Friday, July 31, 2015

Hearthstone Pizza: Wonderful service, pizza needs work.

Having been invited to try their pizzas since opening, I finally got around to dropping by for a visit!

Click to add a blog post for Hearthstone Pizza on ZomatoRestaurant: Hearthstone Pizza (visit their website here)
Location: 2755 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam
Cuisine: Pizza
Price range: $10-$15 per pizza



Date of visit: July 31, 2015
Atmosphere: 4/5
Staff/service: 5/5
Food variety: 4/5
Food quality: 2/5
Buck worthy? 2/5

I came here excitedly with Elephant for our dinner run, this was located really close to Michaels in the Poco Mall. Inside, it was quite busy for 8pm and we actually had to wait in line.

They had a large selection of toppings to go with your pizza and you get to choose sizes. We got a regular 11" pizza ($8.95, small is 9" for $6.95). I forgot exactly which toppings I got, but definitely not all of them! I got white sauce, mozzarella cheese, chicken, bacon, Italian sausage, pepperoni (on half), anchovies (on half), olives, artichoke, tomatoes, mushrooms and zucchini. Overall the pizza was too burnt on the sides, and the ingredients too salty-- especially the Italian sausage, sauce, along with the anchovies. I liked the presentation of the pizza and service was wonderful at the store-- though my combination of ingredients and baking of the pizza was underwhelming.

Their stone oven was visible and I liked the clean, simple layout they had, but ingredients need a bit of work. Looking forward to improvements, considering they're only one month old (happy one month!!).