Prime Pizza — Restaurant in Santa Monica

So, first off, NY style is not my favorite, I prefer a thicker crust with a chewy outside ring, and a good unhealthy blanket of cheese and sauce. In my area, that describes Fat Tomato in MdR, and especially Johnnie's, on the other side of Lincoln. My rating is based on the NY style, because if you put that on the same scale as wood-fired artisan pizzas, it wouldn't be fair, that's almost a different food group.

For some, NY is everything to them, and I'm sure you've seen the Evil Corp tube guy's reviews, he downgrades any pizza that isn't NY. So-called Neapolitan style starts out at an automatic 6.8, he would rate a mediocre NY over an accomplished pizza of another type, which is silly in my view. He loved Prime, but even setting my preferences aside (I won't commit the same crime), I can't agree.

First off, the crust ring was larger and more puffed up than I'm used to seeing on NY style, but still crunchy. That's not a bad thing in my book, and in practice, a lot of crusts seem to fit the category. I thought the crust was the best part.

The rest, not so much. It was oily on the surface, and apparently with so little cheese, the sauce carried the predominant color. I'm not use to seeing orange pizzas. There were also way too many mushrooms, which I realize is viewed as a sin by NY fanciers anyway, so never mind.

It did taste good, no problem there, and I liked the crust very much. So I guess I'll give it four stars, but in my universe, the kind of pizza I prefer, it would be be a three.

Oddly enough, the nearby pizza the famous YT reviewer hated was Upper Crust, which has a flat, crispy crust ring I most associate with NY style. It also looks better imho, and I like the taste (Prime is on the left in the photo, UC right). The problem is their very thin crust makes the pizza droopy, even though the bottom is well browned, which was intolerable to the YT reviewer. I agree UC is too floppy, they probably go too thin, but I much preferred that pizza to this. Sorry to Prime fanciers, that's my call.

Finally, there's that subject we don't talk about, refer pizza. When you buy a large, never mind two, some of it is going to end up in the fridge, and a cold pizza breakfast can be sublime. Oh sure, you can try heating it up, but even with a convection oven it's hit and miss. The super thin Upper Crust was one of the best refer pizzas I've ever had, the cheese solidified and cured the droop, and the crust ring even retained some crunch, great. Unfortunately, the Prime crust edge seized up and turned into leather, not that I found those browned mushrooms embedded in cold orange goo all that appetizing anyway. The leftover slices went into the trash chute, a sad end...

Will go again / price = average / service = above average / speed = above average / management = above average / cleanliness = above average

Ordered the garlic knots, meatballs, wings, Cobb salad, 1/2 supreme and 1/2 sausage and kale. New location for a NY style pizza...coming from NYC / NJ, this is a big statement. But, well done! Prime Pizza can call it NY style indeed. So there are 2 types: slightly thicker crust and very crunchy & thin crust with soft and droopy. Prime Pizza is the former of thick but perfect sized crust and CRUNCHAYYY! No longer do I need to order to bake the crust well done. I Although I like a slightly thinner crust, they got it to perfection. I can finally say I found a go to pizza spot in LA metro to remind me of my homestate area.

From the knots to the meatballs, it is like having a Superbowl party at a pizzeria! The Cobb salad is not a puny order of ingredients. It is stacked with variety and may have a complete set of nutrients for those healthy minded. In contrary but stacked with absolute deliciousness, hearty, and CARBSSS is everything else. The buffalo sauce in the wings fly to your mouth reminiscent of the Superbowl era. The meatballs are grandma style drenched in marinara and oozing of cheese. Continue to top it with more marinara as you plate it. The garlic knots compliment everything else and truly reminded me of some back at homestate. For the main piZZa, the 1/2 supreme, 1/2 sausage and kale are definitely top toppings. The pepperoni in the supreme has more pepp than your normal pepperoni. Definitely not the sad, "bigger is better but flat like Earth" ones you see on other pizzas. Proper Pepperoni. Sausage and kale might be one of the best toppings for a mix of meaty but earthy. Such a perfect balance of toppings. No need to mention the crust again...perfectly CRUNCHAY! No well done crust needed.

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Need to start this off by saying that I used to love your guy's grandma style pie and was getting it for a little while but noticed the last two times I got it (this was closer to when you guys first opened this location on pico) it was rather dry, bread heavy, skimpy on the sauce and cheese... Didn't want to leave you guys a negative review but was pretty disappointed cause that grandma pie is not cheap so i just stopped ordering from here for a bit.

This past Tuesday night I was craving a simple cheese round pie and decided to give you guys another shot.... Best cheese pie i've had in LA. Period. You guys absolutely crushed it. The pie was thin but not a cracker, crispy but not too crispy, perfect amount of sauce and cheese... absolutely knocked it out of the park. I couldn't believe how good it was while I was eating it. Just wanted to let you guys know! Also the seasonal halloween box is great! Cool fun graphic -- really nice detail that I appreciate. May have to get another one of these pies before halloween! I was so happy with the pie I almost called you guys up just to say thank you. Please keep making pies like that! I hope you got that grandma pie sorted out cause this made me want to give it...