Waterfront Pizza — Restaurant in Port Townsend

I want to start this out by saying that I NEVER WRITE A RESTAURANT REVIEW UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING MIND-BLOWINGLY AMAZING OR ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE about the experience...

Unfortunately, this was one of those that just had to be mentioned, DUE TO HOW LOUSY IT WAS. Yesterday, while on a family vacation, I stopped in at Waterfront, along with My Girlfriend, Mother and Grandmother, for dinner. Upon arrival, we were shocked by way-too-high prices of their "Specialty" pizza's, most containing only two or three toppings and costing anywhere from about $20 and ranging all the way up to $28, for a measly, 16 inch pizza... Now, I have and gladly will pay $25 for a good pie, but this place was a mess!!! There was no view of the water, and the place is called WATERFRONT PIZZA!?! the walls were painted an off-white color that had made it look like it was a smoking restaurant for years, without ever being re-painted. The tables were non-matching and the chairs were a choice of either kids-sized stools or folding chairs like those that you would take camping or to a picnic. Overall, the decor and environment were very lackluster, to say the least. Anyhow, we ended up ordering a large, half-and-half specialty pizza, salads and I ordered a beer, which I asked the Waitress to bring out no earlier than the time that the pizza arrived, so that I could enjoy it with my dinner, but that I would like water for all of us in the mean time, to which she replied, "Of course, I'll wait to bring your beer until the pizza is ready and I'll get waters for all of you right away." After a brief wait, the salads arrived, no water though, and I must say, the Caesar dressing tasted nothing like Caesar, and the only thing I could taste was the Parmesan that my salad was smothered in. After our salads, and a good half-hour wait, we noticed that other people, that had arrived after us were receiving their pizza's, so we ask about ours, and why it hadn't made it to us yet. The gal told us that since the other people's pizza's were smaller and cooked faster, that they were entitled to getting their's before us, which is just bad customer service, if you ask me. Then, about ten or fifteen minutes later, she told us that they just "ringed" our pizza in and that it should be up in no time. Well, kinda... The pizza that arrived was not what we had ordered, and was honestly lacking in toppings, if you ask me. Especially for the price! So, they replaced the half of the pizza that was wrong (supposed to be Hawaiian, but turned up as plain chz.) with a small Hawaiian, without asking what our preference was, and deducted the price of the half-pizza from our bill and instead charged us for the small, which, of course costed more than the half of the large pizza... And all without asking what our preference was!!! To say something positive, however, I do want to mention that the pizza was actually pretty good, not great, and not worth what they charge, but it is along the lines of say, national pizza delivery chains, ie. Pizza Hut or Garlic Jim's.

Overall, I do not recommend this place to anyone! I will...

We used to get pizza from here sometimes when I was younger growing up in the Port Townsend/Chimacum area, every time I come back to PT I always try to have some waterfront pizza, always been my favorite pizza ever since I became a conscious enough human being to know what pizza was lol. Pretty expensive, but also the only place where I can accept a single pizza costing $50 and feel like it was worth the price lol. My nostalgia goggles probably play a part in that but 🤷‍♂️

Also tried anchovies on a pizza/in general for the first time today (on a waterfront pizza of course), got a half Portuguese half anchovy/onion/mushroom/jalepño, was simply bomb (also why it was $50 😭 but worth, did split the bill but wouldn't have minded paying it all myself tbh), anchovies really out here getting knocked before they get tried imo. Don't fear the anchovy.

Like if you're feeling like the ol' classic pepperoni/sausage/mushroom/olive type beat just ain't doing it for you anymore (and you don't want to forever be a pizza-coward stuck in your ways lol), would definitely recommend trying an anchovy/onion/mushroom/jalapeño. If you're afraid of fishiness or something, don't be, personally I couldn't detect any unless I picked off an anchovy and ate it by itself, then I could taste a little fish, but never really in a full bite. Just a blend of savory delicious goodness with a new flavor profile, yet not lacking in the meaty-element like veggie-type pizzas do.

If you're feeling adventurous, definitely try adding it to your rotation 👍

And if you haven't already tried waterfront pizza, I don't know what I could say that's gonna convince you to better than all the 5 stars from new york/chicago people, but the downstairs takeaway pizza here is genuinely my favorite restaurant food I've ever eaten in my life, period lol. I'm no food critic, but as normal-people food from a restaurant goes, that's not some crazy high-dining thing, I don't think you can do any better than this. Nothing I've ever eaten has lived in my head rent free my whole life like waterfront pizza has at least, and I've eaten across the country and the world...

DON’T EAT UPSTAIRS. HILARY, A WAITRESS IS HORRIBLE. We own a summer home here and we have been to this place several times, pizza is good. We mostly get one slice and go upstairs to eat where they also serve beer. This time, we decided to order a medium pizza because we were extra hungry. When we walked up the stairs, a young gentleman was standing at the top so we asked about how to order pizza upstairs. I asked “do you order upstairs or down” answer was “down”. When asked “do you bring it upstairs for us or do we have to go back downstairs to get ourselves” answer was “you have to go down”. So we went downstairs and ordered and went up to get a beer. When my husband brought the pizza up, I asked Hilary if we could get plates. She immediately said “you can’t bring that up, I just turned people away for doing that”. I explained that the young man told us that’s how we order. He denied saying that so I called my husband over to verify the information. Hilary then told me to “stop yelling” (I certainly wasn’t yelling” and that I was wrong and then PROCEEDED TO KICK US OUT for being “rude”. Other people at the pizza place confirmed that this is “normal” for her. The guys downstairs were very nice and apologized for her. If you get pizza here, decide to eat upstairs, and see a waitress with dark hair and star tattoos on her neck, DO NOT SIT DOWN. This establishment needs to rethink their...