Don’t Argue! Pizzeria

I was suprirsed to see all the bad reviews.
Why is it some of the best pizza in Vancouver:
— Their sugo is just fantastic!
— The dough is also great
— They are the perfect thickness
— Topings are also fantastic: good quality, great amount
— They know when the pizza is ready and which temperature it needs
Here I have to say: It’s not North American Pizza but more Italian style. It’s not about putting as much cheese and topings on it as possible. It’s about the balance, the sugo and the topings.
So I totally see that the people, who mentioned FreshSlice in the reviews, are defentiely at the wrong place.
I personally like the vibe in the restaurant. They have the «Hipster Dress Code» and normally play good music from Ennio Morricone to Alain Goraguer. Friendlyness is not their strength and also the table’s are not cleaned the way I’d like. But I am in a «take out» and «pizza slice» place. So I am totally okay with. I don’t tip much there because I think the slices are well priced and it should be enough for the owner and the staff.

Good pizza. However the customer service leaves more to be desired. Somebody from the staff must have hearing problem because the music was louder than a dance club. Also initially we were told they don’t do half and half pies. Apparently it is too much trouble despite the fact that they make them from scratch. So only 3 stars despite the good pizza.

Not a bad rendition of New York style za for Canadian pizza. It’s New York style with simple toppings. I had the spicy margerita – it wasn’t overly greasy and fairly salty and tomato-​sauced. A medium is $ 15. It seems like they could have used an extra spice like oregano or Rosemary to give it another layer of flavor. There’s also $ 7 negronis and $ 5 Campari sodas. It’s perfectly adequate pizza as the crust is not overwhelmingly doughy or chemical. Easy to fold.

Rude staff, minimal toppings, and over priced on top of it all.
I don’t need to be talked down too when I ask a question about Pizza.
Bye forever.

So, I don’t know why a bunch of people on here are butthurt by a little attitude given by some kitchen staff, who stand next to scorching hot ovens their whole shift. The world needs to grow a set of balls again (or a really muscular vagina, whatever your into). Don’t be so sensitive to a group of bitchy hipsters who make a wicked grease wheel. I’d be bitchy too if a bunch of self pretentious, self centred, self entitled bitches came to my pizza counter with their attitude towards me because they didn’t like my clothing style.
The only reason theres so many negative reviews on here is because the lot that were too butthurt to enjoy their slices, stewed about it until they could sit their dorky self prescribed food critic expertise down onto a Unilocal post because hey, you have a Unilocal account now, you are a FOOD CRITIC!!!
And how dare, your food, be prepared, by none other than a greasy hipster. Shame on you, shame shame shame! lol. Dorks. «Ew, I see arm pit hair on that guy!», YOU SISSY! What happens when you see your vagina??? Do you crumble, break down in furious disgust at the sight of it? OR what if your toenail grows? Does that flip you out too??? I’ve never ever, been witness to more moaning and whining than I have seen on this comment thread!
As for the woman who complained about her wine, and blah blah blah, SO WHAT IF THE GIRL AT THE COUNTER WAS WRONG! You and your cunt friend circled back to throw it in her face, «Hey, We’re right, you’re wrong, bitch.» is what you may as well have said to her face. If I was her I would’ve spat in your weak lipped face, you dosey daft broad.
Wow, I feel dumber after all that. I’m not even a hipster, in fact I HATE THOSE LITTLE BIKE HATS YOU WEAR WHY DO YOU DO THAT!!! But I’m defending you bunch here. Thanks for making an awesome cheese pie, and screw these Self Made Unilocal Food Critics. They can all go puff a goat.
I can’t believe I wasted my time on this! Ugh.

The food is inconsistent (except the crust, which has always been impressive), prepared without a concern for hygiene, and worst of all: massively overpriced.
I’ve gone in several times for slices and whole pizzas. The portions are large-​ish, but sparsely topped with sub-​par ingredients. The worst example I encountered was the pineapple and pancetta, which never had more than a few pieces of razor thin meat and a weak scattering of canned pineapple across the entire pizza.
None of this would be a problem if this were a cheap neighbourhood pizza joint. It’s not though. Slices are $ 4, pizzas range from $ 12 for a small cheese to $ 30 (!!!) for an 18″ large pineapple and pancetta. Compare that to Uncle Fatih’s $ 20 larges which often have more toppings than the crust can handle. On top of that, the beers are *maybe* 12oz and cost $ 5. I’ve asked a couple of times what size their beers are and the staff has never been able to give me an answer.
If you’re a twenty-​something who spends irrationally and demands style over substance, you’ll probably feel at home at Don’t Argue. But if you want a proper pizza and a comfortable place to eat it with friends, go to Campagnolo Roma or Lombardo’s on the Drive. You’ll spend as much or more, but at least you won’t get ripped off in the process.

