Vincent's Pizza Park

10/10/11

What a let down,,,really terrible,

by ahmashell at Citysearch

My husband and I were taking my 8 year old grandaughter home last Sunday and thought we would stop and treat her to some Vincent's Pizza. We stopped at the Forest Hills restaurant. We ate Vincents before, but not at this location in years. The first impression getting out of your car--is the fear of falling because the outside entrance is in bad shape. We ordered a large pizza with mushrooms. When it arrived--I had to pick the food off my fork from the previous customers..(yum). The pizza had huge crust--which was very doughy and under cooked. The mushrooms were from a can and all the juice from them were under the pizza. It was so bad. When we left, my grandaugher told us that the pizza wasn't very good. 8 year olds review was right on. We took some of the crust out to the car and my dog wouldnt even eat it. We will never go back there again. Save your money---go to another location or another pizza restaurant. Oh..the place is dirty and dingy on top of the nasty pizza.

07/23/11

When it's good it's fantastic, when it's bad it's horrible!

by Pizza King at Citysearch

I've been going to Vincents since 1976 and my parents went there when they were dating. I usually go to the Plum Boro location (up on the hill behind Burger King) however I prefer the Forest Hills location. I still remember Vince covered with flour tossing pies in the air with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Forest Hills location used to have an hour or more wait Friday and Saturday nights but you waited because it was the best pizza you could find anywhere. No longer, when Vince franchised out and quit working the store, the quality and consistency went downhill fast. I still go to both outlets when I'm in the area but I no longer drive over an hour just to get a pie. The service is bad at both locations but good customer service as a standard business practice no longer exists in most retail businesses. The Plum Boro outlet is more family friendly than the Forest Hills location but Forest Hills has better pizza. The ingredients are still consistant but the assembly of the pie's and amount of each topping has dropped. At both locations your pie will either be overcooked or undercooked (overcooked is better). Both locations as a rule have better pizza's than we have in Indiana Pa. Even with over 10 pizza shops in a college town, the best pizza we can get is still Vincent's, although I do make a pretty good pizza myself at home. But if you are looking for a good pizza and are in the area, give Vincent's a try.

11/04/10

Pizza at Vincents

by saashaaj3 at Citysearch

I went to this place thinking will have a good pizza. But my expectations were all gone downhill. I ordered for a 6" pizza. What I got was a pizza pie with very salty toppings. Saltier than any of the other places I have ever had. In addition to that, the base of the pizza was soaked in water. I never had such a terrible pizza in my life. Staff service was also not good.I will never go back there. Its just a waste of money.

01/04/10

Really gone downhill...it's a shame!

by John W at Citysearch

I grew up in Wilkinsburg and have been eating at Vincent's for >25 years --- less recently as I've become a "little" more health conscious.

Anyway, as some of the posts have indicated, since Vince has moved into retirement the quality (all the reviews about HUGE portions, etc. normally date from several years ago) of the pie has steadily declined. Toppings are still the same great tasting stuff of years gone by, but what is applied is much more sparse, more like a Domino's pizza. Also, the large pie that used to overlap the serving tray now tends to show a lot of silver around the outside of the pizza. Vince would be ashamed to serve it that way.

The worst change at Vincent's has to do with the employees. Yeah, yeah Vince was always a little gruff and/or rude and the waitresses with Vince's floury handprint on their rear ends weren't singing in the church choir either, but that's not what I'm talking about here. The 'dining room' is chronically under-staffed and the waitresses -- not to mention the obnoxious pizza guy who answers the phone -- don't know how to handle it. If there are more than 3 tables occupied, you can count on "service" that is just terrible. The waitresses ignore customers and argue whenever they make a simple mistake and then complain out loud when other customers leave them with small or no tips.

The "Editor" recommends take-out and that is the way to go because the less that you have to deal with the current Vincent's staff the happier you will be. If the quality of the pizza continues to decline, though, the sad day -- when I would actually have to recommend against purchasing Vincent's pizza -- may be coming!!

A viable alternative (for some) is to drive ~25 minutes east on Route 30 to the Vincent's Pizza near the Norwin Hills Shopping Center. It's the same recipe/formula as the original location (Vince licensed it years ago) and tastes about 95% the same; probably can't duplicate the taste imparted by the old ovens on Ardmore Blvd. The place is close to the Irwin Interchange of the Turnpike at 8871 Route 30. This is a very good alternative!

• Pros: Tasty pizza
• Cons: Horrible employees

01/04/10

Still the Shi#

Contributor at Citysearch

Visiting for X-mas, when you cannot get this anywhere elese makes it that much better. Best anywhere.