Pizza Express

I would describe this as an ‘upmarket Pizza Hut’. It costs a bit more but it’s worth it as the food is so much nicer! It also looks quite posh compared to Pizza Hut too but the atmosphere is always friendly. Their pizza bases are vegan and I recommend a cheese-​less pizza with the chargrilled veggies, yummy!

Pizza Express is a very nice restaurant and from personal experience the pizzas are nice too! Staff are helpful and courteous and there is always plenty of seating of you arrive early. A great venue for birthday parties for older children. There are plenty of vegetarian options (the list is endless), and you can always ask for a specific pizza to be made up. Always a pleasant experience!

A relatively new addition to the many different eating experiences in the popular Teesside leisure Park.
This branch of Pizza express is housed in a building which appears to be all glass, despite this I have never been cold inside. There is a terrace area outside with tall plants incase we have one of those hot summers where we can pretend we are not really in Teesside retail park.
The restaurant offers the usual dishes which you would associate with pizza restaurants however they offer many different toppings which makes a difficult choice as they all sound very appetising.
Service has always been very speedy when I have visited despite having once been part of a 23 strong group.
The sitting area feels very clean and light and airy. The cooking area is located in the eating area itself and you can watch the chefs at work whilst you wait.
Prices are very reasonable and the staff have always been very knowledgeable and friendly.

Went here once with family and thoroughly enjoyed it, I can’t remember what day we went but it was pretty quiet so we were seated immediately, and the waitress came over after a few minutes to take our drink orders. They didn’t have what my mum wanted from the drinks menu, so they offered her a similar (more expensive) drink for the same price, which I thought was very good service. For starters we had cooked dough balls, which I have to say were magnificent, they come with a gorgeous dip, I could have kept eating them but decided I had better actually try a pizza. I can’t remember the name of the one I had, but it was the one with the fried egg on top, which was lovely, and all the family enjoyed theirs also. Overall had a brilliant experience at Pizza Express and would definitely go again.

I’ve been to several Pizza express resturants around England and enjoyed them all as they manage to keep the quality consistent and so was very happy to find one opening up at teesside park. Easy to get to from the A19/​A66 with ample free parking and on the opposite part to the shops so easier to get in and out of the car park and a good way to finish off a shopping or cinema trip.
It has a good variety of pizzas — I know they are about £1 or so overpriced compared to takeaways (my brother always points this out) but you are paying a premium for a sit down meal just like you do for any resturant and the alcohol is charged at resturant prices.
I love their style of pizza on the thin base and they are never greasy and the setting is great it feels like a bistro. It is not as family oriented like Frankie and Bennys which suits us dining as a couple or with friends much better. The staff are always polite and quick and we have rarely had to wait more than 15 minutes to be seated — so if you love thin based italian style pizza this is the place for you.
And they have a good lunchtime 2 course deal menu — saving you those extra pennies.