Hot House Pizza — Restaurant in Oak Bay

You know what really grinds my gears? These hipsters at pizza joints that think they’re revolutionizing the pizza game. Every time I walk into this hot house pizza place, I’m just trying to get a classic slice of pepperoni or maybe a Hawaiian if I’m feeling adventurous. But no, what do I see? Freaking perogi pizza, and some abomination called the ‘Mediterranean Delight’ that looks like a salad threw up on a pizza crust. Who asked for this? Seriously!

Listen, pizza is not supposed to be a canvas for your culinary experiments. It’s pizza, for crying out loud! It’s supposed to be simple, greasy, and satisfying. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel here. Pepperoni, Hawaiian, maybe a good ol’ Meatlovers. These are staples for a reason! They’re reliable, they’re delicious, and they don’t make me question my life choices.

And what’s with these places running out of the basics? It’s like going to a bar and they don’t have beer, but they’ve got kombucha on tap. How does that make any sense? Do these pizza places not realize that people just want their classics? I’m all for trying new things, but when I’m hungry and I want a pizza, I don’t want to feel like I’m taking part in some culinary experiment.

Keep your wild flavors if you must, but always, always have the staples. Because if I walk in one more time and see a menu that looks like it belongs in some avant-garde food festival, I might just lose it. Give me my pepperoni, give me my Hawaiian, and keep your perogi pizza to yourself. Alright? It’s pizza, not a...

I ordered the house special pizza which was supposed to have ham and pepperoni However I was disappointed that the meat had nothing to do with ham or pepperoni. They use some kind of cheap cold cut meat that looks bad, not sure about the taste because I just removed it from my piece and never tried it. Not to mention that the meat had some black spots (from the olives I suppose). Too bad I didn't take a picture of that meat pizza before I threw it in the garbage. Since I was hungry, I went back and ordered cheese pizza and mentioned to the cash lady that I am not sure what meat they use but this deffinately was Not ham, or pepperoni! She just ignored me and didn't say anything, took my money for the second slice and that's it. Service is same garbage as the food in this place. Cheese pizza was decent though, still edible. Too bad I didn't take a picture of that meat before I threw it in the garbage! Wouldn't go back nor will...

We've been getting pizza at the Foul Bay Hot House Pizza for several years. Over the past few months we have had a few that were very well done. Tonight, with guests over to watch the game, we got two large that were burned black. Couldn't even recognize the toppings, the underside was as crunchy as a biscuit. The toppings were in clumps e.g. the Mexican pizza had hardly any jalapeno on the first few slices, the next slice was like a jalapeno salad, too hot to eat. Oh Ya...I showed up exactly 20 minutes after ordering....was told it would be another ten minutes because they had ran out of sauce! What kind of pizza place runs out of sauce? Might have to start checking out a few of the newer pizza places that have sprung up in the...