Pizza and Pasta on 5th — Restaurant in San Diego

The one saving grace that kept this from being a one star review was the food. We ordered a margarita pizza and it was very tasty. The crust wasn't thin but wasn't too fluffy either. The white sauce was very rich and buttery and the toppings were just right.

What was disappointing was the service and atmosphere. It took a good minute of just standing by the entrance and looking at one of the paper menus before anyone greeted us or asked us if we were dining in.

We noticed the paper menu was very limited for some reason so we checked google maps menu photos and found a more detailed menu that for some reason was not in the resteraunt. When we pointed this out to the waitress she said that those items are no longer on the menu, but when we mentioned the margarita pizza that was on the old menu on google maps but missing from the menu in the resteraunt she then mentioned what the pizza had and that it was still available.

We ordered the cheesey bread sticks as appetizers, the margarita pizza and two drinks. We were surprised to see we were served paper plates, our pink lemonade was just a bottle of minute made, and my Arnold Palmer was more than half ice. The dipping sauce for the bread sticks came in little plastic to go dipping cups and they were cold. We asked the waitress if they had warm dipping sauce and she simply told us no. We also had to ask the waitress for napkins.

Our waitress never returned after giving us our food and she never asked us if we needed anything else. She spend the rest of our time there on the other end of the restaurant near the bar. I needed a refill on the Arnold Palmer as well as a box for the leftover pizza and our check. Eventually another employee, a lady in a white shirt who was behind the bar noticed that we were done eating and we kept turning around to look for our waitress. She was kind enough to come over to us and take care of what we needed.

Long story short, good pizza, horrible service, and the paper plates and minute maid bottles lemonade...

TL;DR - Extremely long service times, extremely mediocre food.

After exploring the menus of this restaurant and the two Italian restaurants nearby, we decided to eat at PO5 since it was the best choice for our wallets.

We were seated quickly and menus were promptly delivered. It took about 5 minutes for our first waitress visit. I ordered a beer. We also placed our orders.

It took another 5 minutes for our drinks (beers and waters) to be delivered. Our mozzarella sticks took another 5.

After about 45 minutes, our food was delivered. By that time, I had already finished my beer. The food was lukewarm and not all that tasty (We ordered a Prosciutto Panini, Spaghetti and Meatballs, and Lasagna; all of which were only OK and not piping hot). Once my friend tasted her lasagna, she ordered a wine that would complement it. Unfortunately, the single glass of wine did not arrive until after we'd finished our food.

At least the slow turnaround times and mediocre food were good conversation points for us to make friends with the tables around us....

For the price, you're better off going to the TGI Fridays across the street. Better yet, spend the extra money and get quality food/service at PO5's neighbors. I will not be...

We watched two homeless men get into a disagreement. One of the men kicked a table, and then men from inside the restaurant inserted themselves into the situation and jumped him. They took it down the street. The man was bloodied and lost his tooth. We tried to help, but we could only preserve the man's things. I watched as our table was cleared. We went back and stood at the hostess stand to pay but were grossed out after seeing the five men who jumped the man inside together, gloating, so we walked away only to be chased down by the hostess who denied throwing away our food. We paid because we aren't dirtbags, but honestly, call the cops don't be “tough” guys. The man in the pink, the cook behind the counter, is a coward, as is the guy in the “anti-social” social club short who was rubbing his knuckles after beating a drug addict. The server was fine just a liar offered a new pie but wouldn't admit that we hadn't eaten ours. Go anywhere else literally anywhere it's a fight club it isn't safe.

The cops came because we called. If the man said something or did something we didn't see it still doesn't take...