Straight to the point – if you’re after takeaway pizza of the gluten free variety, go to Hell.
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Here’s the run down on my experience with the ever-growing franchise:
1. It does gluten free bases
Enough said. It is a little more expensive though – an extra $3 for full size or $2 for snack size. But it tastes decent, not far from the real deal even, and it does GF in both sizes, which puts well ahead of the competition.
2. Decisions, decisions, decisions
There are heaps of options. There’s a standard menu, a gourmet menu and, for the control freaks out there, you can build your own from scratch with ‘The Creator’. And worth noting, the toppings are far better quality than its franchise friends – we’re talking sundried tomatoes, cashews, smoked salmon, cheeses for Africa – all sorts of good stuff.
3. Simple ordering. You don’t even need to speak to a real person, if you don’t want to
Ordering online is a piece of cake (slash pizza). But it may pay to ring and check on sauces and meats for gluten free – I’ve had some close shaves with crumbed meats arriving. The delivery people are usually friendly too – in their own adolescent, grunty kind of way.
4. Slightly over par price-wise
With a standard 12.5 inches costing $18.50 (including GF base) or $9.50 for snack-size, the price is expensive – but not unreasonable, particularly given the quality of the ingredients.Image may be NSFW.
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5. The curse of the limited edition pizza
Once I had this amazing pizza. It’s the one pictured above in fact. It was wasabi and prawn and it was incredible. Pure bliss in pizza format. But I never saw it again. It must have been a one night only kind of thing. I don’t even know its name.
Sure, the other flavours are delicious. But there were none like this. If you find it again – maybe you’ll bump into at a party, or stumble over it while trawling the web one night – if you find it, please comment below and tell me. All I have left is hope. And the internet.
But I digress – all in all, Hell Pizza is a great staple, combining quality GF ingredients with hilariously themed collateral – a rare find in the fast food stakes. Definitely recommended.
My rating: 7/10
- Quality: 7/10
- Value: 5/10
- GF selection: 8/10
- Service: 7/10
- X-Factor: 7/10
Hell Pizza | Heaps of locations across Auckland | www.hellpizza.com
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