D.P. Dough — Restaurant in City of Ithaca

After 4 years living in the area, I finally cracked and decided to try. Now, I will preface my review with saying that I am not a "calzone guy", which is to say that I don't have any opinion on how a calzone "should" be.

The good: delivery was cheap and very fast, especially directly through their website. Very good prices. The boneless wings I got were fine, the quality I expect from a late-night dive.

The bad: my order was wrong! I ordered (and paid a bit extra) for a chicken parmesean calzone, and was met with a normal, pepperoni-stuffed calzone. I don't like to send food back (plus, this was delivery), but without any substance in it, I found the calzone to be greasy with the cheese providing no flavor other than grease.

It's possible that I would still not have liked it if my order had been correct, but that would be a matter of taste and not worth reviewing.

Disappointing that this place everyone i know seems to enjoy ended up being a bust, but if you enjoy dive-y, greasy, and cheezy, it may very well be for you. Just...

Those who return to DP Dough understand that there will necessarily be a light salting of disappointment as the grease-soaked carbs settle into the beer already occupying your tummy. Connoisseurs even seek it out. Somehow the calzonic anticipation leads to a perfect first bite but the rest somehow breaks the spell, creating a very /delectatio morosa/ feel. Under no circumstances should DP Dough be compared to fine dining, nor even to the Pizza Aroma half a block away; this is utilitarian fare, or cuisine to save a life: as like a tourniquet, not thrombolysis. For what it is as drunk food it succeeds quite well, lower in quality than a certain hot truck, but distinctive in that it comes to you where you are, rather than vice versa. Get a speed zone with ranch—always get ranch; their marinara has remained consistently a tad too sweet across years of history in an attempt to build that reputation for that faint sense of unease that will so easily be forgotten by tomorrow's drunken carousing, when the story will repeat...

After my food was 30 minutes late I called to check on my order, waited on hold for 40 MINUTES, then I was told it was "on its way". So after another 35 minutes goes by I called back and was rudely told "well the driver has more deliveries than just you". My food finally shows up an hour and a half after the delivery time, and I was missing THREE bottled drinks and the straws for the 2 shakes I ordered. When I called to tell them I was missing drinks and straws I told "we will get it to you when we get it to you". Sorry not sorry, but if im going to pay almost $70 for an order I expect to have everything I ordered and not to be treated like im the problem when clearly someone can't bag up orders properly. And the manager Megan was who I spoke to, she was nothing but rude, short and snappy with me because I wanted the items I ALREADY paid for I stead of a refund (which according to other reviews isn't something I should hold my...