredibly rich which made for easy eating and definitely second rounds.
The place is casual, but appropriate enough for a meal shared between couples. The staff was very pleasant and made sure we were all taken care of! Definitely, gonna come back to satisfy my thin crust pizza cravings!

Love their thin crust pizza. Daughter loves their pasta. Wife loves their salads. Oh, and they have those crusty little rolls. Slathered in butter, they are delicious.

This was my first time ever trying Sauce… I had a grilled cheese with tomato soup. It was delicious! There was lots of cheese in the sandwich, and the soup was the type that is creamier and lighter in color. It tasted like it may have had red peppers along with the tomatoes but I’m not certain as the menu didn’t specify. Either way, it was tasty!
Pretty happy for the first time getting food here!
** only complaint about the grilled cheese is it wasn’t buttery… and I prefer them REALLY buttery!

Great place… good food. They also have beer and wine. obviously, lol.
I guess someone didn’t want an order of their mac & cheese and was offered a free plate. It was soooo good.

We were looking for another restaurant when we walked past Sauce. We had a long active day and were hungry and tired. This wasn’t at all what I had in mind but my husband thought it looked good and I was hungry.
Long story short, I went from exhausted, hungry and not looking forward to a meal that wasn’t even close to what I was desiring to immensely pleased. We both loved our meals and drinks. Service was good too.
We will make the drive occasionally since there isn’t one closer but we really wish there was one on the east side!