Original House of Pizza — Restaurant in Orangeburg

I was in town on business and decided to take try this place out for lunch...Big mistake on my part. First, I walked in, not knowing if I should seat myself or wait... everyone was running around like they had no idea what to do. Finally I asked an employee if I could sit anywhere. She said yes and handed me a menu. She asked for drink order ( water with lemon ) after waiting 5 minutes, I stopped the hostess that had taken my drink order to ask her if I could please get my drink and if possible, could she take my order because the waitress never came to my table and I was on a time crunch. Being from out of town I didn't know the area and I still needed to find my way back to work after my meal. She told me that she couldn't take my order although she did take my drink order. I reminded her about my drink which she brought back minus the lemon but I didn't complain. I waited another 5 minutes before a waitress walked past and told me that she would be with me in a minute. By this time, I decided to place my order at the register to go. I was told that I could still sit a small table and eat even though I ordered my food to go. I placed an order for a small 9 inch pizza with cheese and asked for light cheese and a little bit of extra sauce...The pizza took about 15 minutes to arrive. The pizza came out piping hot...By this point I only had 15 minutes left to eat which is impossible because the pizza had to cool enough to eat. The pizza has so much sauce that it just overwhelmed the entire pie. They took a "little bit of extra sauce" to the max! I let the pizza cool for a few minutes then I picked up a slice. ..So much sauce that all of the cheese slid right off so I had to use a knife and fork... The pizza was ok, nothing special, kind of like the service! I ate a couple of slices then picked up my check. I noticed that I had been charged an extra $1.79 and I thought that there was a mistake on my bill. I walked to the counter to pay and asked about the extra charge. I was told that it was for the extra pizza sauce. One would think that if you order a small 9 inch cheese pizza but ask for light cheese, that a little extra sauce could be swapped in the place of cheese for little to no extra charge. I mean $1.79 for pizza sauce is ridiculous especially when the pizza is mediocre at best and the service just plain sucks!!! I only left a $1.00 tip on the table being that I never got any service from the waitress other than the one time that she asked me while walking past my table if I was ok. I'm happy that I got my food in a to go box otherwise I may have never been able to get anyone to bring me a box for the leftover's. I normally tip at least $5 on any meal that's less than $10 but honestly, I should have kept the $1 that I left on the table. After telling the cashier that I found it unreasonable to be charged $1.79 for a little bit of extra sauce if I only got half the amount of cheese that they would normally put on a pizza, I overheard the waitress make a rude remark about me...I didn't have time to worry about it. My lunch was up and I needed to get back to work. I would not recommend this place unless you have an hour and a half lunch break...Be aware that the service sucks and that they will overcharge you for canned pizza sauce...I didn't care for the pizza but my dog ate the leftover's...As for the cashier and the "waitress" that were talking about me while I was leaving the building, well, all I can say is that you women need to find a different profession because you a certainly failing in your current job...To make rude remarks about me just for asking a question about my bill is very unprofessional...In my opinion, this place is not worth going to. Pizza is equivalent to any chain pizza places, this is basically just a greasy spoon place with...

I had my second visit today to the original house of pizza, and it was even better than the first one. First off, everybody was extremely friendly, and quick with the service! Today I tried something from the menu that I had noticed the first time I was in there. And that was the chicken Alfredo with the addition of tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. And it was far and a way the best chicken Alfredo I’ve ever had. The Alfredo sauce itself tasted as though it had been made in the kitchen rather than in a factory somewhere else. The chicken was the best part of the chicken, in other words it was all white meat, not mushy,. It came with a chunk of garlic bread that was very good. I will be hard to put to order something different the next time I go in as I will have this in my mind and it is hard to not get something you know it’s so good! I highly recommend both this restaurant, and this...

The lunch hour rush is real! I made my own pizza, 3 toppings (which was something like 9 dollars at a 10 inch size). The crust is a little greasy, almost prepared similarly to the pizza hut style of pizza (wherein you sort of fry the crust in the pan with lots of Crisco in the pan), however the crust was a bit thinner than usual, and it honestly kind of tasted like New York style pizza. It was a nice surprise (the crust is bad though, stay away from it). I had pepperoni, sausage (which is actual link type of sausage cut in slices) and jalapeno. I don't understand why jalapeno is considered a "topping", but here we are. The pizza came out piping hot and it was pretty decent. The crowd during lunch is insane though, so try to beat the rush if you want to enjoy your meal here. The only negative is the bathrooms. They use black toilets for some reason, and that bothers me. Otherwise, the...