Studio Pizza — Restaurant in Cēsis

The pizza is always great. If you are a tourist, be warned, bacon can be slimy and normally under the cheese where it doesn't cook well. Other than that, all good. The cheese balls are great and the give your a great portion. The black ones are really cool.

Also I drink a lot of liquid and this is one of the only places I found in Cesis where you can buy a big soft drink for your table. Oh yeah! The can shaped glasses are super nice to drink from. Nice touch.

There's a small kids zone where they can make toy pizzas which is really cool.

The atmosphere really would be fine if staff took notice of what is going on in the business. Last night a group were in letting their young child run absolutely wild. He was trying to get behind the counter, climbing on shelves and chairs, screaming, I mean completely disruptive. I mean a two year old is obviously a two year old. I have a 3 year old. I understand.

But the parents did nothing while this went on and on. They sat, they ate, they drank beer. This went on for 30 mins to an hour. Staff saw this. Quietly spoke to each other and shook their heads in disapproval, but said nothing. Zero. Not their problem. At one point the kid nearly ran out of the business on to the street.

Staff, if you had politely intervened it would have been marvellous. You have to control your floor. They clearly haven't been trained on how to handle this situation. For this weakness I must take stars. And I hate that because the food is awesome. I hope to change my review after a few more...

Pizza is meh. Not great but not awful either.

Now the service however is some of the worst I have ever experienced at any business, which is hard to say without sounding too entitled but try to take my word for it here.

We had to spend more than an hour there, we ordered two simple pizzas and we got one of them after about 20 minutes (which felt a bit long already, place wasn't exactly packed or anything). However, more than 20 minutes after that we still hadn't seen the second one.

Every time we asked about it the staff insisted it's coming and that we have to wait because "they're prepared in order". Whatever order they refer to is beyond my comprehension because we ordered both at the same time. Eventually they came up and asked what we ordered because they clearly had no clue.

Ridiculously enough we were not the only ones there - at the same time - who have received just a part of their order, another couple asked multiple times for their second pizza as well. They had been there since we came and still hadn't received their full order when we left.

My partner was standing in queue to ask for the money back when our second pizza finally came to our table (way past an hour since our initial order, mind you). We decided to just eat it quickly and get out of there instead of wasting any more time and energy at that place.

I can't stress strongly enough how little I recommend going there. Don't waste your time, money or energy on this business which clearly does not care about...

ENG down below, LV: Mana vilšanās ir neizmērojama. Labāk ejiet uz pagrabiņu, tur daudz mazākas cenas un nenošausiet greizi.

Dzirdēju daudz sliktas atsauksmes par šo vietu, bet nodomāju, ka cilvēki vienkārši maz ko saprot no picām, un, ka te pilns esot ar vietējiem influenceriem un hipsteriem, kas uzturas regulāri šajā iestādē, tad jau nevajadzētu galīgi garām būt. Došos ar atvērtu prātu notestēt, ganjau nebūs tik traki. Pasūtījām divas picas, vienu, kas principā bija Margarita ar mocarellu un baziliku un cherry tomātiem. Un otra saucās chorizo. Ļoti sakardināja chorizo desa, bet uz picas bija vēl klāt kāzas siers un rukola un vēl šis tas, bez mīklas, siera un tomātu mērces. Likās aizdomīgi, bet kārdinājums uz chorizo bija pārāk liels. Nu labi. Atbraucām pēc picām. Viss jau nedaudz aizdomīgi smaržoja pēc kaut kādas simt reiz lietotas eļļas, atverot picas it kā skats neko... Bet tā garša.. Nekāda. Mīkla nekāda, un piedegusi, jā, mīklai jābūt ar plankumiem, bet tur viss piededzis. Melns nevis brūns. Mērces uz mocarellas Margaritas tik daudz, cik aptuveni ar sarkanu marķieri uzzīmēts. Siera tikpat. Principā plika, eļļaini smakojoša maize. Otra pica, kuras šaubīgie čorizo nemaz nebija atbrīvoti no plastmasas mizām, bija otrada galējība. Tam gudrinekam, kas izdomāja, ka ir prātīgi tik spēcīgas sastāvdaļas kombinēt bez nekādiem balansējošiem elementiem... Nu tā nav pica, tā ir vienkārši sastāvdaļu izniekošana, un stulba uzpūtība uzdrīkstēties tādas muļķības tirgot un vēl uz piedegušas mīklas. Un šīs vēl no Menu izskatījās puslīdz pieklājīgas... Kādas ir tās picas, kur viss ir saspaidīts ar tām majonēzēm un mērcēm... Picai un majonēzei vispār nevajadzētu uz viena galda atrasties. Ja picu autori būtu kaut puslīdz tik daudz pūļu ieguldījuši paskatoties YouTube video par to kā normāla pica jācep, cik daudz vērsuši uzmanības kastes dekorācijai, bizness plauktu kā pumpuri šobrīd saulē.

Žēl tas naudas, žēl izejvielu un žēl, ka cilvēki tic, ka viņi tiešām rada kaut ko baudāmu. Tipisks kitchen nightmares scenārijs. Ejiet labāk uz pagrabiņu, tur tiešām nenožēlosiet. Bet ja jums šeit garšo. Tad turpiniet atbalstīt un ignorējiet ko rakstu.

ENG: I've heard a lot of bad things about this place, but I figured that people just don't understand much about pizza, and since it's full of local influencers and hipsters who frequently hang around the place, it can't be that bad. I'll go with an open mind to try it out. We ordered two pizzas, one which was basically a Margarita with mozzarella and basil and cherry tomatoes. And the other one was called chorizo. The chorizo sausage was very tempting, but on the pizza there was also goats cheese and arugula and something else, not counting the dough, cheese and tomato sauce. It seemed suspicious, but the temptation for chorizo was too great. Oh well. We went back for the pizzas. Everything smelled a bit suspiciously of oil that had been used a hundred times, and when we opened the pizzas, it was as if we were looking at semi decent pizza... But it tasted... Abysmal. The dough was burnt, yes, dough should have spots, but it's all burnt. Black, not brown. As much sauce on the mozzarella margarita as is roughly drawn on with a red pen marker. The same amount of cheese. Basically, bare, oily-smelling bread. The other pizza, whose dubious chorizo was not at all free of plastic peel, was the other extreme. For the people who thought it was wise to combine such strong ingredients without any balancing elements... Well, it's not pizza, it's just a waste of ingredients, and stupid arrogance to dare to sell such nonsense, and on a stale dough. And these ones still looked halfway decent from Menu... Unlike those pizzas where everything is slathered in mayonnaise and sauces... Pizza and mayonnaise shouldn't be on the same table at all. If these pizza makers had put half as much effort into watching YouTube videos on how a normal pizza should be made, in comparison to how much attention they paid to the decoration of the pizza box, the business would be thriving like buds in the...