Magic Pizza is anything but magic. Well, maybe that's not quite true, there must be some magic involved to keep the place operational because it's certainly not the pizza.
The Bloggers had a busy week but found time to fit in a takeaway-style component of the Beaufort Street Challenge, which is why we skipped Jessie's Curry Kitchen and Cafe and went on to the next venue, Magic Pizza. We will get to Jessie's next week. So, BITO and The Brains put their hands up to do the pizza run. They were immediately struck by the thoughtfulness of the decor - a delightful combination of novelty souvenir USA number plates (you know the ones, the New York number plate that says I LOVE NY etc) and pictures of The King.
They were also struck by the menu - even the Deliberator would not have found choosing a pizza very difficult here, there were only about 8 to chose from. The Bloggers don't necessarily think a limited menu is ever a problem though - because if the food is great, a lack of choice becomes irrelevant. But the food was terrible. More on that in a second.
The fellow behind the counter was very friendly, he was happy to provide some advice on our selections and got down to the business of cooking the pizzas very quickly. When they were finished, he even walked them outside where BITO and The Brains were sitting taking in the Beaufort Street vista.
The pizzas were still hot by the time we got them home, but disappointingly they all looked identical. It was a moment of déjà vu when we opened up the boxes and wondered how we had yet again managed to order 3 cheese flavoured pizzas (see our review of the Civic Hotel to relive our first fromage free-for-all fiasco). Disenchanted, but still hopeful, we hopped in and consumed what we could of our dinner. It was not as though the pizzas were horrible, it was more that they weren't very good. Cheap toppings, too much cheese, a salt overload and unexceptional bases came together for a truly uninspiring meal.
While BITO and The Brains quickly arrived at their decision that the pizzas were not getting the Bloggers’ thumbs up, it took The Sponge 6 or 7 slices and a 2 litre bottle of Fanta before declaring them average. The rest of the night was spent arguing about who would keep the leftovers (they went in the bin) and watching Goldmember. So really, it wasn’t all bad.
In summary:
Service: Pleasant and helpful.
Food: Well below par, particularly when you consider the plethora of wonderful pizza choices in the area (think Stones Pizza and Marcos).
Ambience: Like a roadside diner in a two bit town in southern USA during the depression, but with less ambience.
Highlight: The service. And the fact that Goldmember was on TV.
Lowlight: Poorly executed and unimaginative pizza.
Rating: 1 slice of cheap salami out of 5.
Will we be back? Nup.
Details: Call them on (08) 9370 1818. The cost was a reasonable $17 for a family sized pizza.
Coming up: This time we will go to Jessie's Curry Kitchen and Cafe. We promise.
4 comments:
Too bad you'd already gone so far down Beaufort Street, otherwise you would have been better off popping into Inglewood IGA and picking up some frozen McCains delicacies. I believe they have distinct varieties such as 'Ham & Pineapple', 'Supreme', and 'Meatlovers'.
Can't wait to read the review for Inglewood Pizza which should be coming up shortly. I would have thought that two pizza shops within such close proximity to each other would create a healthy competition in regards to standards. Looks like there is nothing to compete with!
Hi grrlfrommars, we think the owners of Magic Pizza must have turned to McCains for their pizza making inspiration, and yet they still managed to prepare a product that was worse than a frozen pizza.
We have heard better things about Inglewood Pizza than we had Magic Pizza, but we have never been before. We're hoping the competition has helped Inglewood Pizza's product in some respect, because we'd be devastated if we had to chow our way through another 3 flavourless, cheese overloaded pizzas.
Well Magic Pizza is still around and Inglewood Pizza has closed down over a year ago. So isn't that saying something?
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