HillCrust Pizza — Restaurant in San Diego

I've been meaning to write this since Feb (2 mo ago). I was hungry when I Googled "Pizza near me" and Hillcrust Pizza popped up. Santiago took my order. He recommended a pizza and said it was "really good." LIAR!! It was FANTASTIC🤯!! Santiago so undersold his recommendation. I've been back 3 times (and bragging to all my friends about the spectacular food), trying something new each time. The Meatball Hilly... so beautiful 🥹! Very difficult to pick one as a favorite pizza because they've ALL been amazing!! Most recent orders for our pizza crowd were Golden Hill, Classic Cheese, Downtown, and The Boulevard (White pizza). A wide variety of choices where everyone felt they were a winner! And for those who routinely leave the pizza crust... to leave a Hillcrust Pizza crust uneaten would be a sin. Sorry no pictures. We DEVOURED the food before we realized we had forgotten to take pictures. The posted pictures 📸 from the menu do NOT truly capture the experience. Thank you, Santiago! Thank you, Hillcrust Pizza! And thank you Google for aligning the universe to connect me to...

Hillcrust is close to home and a super cute place with friendly owners and a huge wood fired oven. One day working from home I ordered a cheesesteak to pick up for lunch. I've had original Philly Cheesesteaks so really don't know what I was expecting from San Diego but I never see them on a menu so I took a chance and to my surprise it was actually quite delicious. Not sure where they get their bread from but it tasted like they got from Philly. Cheesesteak is all in the bread. So, last night I went back to grab a pizza. I ordered the North Park pizza. Hands down, the best pizza around. It was not only beautiful aesthetically, it was delicious. I've never finished a whole pizza (12") in my life but I ate every bite. The crust was made from some magical dough, and it was topped with a magical cheese, not regular pizza cheese, with sausage and pepperoni and topped with fresh bright green jalapenos. The combination was magical! I will be trying all their pizzas and, sorry Bronx, I...

This spot is becoming viral on Instagram so we had to stop by and check it out for ourselves. We ordered the Golden Hill, the Downtown, Loaded Hilly Cheesesteak and the Cesar Salad. I MEAN!!! That crust is just incredible! Light but just the right amount of crunch on the outside. You're going to want to grab the bottle of balsamic they have out and enjoy every last bite. The Golden Hill with the honey hot sauce is the game changer for me!! We ordered another one to go on the way out.

The bigger surprise was the Cesar salad. The dressing must be their own recipe not from the bottle. It rivaled the tableside Cesar at Born and Raised. I didn't try the Hilly Cheesesteak but my daughter and husband slayed that thing pretty quickly.

Ingredients top notch all around. Lives up to the hype, and sadly now I'll have to spend more time on the treadmill to keep up with my new...