Sergio's Pizza — Restaurant in Port Moody

Not the same as it used to be. It’s Friday afternoon, and I feel like a nice slice of pizza on the way home. I walk in, nobody in sight; like a saloon in the westerns. I take a couple of steps forward and see two old Hawaiian slices in the warmer. One, clearly more sad than the other. A lady pops out from the back and asks if I want anything. I gasp, glaring, unable to take my eyes off the two abandoned slices blanketed in an orange hue and ask “Is this all you have available by the slice?” “Yes” she tells me. “10 minutes for another pizza”. These slices reminded me of the ones you used to get for free just so they could keep fresh stock in the window. On my way to pick up my wife, I don’t happen to have the luxury of an additional 10 free minutes for a $3.50 slice of burning hot pizza. So I tell her I’ll take one of them please. She proceeds to reaching for the sadder one. Leaving the nicer one behind for the next guest, maybe in hopes of being enticed by its loneliness like it needed a belly to fill. As I ask for the “nicer” slice she stares at me like a deer in headlights. As if she couldn’t see that one was noticeably of better value. She complies. I hand her $5. She gives me $1.05 back. I mention to her that I’m missing the proper change. She corrects it and gives me an additional quarter back with the original $1.05. I correct her once more and finally get proper change. By now I’ve had a bite and it is one of the most disappointing bites of pizza I ever recall having. Just as I’m about to walk out I ask “Is this place under new ownership?” “Yes” she tells me. “The owner is in the back” “Thank you” I tell her, defeated, and gutted at the idea that what once was one of the best slices in Greater Vancouver will never dance its flavours on my tastebuds or full my belly ever again....

UPDATE - July 5, 2023 We finally had occasion to order pizza in for a family gathering so we gave Sergios a try. End result - decent - not fantastic and not bad, especially compared to other offerings in the area. There definitely are better in the area, depending on what you like - Mama Said, Spacca Napoli, Me n Eds - but those are a different style and you pay a lot more for them. For the record, our favourite is San Remo - you really pay for that but worth it, in my opinion. Anyways, I quite liked "the Torch" pizza - with hot peppers and pepperoni and everyone else thought the others were at least good. So I changed my rating to a three star. We got one large and three medium which came to around $80 and easily fed 6 adults and two kids with lots of leftovers. Oh, and there looked to be more variety in the pizza by the slice offerings too. I can't really speak to what the full pizza order is like now that they've changed owners as even previously, I always found it to be a bit hit or miss - sometimes good, sometimes just okay. But it's always been my go-to for pizza by the slice. It used to be they had a decent variety of pizzas by the slice and it was always good for the price. Last couple of times I went in there was only one pizza in the case and people waiting for fresh pizza to come out. Maybe I just had bad timing, but it did happen the last 2 times I was in. Hopefully everyone else has a better experience - we already have enough mediocre pizza places in...

Lastnight we ordered dinner from here, it has been a long while. When I called to place my order the lady that answered the phone was nice and polite which was great, but this is where I knew something had changed. The wait time for our order was normal, 20 minutes to pick up. Now, this is where the good stops. Upon arrival I noticed that the staff was no longer the younger people in their 20s working. There was a husband and wife running the place with younger kid drawing pictures at one of the tables, nothing wrong with this. Pair for my order and returned home with 2 pizza. The first pizza, the big aloha smelled good. The looks, sub-par. It now has extra large slices of ham with minimal cheese. There was a decent amount of pineapple. The taste was less than average. It is no longer a nice and hearty pizza with substance. The second pizza we had was the Alfredo. It smelled good. It looked really sloppy. The taste was less than average once again. The dough seemed like it was not fully cooked. The toppings did not stay on the pizza. There was excessive sauce that made things soggy. The garlic was plopped on the slices in clumps. There were a couple of pieces that had some mystery chunks. I had no idea that this place had changed ownership and I have nothing against them. Unfortunately, for us this will be the last time we order from this place. I would not recommend this place for...