Namaste Pizza — Restaurant in Oakland

Update: Hairnets in place, deliciousness still there. Back to beat pizza in town. New fave is the minty turkey pizza! Try it, you won't regret it.

First, I have to say I really like their pizza flavors (and I'm not alone) - the chicken pizza masala is awesome.

However, my last order left me a bit sad for two reasons:

The delivery person called back accusing us of not paying enough in cash. I can understand the frustration losing a $20 can cause and the resulting call back. Both me and my wife know for a fact the stack of over $60 was absolutely correctly counted. I don't hold this against them and wish we counted it when we exchanged pizzas for cash. Going to pay closer attention next time - you, the reader, should as well.

Our beloved chicken pizza masala had hair in it, embedded in the cheese - not one hair but two long hairs, in two different slices - we had to throw away. Evidence attached.

Notice I did not subtract a lot of stars for this! Because I like their pizza THAT much and hope they fix the issue and continue to sell their lovely pizza.

• They have to enforce using hair nets when making the pies! *

Looking forward to a reply confirming the above and will update my review accordingly, and eating their pizza again (call me crazy, but I will...

Delicious fusion of indian cuisine on top of pizza dough. The crust is relatively thin, though not quite thin-crust, which was a good balance to focus more on the indian flavors.

Chicken Pizza Masala (4.5 out of 5): Really good mix of tikka masala spices on the chicken brings out a bold flavor. Got it medium spiciness level, which was not actually that spicy.

Tandoorilicious (4.5 out of 5): Another solid indian flavor of tandoori grill flavor with deep bold grill flavoring and a good mix of indian spices.

Mango Monsoon (3.75 out of 5): We got this one for our vegan friend, topped with vegan cheese. The vegan cheese, which as a category is usually quite bad, was actually decently good here which is quite a dificult feat to pull off. As a vegan pizza, it was actually quite great, but compared to the other non-vegan dishes I mentioned above, I think the others were...

I have always really loved the pizza here! It’s unique and delicious and always fresh. That being said, I recently ordered a pizza to be delivered through DoorDash. DoorDash had a mix up with my order and a driver took my pizza but didn’t deliver it. This has happened to me before with a door dash order at a different restaurant and it was never refunded because DoorDash is impossible to communicate with. When I called namaste pizza, I was frustrated and was expecting the same outcome. The staff were so patient and kind with me despite my frustration. They quickly got a new pizza out to me, which, of course, was delicious and fresh. The staff were compassionate with me and also the door dash driver. I was a loyal fan of namaste pizza before this experience and my love is cemented...