I would love to give five stars (delicious pizza-​great ingredients, fab crust, plus they’re in our hood.) But I have concluded that the female staff (specifically!) believe that attitude is a mandatory topping that comes with every pizza. Whether I eat in, take out, buy beer or not, come alone or bring friends, pay cash or debit… regardless of whether I smile my ass off and tip like hell — they are appalling rude. Not just once or twice. Pretty much every time I’ve been. Tonite, I made the mistake of paying for my $ 16.80 pizza with a $ 5 bill, 5 toonies, and 8 quarters. WELL! You can only imagine!
The guys making the pizzas are super friendly. What gives?

So here is what you gotta do…
— Get a group together (Ideally four people including yourself… but two (aka a pair) to five is fine)
— Start off with a beer on tap, try some local beer — they always have a great selection that compliments a pizza meal
— Get two large pizzas — One meat, One Veg/​/​/​One Tomato, One Not Tomato (I’m thinking Pancetta Nicoise vs. Potato Mash orrrr Sausage Kale vs. Pesto Ricotta)
— You pay before your meal (I’m noticing people on the reviews here are flabergasted by this simple step, I mean it’s not uncommon you gotta pay first, it’s actually really common therefore an invalid argument imo…)
— You take your cute little number to your cute little table and sit down with your friends. I recommend sitting outside during the summer when it’s warm.
— You converse with your friends, have a cool time, drink the beer
— Wait for your food to arrive! It does! It’s Warm! Hot! Looks nice enough to Instagram it! Hashtag that pizza!
— Maybe have a nice digestif apres your meal — they have some nice campari drinks.
— Bring home the leftovers (Most likely you will have some left overs)
— Eat those leftovers (Pro tip: dip the crust in with some crushed salt, olive oil & balsamic at home)
— Reflect and enjoy the nice time you had with your group (consisting of a pair or 3 – 5 people)
I’ve never had a bad time with the customer service — they have always answered all my questions, been upfront about wait times, come to bus the table after our meal is done and politely ask us how our experience was. The shop can really be booming busy so as a previous employee in the hospitality, I get it if the staff are working super hard to make the delicious food and not get all uppity in your face with over-​selling or compensating with conversation and customer service.
Slices are also a quick fix when you get the DA crave — but getting your own pizza (s) straight outta the oven is the way to go.

I like the margherita slices here. Great crust and the sauce has great flavor. The service is a bit on the reserved side. Atmosphere is okay (the lighting after dark is quite nice) but noisy.

«Decent vegetarian pizza, but alarming hygiene & customer service issues and hard to justify menu pricing. Won’t go back as there are pizzerias in this city without hygiene issues.» If you’re reading this review while you’re there and can’t go elsewhere, I found their Rocket Pizza better than their meat slices. I also recommend deciding what to tip at the end instead of while you’re placing & paying for your order at the counter.
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I’m a foodie that worked in this industry for many years after graduating from a college Hospitality program that drilled us on hygiene & customer service. My visit & negative experience at «Don’t Argue!» caused me to write my first Unilocal review. I was meeting a girl for dinner and she suggested this place as it was her favourite local pizzeria on Main Street. I have to agree their vegetarian Rocket Pizza was good and better than their meat slice which was underwhelming. I can sometimes overlook bad service as this seems common in Vancouver, but the hygiene infractions I observed from the food handlers is the main reason I’ll never go back.
We went 8pm-​ish on a Wednesday in early August 2015 and the room was about half full. I believe all but one of the staff were female working in «hipster-​y» street clothes and appearing unkempt and the opposite of «clean-​cut.» It’s not in my nature to be mean-​spirited as other reviewers have used harsher descriptions, but it did make me question their qualifications as food handlers. The cashier took our order as if we were buying smokes at a gas-​station — absolutely no recommendations and an unfriendly demeanour. They ask you to pay after you give them your order. The cashier gave us our wine and we took a table across the counter where they make the pizzas. The kitchen is exposed and I was horrified to observe the hygiene infractions. The main woman who made most of the pizzas had curly unruly-​hair and kept brushing her hair back while she was making and slicing the pizzas. I never once saw her wash her hands or put on gloves as she worked with food and touched many items. The women clearly needed a hairnet or something to keep her abundant hair from dangling in her face. Other employees helped her with the pizzas when they weren’t bussing tables, sweeping floors or other menial tasks. Again, I never saw anyone else wash their hands or put on gloves either.
The girl I was dining with was in such a happy mood that I didn’t want to spoil it by speaking to the manager or pointing out what I was observing at her favourite pizzeria.
I can’t recommend commuting here as I’ve enjoyed great pizza all over Vancouver like Via Teverre, Marcello’s, Bella Gelateria and The Parlour etc. $$$ is a more accurate price description. It’s premium pricing for no reason. The prices felt like I was in Yaletown without the ambience or service. Cost was roughly $ 70 for pizza and house-​wine for 2 people (and unfortunately they make you pay & tip before you’re soured from the bad service & hygiene issues).

