The Facts:
Pizza: Gino’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant
Business Category: Locally-owned
Location: 6429 Centralia Road in Chesterfield, VA
Date of Review Visit: May 16, 2018
What I Ordered: small (12”) pizza with Italian sausage and
pepperoni; Dr. Pepper to drink
Price: $11.56 (includes drink and tax but not tip)
The Micro:
Crust: The crust on Gino’s pizza has a fresh bready taste,
but it is too thin to support all of the pizza’s toppings. My pizza was also slightly overbaked. Score: 7/10.
Sauce: The sauce has a nice thick texture and a yummy
tomatoey taste. It appears in good
quantity. What’s not to like? Score: 10/10.
Cheese: This pizza is slightly undercheesed, and what cheese
exists has no distinctive flavor. The
cheese also produces quite a bit of grease.
This is the weakness of this pizza.
Score: 5/10.
Toppings: Both toppings appear in excellent quantity and
have just the right amount of spiciness.
On the down side, the sausage may be the saltiest sausage I have ever
eaten on a pizza. Score: 8/10.
The Macro:
Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: The pizza’s appearance is
nice and tidy. Gino’s restaurant sports
a fantastic but dimly lit casual dining area with some pop music and TV’s for
entertainment. The service was excellent.
Score: 9/10.
Value: For a good quality 12” pizza (not the usual 10” that
most restaurants call a small), this pizza is downright inexpensive. Score: 9/10.
Taste: Everything comes together pretty well, with the
saltiness of the sausage being the only real detraction. Score: 17/20.
The Final Judgment:
Gino’s is a nice pizza place in suburban Richmond. I would come here often if I lived in the
area. Score: 65/80.
