la pizza

we drove 30 miles each way for their pizza, would happily drive twice that.. we are getting tired of pi & wanted some real pizza. after some digging we saw that stl mag gave la pizza the best pizza in stl. it was a 30 mile drive from imperial but was well worth it. the only "new york style pizza" we've had is domino's delivery, usually after we've opened the second bottle of wine & we're not driving or cooking.

this was some of the best pizza we've had of any style. we ordered the roberto which is packed with like 5-6 different kinds of meat & it was just so good. my wife & i ordered an 18" & we will get 2 full meals out of it. if you eat more than 2 slices of the 18", you need to get checked for a tapeworm.

the ingredients are so fresh, the sauce is the best i've had anywhere & the home made hand tossed crust is incredible. somehow with 5-6 meats on a pizza it was not greasy at all, any other pizza i've had with that much meat would be greasy, some i've dabbed it off the top with a napkin. i asked who i assume is the owner how they did this and he told me all their meats arrived uncooked, they are coked in house & the grease is extracted. the service was great & the food was even better.

don't let the outside fool you, it honestly looks a little dumpy but i felt the neighborhood was completely safe. it's just an older building. once inside the place is very clean & basic. they don't seem to have a liquor license, but have a good selection of soft drinks. it seemed like most of the other customers were regulars, with the quality of the food & the great attitude of the employees i'm sure they have many regulars.

it was well worth our 30 mile one way drive, i would drive further for pizza this good. they also have sandwiches & other food, but i don't know if couldorderanything else but the pizza. even if you have to drive 50 miles each way to get here, if you love good pizza you owe it to yourself to give it a try. we will be back.

terrible service, followed by bad food. i had heard many raving reviews for la pizza. i went the other night, and was "greeted" by the most surly, rude employee i have come across in ages. he wouldn't speak to me, or look at me. i had to prompt him to take my to-goorderafter standing in front of him for a few minutes. he wrote down the order, then said "20 minutes" and walked away. we were the only ones in the store. in the meantime, other people came in and ordered and got their food. after 45 minutes, i went back to the counter, where he ignored me again. i prompted him, "do you know when ourorderwill be ready?". he didn't look at me, but said "next one up". we finally got our food. when i got home and unwrapped it - theorderwas wrong! too late to worry about it, we ate what we were given. we thought both the pizza and the calzone were really bad. even my 7 & 10 year olds said they thought the pizza was "horrible". terrible experience all around! never going again!

terrible customer service and business plan. this place has decent pizza, but their customer service and business ethic is deplorable. go anyplace else for a more consistent and better experience. they never stick to their posted business hours and don't honor promised services. i phoned two days ahead for a party order. the owner told me it would be no problem and to call in on the day to place myorderfor multiple pizzas. he said he would "note" it and that they would be open until 7pm that friday night. i called at 4pm to be told they were closing early. then i was hung up on by the owners wife when i said that it was unprofessional to handle their business in such a flighty manner.

they post their hours on their website, but there had been multiple previous occurrences of phoning an hour or two before their close and being told they are closing early. this is why i called two days in advance.

if you actually want to eat, go someplace else where they know how to treat customers.

stromboli delight!. ordered the stromboli and wife and i loved it....paul and staff was very attetive and quick to serve up the delicious treat.orderit and you won't be sorry!


-----04 mar, 2010-----

great. one of the best pizza's ever!! had the large mshrm, onion, and sausage classic ad it was awesome!!

you won't be sorry for ordering one tonight