Review of House of Pizza - St Cloud, MN

Originally posted December 28, 2007

House of Pizza has been around for over 40 years so you have to expect that there are certain things that will be covered in a dining experience. I mean, after 40 years most of the pitfalls restaurants go through in the process of perfecting their craft have to be resolved to make it that far. My family and I recently went to HOP for dinner and I thought it was an experience that would make a good review.Food: 9

Bordering on outstanding! I love the variety of the offerings at HOP. They are one of he few pizza places that really embraces alfredo white sauce as opposed to just championing the red. Not that their red sauce is bad at all. In fact, it is a tasted sweet tomato with a hint of spice. No, the thing I really like off the menu is the Four Seasons specialty pizza with its garlic chicken, spinach, sun dried tomatoes and black olives. It creates such a variety of tastes on the pallet that you cant help but love it. They also have a full line of sandwiches and pastas. Sure, they may be an Italian style restaurant with those other menu items, but, don’t be fooled, their specialty is pizza.

Service: 7

The serving staff was well trained. They had excellent product knowledge (Something I am always trying to test servers on.) and great customer service. On the day of this review my kids were both pretty unruly and hard to control. This is a common side effect to being a tired pre-schooler and toddler {Not to self…avoid dining out when they are devil children} but the serving staff saw our plight and came the the rescue with clean pizza cardboard circles and crayons. My only concern is that they probably should have given us that when they seated us, but oh well.

Atmosphere: 7

Clean and newly remodeled, the dining area is wider in appearance and more spacious. Its still the upstairs of an older building downtown, so its not hat much wider, but it’s an improvement over what they had. The color scheme is comfortable and the rich colored stonework coupled with the warm wood tones makes for a pleasant experience. The remodel did away with 80’s interiors cushioned walls….much better now.

Overall: 8

I would say that the House of Pizza is one of the better restaurants in the area and definitely one of the best pizza’s in town. Just remember this is a premium pizza parlor, only one of a couple in the area, so you will pay more but your experience is worth it.

House of Pizza

19 5th Ave S
St Cloud
320…

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