Famous Pizza in Anderson, SC

Basic Information:

Pizza: Famous Pizza and Restaurant in Anderson, SC

Number of Locations: 1

Location Reviewed: 1417 Pearman Dairy Road (on SR 28 just south of Whitehall Rd.)

Website: (none)

Date of Review Visit: March 2016

What I Ordered: small (10”) meats pizza; Mello Yellow to drink

Price: $12.73 (includes drink and tax but not tip)

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Summary Review: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: I would classify Famous Pizza as Greek-style: the crust is thick and crispy around the edges but very thin underneath.  Even worse, the crust on my pizza was wet and soggy underneath from grease, so much so that it could not support the toppings.  The fresh bready taste around the edges is passable, but the texture and the crust underneath the pizza need some work.  Score: 4/10.

Sauce: The sauce has a very tomatoey taste; I could taste no spices whatsoever.  Usually I complain about sauce being overspiced, but this one fails in the opposite direction.  The quantity of the sauce is sufficient, so it could be worse.  Score: 6/10.

Cheese: The cheese looks and tastes like 100% mozzarella, so the taste is a little bland.  The cheese is applied in good quantity, but it produces more grease than good quality cheese should.  Score: 7/10.

Toppings: Pellet sausage alert!  Pellet sausage is never a good sign, and this pizza is no exception.  The rest of the toppings have some spicy heat but little flavor.  The salami (part of the meats pizza toppings package) tastes odd with the rest of the spicy Greek/Italian meat toppings.  All toppings appear in sufficient quantity.  Overall, I have had worse, but I have definitely had better.  Score: 6/10.

Overall Taste: There is really not a lot to commend the taste of this pizza.  The salami and other toppings clash violently on the taste palette, and the soggy crust is a real turnoff even though it only indirectly affects the taste buds.  Score: 6/10.

Pizza Appearance: The pizza’s appearance is fine except for the pellet sausage.

Dining Atmosphere: The restaurant features a nice homey casual dining area.

Customer Service: It took me 5 minutes to get a waitresses’ attention even though there was only one other customer in the restaurant when I walked in.  Once the service started, it was fine.

Monetary Value: Famous Pizza’s topping pricing scheme forced me to order the meats pizza in order to maximize the value: it is only a few cents more expensive than my usual 2-topping small pizza.  That said, the price is about average (for a meats pizza), and the quality is about average.  Thus, the value is about average.

The Final Judgment:

Famous Pizza does not rank so famously in my book.  There are far better pizza options in Anderson such as DaVinci’s.  Score: 67/100.