I went to the city of Pisa only five months ago. I ate a pizza. It was nothing like this. For a start, it was stone-baked. The base was crisp and thin, and it had obviously been lovingly prepared by a pizza chef who was taught to cook by his mama.
But then again, the pizza experience in the UK is not meant to mimic that of the Mediterranean. If I had been served a perfectly prepared stone-baked pizza after a night on the beer, I would probably have been a little disappointed. And hungry.

And so we took it for what it was – fast-food designed to taste great and fill you up in the process.

We went for two 12-inch meat feasts, a nine-inch ham and mushroom, and a nine-inch spicy meat pizza. The delivery guy turned up about half an hour later covered in a light dusting of snow – but the pizza was still warm.

The ham and mushroom pizza was the pick of the bunch - tasty, not too much cheese and more than enough ham. The meat pizzas – featuring beef mince, ham and pepperoni – were very nice, but extremely greasy. The spicy pizza wasn't spicy.

The garlic bread – thrown in for free because we had ordered so much – was a little stodgy but helped to soak up the beer consumed earlier in the evening.

Overal the food was nice and filling.

But mama probably wouldn't be too impressed.

• Address: 237 Crookes, Sheffield.




• Telephone: 0114 2666080.




• Parking: On street.




• Atmosphere: Friendly.




• Service: Efficient.

Range of menu: Extensive range of pizzas.

Waiting time: Delivered in about half an hour.

How did it taste: Filling.

Cost: £26.50

Verdict: Probably would be frowned on in Pisa. But acceptable on a cold Friday night in Sheffield.