Pizza Bank & Pastaria — Restaurant in Kirkland

TLDR: novel pizza with cheese on top! Not overly salty! Check silverware cleanliness.

Gonna start off with what caught my attention first--the pizza is made with toppings first and then the cheese. So really, the cheese IS the "topping". It's interesting because when the pizza is baked the cheese has this thin "broiled" layer that is slightly crispy but gooey underneath. It also keeps the toppings fresh, especially the veggies--they stay crisp and juicy!

Typical diner setting with pop music playin in the background. I feel like this place becomes more popular on Game Day.

Parking is interesting. There are some diagonal spots that are at awkward angles to enter into---compact vehicles only! Don't fret, there are regular spots too--it's just the lot is tight.

Service: wait to be seated, order and pay at the table, you will be watered, leftovers are boxed for you. You get Andes mints! Dishware could be cleaner--my fork had a chunk of dried food and my cup had a spec of food clinging inside. It seems a little understaffed here so you might be waiting a while if there are a lot of customers.

Old #29: delicious! Crust was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I'm a huge pizza crust fan and this was super satisfying--a nice "just the right thickness" crust! I subbed mushrooms for green belle pepper and was not disappointed. The pizza is baked with the ingredients underneath the cheese and so the veggies were still juicy and crisp as opposed to the withered dry veggies on typical baked pizza. The only downside to top cheese baking is that the stuff slips off your slice with each bite because the cheese isn't there to hold the ingredients to the crust. The pizza sauce is great too--not overly salty or lathered on!

Tiramisu: not the best I've had but still tasty. Heavy on the moisture but is not overly sweet, which I like. The texture wasn't terrible but I kept having the mental image of a soggy sponge. The lightness of the cream was...

Second time visiting this restaurant and I can say I'll never go back. The staff is extremely unprofessional and immature. We sat next to the kitchen and heard everything they talked about. The female working the front counter was talking to the servers about erections and she stated to a male server "I can give you a hard-on", I don't know why. Before our server came to our table he had just served a table across the room with their food. He spilled a candle and hot waxed was pour all over a customer. He did apologize to the customer but as he walked away we saw him laughing as he walked to his fellow staff and bragged about the incident. Before this he mentioned to his co-workers he has been in the restaurant business for 21 years. Now to the food, I can say it was horrible. Everything we ordered was burnt to a crisp. I don't know about you but I don't like pizza that is hard and crunchy. The cheese was burnt so the pizza had a nice HARD crisp layer on top and bottom. The first time I came to this place 2 years ago it was awesome pizza and the staff was great. But this time, I'll tell everyone I know to avoid this place. Waste of my money. We left no tip and as we were driving away I saw the young female at the front counter giving us the stink eye. Overall rating is very poor. I forgot to mention, I'm 25 years old and I look 16 in all honesty. The waiter didn't even ID me when I ordered a beer. I feel like it's a achievement for me to not be carded but at the same time I look like a young man so that reflects on the quality...

Went there with a cash tip. Asked for a bag to carry our food and a girl with shoulder length h hair got all huffy and puffy with me! Ordered the Bonnie and Clyde and it was disgusting wayyy to much cheese! Salty! I also ordered the artichoke dip and it looked like slop I. A metal tin and no cheese melted like the last time we ordered it so now because it was cold when I got it it’s in my oven baking with my mozzarella on the top of it. Then we asked for a bag and the girl looked at me and was freaked out and irritated at the fact that I asked for a bag because I didn’t leave a tip when I first ordered kind of strange will never go there again, because of the food was disgusting and the attitudes were even worse get real very sad that we were treated this way. All I wanted was a bag to walk home and that little snatch got all huffy and puffy. The girl with the long, dark curly hair, however was great and I asked her what the deal was with the energy there , apparently that little short haired girl has a cocky attitude and wanted to make sure that because I didn’t leave a credit card tip that she wasn’t willing to help me when I had cash in my pocket but I kept the cash in my pocket because I’m not gonna reward bad behavior. Not happy way too much cheese on the pizza. Things tasted completely off and there’s no consistency in the food...