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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The New Dominos: Is the Pizza really better?

You've seen them, the commercials that show real life testimonies of Domino's Pizza being compared to cardboard and the pizza makers looking distraught and down trodden.  Domino's promised to remedy these issues as they improved their pizza from the dough and sauce to the ingredients that top your pie.

Having previous experience working in a pizza place, I find myself with a little higher expectations when it comes to my pizza.  But I also have the opinion that even when Pizza is bad, its still pretty good.  I will eat Little Caesars, not because its so tasty, but because its priced to fit my budget.  Occasionally we'll splurge on Costco's pizza, which is great in my opinion.  

Which brings me to my recent experience with Domino's.  We ordered on-line, because its true, I do not like talking to business on the phone.  And the first thing that I appreciated was the Delivery Tracker.  They show you when your ordered was placed, prepared, inspected for high quality, and when its out the door for delivery.  This is awesome.  In all of my experiences in the past, I would order a pizza and wait 30 minutes, only to find out your pizza is still being cooked.  This tracker lets you know where you stand and what to expect.  To make things even better, my pizza was delivered quickly. 

We ordered a thin crust ham topped pizza and it was really good.  They added additional spices on top of the pizza that really enhanced the flavor.  And the ham tasted really good.  I'd recommend this pizza.  The other pie we ordered was the Philly Cheese-steak Pizza.  I love a good cheese steak and this was a good cheese steak, but if you are in the mood for a traditional pizza, it doesn't cut it.  Which I think is what they are going for, a cheese steak and not a pizza.  So don't order that item, if you are hoping for traditional pizza.

I enjoyed my pizzas very much.  I liked Domino's in my youth.  It was my favorite place for pizza as a kid.  But I agree with many of you that the quality had been lost.  I'm glad that they are back to putting out a higher quality pizza.  I don't know the next time I will order a Delivered Pizza.  But when I do, it'll be with Domino's.

2 comments:

chrislyonz said...

NOW PIZZA is where I shine lol.

First off, there is a Pizza Place called Hungry Howies. It's $5 for a large one topping like L.C's but they have multiple flavored crusts and the taste is amazing. I believe Dominoes possibly took that idea. I had some recently and the only difference was the crust. That's it. Its still just as bland as always. I was also with an actor friend of mine watching a Dominoes commercial with the "CEO" or "President" of dominoes and my friend said "Hey! I know him! He's one of my acting buddies!" If we cant trust dominoes to be honest about their commercials, how can we trust them making our food?

Jay Cal said...

You make some very fair points Mr. Lyonz, but where is this Hungry Howies? Also what do you think of Costco Pizza, because that's one of my favorites.

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