Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille in Shelby, NC

Basic Information:

Pizza: Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille
Number of Locations: 1
Location Reviewed: 233 Lafayette Street in downtown Shelby, NC (corner of Lafayette and Graham Streets)
Website: https://pleasantcitywoodfiredgrille.com/
Date of Review Visit: November 2024
What I Ordered: create your own pizza with pepperoni and sausage
Price: $15.96 (includes drink and tax but not tip)
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Summary Review:  2 stars (out of 5)

 

Detailed Review:

Crust: The pizza crust at Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille is a thin crust, but it is not as crispy as you would expect for a wood fired pizza.  In fact, the texture is more spongy than crispy.  Also, a large area of the crust is bare.  This crust is OK, but it is not my favorite crust by far.  Score: 5/10

Sauce: This pizza does not have much sauce, as you would expect for a thin crust pizza.  What sauce does exist has a slightly spicy flavor, and you can't really taste the tomatoes.  This is not my favorite kind of sauce.  Score: 3/10

Cheese: All of the cheese is in the center of the pizza, so the quantity is not as high as you might think.  The cheese has a nice stringy texture, but it produces a decent amount of grease.  Score: 6/10

Toppings: The pepperoni has nice flavor with just the right amount of spiciness.  The sausage has little distinct flavor.  The toppings appear in above average quantity.  Score: 7/10

Overall Taste: Nothing adds any real flavor, so the overall taste is on the bland side.  Score: 6.5/10

Pizza Appearance: The wide ring of bare crust around the edge mars the appearance.

Dining Atmosphere: Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille has a large casual dining room in an older building that has nice character.  I would have enjoyed dining here except that...

Customer Service: ...the service here is questionable.  They sat me at a table that was clearly dirty.  The server brought me the wrong check and tried to hand me a knife pointy-end first.

Monetary Value: average quality at average price equals average value.

The Final Judgment:

Normally I enjoy wood-fired pizza, but this wood-fired pizza needs some improvement.  Pleasant City Wood Fired Grille is one of the few sit-down pizza options in Shelby, NC, but you might be better off (or at least save some money) if you order take-out and eat at home.  Score: 64/100