Rise Pizzeria — Restaurant in Burlingame

A surprise to say the least. Being from the East coast, specifically Philly/NYC I am very critical of pizza. The pizza options were many and all delicious. Yes, I said all! Being able to attend a small family party I was given the chance to try many types of pizza as well as the wings and the Caesar salad. The dough was very light, crispy and a nice fresh flavor, tomato sauce was mildly sweet, with a good amount of tomato chunks. The cheese on several was better than most, but still had more oil than what I like. Pepperonis were small, but plentiful with great flavor. The prosciutto and Arugula topped pizza was my favorite and the biggest hit at the affair. I would rank this place as better than most and can easily stand up against East Coast pizza. The meatballs lacked consistency in taste as well as being held together with breadcrumbs and egg if the made them that way. Don’t get me wrong, the meatballs were good, just not what I want to see in a meatball. Lucky if you live in Burlingame as this place would be on my frequent short list of...

Update: Spoke with Daryl about the below experience and came in to the pizzeria for a meal, where we had an opportunity to try the food fresh from the wood-fired oven. All of the food we had was excellent, particularly the burrata. Daryl and the pizzeria provided an awesome experience and demonstrated that this is a top notch business, one that we will be eating at again.

Ordered a couple pizzas for delivery through their website. After 45 minutes, still hadn't received any updates, so called for one. Restaurant staff answered and said they had our pizzas there and were waiting for service to come and pick up. Waited another 45 mins until pizzas were finally delivered. This was on a Thursday night as well and clearly the pizzas were done pretty quickly. It is ridiculous that it would take an hour and a half for delivery. If we would have known that, we would've just gone and picked it up ourselves. Obviously this says more about the delivery service (Postmates) that ended up delivering it, but still pretty...

Edit: The quality has noticeably decreased. The ingredients are skimpy, the dough is just normal now. Not really worth the price.

The restaurant is picturesque and tries hard to be authentic with loud pronouncement of the provenance of their prominently displayed oven. The ingredients are similarly showcased to telegraph the care the pizzeria devotes to its food.

To be fair, the food really are great. The pie doughs are excellent, thin and chewy without bloating you. I've tried a variety of pies, both vegetarian and meat, and they all use their ingredients to stand out from one another. You'll want to try them at least one slice of each, and you won't get bored with the second slice.

The burrata are refreshing and tasty, but the amount you get for the price seems meager.

Great food that will draw me back...