Slyce Coal-Fired Pizza Company — Restaurant in Wauconda

Quite a unique experience! Not your regular accustomed pizza menu. Far from it. The selections are incredibly artistic, culinary wise, and they work wonderfully! Had a party of 9 for sister in laws' birthday. It took some time for the elders in our group to adapt to/choose their likes and wants off the menu. But that seemed part of the experience. Pricey we thought at first but were pleasantly surprised at the doable bill! Only have 12" pizzas. We ordered 5. Brick oven, fast cooked. Puffy and partially charred outside edge crust which most of us left on our plates. This, from those who would normally "eat the bones." Extraordinarily thin and not crispy under crust. Each pizza was amazingly, uniquely bursting with perfectly matched flavored which danced on our tongues! Appetizers of artichoke dip and an onion dip with artisan bread & lemon basil wings were all wonderful, as well. Only reason for not giving 5 stars was their insistence on not seating us until all parties were there. We had 4 elderly who would have welcomed a regular height seat rather than the too high bar height chairs. We were the first customers at their 4pm opening time. Made to hang out (kept our coats on due to draft from brisk single digits temps outside) as customers started arriving) by the front door where there was a professionally groomed bar and tenders were. Could have been seated comfortably and ordered a few rounds of drinks had they seated us. Servers are mature women who do a fine job. By the time we left, the place was packed with many waiting for a table! Great atmosphere. And, oh! The family style salad and the birthday teramasu were...

We went here last Sunday afternoon. Decided to see what the hype was all about. When we arrived it was probably 2:00-2:30pm. The restaurant was not very busy which was great. The admosphere was very pretty and smelled amazing. We were given a nice booth. So far so good. We ordered our drinks. The waitress was semi helpful. She told us about the menu and what the place is about. We decided to order a side salad before dinner to try a small portion of the salads they make. I received my salad. The Caesar . My boyfriend got the Silcilan. Mind you there were not the table salads. Not like olive garden that they make as well. These were smaller portions in a bowl. Salads were tasty. We had ordered the #5 meat pizza. It had a spicy kick which no where does it say Spicy. The toppings were barely noticeable besides the pepperoni. We got the bill and it was like $47 dollars for 2 side salads, a 12 inch pizza, a sprite and blue moon. This place is a rip off. I can get better salads somewhere else if I want a salad. The pizza was like $18 for a 12 inch with a few toppings. I'm not sure what the hype is all about unless you like getting ripped off. Seriously $7.99 and $9.99 for side salad portion. Wow. This is the pizza we got #5. Not impressed. This place sucks. Also not on the menu that I can see was the prices of a small dinner portion salad. Just the big table salads for 4. The large table salads were $16.49 and $12.49 We were charged $7.99 and $9.99 seems weird to me. Next time if there will be one I'll get a table salad and get extra plates. Hopefully they won't up charge me for a plate. Shame on you. The...

I love this place! I have already rated it on Yelp, but I won't regret adding few words on top of that. So here's what I said about a year ago:

This is the case, when a place gets 10/10. These guys serve best pizza in town, regardless of the toppings. The entire secret is in their dough, it's crispy and not even getting a bit soggy. Amazing tomato sauce blends in with mozarella perfectly on top of the pie, but no idea how they manage to keep the dough dry. The waiter recommended us a great salad of the day, perfect to start with and large enough to serve 3. It was italian garden salad: mixed greens, pepperoni, prosciutto, roasted red pepper, some cheese and delicious house dressing. Beer was always on time, server gets 5 stars too;) One more incredible advantage of this place is Yelp online waiting list. When we joined, it said 40 minutes to get the table; since our house is 15 min away, it was exactly enough to get ready and make it. We sat right away upon arrival, zero waiting, although inside there was a line of people who did not make a reservation.

Now, being here quite a few times after that, without a minor doubt I can tell this place deserves their 5 stars. I didn't just get lucky first time - great food, hospitable hostesses and oustanding service are their standarts here. Great thanks to all the team and management for keeping this...