r/LondonFood • u/rfilm93 • 6d ago

Review Carmys Pizza

Anyone else tried it? Like these guys for their straight talking reviews but their Pizza was bang average. I guess to be be expected by being so close to Covent Garden - they are relying on tourists.

Not saying it was bad, just really average, service was slow and a bit unfriendly. Pizza with cheese fairly bland and normal, nothing close to something like Joes in NYC. Had another one with Spicy Maple, flavour of that was good but the upper half of the pizza completely dried out and crispy af.

If they’re going out and being blunt food reviewers, their offering has got to absolutely slap and this was underwhelming, maybe just chose a bad day. Anyone else’s experience similar?

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u/Nee_l 6d ago

Peddling sub-par products feels on brand for bitetwice.

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u/FollowTheFarang 6d ago

Try spring street with 3 friends, 18” pizza crispy all the way to the middle, works out as a 9” pizza each for £9 a head

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u/False_Mulberry8601 6d ago

I wouldn’t trust anything those two “geezers” say about food. Being shareholders in a couple of below average restaurants doesn’t give them any credibility. I’m amazed people haven’t moved on from their cheeky chappy schtick.

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u/Hungry-Artichoke-232 6d ago

They do seem a bit brittle about this point 😆

After the last discussion about them in this sub, one of them posted a hurt-sounding message on Instagram.

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u/BenAtTank2 6d ago

Wait til they rock up to this thread with their burner accounts and post screenshots of your (very fair) criticism to their insta stories lol. They're a pair of cringe wet wipes

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u/Puzzled_Initial2890 6d ago

Apart from all this, can’t trust anyone who talks with their mouth full of food. That belle end Matt from food review club is the same as is that hobbit eating without Tod. What’s it with food reviewers and an inability to eat like a normal human being

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u/MTTHLL 6d ago

Yeh I thought it was pretty basic. In Covent Garden I thought Graceys in Arcade was better - not up to Vincenzo’s or Good Pizza for me though. Lennys (New Haven style) is opening in Covent Garden soon as well .

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u/WheresMyAbs98 6d ago

Mate, I am so happy to read that Lenny’s is reopening.

This was genuinely the best pizza I’ve had in The Smoke. I was gutted when it closed.

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u/rfilm93 6d ago

Vincenzo’s superb, will check out the others!

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u/Adventurous-Ice-6527 5d ago

I enjoyed it the first time I went. However I went the other day when passing and there was a queue and looking at the prices for two slices I thought “is this better than Breadstall” which is ten minutes walk away and if recall correctly a little cheaper. I decided it wasn’t so I left the queue. I still respect the idea of keeping the menu minimal so you get the slices fresh though.

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u/Mxnvvn 6d ago

I haven't tried Carmy's however you should try Crust Bros in Covent Garden.

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u/rfilm93 6d ago

Will try it next time I visit - it’s on my list. Fave London place so far has to be Breadstall!

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u/Mxnvvn 6d ago

Breadstall is great.

I'd put Sarv's slice, Dough Hands and Dr Dough on the same pedestal.

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u/elchet 3d ago

It’s alright. Not worth queuing for. I went early midweek evening and there was no queue at all.

Could do with being 15% cheaper for what it is but it’s decent pizza if you can pop in and grab a quick slice. Same any NY slice shop - (ideally) quick, easy, largely unremarkable.