R&B Pizza Place in Pittsburgh, PA

Basic Information:

Pizza: R&B’s Pizza Place

Number of Locations: 1

Location Reviewed: 107 Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh (Update: this location is now closed.  Their only remaining location is in Bellevue, PA.)

Website: https://www.rbspizza.com/

Date of Review Visit: July 2017

What I Ordered: slice of sausage pizza; French fries; Pepsi fountain drink

(lunch combo #1)

Price: $6.06

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Summary Review: 3 stars (out of 5)

Detailed Review:

Crust: R&B’s Pizza Place makes pizza with the thick northern-style crust.  The crust has a nice crispy texture, but nothing else really offends or stands out about this crust.  Score: 6/10.

Sauce: This pizza is quite undersauced, and what sauce there is has little flavor.  Score: 3/10.

Cheese: R&B Pizza has a nice base cheese, but they also add an extra layer of mozzarella on top of the base.  Thus, the cheese is the strength of this pizza. Score: 9/10.

Toppings: The sausage appears in decent quantity, but the ground up sausage has very little flavor.  Score: 5/10.

Overall Taste: French fries and pizza is an odd combination, and the crispy French fries may have tasted as good as the pizza.  I never thought I would write that in a pizza blog.  Score: 6/10.

Pizza Appearance: The extra mozzarella gives this pizza a white appearance.

Dining Atmosphere: The cramped dining area is typical for a downtown pizza place.

Customer Service: The service is counter service and was fine on my visit.

Monetary Value: This pizza’s quality leaves somewhat to be desired.  However, the price is cheap, as R&B Pizza offers some of the least expensive pizza in downtown Pittsburgh.  Therefore, this is the place to come for value.

The Final Judgment:

The two pizza places I visited in downtown Pittsburgh arrived at nearly the same final score but by very different avenues.  Pizza Parma has slightly better quality, but R&B’s Pizza Place offers slightly better value.  Score: 73/100.