Takeaway pizza

Hertz32

Having tried all the big chain pizza's I've become disenchanted with takeaway pizza. Over priced and too bland or salty for the most part with Dominoes being the worst culprit.
I decided to try Farmhouse Pizza the other night as a change, £13 for an 18" pizza, when dominoes is £17 for 14.5". I'll not be going back to Dominoes again for sure!

Not set the world on fire level, but at least equivalent to the big chains in quality (possibly slightly better) but just far better value too.
I've tried Tops Pizza before but was underwhelmed, thinking of trying Pizza GoGo next, anyone know of any other small chains/independant pizzas that provide similarly good value?

terada

For me pizza hut et al aren't really pizzas.

Try something with a super thin stonebaked base. My favourites tend to be family run Italian restaurants. Nice, cheap and delicious.

Failing that I'll be at Strada.

joneve

We'll have dominos occasionally, but only when we can get it on BOGOF, either on a Tuesday or with a voucher. 

Wife is away all weekend, so I'll be ordering myself one of the largest pizzas they do from here: http://www.fattoni.co.uk

Not eaten one from there yet, but everyone tells me it's by far the best pizza in the County. I'm pretty excited. 

strumjoughlamps

Not a pizza fan but I like the flatbread pizzas I do on the bbq. And there is a local place that do a thin feta and spinach which is nice.

chillidoggy

I dislike the Dominoes pizzas, I find them overloaded with cheese. I haven't been into a Pizza Hut in years, but they used to be OK. I can't get my head around why cheese on toast is so expensive, though, cos that's pretty much all it is.

Anyway, Mrs C has rocked up with a new gas BBQ yesterday which has a pizza-cooking thing on it.

https://www.campingaz.com/uk/p-26791-4-series-rbs-lxs.aspx

Not sure how it works yet, but I'll be wasting some Company time to find out a bit later on, and I like the griddle thing.

 

Col_Decker

One of our local curry houses does pizzas. Chicken Tikka pizza is the new religion.

Snap

in my experience all takeaway pizzas are rank, too salty and fatty.

If I want a pizza it will usually be something from the supermarket, on a thing base. Tesco do some good ones. Then you can do your own toppings.

Or has been said, small Italian restaurant.

chillidoggy

Avoid the Dr. Oettker ones like the plague.

lloyd

Snap said:

in my experience all takeaway pizzas are rank, too salty and fatty.

If I want a pizza it will usually be something from the supermarket, on a thing base. Tesco do some good ones. Then you can do your own toppings.

Or has been said, small Italian restaurant.

This is the point of them no?

I love a pizza personally, proper job Italian ones through to Dominoe's efforts, they're different dishes in all fairness-the takeaway ones are just a way to get as much cheap cheese and salt and pepperoni into your gut while the thin Italian ones are about the sauce and the cheese, pushing it with perhaps a bit of ham on there too.

hugbot

Pizza Hut is the absolute shittest.

Flanging_Fred

Make your own.  Shaping the dough takes a little bit or practice to get it really circular and even but it's quite theraputic.  Otherwise its pretty easy. You can choose exactly what topping you put on it too.
oh and get a pizza stone. Not expensive and you can use it for other stuff other than pizza.

starwarsnosebleed

Homemade pizza is the shit.
Youll never get a better tasting base, and you control what goes on it.
Its dead easy too!

lloyd

Flanging_Fred said:

Make your own.  Shaping the dough takes a little bit or practice to get it really circular and even but it's quite theraputic.  Otherwise its pretty easy. You can choose exactly what topping you put on it too.
oh and get a pizza stone. Not expensive and you can use it for other stuff other than pizza.

Kinda takes away (hello)  the point of a takeaway though no?

Being a fat lazy bastard who can't be arsed cooking.

I've made my own dough in the past and made great pizzas but it's not one to do on a friday after a long week in work (for me).

Dopesick

Dominoes Pizza is by far the worst fucking abomination to be called 'pizza' I've ever had. If your meaty pizza has an overbearing taste of sugar, then something is not right. How the bloody hell can anybody eat that shit.

Papa Johns is where it's at. Pizza Go-Go is also very good.

Bowks

Depends whereabouts in the UK you're located. 

My current favourite is Mamma Dough, but they are a small chain operating in SE London. http://www.mammadough.co.uk/

You may well be able to find a Franco Manca near you instead, which also sell decent stonebaked pizzas. 

Mamma Dough is a 5 minute walk down the road from me and will have competition very soon from another establishment due to open in July that is a cocktail bar selling wood oven fired pizzas too.

I am fucking spoilt! (and getting fat again)

Col_Decker

lloyd said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Make your own.  Shaping the dough takes a little bit or practice to get it really circular and even but it's quite theraputic.  Otherwise its pretty easy. You can choose exactly what topping you put on it too.
oh and get a pizza stone. Not expensive and you can use it for other stuff other than pizza.

Kinda takes away (hello)  the point of a takeaway though no?

Being a fat lazy bastard who can't be arsed cooking.

Quoted for truthers

digitalscream

We only use our local Pizza Express, for this exact reason.

That said, a new pizza takeaway has just opened 30 yards from my house, which apparently has a real chef doing stonebaked pizzas properly. Gonna give it a shot, at least...

lloyd

Col_Decker said:

lloyd said:

Flanging_Fred said:

Make your own.  Shaping the dough takes a little bit or practice to get it really circular and even but it's quite theraputic.  Otherwise its pretty easy. You can choose exactly what topping you put on it too.
oh and get a pizza stone. Not expensive and you can use it for other stuff other than pizza.

Kinda takes away (hello)  the point of a takeaway though no?

Being a fat lazy bastard who can't be arsed cooking.

Quoted for truthers

Ha!

Sporky

Dopesick said:

Papa Johns is where it's at.

Our local one makes nasty, stodgy messes and takes ages about it.

digitalscream said:

We only use our local Pizza Express, for this exact reason.

Not tried them for takeaway, but we gave up on Pizza Express - last three visits were awful (to three different ones) and we walked out of the last attempt after half an hour of being ignored and "Just a minute"-ed.

Ro_S

Takeaway pizzas an unnecessary cost.  One can get equally nice pizzas in supermarkets.  You only have to pop them in the oven.

I didn't get where I am today by spending £15 on a takeaway.

EricTheWeary

Sainsbury/ Tesco/ Asda certainly don't do great pizza. I occaisionally buy one from Waitrose, I am rarely in a Waitrose but if I am it is one thing worth having. Although, of course, it's no paneer pizza from Mr Singhs*...

*for the benefit of regular readers.