Pizza East Shoreditch

Anon

Whatever its former reputation (sadly, that brought us here) this place is now truly bad. Barely any service. You have to find someone to let you in, there's nobody on the door and nobody spare. The food took half an hour to arrive and was cold. The drinks took an hour to arrive and were okay but by then we'd finished with the food. They brought the wrong side salad - one with bacon on - and when the right one arrived it was inedible due to masses of salt. We were told by the waitress the drinks would be free since they came so late - but you pay on an app since there's nobody free to deal with you. They weren't free and there was nobody to ask. So we paid and left - nobody appeared to notice. Got home and had cheese and crackers, a coffee and a scoop of ice cream, which - frankly - would have been a better use of our evening.

Since then I have looked at other reviews.

Pizza East, you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Your food is poor - cold, late, oversalted. Your drinks service is lazy to the point of sloppy (there were not other drinks going out whilst we waited - we were next to the bar. There was nobody working in it most of the time). your staff have totally lost interest - the guy who was meant to be greeting people had his attention on a large joint of cannabis instead.

There is something called a hospitality industry in which people work really hard to give other people a nice evening, in return for which the other people pay. Pizza East has neither hospitality nor industry to recommend it. Close now and let a venue that cares use the space, because the space you are in is too nice to be wasted like this.

Anon

Great Service by Geanina

Anon

Amazing food being served by Geanina 

mark F

Unique pizzas in a funky warehouse style room. The non pizza dishes are even better.

Laurie M

I love Pizza East, I probably go here at least twice a month. As long as you are not expecting exceptional service it is lovely. Food is always great and on a Monday it's a bargain!

Claudia

Pizza is great. Staff is Italian. No faults found.

Anon

I have missed going to PE and boy did it not let me down. It was my husband's bday and this is his favourite place. Nickname PE (as I am from a town called Port Elizabeth - PE). For a Monday night this place was packed. Recommend booking at all times. The food - is amazing, with a small menu which is great but the choice is OMG. Starters choose the cheese/ham board the burrata cheese was out of this world, we ordered the famous meatballs, still as good as the first time we had them. Mains you can definitely share these, we had the butternut pizza with Mac & Cheese. Service was very good as always, with it being as busy as it is, they ensure they don't forget you. Due to it being busy we decided to have our coffees at home and birthday cake. Highly recommend, it's no pricier than most places these days. Group of friends, perfect, order various items of the menu and just share them, unless you don't like sharing. If not been before go. PE is my fav restaurant.

Charlotte H

We had our Christmas lunch at Pizza East in December and was so good I decided to return in January. The food is amazing and the staff are very attentive. Will definitely return and would recommend.

BoatLady

The first time I went to Pizza East I hated it. Only a revoltingly hip Shoreditch restaurant would describe itself as having “a progressive approach to pizza” and only the most nauseating of beatniks would swallow it, metaphorically and literally. After a distinctly forgettable non-pizza based main instead, I had avoided this place, and indeed all of East London, pretty much since that visit. Then I was drawn back a few weeks ago to meet a small group of ex-colleagues and I couldn't say No to the suggested venue as no doubt they were desperate to escape the City and Pizza East is within reach, pocket friendly, a known quantity and had a menu unlikely to cause offence (to most, myself excepted it seemed). I now have to eat my previous words (although for sense I will obviously leave them typed out). I threw caution to the wind and had a pizza because I was tempted by the San Daniele which has my all time favourite pizza topping, ricotta, and pesto. And it was yum. I am not sure what was “progressive” about the pizza as it seemed to follow the traditional formula to me: crispy thin base with slightly puffed edge, and lightly but fairly sprinkled toppings with top marks for the creamy cheese. The other pizza options might have been progressive with a few quirky ingredients like veal meatballs and, most unusual of all, a total absence of names like Diavolo and Quattro Qumquats. Service was friendly, if somewhat ubiquitously and overtly moustachioed. And apart from the fact that it was a hot sunny day and I was slowly roasting by the window (a silk dress is not a good option in this situation), the atmosphere was surprisingly laid back pleasant and not studied laid back modish. I am lifting my embargo on the area.

Lets just get this straight- if you want fine dining, white table cloths and wine refilled after every sip, then Pizza East would not be your first port of call. If however you want laid back, buzzy atmosphere with good pizza and wine (out of tumblers- when did this start happening? What's wrong with a good old wine glass I ask!) and somewhere you can chat to your friends without the nosy neighbor listening in on this weeks juicy gossip, then Pizza East should be. No frills, good pizza- Go oooooon, try it!