Vice City Pizza- Kendall — Restaurant in Florida

I love pizza with a passion, but I will never come back again. First, the size of the location is so small that you literally feel like you're sitting at everyone else's table. There is no privacy in conversation. You can whisper and be heard by the person next to you. Second, the price of the pizza is crazy for the amount of food you actually get. I got a supreme pizza, and it literally had one pepperoni per small square, one mushroom per small square, one sprinkle sized sausage, and slightly drizzled tomato sauce at the top. I could've gone to Pizza Hut and got a deep dish for $30 less and been satisfied. I have to mention that when they asked how I liked the food, and I told them how I felt, they were kind enough to take that pizza off the bill. That was a very nice thing for them to do. Unfortunately, I was already turned off by everything else. The sodas are a ridiculous $5 for a baby sized coke bottle. I could have walked to a gas station and paid less than $2 for an adult sized drink. Third, and probably my biggest issue is that I watched the guy who was cutting the pizza to give to the guests, use his bare hands to touch the food after wiping his mouth and nose several times. Then, I had to watch them sprinkle leafy greens on pizza to serve without using gloves or washing their hands. That was a complete turn-off to me. They guy putting the items on the pizza before it went into the oven wore gloves, but the individuals preparing to serve the people sitting and people getting deliveries kept touching the food with their bare hands. There should be gloves worn at all times, I don't know where their hands have been. Well, I know that the one prep guys hands were across his face and nose, but other than that, I have no clue. Update** Originally I gave two stars, but I am lowering to 1 Star because after I wrote an honest factual review with no malice or ill intent they replied to my review trying to make it seem like they saw me walk in with a bad attitude and kept trying to make it seem like I was low class because I said it would be better to have gone to Pizza Hut because it would have given me a better amount of food for the amount paid. I meant Pizza Hut would be preferred because one topping on a tiny square per item is not pizza, it's a flat bread. Especially when you consider yourself a high end establishment. Also even if there was a sink in the back, I sat there for 30 minutes watching no one use it. Even after touching their phones to make videos for their social media, or wiping their mouths and face. Taking an item of food off was a good step at atonement, but trying to make it seem like my attitude was bad from the start is just bad business. I am a food lover of all kinds, you can tell by every review I have ever made. I am honest, even if the ownership doesn't like it....

I wanted to take my wife there for her birthday as she’s been wanting to go for a long time. I originally was going to invite a party of 10+ but things happened and we ending up going the next day with a much smaller party. Glad I did cause I was SHOCKED to see how small the place was! It would’ve been a disaster if I were to go there with the original intent of that large party. So here we are with my “party of 4 w/ a child” walked in and saw a table being prepared but for someone with a party that hadn’t shown up for at least 20-25 minutes so we unfortunately had to wait when we could’ve been sat down. My party was ready, the other person wasn’t… We waited and watched other large parties come in with the same predicament as us. I’m sitting here thinking “man if this place is Poppin’ like this these guys need a bigger spot!” We were sat down at a table where sun so happens to be glaring in our faces through the front door without any kind of blind covering the door. (other windows had blinds mind you) The drinking glasses had residue you can clearly see, had’em swapped. We ordered our food and drinks, no issues. But we were kinda sandwiched between two other parties since the place was small. The food was delicious and we would’ve ordered more but one of my party felt claustrophobic. We ate quick to head out. When I paid the bill through their mobile POS (Point of Sale) I saw all the items we ordered, tipped and paid. When I got the printed receipt I noticed it was got an automatic tip charge as a party of 6 when we were a party of 4 w/ a child. So I got charged that additional tip plus the tip I willingly gave. So I bought to the attention to a young lady at the bar, and she tells me that’s what they normally add for large parties which I understand BUT we were a party of 4 w/ a child and on the website menu clearly states a party of 6. So she offered to refund that large party tip but the vibe I felt she wasn’t happy doing so. No empathy, just here’s charge you’re complaining about.

All n all, great food! Small space makes it kinda uncomfortable and the extra tip charge, while accidental, made it seem whatever when it was brought up.

I hope things improve because I do want to comeback and try other things off the menu. For everyone else, double check your bill, great lunch/dinner date for two…maybe three?! But for large parties, not...

The restaurant opens its doors at 5 and we show up as soon as it opens and there was already an hour wait out the door but we opted for the 2 open seats at the end of the bar. Inside was extremely hot and cramped, not much space or seating inside at all and there was no air conditioning which is kind of absurd to be a restaurant in south Florida with no kind of air conditioning.

Besides the lack of space and air conditioning inside the establishment everything else was exceptional.

The service was awesome and everything was served within a very reasonable time given how many people were seated inside, ordering food. Our waitress at the bar was great and was very helpful in recommending her personal favorites on the menu, we started by ordering our drinks which in my opinion were overpriced but did not taste bad by any means. Then we placed our orders for appetizers and we went with the Prosciutto Croquetas with a fig jam as well as an order of the meatballs to start. The appetizers were extremely delicious, but as with the beverages, were overpriced as well. ($9 dollars for 3 small croquetas) The meatballs came in a order of 4 with 2 pieces of bread to accompany it and these blew my mind. They were so soft and tender and the sauce it sat in was delicious that I would probably eat the sauce on its own with no issues.

For our pies we ordered the “Angry Hawaiian” and the “Ron Swanson” and when they arrived we quickly regretted getting our own pies after seeing their sizes (us personally, we could’ve been better off sharing one together and going half and half with the toppings) The pizzas were crispy and cheesy and the sauce is mind blowing. If you’re a fan of deep dish Detroit style pies then this place will absolutely leave you happy with a full belly. We each ended up taking over 80 percent of our pizzas home to eat later.

Overall the food is great but the actual location itself is very uncomfortable and not able to comfortably accommodate the volume of visitors that it receives and I’m not sure if the air conditioning issue was a one off thing where maybe it was malfunctioning that day but that is something that they definitely should be on top of especially in Miami. Food was a 10/10 but it’s on the pricier end for sure at least for me. To each their own. Definitely worth...