After a long time me, my cousin and friend decided to go out for dinner, we had two options hit BBQ Chicken or Sam's Pizza. Since none of us had any particular choice we let destiny decide and by quick choice of selection between two fingers Sam's Pizza it was. Thinking back i should have just chopped that finger.
We landed up on door step of Sam's Pizza - incidentally i had earlier come across this place during the setup and assumed it was Pizza Republic. Its in the same building as that of Moti Mahal Deluxe on Jaganathan street, off Nungambakkam. High Road. They have an underground parking for 2 wheelers and Car park in front. One has to take a flight of stairs to get to the joint, its quite a bright inside with a splash of vivid colors. Decor is very casual with transparent plastic chairs on one end and sofa types for the rest of the place. This place is not suited if you are looking for a quite place or for business/casual conversation cause one has to shout on top of their voice to be heard, noisy is an understatement.
It was Independence Day and the place was full at around 8 PM, however we got seated immediately and by the time we got the menu card there were a couple of families waiting to be seated. The menu isnt exhaustive, they have their dinner combos which were priced at 299 for Non veg and 249 for Veg, one gets a soup, 26 varieties of salads, garlic bread, choice of 3 veg or 2 non-veg deep pan pizza and one dessert. They have set pizza type for different days, plus their prices for Saturday and sunday lunch were higher by 50 rs ( beats me as to why the same stuff should cost more on weekend). Also, if you squint eyes enough one can find the wordings that say if the patron is seated for more than one hour you will be charged 50% more. Not sure if they actually time someone. Also, they have only two types of crust thin and deep pan and neither of them are what they claim to be.
We ordered french fries, one medium Veg thin crust pizza and a chicken pizza deep pan. It took roughly around 20 mins for the pizza's to arrive followed by french fries. I have never seen such small medium sized pizzas. The waiter said it was 9 inch pizza but i think it was only around 8 inches, imagine your regular pizza from domino's slightly larger and made of six slices instead of four. Coming to the taste of it the chicken pizza had a minimalistic topping, it didn't have any flavor of the sauce seemed like they hadn't put any sauce at all. Seasoning on the toppings were good, though they claim deep pan, it was just regular pan pizza. IMO deep pan will have twice the amount of toppings this was not the case with the one we got. Veg pizza was no different and thin crust was not crispy but merely 3/4 of the dough of the pan pizza.
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| Non Veg Chkn Pizza Deep Pan |
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| Thin Crust Paneer Pizza |
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| Thin Crust??!! |
I have personally worked in a pizza place, made and served pizza's also tasted varieties of crusts in Chennai/UK and i would not rate the one's i had as pizzas. They are like the pizza's you get in your local bakeries. French fries had the portion was over cooked and too crispy like biscuits and over salted. Total bill was Rs 1071. I felt it was a rip-off for the size and taste, moreover i could have got 2 medium pizzas, garlic bread and coke for far lesser $$$ at other places. Its italian for heavens sake.. and one would feel stuffed after a pizza meal... unfortunately not here.
Service was okay not so great and they charge 10% as service charge as well.
Food 3/10
Ambience 3/10
Service 6/10
Price 2/10
Would I Recommend? No, PM me and will give you better ways to spend your money.
