Pizza Express Restaurants

As far as Pizza express restaurants go this one is my favourite location.
Hopefully you can get parked outside-​very important– and hopefully you can get a window table as I love to people watch.
Me & the Mr went for a unplanned pizza Thurs eve to celebrate the start of our weekend (well, you know it’s nice to be nice to yourself occasionally!).
It was surprisingly quiet and we were shown straight to a window table (YEY!)
I had to use the facilities which I must comment on as having a bit of a smell to them! Not ideal but they were clean at least.
We made our selection and added a bottle of wine to accompany.
Service was nice and swift.
Now, I’m starting to get a bit fond of this eating out lark and the waistline is starting to show this so for the first time ever, at Pizza Express, I didn’t get the dough balls!!!
And, the death stare I gave at the mere suggestion of a portion getting onto our table for the Mr was indeed taken as I meant it, he got none either. i must say I was glad when the pizza came and I rarely actually finish one.
I’d started to feel that my last 2 or 3 visits the pizzas have been shrinking in size but the ones provided to us Thursday definitely instilled the confidence back in me.
They were piping hot, topped to perfection, and both polished off in under 15 mins!
I like places who concentrate one one food and therefore if I’m looking for pizza I go here or pizza hut mainly (and the odd Dominoes) and I’m glad to say I’m still a big fan.
There’s always some kind of offer on and even with the wine– £23(ish) bill for 2 full bellies and a tipsy Mr was good.
They know what they do and they do it well. (mostly)

I love Pizza Express. You always know what you’re going to get, and that’s generally really tasty food, with somewhat relaxed service. And that’s fine, because it’s all priced so reasonably. Anyway, this is a relatively small PE, just opposite the petrol station on Street Lane. It’s cosy. The staff are all friendly, and the food is good. But I have knocked a star off because I tried this new-​fangled online ordering thingybob last week and our order got all mixed up and I ended up with soggy, undercooked pancetta on my pizza (boooo). I will give them another go very soon though! I gave them another go! I also mentioned in the ‘any dietary requirements/​comments’ box that I’d like my pancetta crispy like it was when I ate in the restaurant, not like when I had it as takeout, and it was STILL undercooked and ‘orrible! I have therefore knocked another star off, as it’s not tricky to crisp up pancetta. Even I can bloody do it.

I do love a good pizza, its no secret, so I do love this place. I also love the sloppy Giuseppe they do here; I haven’t found a pizza anywhere near as good. It’s a bit more expensive than your average takeaway pizza but it’s worth it for the fresh and buzzing restaurant and helpful and fun staff. You can still get a reasonably inexpensive meal and share a nice bottle of the house wine which is really well picked out. If you are lucky enough to get some sunshine it also has a little outside seating area to eat your pizza and watch the world go by. Whenever I have gone there, the downstairs is normally full of families which can be a tad annoying if kids get on your nerves. Upstairs is more of a quieter get away perfect for couple or catching up with friends.

Pizza Express is sort of the benchmark of casual pizza restaurants, and it’s still doing everything right as far as I’m concerned.
The menu is a bit simple, but it works because no-​one likes an over complex pizza menu. The atmosphere is always fairly good, but the fact that it’s so family orientated can be annoying if you’re trying to relax.
This is really the only thing it can be criticised for, however, as everything else is spot on — tasty food, reasonable prices and a good selection of wines, and good service.
And really nice olives.