cogans pizza norfolk

poor service. thefoodis good,not great, and the prices are high. the second to last time ill ever go in there i finished my meal and sat for 30 mins before i went and got our waitress to give me my check. she never checked on us once. today was the last time ill ever go and not only did it take me 10 mins to get someone's attention to give me a waitress, but after 1 hour i left after no attention from the waitress and still no food.

took forever to get our pizza!!! yes it was a saturday night, yes it was a holiday weekend however we didn't wait for a table so dining in customers apparently have to wait an hour to get theirfood& take out orders get priority! no discounts on the check pizza needed some sauce but quality of ingredients was good. bottom line would have rated it 4 1/2 stars without having to entertain a 2 yr old for over an hour waiting for our food!!! too bad really.

meatzilla. thefoodwas wonderful and so was the service. everything i'm in town i will visit.

over the years i have sampled their pizza, and it's just meh every time. i getfoodamnesia every 6-9 months and then end up with diners remorse. i think it's the local charm and the alcohol that keeps it going. i just hope to spare myself the mediocrity and read my own review the next time i get the inclination to go back for pizza. i like you cogans, but can we just be friends?

northing artisan about this pizza. i love cogan's. that's a well known fact. i've been going here for years now. it really pains me to post this review but i have to call "crap" on the pizza i had there yesterday. i want to say up front that this review is only for this particularfooditem and not the establishment in general. i still love ya cogan's.

on with the story. cogan's has jumped on the "artisan pizza" bandwagon and when i stopped in yesterday my normal purple haze placed in front of me and i ordered a slice. the bartender asked me if i wanted to try an artisan pizza and said it's about half the size of a regular pizza. i said "sure what the heck" and didn't think about it again until it arrived.

what was put down in front of me about 10 minutes later is interesting to describe. it was a small pizza pan, with dough spread out covering about 3/4 of the surface. the pizza had one long down the middle and then was cut cross ways making sorta rectangular slices. i actually asked the bartender "wtf is this?" and she replied that's how they make it. she didn't look happy with it either. it looked sloppy, and was the same dough, the same sauce, the same ingredients as any other pizza in the house. just because it was shaped and cut different doesn't make it artisan. there was nothing special or artisan about it.

here's the deal. the authentic meaning and application of "artisan" alludes to a simpler time when people took pride in their craft. it's about special and unique. today, the draw for real artisan products is born out of a movement deriding overly processed, mass-produced foods linked to big corporations. manufacturers, attempting to ride the wave of this movement by stamping artisan on their products, are hoping it will suggest that what's inside is higher quality--even premium. there was nothing premium about this pizza.

what i see here is a shortcut to denote higher quality and premium charge, however what it really is, is a higher price for the same ole thing while serving a smaller portion. that's a fact. personally i think they should go back to the drawing board with this because cogan's is going to get some po'd customers when this pie arrives at their table and when they see the bill.

'nuff said.


-----03 sep, 2011-----

1st post hurricane visit. man o man. it seems like it's been forever when it's only been a week. cogan's took a hit from hurricane irene and was without power for a few days, however thursday evening i was able to get in and feed my pizza addiction.

as always i was able to saddle up to the bar, sharon put a purple haze in front of me without even asking. that's what good places do. the staff knows the regulars and vice versa. the atmosphere was great. i had another brew and ordered a pizza to go. large peperoni, onions & sauteed mushrooms with their spicy sauce. everything was fresh. pure pizza heaven.


-----28 oct, 2009-----

this is great pizza!. finally, i had a slice from cogan's, and they are a welcome pizza blessing. i've been meaning to stop in at cogan's for years and for some reason or another it just hasn't happened until now.

cogan's claim to fame is a spicy sauced pie. it was spicy alright, but not as spicy as the local favorite chicho's. i did on the other hand find that the dough, toppings and cheese blend was better than cho's any day of the week. sorry cho's, you had your chance.

in addition, cogan's has 33 micro brews on tap. on a hot summer day that's a definite plus no matter how hot or mild the pizza sauce is. :)

check them out if you're in ghent.

great lunch for going away party 20+, excellent service. first visit, was very impressed with the greatfoodand excellent service by morgan. she handled our large group without missing a beat! the lunch buffett was a great option that was loaded with options. some in our group ordered off the menu and kitchen staff produced their dishes in no time. we will definitely go back! thank you!

on the fence...foodis so-so, excellent beer selection but lousy happy hour prices.. i miss the live music.. that was the reason to go here.. now i have nothing that pulls me in.

the place is also dirty... pee before you go


-----19 aug, 2011-----

its ok. this place is ok.. a lot of people rave about it, but i dont see what the fuss is about. i've been coming here for over 10 years.. mostly for drinks.. but as far as food.. i've never been real impressed.

