The Pizza Kitchen

Let me tell you about this microwavable pizza place. Their dough is garbage, their wings are soft and inedible, and their service is astronomical. They failed to understand my address had an O in it, not a Q. They called to complain we couldn’t open the door and weren’t home when in fact, we were sitting on our front porch. They told us we were liars and repeatedly told us they were at our home, they were not. When the driver showed up to the CORRECT address, he told my girlfriend she was not here to receive her food the first few times, congrats, great service. Your food is terrible and so is your service, why are you in business?
If I could go lower than 1 star I would. Bad first impressions lead to a loss of a customer, and hopefully more people can avoid this by reading this review.

This small joint is just up the road from my brother’s apartment in Yardville, so it’s become a regular spot for good pies.
Last time I went, I didn’t get any pizza; I got a traditional Italian hoagie and a dozen wings. The hoagie was on your standard Italian white crusty bread you’d find just about anywhere else in Trenton, but it was stuffed! Seemed like there was alot more meat in this one than alot of places (might just be me). As advertised on their menu, the wings had ALOT of meat on them. Not sure how they only get wings with that much meat, but damn they are tasty. Obviously fried, so they were a bit greasy, but thankfully the wings weren’t just «all skin», otherwise they would have been pretty bad. If they baked their wings, they’d really have something going.
The pies are top notch as well. I always just get a traditional tomato pie, and it never dissapoints. Cooked just slightly crispy, the crust is always on point, and the sauce to cheese ratio is always perfect.
I highly recommend this spot if you live in the area, it will likely become your go-​to take out spot.

plain and simple good local pizza. Looking forward to trying other things on the menu.

I live a few minutes from the Pizza Kitchen. As a recent transplant from nearby Trenton, I have some established go-​to pizza joints; but my son, until a couple of months ago, refused to eat pizza. So I’ve been seriously pizza-​deprived in the last few years. That changed, thankfully, and he’s discovering the different tastes and quality at the various shops in the area, and it’s been fun to explore new restaurants with him. We were pretty disappointed in Scotto’s the last time we ate there (after a near-​perfect pizza there not long before), so we opted to go to the Kitchen instead.
A warning: while I am endlessly grateful that my boy is starting to eat more variety these days, he’s still pretty fussy. So, we ordered a plain pie. The Pizza Kitchen offers regular pizza (most people think of this when they envision pizza), as well as Brooklyn-​style (which is advertised as square at Pizza Kitchen), Trenton-​style tomato pie (airy, crispy crust, with a little chew; a «bright» pure, tomato sauce, tossed with cheese in an artsy way); and Sicilian (also square, with a thick crust that fries a little bit on the bottom while cooking).
We waited what seemed like a long time, but it could have just been that we were very hungry. The restaurant is small: there are only 2 tables, with 2 chairs each, and my guess is that people wait there for their take out, like we did. Pizza Kitchen has a few picnic tables under a canopy outside, which looks really inviting, but it was way too hot that day. So, we waited. A few people who had called in their orders ahead came in and out at this time, and obviously, they were regulars. Lots of friendly banter about kids and vacation and heading off to college, and so forth. Nice vibe.
My son decided he was way too hungry to make the 2 minute drive home with a pizza taunting him, so I asked if we could eat there. The young woman at the counter was very accommodating. She brought us a couple of plates and napkins, and offered a stand for the pizza to get it up out of the way. She, as well as one of the delivery guys, checked in on us a few times, mostly to see if we liked the pizza.
We did. It was excellent. Eating with a six-​year-​old can have challenges, for the uninitiated. But he sat and ate an entire slice — which was pretty large — without losing focus, without getting much of it on his face or clothing, and he did not leave a crumb. This was a first for him, so it says a lot.
A plain pizza is perhaps, somewhat boring. But it’s a good barometer for what’s to come. The crust was sturdy and could certainly support the weight of some toppings. The cheese was well-​distributed and obviously high quality. The sauce was properly seasoned, and very tasty. If this pie is any indication of the other menu items, the Pizza Kitchen is definitely a 5-​star establishment. I promise to go back soon and will try another type of pie, and maybe an appetizer (the fried pickle is tempting!). I’m hoping they’ll get another star.

