If you ever find yourself at 90th an Pacific, you will find a local pizza joint called Mootz Pizza. Mootz, which name stems from a family nickname, originally started off as food truck. After good business, the food truck expanded into the now renowned restaurant.
I set off to test the taste of the family business’ pizza and when I arrived, I was greeted with an almost modern ambience. The line was relatively long compared to the small building. However, it went by quickly, and I got my food in no time. I ordered a variety of pizza, including cheese, pesto, meat lovers, margarita, buffalo, and Hawaiian.
Cheese: The first slice I sunk my teeth in was cheese. The standard type of pizza Mootz serves is a small slice with chewy, slightly burnt crust and hot, gooey cheese. The slice of cheese I was served had extra gooey cheese which proved to be quite delectable. 7.3
Buffalo: One common theme between the slices was the quality of the toppings. The buffalo slice was the prime example of this. The scrumptious slice tasted like I was biting into a spicy mouth-watering buffalo wing and a crispy pizza at the same time. 9.2
Hawaiian: For this slice I tried to hide my personal preference of keeping pineapple off pizza. Like I said before with the buffalo slice, the toppings were quality. With the personal preference out of the way, I thought the juicy ham and pineapple worked great together. 7.0
Meat Lovers: The meat lovers, which toppings included ground beef and peperoni, proved to be my least favorite slice. For one, it lacked much cheese and sauce. There was an excess of ground beef which I thought was rather dry. The amount made me feel like I was eating straight ground beef and crust. It was also super floppy. One positive I have for this slice is that the pepperoni were very crunchy. 6.6
Pesto: The theme of quality toppings continues with the pesto slice. The creamy pesto and fresh vegetables meshed great to make a delectable slice. 8.7
Margarita: This flavor of pizza is usually my favorite. However, this particular slice had an undercooked crust. Furthermore, the slice lacked much of the creamy cheese that made the cheese slice so delicious. 5.9.
Overall, the pizza had many negatives and positives. On one hand, I felt like there was a lack of consistency. Some slices were undercooked while others were excellent. Also, another big negative was the price. Each slice was $4.37 which brought the total to $26.22 (plus tax). Personally, I thought the price was immoderate for the portion given. Apart from that, the quality of toppings was great.
If you care for quality over quantity of the pizza and don’t care about price, I recommend this restaurant. Overall, I give this pizza place a 7.5
