coalhouse pizza

great beers, good food, terrible service. have the components of a great restaurant, just can't seem to get the staffing right.

mr.. if looking for a reasonably price place, good food and atmosphere. good selection of draft brews (esp. ipa) and menu offers a unique 'pizza place' menu.

coalhouse pizza is tremendously over-rated.. we have been to coalhouse a number of times.
we will not be going back - ever.
mother's dat brunch was an absolute disaster.
poor service.
cold food.
the manager was 'too busy' to speak with us.
they have lost their ability to manage popularity.

both sets of toppings were so damn good.  they were so good, we still can’t decide which one we liked more.  the flavor combinations were so comforting and fresh.  there were layers upon layers of flavor through every single bite.  this pizza is, for sure, unforgettable .  these were combinations on a pizza that i had never had before.  i don’t even know where to start. my wife holds off from eating crust because that’s how she maintains her incredible fisique, but me? when we visited coalhouse? well… i went for it.  all. let’s make it easy and start with  shake your moneymaker !  this has cherry stone clams, pesto, garlic, bacon, scallions, mozzarella, and parmesan.  i was uber skeptical of this pizza because of the chance that there’ll be some grit that came along with the clams.  if you’re skeptical, don’t be!  it was perfect.  the clams were so fresh, the pesto was a beautiful bright green and the garlic and bacon paired perfectly with the scallions and mozzarella.   imagine it like this:   on your first bite, you get the perfect combination of pesto and mozzarella – stringy, creamy goodness with a bright and fresh garlic-y pesto.  on top of that, you’ve got bacon to add a smokey layer… and then something greets you while you’re ten seconds in:  the fresh clams and clam juice/flavor nicely distributed through the pizza.  another thing i was skeptical about:  clams and mozzarella?  i mean, i’m all about clams casino, but i was really worried about this. nothing to be worried about! you’ve got two kinds of pizza joints.  the classic pizza joint that bring you classic flavors, lol di fara pizza.  then you’ve got coalhouse that hits it out of the park just as hard as di fara pizza… but they do it in a different way.  it was delicious.  if i could, i would order this as often as i could.  but the unforgettable topping combo was equally as good. unforgettable is the alla vodka pizza you wish you knew about sooner.   vodka sauce, pecorino romano, bacon, pepper and basi

food is good but the service needs work. we went in on a saturday night around 9:00pm, only because we were travelling through and didn't know the area. we saw coalhouse and assumed it was a coal fired oven cooking pizza. we ordered calamari, the roasted meatballs and the sidewinder pizza. i enjoyed the meatballs most, they were tender and the marinara sauce was good. the pizza and the calamari were good, but i wouldn't say the best i have ever had. service is definitely a problem, slow to start and follow up through out dinner was virtually non-existent. i had to get up numerous times to reorder a drink, ask for more napkins or a glass of water. there were numerous servers and bussers, but only two table of two in our section. if i am ever in stamford again i would likely try one of the other wood oven pizza joints.

another delivery calamity.... ordered 2 pizzas and a salad at 5:00pm on a monday, i was told delivery would be in 30 minutes; 45 minutes later i called and was told that the kitchen was backed up and that the order should be out the door in 5 to 10 minutes. called again 20 minutes later to ask where the delivery was and was told that the order should be delivered which it was not..... at 6:20 my husband called and told them to cancel the delivery and he took me to cotto wine bar in stamford and we had a great dinner! if you can't handle an order for delivery on a monday at 5pm you definitely have a management problem!


-----17 feb, 2014-----

we love the pizza and the meatballs. we wish they would offer a pasta fagioli soup or a hearty vegetable soup.
we really dislike the woman that answers the phone, she is diifficult to understand. their delivery service is lame... they do not deliver before 5pm and refuse delivery orders when busy.... this has caused them to loose quite a bit of business from my family.... hire a more efficient staff!

went last night with friends. food was just ok at best. service was not. we had about 4 different waiters throughout the night. this is my second time to coal house, the first time i was much more impressed!

bad food, non-existent service, clueless mgmt. maybe the pizza is good, but the "panini" were terrible. what was described as sautéed peppers and onions were actually raw and for 11.95 i expect more than 4 slices of warmed over steak on a cold roll. sadly, that was the better of the two. oh yes, and it took 45 mins to get them.

kitchen is obviously overwhelmed. menu is too big. stick with what you know and do it very well. stop trying to be something that you are not.

servers have not been trained properly and that is managements fault. it's the worst service we've had in a long time.

restaurant market in stamford is very competitive. this place will not make it if they don't get their act together.

while the flavors were a lot of fun, i would love to see coalhouse improve on a couple of small details. i found the wings to be a bit on the dry side. and the pizza dough was a bit too tough and chewy (i noticed it even more – when i tried eating pizza leftovers the next day).

good food, suspect service. the ingredients are good, and the final product is definitely worth multiple visits. however, the service has always been subpar; i'm not embarrassed to say that i've left $1 tips there. don't expect your food to be hot either when it arrives - that's a 50/50 proposition. they've also expanded their menu in order to compete with a few newer restaurants, including plan b. they need to stay their lane and focus on the pizza - that's what they do best. with more focus, this place has all the pieces to be a top 10 restaurant in the city.

great pizza, cool atmosphere. stopped in for lunch because the mediterranean a few doors down was full and i'm glad we did. the shared salad and large pizza were excellent and the decor of the place is blues and jazz. the tops of each table are dedicated to a singer with pictures, photos, album covers on the table top. ours were count bassie and son house. the service was a tad slow, but it was the lunch rush. the pizza was great. looked huge when it came with large slices, figured we'd need a box. by the time we were done, it was all gone.

house pizza. had great salads and minestrone soup when they opened.
soup is awful ...all tomato soup/juice and hardly any vegetables. salad had old dry grilled chicken. two of us had diarhea upon our return home.
run by very young people.
no one to greet you or say good night. thank you.
loud trivia game going on.
but worst of all food went way down.
salads, sandwiches, and soup was the worst in town,

if you’d love to try out tons of beer from different breweries across the country, then coalhouse is another great place to be this january. gerard has arranged for eight different flight nights where you can sample beer from a different brewery each night.

great pizza/beer. awful service.. my friends and i were so excited when we found this place. so many beers, $5 flights, and great pizza. trivia on wednesday nights was fun too. but then we started going more often. the first couple times we shrugged off the horrific service. but sometime during the summer, the prices went up twice (no more $5 flights, and wine is ridiculously expensive for this type of place), and the service plummeted. people can only take so much waiting - especially when the place only has one other table! when we had to clear our own table because it was looking like the town recycling center, and when i had to physically bring our bill to one of the half-dozen staffers milling together behind the bar, enough was enough. what started as a weekend event is now take-out once a month. i truly hope they get their act back together, improve their service tenfold, and drop their flight prices. i used to leave coalhouse feeling like this was the best new discovery in the world; lately i've just left feeling duped. i'd really love to have that original place back again...

great food, terrible service. coalhouse's pizza, beer and all around atmosphere are excellent. i've only been in the restaurant itself once, and it took forever to get anything done. i chalk that one up to it being a very busy night, and was willing to overlook it considering the pizza, wings and ribs were all really good.

that said, i've tried to take delivery a number of times, only to be told that delivery service isn't available several times. if they cannot offer delivery reliably, don't offer it all and make it a pick up service only. both times we've actually taken delivery, it took forever...which seems to mirror the service we received in the restaurant. great food, wonderful beer selections, hobbled by so-so service or rather, no service...it's now a theme.

all together, i really appreciate the quality of the food but it's moving down my list as the first place that comes to mind.