Epic Pizza — Restaurant in Sydney

Epic Pizza (I soon learned; unaffiliated with Epic Games/Fortnite) do "New York style" pizza. Ballsy claim because we're in Sydney, in the other side of the globe.

I've been to New York and I've lived in the US where NY pizza joints are abundant and I've had my fair share of NY pizza, and I can say that Epic Pizza is pretty great. You can buy by the slice, where the slices are as big (if not bigger) than your head, and you can also buy smaller, more manageable sized whole pizzas. If I remember right the "medium size pizza" was 12' diameter. Decent.

The "Date Night" combo (or something to that affect) was $40 for two medium sized pizzas, two drinks of your choice and a side of your choice. A little pricier than Dominos, but substantially larger, and in my humble opinion, well worth the price. A solid deal.

The crust was good, with a decent chew and a nice crusty exterior. Not deep pan, and not thin and crispy; exactly what I want in a New York style pizza. I got the Hawaiian (called the Aloha) because I'm freaky, and the ham stood out as being pretty great quality. The pineapples weren't anything special (I think they were tinned), but they hit the spot, and the tomato sauce had a tang and a very gentle sweetness to it that was pleasant.

The garlic bread was pretty alright, but honestly after the single pizza I was already stuffed. As in I was stuffed from the pizza, not the pizza was stuffed. No stuffed crusts here.

Definitely keen to check out more stuff.

Also sweet neon...

Absolute Shambles. We placed an order with great difficulty, receiving a 75 minute delivery estimation, items listed on the online menu were not available as advertised. After 2 hours waiting we rang them to check on our order, we were put on hold and disconnected, after ringing them back, we spoke to a different person and struggled to confirm our order. We were then passed to another person who told us that he would ring us back in five minutes but the pizzas had just left. After five minutes they rang us back and told us a very obvious lie that our pizza's had left the store, the delivery man had dropped them, he didn't notify the store, then told the store that minute (conveniently), then went "incognito" and vanished. This was interesting as they still weren't able to confirm what our order even was. When we refused to order again, and asked for a refund they told us they weren't able to do that, when we insisted they told us they would call us back (again).. a few minutes later they called us back and informed us a delivery boy would bring us the cash.. ?? The poor delivery boy had to come all the way to our apartment just to give us our cash back assuming he'd have to deal with disgruntled customers when it was obviously not his fault. Will never order from these guys again. I recommend you...

Wait, I have to look up the meaning of "epic"..ok, so in this case it means that this pizza is heroic in scale. Well then epic pizza, all is well. These pizzas are relatively heroic in scale. If big is beautiful, they've got it. This is my second foray into the heroic dimension, ans it confirms the conclusion of the first. If you want your pizza to satisfy you with a hit of bread-rich carbs and cheese, then you will find the satisfaction that I'm sure you also get from a loaf of tip top, a packet of kraft singles, and a target jangle iron. This is not to downplay the sheer joy of these remnants of the cancer culture of the 70s. However, if you think that epic will transport you to new York for a slice, I have bad news. New York today is more Kurt Russell's escape worthy island than it is pizza paradise. If patsys in Harlem has not survived the trump blight, I'll never sleep right again. The other bad news is that as a substitute, epic is the moccona freeze dried of espresso coffee. It performs a service in delivering an essential drug, but at a cost. So why 3 stars? Because it is a product that will deliver an honest form of satisfaction. Just look out for Kurt Russell. He should have made it all the way...