Templeton Pizza and Greek Food — Restaurant in California

Extremely overrated and underwhelming. As someone who used to work at a pizza joint and has had pizza around the world, this was some of the worst pizza I have had and it also has me seriously questioning that they have “Greek” food. The Greek Salad came with balsamic, which is not what you would normally pair it with as balsamic does not compliment feta cheese. The feta cheese tasted like some extremely low quality bulk buy, nearly flavorless. I’ve never had feta cheese with such lack of flavor, it was like eating paper. The pizza itself mirrors this. Extremely dull, not seasoned (including the crust), and the entire thing had a hint of canned food, likely from the mushrooms which definitely had the texture and look of generic canned mushrooms. We had four ingredients on the pizza, one being olives, and somehow the olives made up 50% of the toppings. The sausage was scarce, apparently replaced in proportion with olives. What I can say is the garlic bread was decent, but also nothing special. A final note, the pizza crust was cooked just enough to be done while the top of the pizza was starting to get close to black - way over...

Their pizza is deliciousness and their baklava is to die for (and I don't like most baklava)! I can't say which pizza is our favorite because we keep jumping around, but so far, we've loved all of them.

Also, the owners are SO friendly and willing to make their customers happy!

Back to the baklava-- most restaurants douse their baklava in so much honey that it's too sweet to taste much more than that. I decided to try theirs because they had one with pistachios on top (and one without, but I wanted to try the one with) and it was sooo good! Flaky top, generous filling, and I could actually taste the nuttiness and awesomeness of the pastry itself AND the ingredients, instead of just honey with other stuff.

I've heard good things about their pastrami sandwich, so I'm excited to try it and will update once I have. Pastrami sandwiches are a favorite of mine, so I'll be harshly honest, but fair in my assessment. Fingers crossed for the pastrami, but so far, two thumbs up for the pizza...

This is another review from an Orange County transplant where we had so many authentic food options. It seems that in the central coast so many try to emulate different styles of food and don't come close so they end up calling themselves fusion. Let me tell you if you are looking for authentic Greek food, great tasting and worth every penny....this is the place. It's amazing what they are doing inside of a pizza joint. We've had their chicken shawarma, kebabs, hummus and tzatziki and everything tastes so amazing! Oh and their pita is made while you wait! And let's not forget the baklava ....to DIE FOR!!

I'd also like to mention the owners are the nicest people. Bernadette is my new extended family! Thank you for being so close to my home so I can eat your delicious food and feel...