Address: 144 Chiswick High Rd., Chiswick, London, W4 1PU, United Kingdom
Phone: +442087474822
Rating: 4.3
based on 256 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"One of the best pizzas I have had till date."
"The vegetarian special was great and much better than the standard menu."
"These guys make great, authentic sourdough pizzas in their custom made woodfired oven."
"The sourdough pizza is chewy, light, and slightly acidic...perfect base to go with quality ingredients."
"The best sourdough pizza I have ever tried!"
"Simple menu, reasonable price, you get your pizza fast."
"The ingredients are clearly carefully selected."
Cons:
"The bottom of the pizza I received was extremely burned, so much so it left black ash all over the plate."
"Overall the pizza was really thin soggy - basically the consistency of wet newspaper."
"The sourdough crust lacked any flavour whatsoever and had the taste and texture of wet cardboard in places."
"Staff are certainly nice enough and the pizza base was fine, even quite good, but the pizza toppings are terrible."
"Scant toppings with a doughy and gooey mess in the middle, not at all bursting with flavour."
"Pizza was overcooked, hard, really stiff and minimal toppings."
"The dough is like edible chewing gum and cheese just dumped on the top of the dough."
Service
Pros:
"Fantastic service, Tony is the best."
"The staff are exceptionally professional and always look after us so well."
"Service was top notch (Bella stood out) and the food great as always."
"Service is quick and fast with a smile."
"Service is friendly and with a smile, very professional."
"Christian is so welcoming, and he's put together such a friendly team."
"Special shout out to our waiter, from the mountains of south east Italy, he was dilligent, friendly, polite and eloquent."
Cons:
"Service is terrible and the food just average."
"Terrible service. Sat there waiting for almost an hour for our pizza."
"Terrible experience. We were left standing at the front for over 5 minutes on arrival, finally we were seated then it took another 20 minutes for us to order and even get water."
"The waiters were constantly just chatting about their own lives and it seemed like that was their priority."
"When I pointed it out to the waitress she couldn't care less, therefore I had to speak to the manager, who at first argued about it and then agreed their mistake."
"The waitress was rude and told me to speak to her manager."
"Service appalling. Can’t comment on food as didn’t even get as far as ordering."
Ambiance
Pros:
"The eat-in atmosphere is cafeteria-style with long wooden tables and benches, but handled well."
"Amazing, cozy pizzeria in Chiswick."
"What a gem of a place. Franco Manca is a lovely little eatery with delicious food, really friendly staff and tasty homemade lemonade."
"The ambiance is very comfortable and welcoming."
"A great place to chill out and enjoy a little piece of Italy on Chiswick High Road."
"Had the vibe of a traditional pizzeria."
"Nice atmosphere with Italian music as background."
Cons:
"Franco Manca has expanded into crammed restaurants and the experiences in Earls Court and South Ken have actually been unpleasant."
"The overall restaurant is extremely loud so having a conversation with the other guests in your party is really tough."
"The noise is horrendous: cutleries are falling and glasses crushing from waiters and waitresses rushing."
"So unbearably loud we had to move."
"The crowd is quite young and unfortunately a little noisy."
"Place is extremely noisy special waiters and waitresses has no consideration as they bang the plates, throw the cutlery over each other when they are cleaning."
"There were kids running around the restaurant screaming and no one asking them to stop."
Value
Pros:
"No nonsense, value for money."
"All the food is reasonably priced about 6 pounds for a big pizza!"
"Prices are competitive, portions are justified and I never have to wait too long."
"Around £10 for a very decent pizza & a beer in London 2018 seems almost indecent."
"With prices hovering around £6, your wallet and your belly can stay equally full!"
"Most pizzas are under £7 and they are big too!"
"Great (literally!) pizza at prices low enough to make all other pizza chains blush with embarrassment."
Cons:
"Good pizza, watch out for the special offer Christmas deal which costs more than the items actually eaten.... shame put a bit of a downer afterwards realising this."
"The prices are a little bit high but I think it’s worth it."
"Pizza was slightly burnt and it looks like they decided to keep the prices low but save on ingredients."
"Overall: quality down and prices up, but increasing prices at least we know it is a common problem."
"Good pizza but bizarre customer service. Card machine wasn’t working and we were made to look and feel like it was our fault for not carrying cash."
"The price of £52 for 3 starters 3 pizzas and drinks was excellent."
"The service was incredibly fast (too fast, not sure about the freshness of the dough)."