Jess Monzalez

Review of Willow Street Pizza

If I could give half stars, it would be 4.5 stars....

If I could give half stars, it would be 4.5 stars.

My husband and I come here mostly for lunch or happy hour, as the prices are good. We always ask for their homemade bread with olive oil/balsamic mix as soon as we sit down. Always so, so good! Their meatballs appetizer is ah-mazing, with the best marinara sauce I've ever had. I use my bread to sop it all up, it's that good. It is also on their happy hour specials, which is a bonus.

The wood fired pizzas are great - both the mini size available during lunch and happy hour and the regular size. We usually go for the veggie pesto, which sadly wasn't on the menu during our most recent visit, or the margherita. The wood-fired crust is delicious, and the ingredients are high quality. I've also tried the BBQ chicken pizza, which is very good but a bit heavy for me, and the thai chicken, which was very dry and tasteless. We've had the ceasar and romaine gorganzola salads, and both are good. The ceasar dressing is tangy and almost addictive.

The specialty cocktails are always made really well, and whoever comes up with the recipes is a genius. They are always well balanced in flavor and very tasty. They recently added more beer taps and now have a better beer selection. My husband and I had a beer flight to end our meal the other day, and every beer we tried was very good.

Service is friendly and generally good, but it can be a bit slow at times. It doesn't bother me, but my husband has gotten a bit irked by it in the past. My only bad experience here was months ago when we sat down at a table in the bar area for happy hour and the bartender put the dishwasher behind the bar on. It was so loud that I couldn't enjoy myself, let alone have any real conversation. Unfortunately, we had to leave and go somewhere else. I told the bartender why we were leaving, but she seemed completely oblivious as to why a customer wouldn't want to sit and eat while listening to a loud dishwasher - it was very disappointing but more of a fluke for this place than anything.

Overall, if you like wood fired pizza, good cocktails, and good beer, check this place out!