January 2025 by Stephen Bustin
The food! Just delicious, far superior to the place across the car park. Enjoyed every mouthful. Staff extremely friendly and helpful.
December 2024 by John Jags Jagger
Came for lunch. Havent been to pizza express for over 10 years as it used to be overpriced and food was average. Id love to say it had improved but not as much as you'd like.
Garlic dough balls are still a massive gimmick.
Probs why we were the only ones there and another couple and it was even the day they had a promo on where u got dough balls for a pound but still the place was empty.
Service was average, guy was friendly enough he just looked bored and a bit disinterested.
The food came out way to quick to be cooked from fresh.
Pasta bowl with chicken and chorizo was ok but could've easily been made at home. Just not good enough quality to be restaurant food.
Bit like other Italian chains restaurants in the city centre, all chucking out the same average food but charging over inflated prices.
App was ok and we got free dough balls but then It still cost over 50 quid for two of us.
Could easily spend that at an independent restaurants around the city and food cooked from scratch with love and passion put into it.
December 2024 by Bridgwater Local
1:40pm on Sunday. Turned us away for 2 adults and 2 kids as ?we?re short staffed?.
Avoid this place as you will either be disappointed and turned away or disappointed and let in by the grumpy staff who have been left short staffed
November 2024 by Rachel Ellis
Please employ more staff!
Had lunch with you today (only because Nandos and Pizza Hut were full). Only two members of front of house staff who whilst polite and pleasant were certainly not dynamic or efficient, certainly not making any extra effort for your staff shortage. Waited sufficiently long for a children's menu I went and got it myself.
Starters arrived before our drinks, child's meal served incorrect and by the time the correct pizza arrived everyone else had all but finished.
The strangest thing of all is that spare tables in the centre of the restaurant are used to stack dirty dishes and when I asked why, I was advised it's quicker than taking the dirty dishes to the kitchen if they all get stacked in the restaurant!!! I have attached a photo of some of the tables. Eating out surrounded by tables stacked with dirty dishes is not a great environment.
Overall the food was okay. I struggle paying £15 for macaroni cheese....the mark up must be astonishing but got a good 25% discount with my sons student card.
September 2024 by Shannon Carter
Good food!!
September 2024 by Donna Cornish
Expensive for what it is. Even have to pay for sauces even though they squeeze them out of shop bought bottles. Wouldn't hurry back
September 2024 by elsa davenport
Ordered collection, the food was completely cold. They didn?t inform us about there being no cutlery when we had a spaghetti Bolognese. Were you expecting us to recreate the scene from lady and the tramp? It was ridiculous. No container to keep it from going cold. The wait for the food was 15 minutes after telling us to collect. I had a problem last time visiting it and didn?t get the brownies as they had ran out, they informed us that we would be able to obtain a brownie next time we came. We informed the woman we spoke on the phone too and apparently she was not informed about this. Very disappointing as every time I come in to seat and eat, never any problems at all.
September 2024 by Jack Irwin
Alice was a great, friendly waitress, and our food was very nice! Definitely a good pizza express.
September 2024 by GG Vas
Quick service by a lovely waitress called Alice who put us at ease after especially a very long drive to Plymouth thanks for traffic jams. Alice was friendly and helpful and attentive. Food was quick and as always delicious. Good amount of food.
May 2024 by Barrie Brock
Visited Plymouth on Tuesday 21/5/24 and parked by the Theatre Royal, knowing it was near to a Pizza Express and hoping to use our Tesco vouchers for some lunch. We found the building tucked up a side road and my husband was not impressed with the surroundings. I had to check the door to see if it was open which it was, but empty, dark and giving bad vibes. We searched Google Maps to see if there was another branch and found one near the Barbican. We decided to walk (big mistake) and finally arrived aching and hungry.We were instantly greeted by Michael who was faultless from beginning to end. We had lots of vouchers to spend so we ordered five starters to share which we thought would be a good start and much more exciting than pizzas. We were not disappointed, everything was delicious and hot. After this we went straight to desserts which were a real indulgence. Meringue Roulade and Chocolate Fondant were both heaven.Thank you Michael and Chef for a memorable experience. we hope to see you again.
May 2024 by David Mcguinness
We visited Pizza Express on Thursday evening as a family. We had a lovely experience. The food was enjoyable and the service excellent. My 5 year old loved the food and my wife was very happy with the gluten free option. Well done.
May 2024 by Ramy Rashed
If you only take bookings and do not accomodate walk in customers, put a sign on the door.....second.....your staff need to learn how to deal with people .....mask faces and monotonous voices will get you this kind of review
April 2024 by Simon Pitt
I went in today 12/4/24 at around 2pm and the Classic Margherita I had was the best I've ever eaten in Pizza Express. Whoever the chef was today give them a raise because it's not normally that high level (still always good but this had so much taste to it compard to normal it was amazing).Parking: free huge parking lot.
April 2024 by Dipten Patel
This pizza express has a standard menu and prices you would get from any other branch.But does not use a wood fire oven and instead has an electric or gas oven (couldn't really make out, but is made of a steel body that shuts close).It cooks the pizzas well but i think does not give that burnt edges feeling and flavour.I am not sure of the other branches at this time, but they are always run out of some ingredients every time we go there.The new starters introduced Arancini balls, promoted on every table, were soggy on the outside and cold inside without any flavour, texture or smell.Service was great even though there were 2 waiting staff.Lots of free parking right outside the branch.
March 2024 by Stuart D
Plymouth Barbican Pizza Express. Very disappointed. Our pizzas arrived 45minutes after ordering and were cold. The starters hadn?t been cleared away when the pizzas finally arrived. The children were hungry and upset. The bill for 2 adults and 2 children, soft drinks only, was £97. We are regulars at pizza express because you know what you will get, reasonable food, service and prices but after this we will go elsewhere.
