The Gourmet Pizza Shoppe — Restaurant in Redlands

Me and a friend had pizza here one day following attending the Redlands Springfest which was a beer tasting event. We got the Gay 90s Special which is a Redlands staple in the pizza market around here. Pepperoni, cashews and onions. It was an excellent pizza. Still doesn't top Jersey's, but it was delicious. For our beer selection, I had a Betty IPA from Redlands own Hangar 24. My friend who I introduced to the wonders of the craft beer world has become a bit of a beer snob in a fun sense of the term. She knows good beers and she can sense the bad ones, she has excellent taste when it comes to this. She opted to try something that was new to her from mammoth brewing called Epic IPA. She did not enjoy it. Reason being, it smelled bad. But i have a feeling it was not the beer that smelled bad. To me, it smelled like a dirty dish rag which makes me think the glass was not clean. I noticed my glass had a tinge of that smell too. Its not appealing at all. Well my friend took her beer back and told them it smelled bad. The guy at the register gave her a hard time about it. He apparently got offended, told her it was his favorite beer and took the annoying beer snob attitude and told her, "well thats just how it smells, maybe you don't like the smell of beer." WRONG! Maybe someone didn't clean the glasses correctly. His attitude was unnecessary. He did replace her beer with Betty IPA. Funny how both beers were IPAs and he assumed she doesn't like the smell of beer, yet she got a beer with intense hoppy piney notes. I have no problems with the restaurant but that guy really made this...

I was kind of excited to try this place! I've heard the buzz for years and being a pizza connoisseur all my life I was excited to try. That being said....Meh is the word I would use to describe thos place....maybe not even meh....more like waste of money and time. I gave it 2 stars for the Ritual IPA on tap....that was delicious. If it were just the food I would give it a 1 star.

Redeeming quality: the crust. The crust was thick, not too thick, sturdy but not hard. It was able to support the toppings of the pizza... The toppings though were big chunky pieces with an over abundance of what tasted like cheaply made cheese. The spices were also SO bland 🤕 I got the Angel's special...which was anything but special. It was bland, chunky and needs sauce.....the ricotta as sauce just doesnt work.

My wife got the "all american burger pizza " . It was made with thousand island sauce, hamburger meat, cheese, pickles and lettuce. It sounded interesting but it is a MESS. DO NOT ORDER THIS PIZZA. IT'S A DISGUSTING CONCOCTION THAT DOES NOT TASTE GOOD. the lettuce is flaccid and doesnt work. The texture induced vomit....just DOES NOT WORK.

I think the worst part was the "garlic bread" that they claim to be fresh in yet if were thrown across a room could be dangerous ot was so hard. It had not butter or oil...just bland bland bland bread with no sponginess . Just dry dry bread.

My recommendation would be to go somewhere else for good pies. This place was subpar to the excitement I held to try it....I...

Good salad with a horrible pizza experience. I arrived at the Pizza Shoppe with my fiance and 4 other people. My fiancé and I ordered first and the four other members of our party ordered after us. The other members in our party received their salads first, and as they were finishing them, my fiancé and I finally received our salads. Our friends instantly recieved thier pizzas while my fiance and I waited. Twenty minutes and two pitchers of beer between the six of us later, me and my fiancee where still waiting for our pizzas. I got up to ask where our food was, one lady walked out from behind by the pizza oven. After I told her what was going on and what we where waiting on she stated "we are just now making your pizzas and they will be out soon". Fifteen more minutes later I walked up to the cashier counter and demanded my pizza in a box as I was infuriated that I did not receive my food in a timely manner (and at the same time as my party). I have never recieved worse service. They finally brought my pizza out in a box 5 min after I was at the counter and my whole party left. We received horrible customer service. The representative behind the counter insisted this was due to the high volume of phone orders, however, considering the fact that the people behind my party received and finished their pizza before I ever received mine leaves me to believe this was in fact a lame excuse for their inability to attend to my order. Needless to say, we will not...