Amazona's Pizza — Restaurant in Oakland

If you're a fan of Shrinkflation this is the place for you! This was once a great pizza place but changed owners AND ovens . Quality has continued to go down every time I've gone back . Pizza is so gummy you could probably blow bubbles with it . The Sauce tastes like tomato paste but with less flavor somehow . The slices keep shrinking but the prices keep going up . $5 for cheese ,$8.49 for combination Slice ? Are you selling this undercooked pizza by weight? Also , amazing place to go if you want to be harassed by the "junkie of the day!" Cuz there's always at least one right outside the entrance. Good luck finding parking here ....actually I take that back . You can just double park in the street here cuz the cops aren't gonna show up unless you start shooting . The inside does look nice but most of that was due to the...

No bathroom for customers to wash their hands. The pizza was reasonably good. The service was a bit weird. I ordered two 24-in pizzas to eat in the dining room and they came out in boxes. That seemed like a lot of wasted cardboard.

The dining room is nice and seemed reasonably clean. But I was a little put off by the fact that a scrappy dirty guy was cleaning the windows then promptly went back to folding pizza boxes. Nowhere in between did he washes hands. I certainly don't hold it against someone for being a bit dirty while doing a cleaning job, but that same person should not be handling things that the food comes into contact with. I wouldn't leave a car outside on the curb after dark. The chance of it getting broken into is about 80%.

All in all, this place rates a two on the...

I. Love. Amazonas. We started going here for pizzas when we lived in the building on the corner. They have fantastic plain and pepperoni slices for the nights where you just need a quick, single serving slice. To be honest, their pepperoni-by-the-slice is my favorite slice - very large, right ratio of ingredients, great crust. Overall tasty. For nights when you are ready for a whole pizza, they have fantastic options. All time favorite is "Born To Be Wild" - give it a try! Their homemade sausage should not be missed if you eat meat. Now that we've moved to Berkeley, I'd still rather come back to Oakland for Amazona's than go anywhere within walking distance of our house. Jarbas and Lucy are kind AND make great pizza - go try it out! Best of all - it is great the next day (cold...