Tony's Pizza — Restaurant in Palmerston North

Had a good friend recommend this place too our group of friends as it had a combination I've never heard of. Pizza and Gin!

We rocked up on a Friday arvo after having made a last minute booking while cranking a few bevs up at Brew U.

Walked in and the first thing I noticed was the space and how tidy and clean everything was laid out. Along the sides of the room you've got a tonne of games to play and this is a definite highlight because i love wrecking the bro's over a few games of UNO flip whilst we waited for some of the largest god damn pizzas I've ever had in a hot minute.

The staff were equally on fire with their service and professionalism. Our main mans who greeted us at the counter had that dapper g style look goin on which was a cool sight too see vs the trad look of a default uniform. All of the service staff were friendly, accommodating, and just chilled as.

The Pizza's as mentioned were friggin tasty as, with huge portion sizes and whilst I'm no vegan, they've got you covered if you roll that way fam. During the course of our meal we took stock of the generous options of Gins available (I'm a whiskey man myself so having a Gin is a bit out the gate for this brotha). After having a few we all started to settle into the relaxing atmosphere

Tony's has a great balance of both accommodating children and adult groupings. One comment our group made was how the place was just a place ya'll could rock up too and just lax out with games, vibe to the music in the BG while you sip on a quiet Gin for ages.

I would TOTALLY recommend ya'll out there in the interwebz get your visit...

Now I have dined both takeaway and dine in several times I feel compelled to expand on my initial review.

This pizza joint is simply exceptional!!

Firstly: The flavour on these pizzas cannot be overstated. They are simply incredible. The seasoning on the simplest of their ingredients for example, demonstrates the talent involved with building depth of flavour with time and attention to detail. Massive kudos to the chef! Of course the sourdough crust . Good gracious it’s perfect. Crunch it, chew it, dip it, marry it already why don’t I ?

Okay so the mushroom pizza … how good is this !!!! The mushroom cream… oh my lord !

The red onion on the sausage pizza … seriously how are you getting this much flavour into an onion ??

The rotating specials are fun . Recently the brisket with pineapple chimchurry…. Exquisite.

Prior to that, the Mac and cheese, not to flash in my humble opinion. The capsicum took away more than it offered.

Secondly: the vibe. All are welcome here ! When busy it’s pumping in the best way ! Families, cute couples on dates, groups, everyone is just having a great time. Tables are spacious, the whole place seems spacious.

Best way to describe the decor is: fun !

Highlights are a stacked shelving set of board games, old school telly with playable ps2 (yes a decades old machine still running strong) , pin ball machines .

What an absolute joy.

The service is friendly and energetic, occasionally lacking in attentiveness to the customer but heck, this is a fun pizza place not fine dining .

Can’t wait to go back...

So It's super rare when I make food reviews but I just had to review this place.

This place is amazing I love it so much it's literally a place that reminds me of my childhood with the boardgames and the connect four. Also there's a Ps2 with games on an old TV that has two controllers. I love the art style on the walls, I'm telling ya it's like a throw back to the 2000s before video games went downhill with them microtransactions.

The Staff are super easy to talk to, super nice. I've been going back now and then with a friend of mine that is blind and even he is enjoying the place he says its the most relaxed pizza shop he has ever been to and i agree.

The Pizza is super big at first you would think it's expensive for a full pizza but the slices of them is so huge that you might not handle a full pizza. however you can do Slices if you can't handle the full lot.

I haven't tried the alcohol yet but by the pictures I see on Facebook it's super fancy

I'm 100% going back and I think I be going there alot...