Pepperoni’s

Great late night pizza, fast delivery and good quality! Tandoori chicken pizza, hot pepperoni!

Ordered a takeaway pizza and the estimated delivery time was 1 hour 10!!! Unfortunately it didn’t arrive for another 30 mins after that. The pizza was room temperature and the green salad was warm. The coke that was part of our meal was not delivered either.
Really disappointing management of customers expectations

It’s late. It’s open. Not ridiculously priced.
My pizza was fine but be warned, the service in the early hours leaves room for improvement. I can forgive this, after all who wants to be serving greasy pizza to Melbourne’s seediest people at one in the morning?
There are plenty of other food places around, but if all you feel like is a salty, cheesey bite to eat (that isn’t a happy meal) then by all means head into Pepperoni’s

Is it late at night?
Are you near Flinders?
Do you want pizza because you are drunk/​high/​smart?
Pepperonis is the place for you, it doesn’t play like its the best pizza but it is the pizza that will be there for you 24 hours a day and deliver.

The food was disgusting!

So Pepperoni’s was the first place… literally… that I visited when I arrived in Melbourne; Not because it’s famous worldwide or anything, I just arranged to meet some people and Pepperoni’s was close enough to Flinders station for me to find without getting lost.
It’s nothing more really than an alright spot to grab a slice to eat if you are in a hurry, or somewhere to share a Pizza with friends in the CBD before heading off for a night (Well, or day, but I can think of better places to have breakfast!) on the town.
Service isn’t great and I have more than once spent over 5 minutes hanging around at the counter waiting to order while people who arrived after me have been served. I hate when that happens, but i’m too nice to be pushy about it. Places with good service tend to manage to serve people in order, in my experience. Maybe I just need to man the fuck up. As it stands I’ll say they are the ones in the wrong.
Pizza by the slice is decent enough. Not great. Just decent… and only if it’s relatively fresh. I don’t think the ability to notice that a Pizza has been under a hot lamp for an hour is a skill only I posses, so make sure you have a look before ordering.
If you are dining in and order a fresh pizza then I can’t really fault them. I haven’t managed to finish one yet because they just aren’t moreish enough. The ribs however are a different story. I fucking loved the ribs. And that is why Pepperoni’s gets two stars instead of one. They are capable of more, I just think they get enough custom to not see it as an issue. Complacency never killed any cats, but it can ruin a business.

Pepperoni’s used to be part of my regular Thursday ritual. I’d go swing dancing in the middle of the city, and I’d head back down Elizabeth to Flinders St station, all sweaty and popping. And I’d drop by Pepperoni’s, throw down a five dollar note and pick up a couple of slices of thick greasy pizza.
If you’re looking for descriptive terms for Pepperoni’s pizza, thick and greasy do pretty well. So does slightly overpriced, and cheesy as hell. But it’s mostly the good type of cheese and the good type of grease. You’re not being kidded that it’s healthy, but it’s also a long way from awful.
Ultimately, it’s the kind of pizza which is nice for a slice or two, but would get pretty wearying over an entire family sized.

It is worth waiting for some fresh pizza, and even when you wait at this establishment you will (in many cases) be disappointed. The pizza was just tasteless, and I would have been better off ordering from Pizza Hut instead of making the effort to order from this establishment. The pizza was average, and the order time was totally unacceptable despite this establishment being in the same area where I live — that’s right in Melbourne City itself!
As a result I am much better off ordering pizza at Domino’s at Carlton, yet my pizza arrives to my doorstep within 30 minutes and its still fresh and hot. This is where the chains are onto a good thing, and yet the non chain is disappointing.
This pizza is not the best; it is black and burnt; not to mention soggy in areas where pizza should not be in tandem with the long wait times. When a pizza has chilli on it, the serving is way too generous and spoils the other toppings. Please let this review come to an end — don’t waste your breath. There are many other great places to order pizza (chains and non-​chains alike) from in Melbourne. Save your money.

«Pepperoni’s prides itself on excellent service» — the funniest joke of 2011…
NOTES:
~ Minimum order for delivery is $ 20.
~ Do not pay attention to a single thing on their website… honestly.
~ This review is only based on delivery.
I am going to feel bad about this extremely catty review, but I have to do it. Why? Because this restaurant is an absolute joke. You might as well not even put in an order because they don’t actually give you what you order, they just give you whatever they feel like making. Either that or all the drivers have a future ending up on the Darwin Awards because they messed up my order 4 out of 5 times. Even thinking back and reflecting on the mess that is Pepperoni’s is surreal.
My first experience was the only time they got things right. I ordered Roast of the Day, which was delicious. 2 pieces of chicken smothered in gravy, mashed potatoes, and vegetables steamed to perfection. It’s a sort of drug that makes you want to go running back for more, but I probably should have quit while I was ahead.
The next night I ordered Roast of the Day again. I ended up getting what I deduced as Chicken Mexicana based on the menu description but I figured that it was just a one-​time mistake and let it slide. So the next night I ordered again and ended up with pasta. I don’t know how that happened, but it did.
The next attempt I got beef with vegetables that tasted awful. I temporarily gave up because my heart could not take it any more, but a few weeks later I decide to try again.
I ordered 2 Roast of the Days, I ended up with 1.
I’m done. We’re breaking up, Pepperoni’s. We just need to see other people because I cannot handle this anymore.
It’s not me, it’s you. So when your website says that you pride yourself in excellent service, I am going to have to call you out on it.