Without Papers Pizza

Made a reservation for a party of 12, in which they forgot about us. After waiting 30min with little apologies or drink compensation, NASH across the street was gracious and take our party in. NASH has wonderful customer service and food. Wish I could say the same for Without Papers.

Great salad & pizza. Nice atmosphere — overlooking the kitchen. I wish those pizza turners would ‘show off’ a bit more — like I did when flipping pizza at Angelino’s in Wolfville while at Acadia University in Wolfville, NS — circa 1990! Monday night has free corkage.

This is a very good pizza place. The doughs are hand stretched, and probably made in house. They have a good pizza oven that cooks at a high temperature, so the crusts come out perfect. They have a good variety of toppings and some interesting combinations. Nothing too fancy, but very solid.
The dining room is very casual and can get pretty loud. I wouldn’t recommend this place for families, especially with young children. This is not a Boston pizza. This place is for adults who don’t mind the noise, aren’t expecting to be waited on hand and foot, and want to drink a couple of beers.

I don’t know what kind of life I’d have if I became an «elite reviewer» on Unilocal,but as a regular customer with no grandiose ideas of self importance, the atmosphere is refreshing, the pizza is addictive, and the staff and ownership are friendly.
I always order the Hawaiian. They always stuff my face with the finest and I appreciate that. Anyone picking on this place probably resents having to walk up a flight of stairs.

Very good pizza with some funky toppings. Nice wine and great service too. I’ll be back.

Avoid shroom pizza, extremely oily and heavy on your stomach. Mushrooms are precooked and the amount of truffle oil makes the pizza soggy. Shame

Its location is perfect because if there is no street parking you have the starbucks across the street to park in, jump out, run up the stairs and grab the order.
The pizzas were ready and the staff was very friendly. Got a fridge magnet out of it. We had a Sausage Party and white sauce pizza which were both fantastic.
This is the go to place for us now because its not extremely busy like the place on 17^th and 4^th and you can call for pick up.

Best pizza in Calgary. Cibo is a close second, followed by Famosa, but Without Papers definitely takes the cake.

Without Papers is a tasty pizza place, but in contrast to the multiple offerings now found in our beautiful city, they just don’t stack up.
Standard toppings and lacklustre service makes this only get a 2 star. Our server was often too busy chatting up her buddies or with another customer, and ignored our table too frequently — especially annoying when you let your server know you are in a bit of a rush for an event after the dinner.
I had a jalapeño Hawaiian pizza, and it was tasty, but nothing to write home about. I’d prefer to go elsewhere like Double Zero, or even Famoso in comparison to this place. Their crust is just a bit too stale for me.

Popped in for pizza before leaving on a trip — Without Papers had been on my list for a really long time and I didn’t feel like doing dishes. Solution sorted!
Like the posters on the wall that pay homage to pizza puns in movie titles. They also have movies playing on the tvs dotted around. Place was pretty full for a Thursday night so would recommend reservations if you care where you sit — they do have counter space available at a little bar. Like that you can see into the kitchen to see how it is all done.
Started with the beef and pork meatballs which were a good size and in the most divine tomato sauce. Could have eaten this dish twice!
We weren’t ravenous so decided to share a pizza. Told the lovely server our 2 top choices and told her to surprise us. Ended up with the Hog Wild — roasted garlic panna, wild boar sausage, salami, rapini, fontina, chili oil. It was pretty tasty. Little oily but think that may have come from the sausage and salami. Made the middle quite droopy and definitely a 20-​hand needed eating experience. Would be interested to try a couple other options they have.
Drink wise I went with lemonade cause who doesn”t love house-​made lemonade? Unfortunately I didn’t like this one all that much at all. Not very lemony, quite watered down, more like well flavored water. Star lost due to sadness over lemonade :(
Would eat there again, but honestly have had better pizza at other locations in Calgary. When I factor in the price per pizza I will rather go somewhere that blows me away on the taste factor.

I was invited for my friends birthday. It ended up being just 3 of us. The service and staff where unbelievably great. The food was Amazing. As a cleaning business owner the restaurant was very clean. I was so happy I came back the next day again for the pizza. It’s easy to eat. Super full of flavour and all about great experience. Thanks guys. Steve from get a life cleaner Inc

We heard a lot of good comments about this place, so one day we decided to give it a try.
We ordered a caprese salad to start, and then a veggie pizza as our main. The salad was at our table within 5 minutes of placing our order, which was very impressive. Unfortunately, it was not the same for the pizza. It was a good 45 minutes until our pizza arrived.
The pizza itself was good, crust was thin and it was a good balance between the sauce, cheese and toppings. However, it was nothing spectacular — especially not for the time we waited for it. I must say I have had better pizza within the city limits (Pulcinella and Double Zero come to mind).
The service was good although on the slow side. However our server was very friendly and eager to give suggestions and such, so kudos for that. We might give it another try sometime in the future if we are in the area and craving pizza.

SOOOOOO GOOOOODDDD!!!
I have wanted to eat at this restaurant for a while now but things always got in the way and I really wish I would have gotten to it sooner as it rocked my pizza world. My best friend and I went for a quick dinner before an event at the zoo. We shared the caesar salad and the Prosecutor pizza. The caesar salad was really great, not too much dressing but a really nice balance between garlic, anchovy and vinegar taste. There were also fantastic croutons that I assume were homemade and i could have really just eaten a bowl of croutons.
The pizza had pancetta, arugula, caramelized onions and fresh mozzarella served up on a thin crust. The initial flavour of the pizza remind me of good french onion soup, with the onions and the cheese and then you got the saltines of the pancetta and it really rocked my world.
The service was great considering we didn’t make a reservation and it was a Saturday night. This place gets BUSY so if you can try and make a reservation on their website if you can. We were seated at the bar that encircles the stairs into the restaurant and it was comfortable considering it was bar seating.
The prices are decent, its defiantly not inexpensive but not all the way to cost prohibitive. I feel that you defiantly get a top notch product for money spent.
It’s seriously worth the visit!