why is this place so popular?. i've heard from a bunch of people, plus reviews on here, that cogan's has great pizza and is just overall awesome. i love pizza, so i figured i'd give it a shot. my fiance and i showed up around 6:45 on a sunday. we had to wait about 15 minutes for a table, which was fine, whatever. we were seated outside, which was fine because it was soooo loud inside. we sat at our table for about 10 minutes before a waitress ever acknowledged us. of course we already knew what we wanted since we waited so long, so we ordered sodas and ourfoodall at once. it was a few minutes before we got our drinks, but whatever they were busy so we understood. it was another 15-20 minutes before we got our garlic knots and garden salad. the salad was very blah. the garlic knots were good. there were a lot of them though so we just had a few and got a box for the rest. it was about another 45 minutes before a waitress brought us a pizza, but they got our order wrong somehow. we ordered half pepperoni, half mushroom. we got half pepperoni, half pepper, with some other meat all over it (sausage?). so the waitress took it back and of course it was at least another 15 minutes before we got our pizza, during which time we finished the garlic knots. oh and we really only saw our waitress once or twice - a couple other waitresses brought thefoodor refilled our drinks. we asked for the pizza to go since we waited so long. we were there for almost 2 hours in total. there were no apologizes or offers for coupons, free desserts, or to comp something like other restaurants would likely offer. to top it off, the pizza was mediocre. after all the reviews and all these people who talked it up, i figured at least the pizza would make the bad service and long wait worth it. it didn't. if i were to ever go there again, it would be out of peer pressure. maybe you have to have a few drinks first to really appreciate the pizza?

awesome pizza noms. i'm a native new jersian and lived in italy for 4 years. i have to say that cogan's pizza has been the best tasting pizza i've had since leaving both my homestate and italy. the atmosphere inside is unique and fun but thefoodis the real treat. i highly recommend you try cogan's. just know that since it's in ghent, the parking is meh.

eh.... unimpressed. thefoodhas been average, at best, and the service is mostly terrible. the aesthetic is nice, and having outdoor seating is always a plus in a state where smoking is generally not allowed indoors. (unless a business jumps through hoops.)

and they have framboise lambic.......

but i think they'd rather hire stereotypically attractive, incompetent waitresses that do sexy calendars than actually hire non-idiots that do their jobs, and well.

place wasn't even that crowded and it took forever just to get someone to pay attention to us to take our drink orders. eventually we had to track down a waiter, who then passed us off to someone else, who then took even longer to serve each portion of our meal.

supposedly they used to be good...i wouldn't know.

terriblefood& service, great hangout spot.. cogans has always been a classic in ghent - however, the pizza is average and most of the time the service is terrible. on any given weekend - the wait it long and the service is slow. sometimes the pizza comes out overcooked and othertimes, undercooked. this place is more a bar setting than a good place to eat good food

great atmosphere,foodis good, pizza is great! huge selection of beer. love the cogans.

great - as long as you're cool with not getting your food. "we are a business that is in love with our customers..." i guess it's true that restaurants, like people, can love something but still treat it really badly.

i've only eaten in the restaurant a couple of times and service was just okay - just regular bar type service (don't expect refills very fast, etc). most of my experience is withfooddelivery. let me preface this by saying i'm not the type of person who sendsfoodback in restaurants, or complains if something tastes weird. if something is wrong, i just don't eat that part. i don't even really care about service - if i get myfoodand it's mostly right, i'm good. i worked in thefoodservice industry a long time and i know everyone/place has off moments. however, cogans has pushed me to the limit and i'll not be dining there again. thefoodis just regular bar food! it's not delicious and certainly not good enough to deal with the staff.

beware, if you orderfoodfor delivery don't expect to get everything you ordered every time. as long as you're cool with having to drive to cogan's to pick up missingfoodyou won't be disappointed. also, if after several such incidents, you finally snap and call to ask what's up with their service, expect to speak to some hipster who really doesn't care if you actually got what you paid for, who will also attempt to insult your intelligence when you say you are questioning whether to ever order something from there again.

placed a delivery order over an hour ago. called to check on the order and it wasn't even made yet and the girl who answered the phone was an idiot. eat there don't get it delivered. i will never order delivery again.


-----17 apr, 2010-----

not for the impatient. this spot wins for character alone! this is my favorite place in norfolk to grab a beer and hang out with my friends. i practically grew up here. it is the home of 20+ years of local indie rock history. the bartenders are some of my favorite people to see and they have arrogant bastard ale on tap. in all honesty, while there, thefoodis an afterthought for me. when i do eat, i find that the service is on and off. once i was seated on the patio and it took 12 minutes for the server to greet us. (after 5 minutes i had grabbed the hostess and asked her to bring us some drinks and then started timing.) when i'm hungry, this is irritating. i don't hold it against them, though. i don't go there to have my butt pampered. i think the pizza and subs are pretty darn tasty but i usually order meals for pick up, unless i need something to soak up the alcohol.

cogan's pizza - not so good!. the staff here (suffolk location) is more interested in shooting pool than serving guests. you might as well get your order "to go" because the restaurant has a terrible odor and you will take that odor with you when you leave the restaurant. when you go out to eat, shouldn't the focus be on thefoodand not the poor service and bad smell? yuk!