Fat Tomato Pizza — Restaurant in Hermosa Beach

After finishing a project in Redondo Beach, I was heading into 7-Eleven for a quick snack when an unreal smell stopped me in my tracks. It was coming from next door—Fat Tomato Pizza. I changed course immediately, and that decision turned into one of the best food moves I’ve ever made.

Inside, I met Fernando—super friendly, down-to-earth, and clearly proud of his work. He served me what was possibly the best slice of pizza I’ve had in my life. Perfectly cooked crust, rich sauce, quality toppings—everything was just on point.

The shop itself is clean, well-cared for, and clearly run by people who take pride in what they do. It’s rare to walk into a place and immediately feel like you’re in good hands, but this was one of those times.

To the owner: Give Fernando a raise or more responsibility. He’s a rockstar and just turned me into a loyal customer.

Bottom line: If you're in Redondo Beach, forget the chains—go to Fat Tomato Pizza. Grab a slice (or three), and say hi to Fernando. You’ll be glad you did.

11/10. Highly...

As a chef and owner of a restaurant I’m disappointed. This place should be shut down for the unsafe practices they use here. Came in to order a slice see a gentleman on the side he looked at me and proceeded to walk towards the back. Another guys came from the back took my order then I see him walking back up wipes his hands on his shirt then proceeded to grab receipts throw them away and start making my pizza with his hands. No gloves no washing of his hands. He grabbed all my toppings with his hands no gloves veggies and meat (cross contamination ). Then after he made the pizza he was very rude. I was having thoughts that I can give the pizza to the homeless and I asked him for napkins.. I said please and thank you and he low key rolled his eyes I said thank you again and he was very dismissive. I then asked for my money back because what you’re not going to do is be nasty with customers food...

i got the caprese pizza. let me start by saying, this pizza needed help. almost devoid of cheese, yeah its a caprese, its not supposed to have an entire layer of cheese on it, but there were 2 big slices with absolutly no cheese, i dont know how you miss an entire 2 slices and think "oh the sufficiently topped". on top of that the crust was still slightly doughy, its thin crust pizza, so how ever that happened is beyond me. i think the tomato sauce was the only redeeming quality here although even that felt like it was missing something. also how was that an extra large pie? it was...