MOD Pizza — Restaurant in Kirkwood

We ordered two cauliflower crust, all-vegetable pizzas to-go yesterday afternoon. While the pizzas were prepared very nicely (in terms of topping layout and quantity) by an employee, the pizzas were both burned to different degrees - one quite a bit and the other partially. This situation required us to return to Mod Pizza when we opened the pizza boxes at a nearby park. We want to thank Charlie, Manager at Mod Pizza-Kirkwood, for his courtesy and professionalism yesterday in resolving our concerns. Charlie and the employee who helped us earlier today made things right for us, and we feel much better about returning to this particular Mod Pizza in the future! We also want to give our great thanks to Mod Pizza-Kirkwood employee Ethan who was outstanding—very conscientious, warm, and professional—during a previous visit to this location.

We very much appreciate Mod’s rich assortment of vegetables and the non-white flour option (i.e., the cauliflower crust).

A few requests for Mod Pizza as a company:

1.) Please train your Staff to consistently uphold standards of courtesy and professionalism. Some are excellent (courteous and thorough) and others are not particularly friendly and don't seem especially motivated to make sure that the food is well-prepared from start to finish.

2.) Please cut your broccoli much larger. For the pizzas prepared for us today, the broccoli was almost completely burned, and inedible. Our experience (in pizza-making at home) is that if the broccoli pieces are large, they won’t get burned.

3.) Please put the raw garlic on your pizza after the pizza is taken from the oven; if the garlic is cooked with the pizza, it comes out charred.

4.) In regard to dietary restrictions:

a.) Please find a way to make your cauliflower crust vegan. We had been advised by another Mod Pizza location that the cauliflower crust is vegan, but it turns out that that other location apparently gave us the incorrect information!

b.) Please offer a vegan, whole-wheat crust option.

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"Will they have Coke? Will they have Coke?"

That's what I always wonder when I go to a new place. I'm a total Coke addict. Coca-Cola, of course.

As I walked up to the building, I snuck a peak inside and saw a soda fountain with a big red logo on it. Hooray! A Coke place. If it had been Pepsi, I was going back to my car.

I'm not really sure why these fast-casual pizza places (e.g., Pie Five, Pieology) are popping up everywhere. Remember when yogurt places were trendy? Now it's pizza--fast, personal pizzas.

MOD is a little different. You can get a personal pizza that is about the same size as the one you get at those other places, but they also have mini pizzas and larger pizzas.

Everything else is pretty much the same. You choose one of their pizzas, or create your own. It's made in front of you, and you can have as many different toppings as you want without an increase in the price.

I had the Dillon James (mozzarella, asiago, basil, garlic, sliced tomatoes, and marinara). I could have used more sauce on my pizza. I was tempted to ask for extra sauce when it was being made, but having never been there, I thought I'd try it as-is at least once.

I've been to Pie Five and Pieology, and I thought MOD had the best crust. I also thought they were the most organized. I would appreciate a nutrition calculator on their website, but that is not the fault of this location.

I'm deducting one star because my pizza tasted slightly of cinnamon sugar. In addition to pizzas and salads, they also have garlic and cinnamon strips. I think my pizza was cut after someone cut some cinnamon strips. It was kind of weird--and kind...

During my recent visit to Mod's Pizza, I was delighted to discover that the pizza was delicious and the toppings were fresh. However, something strange happened during my interaction with the employees that left me feeling a bit uneasy.

As I was ordering my pizza, one of the employees looked at me with a serious expression and said, "Don't worry, our pizza is non-toxic and asbestos-free." I was taken aback and found it odd that they felt the need to reassure me about this. I mean, I've never heard of anyone being concerned about these things in relation to pizza before.

Despite this weird interaction, the pizza was still great and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The crust was crispy and the toppings were plentiful. And yet, I couldn't help but wonder why the employees felt it necessary to mention the non-toxicity and asbestos-free nature of the pizza. Did they know something that I didn't?

Despite my initial concerns, the rest of the employees were friendly and helpful. They answered my questions about the menu and even made some recommendations for toppings that I ended up trying and loving.

All in all, while the mention of non-toxicity and asbestos-free pizza left me with some uneasy feelings, the overall experience at Mod's Pizza was still positive. The pizza was tasty, the employees were friendly (if a bit strange), and I would recommend...