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Mamma's Kitchen

Mamma's Kitchen

7601 Fordson Road, Alexandria, United States

Pizza • Italian • Kitchen • Sandwiches


"Food: I got the lamb burger and Greek fries. The hamburger meat was bland, but the halloumi cheese was quite a bit too salty. It felt unbalanced and not something that I would order again. The fries were relatively cold (and I always eat my fries first. My order came out last in the group, so I would have expected that they were waiting for something to cook in order for mine to come out, but from eating it, that didn 't seem to be the case. However, I 've only tried Greek food in the last year, and only a handful of times. So, perhaps it is just my inexperienced pallet. Either way, it isn 't something that I would purchase again. Service: To give the restaurant credit, I came with a larger group, and our group did not call ahead to let them know we were coming, which is on us. However, it took at least 45 minutes for someone to come to our table to even take our orders, and then another hour for the food to come out. Yes, it was lunchtime, but there were only perhaps 10-15 individuals in the restaurant when we arrived, and half of those were already eating. The server checked in with us only one time once we got the food and asked if everything was OK. One member of the group expressed disappointment that their dish with chicken was extremely overcooked and dry, and the server responded with ok and walked away. There was no attempt at an apology or an attempt to be understanding. I know that not all restaurants would replace the food, but it would have been a more pleasant experience if the response had been more empathetic. I understand having to wait as a large group, but the excessive wait and the lack of serviceable mindset it what earned them a 2 star review here for my visit. Atmosphere: The building seems to be very aptly decorated. There are beautiful vines and a lovely balcony for outdoor dining. The art and the layout gave me a very distinct Greek feel. Overall: I would be willing to try again and see if the service was better without a large group, and perhaps a different food item would be more enjoyable for me. However, it 's going to be a while before I even want to try again."

Pancoast Pizza

Pancoast Pizza

1516 South Main Street, Walnut Creek, 94596, United States Of America

Food • Wine • Pizza • Italian


"Walnut Creek has its fair share of tasty restaurants and quick spots to choose from. But it doesn't have a lot of pizza places, especially if you're in the mood for just a piece of pizza. That said and done, this leads me to PanCoast Pizza, which focuses on her New York pizza. Located directly on S. Main St. and parallel to Highway 680 on the southern part of Walnut Creek, this place has served its piping hot East Coast pizzas from 2012. What makes this place great is that the owner Bob Pancoast originally comes from the area of Philadelphia/New Jersey, which means that he brings many of his ideas to the west. I came here in the evening of Sunday 9/5/2021 at 20:30. Although this was 30 minutes before the closing time, they still had a very generous number of customers who were ordered for one and one order. Since I live out of town, I decided to dine outside and use the warm late summer evening. The interior of this place is quite small, but still allows indoor seats as well as TV 's, a self-service fountain ham station and a single room. After looking over the menu, I went with a piece of her sausage, olives, red onions and cheese, while my 1 went with a piece of her paprika with jalapeños. Prices here for the discs are quite reasonable as you can get a fairly generous layer between the $5-7 range. In addition to the slices, they also make whole pizzas as well as Huagies, salads and Strombolis. They also carry a fairly decent amount of artisanal beers on tap. Since it was quite busy on a Sunday night, my pizza took about 5 minutes to finish. Overall, this definitely has a beautiful unique New York taste, with the crust is thin, while still packed in a ton taste. The only real case is that since this pizza sat for some time under a hot oven, it did not have that 100% fresh from the oven taste. If I could criticize one thing in this place and that's not to have that cracker crust tastes. Otherwise I enjoyed my pane from the beginning to the end. But it was still tasteful, filled, had a lot of fat while it was generous with the blows. The outdoor area was also well lit and spacious; perfect for the comfortable Bay Area evenings. All in all, panCoast Pizza is definitely one of the better mom and pop pizza joints. You have quite generous hours open Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 am and Friday Saturday from 11:30 am to 10 pm. decent prices, a very large range of special pizzas to satisfy all taste buds, and above-average customer service. My rating, an above-average four stars."