Small interior first off, I think I recall 1 table with 2 chairs and possibly stools.
So we were really craving pizza one night. We had a party of 5 and there wasn’t a line. We started looking at the menus waiting to be helped. The girl at the counter was on the phone. We thought the other guy was going to help us but instead he just touched the monitor a few times, I’m guessing he’s the delivery driver. As we’re waiting for help still. An older man walks in and goes in front of us when the girl asks him if she can help him!!! We’ve been waiting for her to get off the phone and as soon as she does, she doesn’t ask who’s first or even acknowledge our party waiting! So we just left, obviously the owner or owners never taught their employees how to run a simple pizza shop.
Here’s a tip coming from someone that worked at a pizza shop or ANY STORE.
1. GREET EVERYONE!!! (Regardless if you can help them right away or not)
2. Take orders and confirm the order
3. Receive payment for the order before or after they get their order.
4. Thank the customer for their business
That’s basically all you need to do in any business and you couldn’t even do that.
Would’ve loved to have done a review on the actual quality of food but we didn’t even get to that!

Worth the wait. This place is tiny… Only one table! (And it’s usually occupied by somebody waiting for their takeout!). I placed an order for a gluten free pepperoni pizza, and a medium size meatball pie. It was a Friday night at 7pm so it took an hour. Both were very good. Thin crust but it stood up well.
This isn’t a destination pizzeria. But if you plan it well, you’ll eventually be bringing home some mighty delicious pizzas.

This place comes complete with an interesting history of how the owner jumped into the pizza bizz as a kid; learning to do the dough the right way, and practicing in his garage just like Steve Jobs.
The shop is tiny with only room for take-​out, but on nice early autumn days there is a small patio with a number of picnic tables and large umbrellas to enjoy the pie al fresco. Nice touch.
The tomato pie itself is pretty good. The crust has an unusual consistency. It is both firm enough to hold its point without a quiver, yet light enough to bite through crisply. The air in the dough is tangible to the tongue. Intriguing. Too, they use chunky tomato sauce, adding both mass and taste to the creation. The cheese is not salty, and the undertone of basil, oregano and garlic can be discerned.
While different than the traditional Trenton Pie due to the lighter crust, this alternative literally holds its own admirably. I very much liked it.
Given its close proximity to the office, I will likely be a semi-​regular at The Pizza Kitchen.

Wings were cold, Pizza was good. The service I got was pretty bad. My order was actually wrong, after I repeated it twice to the girl on the phone she still managed to get it wrong.

So far I have had their tomato pie and Sicilian which are both excellent. I can’t wait to try other menu items.

Their tomato pies are very good! Definitely the best we have had so far in the area. We ordered wraps from them one time and we weren’t crazy about them. I would def stick to the pizza and appetizers, unless it was just a bad day. Very good otherwise!

Eddie has a pretty solid background making pies. He’s taken it a step further by taking some of the best ideas from Trenton and making them his own. The pies are always fresh and hot. I love the clam pie. Just a few hot pepper flakes and a cold beer and I’m good to go.

This is a usual slice stop on errands. The crust is always good and crisp. The pie is always fresh.

Nothing to really entice your palate. Typical «Trenton» pie with too much sauce and too much cheese and not nearly enough flavor. Not a «fresh» taste by any means, though the pizzas are always hot and right out of the oven. Asked for the pies to be well done, and we got pies that were lightly cooked. When you hear brick oven pizza, you expect a nice crust, not a sloppy mess.

A local pizza place that is serving solid pies. They do an awesome Sicilian pie with the works. The real sleeper is the mustard pie (trust me — it’s awesome). I just saw that they are serving fried pickles — I’ve got to try them soon.