Great Pizza… Horrible Service!
I had my first Don’t Argue experience this evening and despite the delicious pizza, my overall experience was less than average.
The service during order and service was fairly normal, although dull. However, when my friend went to ask for a paper bag to put her half finished wine in, she was told that her knowledge of the BC wine laws were wrong. She came back to the table and explained that she was told we’d have to finish the bottle. Having worked in the industry, I was fairly certain this was untrue. We Googled BC liquor laws and proved ourselves right — law says you can bring home an unfinished bottle as long as it has been sealed. Upon leaving the restaurant, my girlfriend leaned over and mentioned (very kindly) that we did a Google search and had found that we are welcome to take the wine home. The girl did nothing but roll her eyes at us sarcastically, as if we had no idea what we were talking about.
It’s totally understandable that the staff might not have been up to date with liquor laws (although the Liquor Board may feel differently), but what is not excusable is to treat your patrons like they are idiots. My girlfriend was nothing but sweet and was only trying to inform them… after all, explaining to a customer that they can take home their unfinished wine is not only safe/​responsible restaurant practice, but also a great way to upsell.
I’d suggest taking your business to any of the dozen other delicious pizza joints in town with much better service. Try Pizza Farina, Barbarella, Carano or Trilussa. All are all equally (if not more) delicious with MUCH better service!
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Love the food and dig the loud music. Some of the staff are nice enough but in general they are kind of rude or at least disinterested in their customers… not sure why one wouldn’t work as a parking attendant or a night watchman if being around people is such a chore… but that is not for me to answer. The owner is kind of a wanker so I guess I kind of expect the staff to follow suit.

Great pizza with super tasty dough. They also have bubbly water on tap. A little on the pricey side but the pizzas are huge and freshly made. Worth the wait!

Went for a slice of pizza to tide us over before dinner, and found out one slice was $ 4. My girlfriend and I were too hungry to find a fresh slice so we caved and decided to eat here.
Once at the front counter we asked the cashier what kind of beers do they have on tap, she then looked away at the beer taps and started talking, with the music blaring we could hardly hear her. We asked her to repeat herself and gave us a snarky look.
The main pizza maker was in a tank top so we could nicely see his armpit hair whilst he was making some more pizza and another chubby type «A» kind of girl was talking about «Cornholes» very loudly. (My girlfriend and I are both in the industry and have been cooking for many years professionally) that being said this woman yelled «cornhole» at least 15 times.
When they wanted to take a break they would grab a slice and just sit down in the dining room too, chewing with their mouths open. As for the food however, abysmal. The one redeeming factor of this place is the dough, for the place it was well done, that being said the sauce was under seasoned and bland, little to no cheese nor toppings either.
So if you love boring, overpriced food with rude, loud and disrespectful hipsters to boot then «Don’t Argue» should be next on your (Disappointing) culinary travels.
I wish I could give it a lower score, I will not be returning, and will be doing everything in my power to stop others from going and witnessing this train wreck.
B.

First off WOW! WOW!!1! WOWEE!!!
I have to say its such a treat to get sparkling water after going to a bunch of restaurants where you just get regular water. My only problem was I couldn’t get it down fast enough because my jaw kept locking up. (I forgot to tell you I was on a date with this party girl named molly ;)
Pizza smelled great pizza looked great I didnt actually taste any but my friend says its dope and I definitely will next time. Promise. Whats rocket lol, i bet they have that stuff in Tuscanny.
Check back for updates, peace out for now!

* I’ll argue *
Don’t tell me not to argue. I’ll argue:
1) You should make customers feel more welcome when arriving.
2) You should wash your hands after you sneeze.
3) You should heat up your reheated pizza so it isn’t half cold.
4) Your pesto was bland.
5) The margherita slice and pesto ricotta slice both left me unplussed. Photo:
Granted, your ricotta on the pesto ricotta slice was good.

I must say it is an excellent pizzeria and had there been a smile on our waitress’s face at any point through the night, it could have been a 5*. The pizza making staff was great.

I finally tried this place. I’ve been avoiding it due to the dumb name. Its pretty good. The staff are nice. The pizza isn’t bad. I had the pepperoni slice. It’s New York style thin pizza. As well as draught beer that was nice and cold. It’s a hippsterish joint. The place is super basic inside. I’m waiting for Arnold from Happy Days to pop out.

Boys night out. Two dad’s and two sons, heading to Don’t Argue Pizzeria…
We love the bench seating with round table which really suits having young kids in this locale. We adore the draft beer that comes in at least five varieties. We really dig the thin slices, flavorful sauce and fresh toppings.
Last night we were’nt too crazy about the service. It was meh, not super friendly or engaging.
We decided to order slices. First round was pancetta and pineapple. Solid pizza, crisp crust and canned shavings of pineapple. Round two was some meat with canned mushrooms. This one was kind of soggy.
Considering there are so many pizza spots in this city serving great pies, I can’t say I’m enamoured to come back after last evening. It’s odd because I really wish I would want to. I love so many things about this place.
Boys night wants a fun place with fun interaction and that’s about it. We got it, but less than we’d like.
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Dont Argue Pizzeria is one of my new favourite spots on main street!
Great stuff, nice vibe, sweet location and the pizza is really good!
You should give it a try! Perfect for lunch and dinner.