Flames Pizza - St Kilda — Restaurant in Melbourne

Welcome to the Melbourne pizza scene! the more the merrier. The pizzas on Uber eats got me interested as it looked like a decent interpretation of Aussie style take away pizza. Unfortunately the pictures were better than the end result.

The two main criticisms I have are: The pizza was delivered in a plastic bag causing the pizza to steam/sweat meaning it was soggy. A "large" pizza with two toppings (salami and pineapple) was $25. At this price point you are competing with the best of the best in Melbourne like DOC and Gradi, which use traditional Italian methods and high quality mozzarella. Your style of pizza/ingredients simply doesn't compare with your equivalent priced competition. If the price was lower, my rating would accomodate this, but as you are asking for $$$ you are inviting yourself to be compared with the best and it simply doesn't hold up. I wish you all the best in future endeavors. If I choose to come back in future, I hope you have taken customer...

Update 21aug25: It's been some 12 months since I last indulged as have been reducing my refined carbohydrates intake considerably and feel much better for it. However, recently had a real urge for a pizza, so ordered via DoorDash the 13-inch Margherita with mozzarella, oregano, no garlic, but added mushrooms, onion and pineapple, on a thin but nicely chewy base. Absolutely delicious and it was light on my sensitive tummy. Paul cut it into cute squares for me for ease of eating. My local pizza joint. I like the pizza slices which are really a quarter of a large pizza, Ham & Pineapple my fave. The pastas are good too. All...

I recently visited and had a mixed experience. On the positive side, they were generous with the meat toppings, which made the pizza flavorful and satisfying. The ingredients seemed fresh, and the portion size was good for the price.

However, I specifically requested extra spice, but unfortunately, I couldn’t taste any spice at all. On top of that, there was no salt, which made the overall taste quite bland. It felt like something was missing, and I had to add seasoning myself.

Overall, the quality of the pizza was decent, but the lack of spice and salt was disappointing. If they improve on that, it would be a much...