We discovered WOP on the Food Network, so naturally when we got the chance to go to Calgary. In the five days we were in Calgary, we went there twice. Both times the staff was fantastic and the pizza was amazing.

Very friendly service and delicious pizza… One of my favorites in the city… The wine was also very good and the ambience was cool… It’s not a romantic spot as is normally very busy (I recommend to make reservations) … But is a great place to go with a group of friends, have a good time and excellent pizzas…

The pizza was stellar. The server accommodated my son’s request for cheese pizza with chicken. I had the hog wild and I’ve been dreaming about it ever since. It was divine.
Sadly, everything beside the pizza was lacking. The house made lemonade was very watered down, quite flavourless. The tiramisu was unremarkable and my cappuccino tasted like it was made from old beans.
Service was ok (but yes, staff often chatting in the corner). My son enjoyed the cartoons projected on the walls.
In the end: I’d order the pizza in a heartbeat but not a lot else.

I had heard a lot about W.O.P. and was excited when I had the opportunity this week to go there for a work lunch.
Unfortunately, I would have to say that I was disappointed by the end of lunch.
First, it seems strange that a restaurant that doesn’t have traditional drink options like ginger ale or diet…, they were out of everything they did have. Our waitress told me that «oh, we only have the grapefruit and ginger beer»… I ordered the ‘house made’ lemonade and it was not good. I would have rather been served a brisk… which is sad.
For appetizers we (there were four of us) ordered the house marinated olives, the beef and pork meatballs, and 3 of us ordered a Caesar salad (billed as with glazed prosciutto and an anchovy vinaigrette).
The olives were terrible — I am a huge fan of olives and when these were put on the table, I was excited — multiple type and sizes of olives were in the dish. Unfortunately, they were overly warm and the marinade was so strong that I could only eat one or two. For a table of 4 guys, we ate about 5 olives.
The meatballs were served in a tomato sauce with some Parmesan — these meatballs would have been pretty good in a sandwich with some other nice flavours. On their own, however, they were tasty but extremely bland — almost no spice to them. I found that I was trying to spoon more and more tomato sauce on them just for flavour.
I love Caesar salad. the description here made it sound great — glazed prosciutto, home made anchovy vinaigrette… The salad was a huge disappointment… it seemed to be more of a Caesar that came from a bag, except the dressing was weak and almost non-​existent. Only one of the 3 that ordered salad actually ate it all.
Now comes the reason I gave this place 3 stars not less… The pizza. I ordered the ‘Pizza the Hut’ — wild board pepperoni and it was really tasty and compared to other places in Calgary like Famosa — I thought the size, ingredients, and overall taste was better for the price ($ 19).
I would order the pizza again but wouldn’t order anything else… For me (i live in the beltline), Inglewood is a bit of a pain in the ass to get to and I wouldn’t make the effort just to go to W.O.P.

Going out for Pizza is a Toss Up in Calgary but «Without Papers» Pizza in Inglewood had some of the best tasking and constructed Pizza we have dined out for in the city; however, we had to wait a long time for it.
It took 70 minutes to be seated and an additional 20 minutes to have our order taken. It actually took 2 full hours (yes we timed it) to be served our pizzas from the moment we arrived.
I think under any circumstance that is a sign a restaurant needs to do some thinking about the process for seating and keeping your customers satisfied while they wait for extended periods of time.
My advice, train the staff to kindly ask the patrons who are leaving to actually leave instead of standing at their tables talking away (pretending to leave like a bunch of douchebags) while numerous people are waiting to eat.
My other advice, have someone work in the bar during peak hours to serve people standing around waiting for a seat. And speaking of standing… any chance there could be some stools at the bar for those waiting around?
Recap: two critiques for this location are:
1. Not a large bar service and limited menu options for cocktails.
2. Not very effective table triaging during busy times. Long wait time was over the top.
Compliments on the great pizza and cool location.

I came here when I was in Calgary for their Fringe Festival. I had an hour or so to kill in Inglewood before the show I was seeing started, and I hadn’t eaten so this seemed like a good dining option. Also I remember a blogger I met saying this was a good restaurant.
It was busy when I got here, and I had heard they don’t take reservations, but because I was by myself I was able to get a seat at the bar. I was excited to see they serve Grizzly Paw sodas so I got a black cherry one. Yum.
The pizzas here come in one size, and are probably best to be shared, but I was hungry so I just ordered the full Margherita pizza. It’s so simple (tomato sauce, mozzarella, basil, some olive oil and sea salt), but when done right it’s so good. The pizza here was delicious and the crust was pretty thin and had a nice texture, not too hard and slightly chewy. There was way more than enough pizza for me, so I got about half boxed up and enjoyed the rest of it for lunch the next day.
The server I had was really friendly, and quick to get my bill when I needed to leave. Definitely a dining spot to come back to next time I’m in Calgary.

Good olives– terrible service — took far too long to make the pizza. And the pizza is pretty standard, nothing over the top amazing.
Have gone a few times now, service has always been terrible. The last time we arrived… restaurant was over ½ empty, asked to waitress for a table for 4, grumbles from her and an I guess i can seat you over here… «you guess»? don’t do us any favors. I ordered olives to start… and finish with, as she never asked again.
No apologies on the social media feed. 5 servers standing around the bar chatting, but if you want water or food… good luck.
Apparently the bathroom is also broken and therefore the door does not close/​lock.
Without papers is without my vote. 2 stars only due to the delicious overpriced olives.