Paesano Pizza opened their doors at their West End restaurant for takeaway only this weekend. After being shut for weeks due to the Covid19 virus, they initially tried using Deliveroo to allow people to pre-book their pizza and collect, but the roo website wasn’t playing ball with them. They then set up a queuing system outside to order and collect pizza. This seemed to work well despite a massive queue. We decided to hold off and went on Sunday lunchtime around 12. The weather was rubbish and probably why there wasn’t a queue! Jackpot, straight in.
Service
If you have ever been to Paesano before, you know the service is quick and the food is served rapid! This was no different despite being a takeaway. You go in the front door and place your order via a contactless card. They have put the tables to split the queue into three lanes to collect your pizza. I was in and out within 10minutes.
Style
Paesano pizzas are Neapolitan style pizzas. A personal favourite of mine. However, this style of pizza needs to be eaten ASAP as it gets cold quickly. I learned this lesson previously with a takeaway pre-covid19 at Paesano. So I decided to eat it in the car. I accompanied this with a chilled Irn-Bru and off we go.
Order
The pizza i went for was the no2 (Tomato sugo with mozzarella, fresh basil and evoo) priced at £6. My partner had the no7 (Fresh Tuscan Fennel sausage with sugo, mozzarella and evoo) priced at £8. I think the pizzas at those prices provide good value for money.
Taste
The pizza hit the spot. A good amount of cheese for the style of pizza. The sauce at first glance looked a bit too much but actually was the right balance. The crust was just the perfect size that was filling but not overbearing. The slices were cut so could easily pull them off and eat. I really enjoyed it. Having been to Paesano many times, they are consistent in their high standard and that’s a quality that separates the best pizza places from the rest.
The takeaway experience was spot on. When the restaurants open back up for dine-in, I will do another review to go into more detail on that experience.
Summary
Value for money: 5/5
Taste: 5/5
Would I go back? Yes.
Further Details:
Website: https://paesanopizza.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paesanopizzagreatwesternroad/