Rustic Farms Pizza in Greenville, SC

The Facts:

Pizza: Rustic Farms Pizza
Business Category: single store
Website: https://rusticfarmspizza.com/
Location: 7611 White Horse Road on the northwest side of Greenville, SC (just south of US 25 and SR 183)
Date of Review Visit: March 2024
What I Ordered: small (10") pizza with pepperoni and Italian sausage; Dr. Pepper to drink
Price: $18.36 (includes drink and tax but not tip)

 

The Micro:

Crust: The crust at Rustic Farms Pizza is thin and crispy but not super thin like some southern-style pizzas.  This crust is not too hard, and my pizza was baked to perfection.  Excellent!  Score: 10/10.

Sauce: This pizza is undersauced and very overspiced.  They sprinkle even more spices on top of the pizza, and the spices really overwhelm pretty much everything else.  Score: 4/10.

Cheese: The cheese appears in decent quantity and has inoffensive flavor, but it produces quite a bit of grease.  Hence, the usual mandatory deduction for grease applies.  Score: 8/10.

Toppings: The sausage has a mild flavor for an Italian sausage, and it gets covered up by, you guessed it, the spices in the sauce.  You have to cleanse your palette and then eat just a piece of sausage in order to taste the sausage's mild seasonings, which actually produce a pleasant seasoned pork flavor.  The pepperoni steals the show: it is what some pizza places call old world pepperoni with just the right amount of zip, and it cups as the pizza bakes.  Score: 10/10.

 

The Macro:

Appearance/Atmosphere/Service: This pizza has a balanced fresh appearance.  Rustic Farms has a nice large dining room that is good for eating as a group or eating alone.  The service was quick and attentive on my visit.  Score: 10/10.

Value: Rustic Farms makes high quality pizza, but the price reflects it.  Thus, the value is about average.  Score: 5/10.

Taste: This pizza could be a real winner, but the spices in the sauce and on top of the pizza overpower everything else.  Thus, the overall taste leaves somewhat to be desired.  Score: 15/20.

 

The Final Judgment:

Rustic Farms falls into the same trap so many other pizza places do.  I honestly don't understand why so many pizza places cover up so many good flavors with so many spices.  Thus, this pizza scores about the same as so many other good but not great pizzas.  Score: 62/80.