Pompodori’s Pizzas

I am not mad at this place. They have pizza. Gyros. Salads. Chicken fingers.
And. They. Have. The gelato is beautiful. They have toasted peanut butter fudge. Stracciatella. Banana nut. Pumpkin spice. And many more.
Situated next to perpetually busy and waitlisted Katana-​Ya, this place is seriously a randomly worthy contender as an alternate.
Even though it really looks like one of those stop-​over places when you’re drunk and waiting for your Lyft, don’t sneeze at their gyors. The beef/​lamb gyro was only $ 6.95, and the meat was crisp, the pita was not thick, and the filling was ample.
The pizzas are all thin crust and look to be crunchy and well-​baked. Like, I seriously want to have my birthday party there and just take over the entire tiny place!

Typical snobbery to don this a one-​star pizzeria. The crowd that gathers inside and out is a more fair testament to the caliber of Pompodori’s, the perfect post-​drinks spot to grab a quick slice. This is more an a la New York type of Pizzeria, and maybe doesn’t play as well to the SF Unilocal crowd. Is it phenomenal? No. But it’s more than serviceable, cheese is melted properly and stays on the pie, and the toppings are generously offered without overwhelming the pizza. Good for the price, good in the right circumstance.

Oh my gosh, I’m such a pizza lover and I have never come across pizza that is actually this bad. Let me paint the picture: It’s 2:30am, we’ve been partying and pizza sounded amazing. There was a long line, which is usually a good sign. We all took our slices and garlic bread to go. Our hotel was 2 doors down and we couldn’t wait to dive into our food.
Good heavens, it was horrible. I can’t believe such bad pizza exists. It tasted cheap, old and was unappetizing. The garlic bread was better, but that’s not saying much. Now, after reading their reviews, I’m surprised the quality hasn’t improved after all these years. If the pizza was actually decent, I would imagine an even longer line and one that occurs during the lunch hour as well.

Expensive pizza that’s only decent if your drunk. Simple enough. I wouldn’t recommend coming here for an actual lunch or dinner though. They also serve ice cream as well, but San Francisco is cold enough already.

I ate here twice on a trip to SF over the summer, as I was staying at the JW about a block away. Both times, it was late at night after I was heading back to the hotel after the bars. To put it simply, this is pizza that doesn’t even taste good when you’re drunk. How is that even possible? Especially in such a great food town like SF. Do yourself a favor and don’t eat here.

I wish I read the reviews before I came. Bad pizza, prices were way to high for the quality of food. Pizza looked and tasted like the bad frozen pizza that I used get in the lunch room at school. Also on top of it they charged $ 0.25 for a to go order. Stay Clear!

It was late. It was next to the hotel. We were hungry.
But never again will I ever be this hungry to eat at this place. I should have checked the Unilocal and moved on, but we didnt.
One slice of pepperoni was beyond disgust. Crust was half cooked and half not, and in hindsight, I question the quality of that meat product.
The next morning, after seeing only a slice of pizza with about 3 bites gone. I knew. It must really have been that bad.

needed something quick and easy for lunch, this place is half a block from my new job, so a slice it was. Prices are pretty outrageous, I just paid $ 4 for one slice, crust is a little overcooked, toppings are piled on, there’s almost too much… Probably will go down to walgreens and get a snack before i go here again.

It was the afternoon, I had been in a plane all day, I hadn’t eaten for 24 hours, and I was walking up the hill. Despite the reassuring presence of my iPhone in my pocket, I didn’t actually check Unilocal before deciding that I wanted a slice of pizza, which is a shame, because there are several decent pizza joints in the area. This is not one of them. The overpriced slice of pizza I got was inadequately heated and tasted like it had been sitting out for a while. Maybe quite a while. And nothing else in the restaurant looked any better.
If you’re in the neighborhood and want pizza, do yourself a favor and walk a few blocks to Bellissimo.

a night without dinner + walking around with slr+lenS = starvation
and as I was walking down the street, the bright neon signs with «pizza» started blinking in my eyes. at first, I just passed by but within 10 steps, I had to turn back. Within that block I saw a chinese place and japanese place which looked tempting but line was just too long for my stomach. And the pizza place had no line. (i know whachall thinking. My brain wasn’t functioning.) Anyways, in short, this is a dinky old pizza shop with mediocre pizza. it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t anything spectacular. They did sell some ice cream but I passed cuz it was kinda cold out.

for the lack of pizza in the area, this place wins out. the crust isn’t bad, as it’s crispy and i actually thought it was pretty good. the rest of the pizza (i had italian sausage) was «ehhh» at best. the cheese wasn’t that great, the sausage was pretty good (seemed fresh), but the rest of the pizza was nothing to write home about.
but again, it was 1230am, and i was in need of food, and didn’t want thai or jack in the box. so it fit the bill.

My cousin was in town. I don’t know if pizza was his idea or mine or AK’s, but there we were.
It is bad bad pizza that doesn’t even taste good when you’re intoxicated. Stuffed Jalapenos and Mozzarella Sticks from Jack in the Box are even good when you’re drunk, but no amount of beer could turn spongy flavorless pizza into anything other than spongy flavorless pizza.
AK is my favorite, and my cousin’s alright too, but Pompodori’s pizza is way way down on the list.

I am eating this pizza now. I am drunk. They still get 1 star. We were just charged $ 24 for 5 small, teeny tiny slices that they admitted were left over from earlier in the night (and were wrapping in saran wrap to re-​sell tomorrow). Thanks for staying open to sell us your leftovers that no one wanted (plus one star); but seriously– I feel dirty eating this sauceless*, soulless, fake-​cheese** covered monstrosity. Avoid at all costs.
*There really is NO SAUCE to be found on any of the slices we brought home. NONE.
**This is the fakest cheese I’ve ever tasted, seen, or run lab tests on. You could make a rain coat out of this «cheese».
And the CRUST!!! We are saving the crusts to ship things cross-​county in. They’re just that cardboard.

One star for décor: looks like a random pizza joint from the outside, but to my surprise there was a cute mural and faux-​grapevines hanging from the ceiling… unfortunately
THE PIZZA SUCKS… my friend got a veggie slice, which was like 4 bucks and it smelled like bleach!!! No flavor and looked as if the whole thing was frozen and was heated up in a microwave… or in their ovens apparently.
I was very disappointed b/​c it reminded me of NY pizza joints. even the guy at the register had an attitude! but no… this is completely unworthy.

Very boring pizza. How can anyone who makes it for a living do it so badly? No beer and wine license anymore. The only reason to go here is that you’ve been clubbing late at night and don’t feel like the equally lame thai food or fast food hamburgers to either side. Friendly staff and well-​lit interior save it from one star.