Scratch Pizza — Restaurant in Riverside

I’ve had scratch pizza a few times. They’re pretty good. At first I thought it was a chain moving into the area because they have a very professional look about them. Logos, custom boxes, fancy signs and website with online ordering. But they’re not. They’re a mom and pop trio of 3 restaurants(for now). If you have followed my other reviews, you’ll see a trend. I review pepperoni pizzas. It’s my favorite topping, and if you can’t get this right, you should quit making pizza. The one pictured is actually triple pepperoni with basil and garlic butter crust. Why triple pep with basil? Cause they have a 4 topping special! Anyway, it’s a good pizza. A little bit of a flop (keeps it out of the 7s) but great flavor. A little on the doughy side, but NOT and I repeat NOT the California “load it up with cheese” mess that many California pizza places do. The crust on the handle side has a nice crunch to it. If you ask for it well-done it will take a lot of the flop out. Really good sauce and they used over-sized pepperonis. Not quite deli counter sized, but about twice as big around as a regular hormel slice. The basil and garlic butter though are great add ons. Bonus review: they’re one of the few places in the region that has PEPPERONI ROLLS. I love pepperoni rolls. Scratch Pepperoni Rolls are really good. The best I’ve had outside of western Pennsylvania/west Virginia. But there’s a trick to ordering them. The plain pepperoni rolls I’d give the same as the pizza, 6.8. But ask for them to be brushed with garlic butter. Trust me. Garlic butter on these pepperoni rolls = 8.7. I haven’t had pizza from their other two locations, but the pics I’ve seen indicate they maintain quality across all 3 spots, and with only 3 spots in fairly close geographical area, that should be easy to do. Basically, if you want a decent pizza that’s a little heavier than a traditional NY pie, head over to get a pizza, handmade,...

First and foremost, the cauliflower crust pizza did in fact taste good! However, it was a "personal" sized pizza as that's all they offer in the cauliflower crust style pizza. It was $10 with 2 toppings, I felt like they are over charging for such a small sized "personal" pizza at $10. Needless to say, I added extra toppings. Additional toppings are $2.00. I also ordered the Mediterranean salad, and it too was great tasting. The salad was a large sized salad, I was able to split that with 2 additional people, and two of us served ourselves seconds of the salad. The salad was $9, and I felt like they were generous for that price. And finally, I ordered the Garlic Knots, which were great tasting, and a decent size for the price of $5, but they were stingy with the marinara sauce, I had to ask for extra marinara sauce in order to have sufficient sauce the garlic knots.

The service was okay, nothing special. They forgot to provide us with utensils. I had to get up and ask about forks for the salad. The cash register worker was nice, smiling, and thorough, so no complaints there.

All in all the food was good tasting. But I believe they are being a bit too pricey for what you get in return. A bit more customer service would help. And if they either lower their prices, or provide you with more quantity/items for the price, then I would rate them above a 3 star rating.

I can't say I would go back voluntarily. If someone was to desire visiting this place then ok yes, I would go because of their request, but I would not go as a voluntary decision of my own. Do I recommend it? Sure, give it a try, you can't knock it until...

The pizza is awesome. My friend and I go there once a week but because of the poor customer service I will be giving it a 2. On May 1st around 8:15 pm I called in an order for the $7.99 special. I specifically told the girl on the phone I wanted to sides of ranch and I'm well aware that they charge for it. She told us our total on the phone which would be $8.65 or close to that. We picked up the pizza and told the girl we had two sides of ranch. She said ok then went to get them. We could see a guy...named Omar telling her something. She shrugged her sholders...Omar came over to the computer all fast and in a rude way and pulled up the order. He then slammed the ranch on top of the two boxesand walked away. Omar...all you had to do was say the ranch was not included in the total. $1.20 will not break me but because you were so rude...I didn't say anything...if you guys can't get the order straight that's your problem. I can't say I won't come back because sooner or later I will. When I do Omar, can you please be a little...