1-for-1 Pizza

1729 Bank St. - 737-0011
Date of order: July 9th, 2004 at 7:40 PM
Arrived: 8:00 PM
Cost: $16.75 + tip

   In what is now becoming commonplace for Pizza Ottawa, we ordered our pizza on a lazy Friday night. This time, it was from 1-for-1 Pizza, a local chain that offers two pizzas instead of one, for one low-low price. We ordered two larges, both plain cheese, at 7:40 PM. Very pleased with the low price of $16.75, we were not expecting greatness. Indeed, previous encounters with 1-for-1 Pizza had led us to expect a perfectly passable pizza with absolutely no outstanding qualities whatsoever. We were not disappointed. When the two pizzas arrived, we popped in another South Park DVD (also becoming commonplace) and dug in. The pizzas came in individual boxes (Pizza Pizza is the only place we’ve encountered ‘twins’ boxes), so we opened the top one and set the other aside. The pizza looked just like any other normal pizza. We picked up our slices to find that the crust was fairly thin and the weight of the cheese caused limping, which necessitated the folded slice method of consumption. The crust was also soft and chewy, but fairly bland. The sauce was a similar story, bland and without any real distinguishable characteristics. The cheese was in a good amount and tasted good. Again, it was nothing special, but it hit the spot. One thing we have noticed with 1-for-1 Pizza is that it is very easy to eat a lot of it. In fact, we ate the first pizza, aided by the presence of another person eating with us. So without delay, we started on the second pizza. This pizza was noticeably more cooked than the one we had just consumed. The crust wasn't as limp, and the cheese was a little crispier on the top. For simplicity's sake and to maintain a consistency with the other reviews, we based our ratings on the first pizza, as it was the first one we ate.

   The bottom line for 1-for-1 Pizza is that they provide a lot of pizza for a small price. The pizza itself is nothing to write home about, but there is nothing particularly bad about it. While we wouldn’t order pizza from 1-for-1 most of the time, when you need to feed the hoards or are looking for some cheap eats, there is nothing better.

Ratings:

Crust: 7 out of 10
Sauce: 6 out of 10
Cheese: 6 out of 10
Grease: 5 out of 10
Presentation: 8 out of 10

In addition, we award 1-for-1 Pizza an extra 0.5 points for its good value.

Overall Rating: 6.5 out of 10

Posted by Jim at August 9, 2004 02:52 PM