Gourmet Pizza Co Reviews Summary

Category: Pizza restaurant London

Address: 56 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PP, United Kingdom

Phone: +442079283188

Rating: 4.3
based on 250 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "We were served by Marinela. What a treasure she is. She was really welcoming, nothing was a trouble for her."
  • "Service by Marley was exceptional."
  • "Superb service, Chrissy was so friendly and accommodating with us and the children."
  • "Had the most amazing dinner in this restaurant thanks to our waitress Marinela! She radiates with her kindness and smiles!!"
  • "Thank you so much to Johanna and Valeria for making our occasion very special."
  • "Our waitress Lorina (my apologies if we spelt your name wrong) was absolutely amazing! Polite, lovely smile and just wonderful!"
  • "Service provided by Valeria was absolutely fantastic. Fantastic manners, knowledge and incredible smile made our day."

Cons:

  • "Was relatively empty but took forever for food to arrive."
  • "Rude staff. And totally overpriced."
  • "Pizza was undercooked, waitress very rude."
  • "Awful service, have been waiting 20 minutes for a table, no one even came up to us."
  • "Used to be a really good restaurant a few years ago but now it’s a disaster.. staff were really rude, every time we asked for something they gave us a dirty look and rolled their eyes."
  • "The woman was quite snappy when we asked for the menu."
  • "Very loud, waiters mumbled and we could barely understand them."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was delicious, warm and quick. Great sauce to cheese ratio with plenty of flavour."
  • "The food was great and the staff were amazing!"
  • "The pizzas was great, fresh and the dough was well baked."
  • "the food was fantastic and our dessert delicious especially the Tiramisu."
  • "The food was amazing and the bruchetta tasted incredible, very filling and the dough was so good."
  • "The food was delicious and the ingredients were super fresh."
  • "The food itself was honestly the best I’ve had in a very long time, it was also a very good price."

Cons:

  • "Terrible pizza, at turns synthetic and tasteless, served on limp chewy bases that are made off-site."
  • "Pizza was undercooked, waitress very rude."
  • "Went for dinner and picked a chicken and avocado salad from the menu, chicken was smelly and old."
  • "Don’t eat here, pizza was a clown town pizza, basically a dry tiny piece of bread with some cheese thrown on for Β£10."
  • "This was the worst pizza that I have ever tasted."
  • "The pizza was underdone (barely cooked in the middle)."
  • "The pizza was ok at best, dough was under cooked, sauce was bland."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "It is beyond atmospheric."
  • "The place was well presented and clean."
  • "Great location and lovely atmosphere when I visited."
  • "The location is great! We sat outside with a nice view of London by the river."
  • "Lovely little pizza restaurant on the bank of the River Thames."
  • "Amazing location just by the river Thames, it serves great pizza and pasta dishes."
  • "The view of St Paul's and the riverside from southbank is just beautiful."

Cons:

  • "The toilets are quite grotty."
  • "The toilets are in serious need of painting and when I visited, cleaning."
  • "The tables also weren't very clean."
  • "Also low standards of cleanliness - dirty glasses and table."
  • "Beer was warm, toilets needed cleaning."
  • "The decor/ambiance was terrible."
  • "The tables are so small and close together you feel like you're sharing a table with strangers."

Value

Pros:

  • "Fair price apart from the overpriced (but cold) pint - as anywhere in London)."
  • "We just love the place. Good value too πŸ’•"
  • "Absolutely sane prices (esp. given the location)."
  • "Prices though were on the cheaper side, especially considering the beautiful view and riverside location."
  • "Price was okay, what you expect from a restaurant literally sat on a canal in central London."
  • "Reasonable pizza for a reasonable price."
  • "It's not the cheapest pizzeria, but for the quality of the food, I'd say it's reasonably priced."

Cons:

  • "Rude staff. And totally overpriced."
  • "Overpriced for what they served us."
  • "Pizza was very average and quite expensive."
  • "Extremely expensive for what you get."
  • "The one litter bottle of water (retail price Β£1.60 at Tesco) was an eye-watering Β£5.45."
  • "High prices for extremely small portions, low quality and flavourless food."
  • "Small, tasteless, low quality, overpriced pizza baked in electric ovens."

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