coalhouse pizza

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. thisplacewill not make it if they don't get their act together.

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, thisplacehas 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 theplaceis 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.

if you’d love to try out tons of beer from different breweries across the country, then coalhouse is another greatplaceto 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 theplaceonly 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 originalplaceback 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 firstplacethat comes to mind.

home away from home. my friends and i have been coming to coal house since it's first few weeks.. gerard immediately introduced himself and started asking us what we thought.. i've heard lots of owners ask this, and gm's but we had a half hour talk about good beer. i love dogfish, and mentioned this to him and a month later he's got 90 minute on draft.. rare is a understatement. between his ability to adapt listen and not over engineer thisplacereally is a home away from home. if you like an interactive crowd see chris run his trivia night every wednesday, if not come the rest of the week. food = great, beer selection = amazing. if you ever have an issue with service, just ask! they are very accommodating and human, if they make a mistake, they fix it without a quibble... middlenut

just moved myself and my family to stamford. big fan of patsy's. thisplaceis as good if not better! tried colony and just don't get it. tried ricos. bar pizza is not real pizza unless you have had a few too many. like remos too.

fabulous pizza and party. we had a birthday party for my eight-year-old daughter there and it was fabulous! gerard, the owner and a former teacher, walked the kids through the whole pizza making operation and they had a blast. theplacewas immaculate and the pizza was fresh and delicious. the staff was lovely. coalhouse pizza is a terrific restaurant and a spectacular birthday party venue.

uneven food quality - what gives?. first time we went to coalhouse pizza, we were amazed -- fresh, nicely prepared salad not drowned in dressing, really great tasting pepperoni on the excellent thin crust pizza, friendly service and a fun atmosphere. it' hasn't been as good since -- but the weird thing is that how the dishes are prepared seems to vary. great one time and lackluster the next.

each time we've been back, it's been a little different. sometimes the pizza crust is too thick. the flavored mac n cheese has been amazingly delicious several times (more like a slippery, high quality melted cheese sauce on al dente macaroni) when we have ordered the flavored kinds (with mushrooms or broc raab, for example) - but we got the plan mac n cheese once and it was a whole different ball game - more like cheese with flour added to it and really awful.

the salads have fancy descriptions but they arent necessarily prepared as they are written up - don't believe it if you see "roasted grapes " --it's a tasty salad but i have yet to see roasted grapes in that salad.

sometimes they are nicely dressed with restraint and sometimes there is too much dressing on them.

they have a chicken scarpariello dish that one time was amazing -- the next time it didn't look like the same dish and wasn't even close.

the most recent disappointment was a pasta with "marinara" sauce and basil. the pasta was called spaghetti but it looked like chef boyardee - the pasta so thick and unevenly textured -- i even got an egg shell in it.. the "marinara" sauce (they just call it a tomato sauce but the waiter said it was a marinara) looked like it was really vodka sauce or had vodka sauce mixed in -- it was not a clear marinara. but had milk or cream added to it.

unusual can be great, but none of this added up to a great tasting dish, unfortunately. i would not recommend this dish at all -- unless on a different night somebody else is cooking and it's completely different.

this is a funplaceand the people are very nice, so i'm hoping somebody can tell me what gives. is there a trick to getting the best food or should i just enjoy the atmosphere and forget the food? time of day, day of week - are they the key?

definitely like the people, the place, and think the food is worth trying -- but i am going to revise what i've told foodie friends about this restaurant or they will think i am nuts if they go and have the downside of the uneven experience we have had there.

long live coalhouse pizza -- please pay attention to what's going on in your kitchen!

the best pizza in fairfield county. i stumbled into thisplaceon afternoon when they first opened during the lunch hour. it was quite, but the owner was there and very friendly. since then, we've gone back with friends and family again and again. we think this is the bestplacefor casual dining. the pizza crust (white/wheat) is thin and all salads come on optional pesto pizza crust. there is also a huge beer list if you're into that. we pizza toured restaurants in the area (and in nyc) and cannot find anything compared to this!

best in town .... been to coalhouse a few times with my friends and family and i have to say that there is noplacelike this in stamford or beyond. the staff is super friendly, the pizza rivals pepes easily, and the wings are the best i have ever tasted. i get to hear dave mathews and joe bonomasa, springsteen and u2, drink an amazing selection of beer -- easily the best in stamford by far -- and get treated well. my kids make pizzas at the counter! the owner is a great guy, always there, always available, and it is easy to see that he enjoys it all. i recommend thisplacewithout hesitation.