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So should we all come over your house?

Piesanos, not Piezanos and yes, they are hit and miss. Overworked and understaffed. Their pizza ingredients start about 2" pass the bubbled crust ,which I hate. I always ask for extra cheese as I am not big on sauce. Most NY pizzas don't have a lot of sauce, but they have good cheese.

We went to Piezano's with another couple when they first opened...the pizza was awful, no taste to the sauce and it was over cooked

we never went back

It's really easy to make your own pizza using the fresh made dough at Publix

Pizza taste, as most foods, is subjective; what one person likes is disliked by someone else. We like Piesanos due to convenience of location and like the taste better than other pizza places. We ALWAYS do carry out since one of us in immunocompromised due to cancer; we can not eat indoors in a crowded dining facility. We use the Piesanostogo.com website for entrees or pizza; order and pay online. Website and email tells us how many minutes until ready. Usually ready in that time, but we have had to wait an additional 15 minutes or so. We order pizza with extra sauce and thin crust. We have had one bad pizza out of many.

Piesano's has the best flavor of pizza around - great toppings and cheese flavor. It's not NY, but it's good for here. Wish there was a Grimaldis closer, but we do go there when in Tampa. As a seasoned pizza lover, always know that you should check your pizza before leaving as your pizza may not be what you ordered or may not be yours. NYPD, Sammys, Robertos, Marcos, Bravo - yeah, no!

I went there once the pizza was so so garlic rolls were limp and the salad was bland. I’ll never go back

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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 2071695)

First of all, we've eaten there several times and have mostly been very happy with the food and service. I've never been a big fan of their pizza, it never has enough sauce on it. But I do like many of their other dishes.

Today, my wife was out and asked if she wanted me to pick up pizza and would I call it in. I went on the website to order online.

First of all, when you click on "Order Online" you're sent to a page with three different delivery services. I clicked on each of them and saw that Door Dash was the only one where you could select "pickup" so I went with that.

I selected a pickup time of 4:40. When my wife arrived at 4:40 they couldn't find our order. She called me and I went back into their site and it was very difficult to go back and look at my order. Finally after going back and forth with her and the website and the employee she suggested that the order was lost and that I order again. Just as that happened I found the page that confirmed the order. It turns out that Door Dash orders are kept in a separate area.

I ordered a pizza for my wife with anchovies and pineapple and one for me with mushroom. I also asked for extra sauce on both.

When she arrived home with the cold pizza hers was fine but mine did not have mushrooms. There was no extra sauce but my wonderful wife asked them for some extra sauce on the side which they provided.

Rather that drive all the way back up, I just decided to eat what I had. No mushrooms, no big deal.

But then came worst part. The pizza was terrible. It was tasteless and was like trying to chew rubber. It may have been the worst pizza I've ever had.

Piezanos is always extremely busy and I think that because they are really the only game in town in this area. If another pizza place opens up they could be in trouble.

I will not get pizza again from Piezanos. Like I said I think that some of their Italian specialties are pretty good. Nothing special but good enough. I'll stick with those from now on.

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Originally Posted by NoMo50 (Post 2071818)

Point #1: The OP should have called Piesanos immediately, and asked to speak to the manager. I would bet they would have done right by him. Posting a bad experience on a forum does what? Was the goal to initiate a boycott?

Point #2: What makes a "good" pizza is highly subjective, and is heavily influenced by where a person used to call home. Folks from New York or Chicago will never be satisfied with pizza found around here. Same goes for BBQ. Coming from Kansas City, we have yet to find a place that serves good BBQ. There are a few places that serve up decent Q, but "good?" No...not even close.

Have you tried the ribs at Oakwood Smokehouse?

We really enjoy Roberto‘s and gios pizza.

We’ve had piezanos many times. Last week it was even better than before, one of the best tasting pizzas I’ve ever had. We’ve learned that calling gets much better results than ordering online. Quicker and tastier. In reference to the OP’s complaint, take it to the manager, not us. Tired of all the passive aggressive complaining.

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Originally Posted by Dotneko (Post 2071697)

We tried Piezanos in Lake Deaton plaza and found their pizza horrible. We were even convinced to give them another try and the second time was no better. Robertos is the best we have found and they are like a 6 on my pizza scale.

Agreed. Their pizza is terrible, I've given them several chances and no better. tried their meat ball sub and it was ok

Wait! - Are y'all talking about - "Piesano's restaurant at Lake Deaton?!?!?

well...
"That this restaurant makes the a gooda pizza pie,
it brews the savory sauce you know,
They said so...
We're going back for some more,
and we feel.fine!"

apologies to John Winston

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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 2071695)

This forum has quickly turned into a complaint site for local restaurants? If you really want good pizza, I would suggest making it yourself with whole wheat. Do a thick crust and you can put on PLENTY of whatever toppings you like - rather than being constrained and reliant on the local restaurants. You either get good at making it yourself or you find a way to complain about yourself.

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2071971)

This forum has quickly turned into a complaint site for local restaurants?

Well, since the post is in the sub-forum "Restaurant Discussion", I'd say the owners of the site planned for these types of discussions...

What else would you suggest be posted in this sub-forum? New restaurants? Already posted here... Good reviews? Same..

Good. If you don’t like it, then don’t go back and it will clear it up for those that do like it. A bad experience here and there is to be expected with all the crowds that are now here. So many out here think of only themselves and fail to realize what it’s like to work in the F&S industry. You can be 80% successful but that 20% that talk bad about you will be all that anyone sees/reads/hears.
It’s fine to take a step back for a second and realize *YOU* are not the only one(s) on this big spinning marble.

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Originally Posted by AZ SLIM (Post 2071740)

I wish we had a Papa Murphy's here. Mt Dora is a long way from my house. I don't have any experience with frozen pizzas. Does anyone have recommendations?

I bought a Mama Cozzi's take and bake pepperoni pizza from Aldi a couple of weeks ago. It was huge (extra large) and had tons of pepperoni on it. It was a little greasy, but it was from the abundance of meat. For me, it was the right ratio of sauce, cheese, and crust. I think it was around $5 or $6.