Dough LoCo — Restaurant in Lincoln

It’s a bit of dough for a Dough Loco, but can they be topped?

It’s been a minute since we last visited Dough Loco and one night after work, neither of us could be bothered to cook so we decided to give to call up and order. We were starving and we knew collection would be quicker for us as we could travel to the restaurant whilst the food was being cooked and then get straight back home rather than waiting for a driver to find our house.

To our surprise, the food was still piping hot when we arrived back home. Finally, it was time to eat.

We ordered:

The Honey Dough Loco - House Marinara, Fior di latte Mozzarella, Double Pepperoni, Roquito Pearls, Dough LoCo Hot Honey Drizzle

Meat The Devil - Dough LoCo House Marinara, Fior di Latte Mozzarella, Red Onion, Chorizo, Spicy Nduja Sausage, Home-Brewed Chilli Oil.

We couldn’t pick our favourite pizza because they were both outstanding. The crusts were nice and airy with enough crunch in them to fold each slice ready to eat. The bases were covered in a generous amount of toppings but not overwhelmingly full so that when you go to eat a slice the toppings fall off.

Overall, we’re happy with the food that we ordered. The only way the pizzas could have been even better is if they were cooked in a wood-fired oven, but that’s just personal preference. That doesn’t take anything away from what Dough Loco produces. They do damn good pizza.

But, and we do think that we need to say this, they’re not cheap. If we compare Dough Loco’s prices to other independent pizzerias in the city, they are the most expensive. Are they worth their premium pricing? That’s a matter of opinion. Their restaurant is in a prime location though, so that will come at a cost. They’re right in the heart of historical Lincoln with a car park right outside their gates, something other venues can’t boast about.

We’ve been a fan of Dough Loco ever since they formed, and we’ll continue to support them going forward too. Yeah, they’re on the top end of the scale when it comes to price, but you could always check out their Pizza & Punch night every Wednesday which is only £10 to see...

Good pizzas. I don’t know if you’d necessarily notice they were sourdough through flavour and texture alone, but they were nice all the same. The toppings were pretty generous too.

The place had a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Sort of child-friendly, although we weren’t offered or even told that there might be a kids menu when we went at 5pm on a Friday. There is a kids menu apparently. Was it too late? Who knows. Stupidly we didn’t think to ask, but in hindsight it feels a touch child-unfriendly that it wasn’t suggested to us for our 5 and 7 year olds even if it was 5pm on a Friday. Oh well.

Prices were reasonable, with an average pizza coming in at about £12-15. A meal for a family of 4 with sides, a couple of desserts, juices a bottle of wine (and the is-it-optional tip) came in at just over £100. Like I say, it might’ve been less of someone had said there was a kids menu but… hey ho. Service overall was friendly but rather functional.

The bottle of wine we had was really nice. These days it’s hard to get a bottle in a restaurant with much change out of £20 and often you get fobbed off with cheap rubbish. Our £19 organic Tempranillo however was really good, and would normally have cost £10 if you bought it online. Which seems like a not unfair markup. For a restaurant.

The location was very handy for the cathedral and the tourist bits of Lincoln. Overall definitely worth a try over chain pizza restaurants. But DO ask for a kids menu if you...

The food is 5/5 stars! Couldn’t fault it. My lower star rating is down to service. We had booked a table at 7pm and as soon as we walked in we weren’t welcomed, no one said hello and to be honest it really wasn’t obvious who was working? We headed over to the bar and still no greeting? So we waited some more. One of the lads behind the bar didn’t ask if we had a table booked just pointed at some empty tables so we sat down. About five minutes later he came back over with some menus and said “ahhh are you my 7pm booking?” To which we replied yes. He took our drink order and about ten minutes later the “manager” came over and quietly apologised about the wait. It all seemed very messy and not straight forward. We just felt like a nuisance the whole time.

Our drinks came to which they forgot our water, not a problem, but it wasn’t busy? I work in the hospitality industry and I just couldn’t figure out why everything took so long but there were 4 empty tables in restaurant that held about 8 tables? Is there usually more than 2 staff on? Were they understaffed? I don’t know, what I do know is the food is absolutely amazing! Hot and fresh but the service facing we received was extremely...