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Nº 1611 in 3097 in Leeds

Nº 27 of 90 Pizza & Pasta in Leeds

CUSTOMERS TALK ABOUT DISHES WITH..cookedcheesepaysaladspicyburntchickenpizzapasta

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Had a lovely dinner for two here, pizza was delicious. Staff was extremely friendly ☺️

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Madison McGuinness . 2025-01-19

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Came to pizza express Headingly with a lady that I support. I am a support worker. The lady ordered a pizza using the blue light card and I was given some dough balls for free. The service was quick and the food was hot. The staff were all very polite and checked on us throughout our meal. The atmosphere at pizza express headingly, has a nice laid back atmosphere, great if you want to step inside away from the noise of headingly. Thank you

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Daring Family . 2025-01-17

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Decided to call in for a bite to eat and this is our usual port of call if in the area. It was nice to find the amazing M was going to be our waitress. As always her service is outsanding. The food was also what we always expect and scrumptious. Keep up the amazing work M, ohh and the rest of the crew.

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Dax Air Limited . 2025-01-05

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Always friendly and great service. The team in Headingley make sure you enjoy your visit. The food is always fresh, well made and delicious. I visit regularly and highly recommend ... Thanks!

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David S . 2025-01-04

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Great reception from all the staff. Extensive menu and always enjoy the food here. Added bonus is that we were served M - which always makes for an enjoyable visit.

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N S . 2025-01-04

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Delicious food and great service!

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Helen Bogatch . 2025-01-04

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"Reasonable price, excellent food quality"

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hamid roozbeh . 2024-12-15

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We had a lovely meal here, but what made it amazing is the service off Jelena. She was truly an absolute angel, making our visit really worth it. Thank you so much !

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Tasha Riddle . 2024-12-14

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Served by Harvey who had a great happy personality and was very tentative with our needs.came with a Big group of old friends and he made the whole experience great.

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Max Mistry . 2024-12-14

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Em you are a fantastic waitress you made our visit wonderful keep doing what you are doing. Kes xx

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Kcart . 2024-12-12

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Great service, Harvey is a class waiter and a top bloke. Pizza and dough balls very nice as always

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Frankie RC . 2024-12-07

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Amazing service by Harvey, food was unreal I’d defo recommend coming here over rudys

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Alice Leary . 2024-12-06

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Quick service, great food and lovely staff - couldn’t fault my experience today at pizza express in headingley. Shoutout Harvey !

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Emma Coleman . 2024-12-01

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Harvey estuvo fantástico. Era un verdadero caballero/muy atento. ¡Tenía la pizza más deliciosa! Recomendaría ir para cualquier ocasión.

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Nomad31572772640 . 2024-12-01

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I ordered 2 pizzas and one of them was Le Reine( where on instructions, I put no mushrooms.However, pizza came with mushrooms) . I was unable to eat La Reine pizza because of mushrooms. My partner needed to share his pizza with me.

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Dana . 2024-11-20

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The perfect pizza ~ large La Reine, love it

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Frances . 2024-11-18

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Got two regular size pizzas for a great price, tasty too

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Frances . 2024-11-18

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Pizza was cold not warm, wrong starter was given

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Desa . 2024-11-16

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Éramos los rechazados de Rudy - demasiado lleno dijeron Si no nos queda otra opción, vinimos aquí. La comida era deliciosa y el servicio rápido. Cuando en Headingly a continuación, es aquí donde elegiremos. Bonito ambiente y personal amable. Una velada agradable y un poco de risa. Recomendado.

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EssexPomLondon . 2024-11-09

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Matthew is a great waiter, super friendly!! Great experience , perfect food, will be back. Helped answer all our silly questions!

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Katy Ferguson . 2024-11-01

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Great service, food delicious. Thank you 😊

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Clarissa Marshall . 2024-10-31

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Lovely service! Food was great! I had the chicken pesto pasta it was really nice would recommend!

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Josie Buckle . 2024-10-25

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Service was nice and cute vibes

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Jack Ambler . 2024-10-17

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Really nice vibe and great service, makes for a great meal.

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e . 2024-10-17

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Lovely staff, lovely food. Throughly enjoyed the entire experience.

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william farmer . 2024-10-17

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Tardamos 15 minutos en conseguir un menú para niños, luego un rato en pedir y luego un rato en servir. 60 minutos esperando. 25 minutos para comer - no valió la pena... los niños estaban hartos. Yo también. Mi pollo ad Astra estaba seco - me lo comí porque tenía hambre y me di cuenta de que estaba contento de irme.

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Heedo1975 . 2024-10-14

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The service was terrible because it took 1 hour and a half just to get our starters and another 30 minutes to get our main. The food isn’t even that good

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Emma SSchofield . 2024-10-12

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If you value your time, money, and sanity, steer clear of Pizza Express! My experience with them was nothing short of a nightmare. I called to place an order, and from the very start, the staff were incredibly rude and dismissive. I’ve never encountered such a lack of basic customer service. They made me feel like I was inconveniencing them just for placing an order. It only gets worse. After being treated so poorly over the phone, I was told the food would be ready in 30 minutes. Guess what? It took well over an hour! No apology, no explanation, and the person on the phone became increasingly hostile when I called to check on the status. I understand that delays can happen, but there’s no excuse for the blatant lack of communication and the unprofessional attitude. When I finally received the food, it was lukewarm and tasted mediocre at best. Definitely not worth the wait or the hassle. With so many better pizza places out there, I strongly advise everyone to skip Pizza Express. Their rude staff and inability to deliver food in a reasonable timeframe make this place a hard no for anyone who values good service. Save yourself the frustration and take your business elsewhere!

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Masih Family . 2024-10-09

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first time ordering from here the calazone was tough as was the Margarita base glad I didn't pay full price for them very disappointed won't order again 😕.

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Sandra . 2024-10-05

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The pizza was cold. Really disappointed. I expected better from pizza express 🙁

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Louis . 2024-10-05

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2hours after they accepted the order it finally arrived. They kept putting the time back. Nice food but my kid was hungry and 8:30pm is very late!

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Chris . 2024-10-04

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Great time as always. Restaurant was busyish so service was very slow. Pizzas were perfect. Service was very polite .

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Ty Whitehead . 2024-10-04

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my daughter has just had one of there pizzas delivered it came nearly 2 hours after order it was burnt and rock hard chewing on cardboard would probably taste better !

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paul knight . 2024-09-27

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Really disappointing. Took over 2 hours. Romana pizza like a board. All hot food stone cold.

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Madeleine . 2024-09-27

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Took well over an hour for food to be delivered!

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Rachel . 2024-09-27

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I enjoyed the chicken and mushroom pasta which was really tasty

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Linda Mennell . 2024-09-24

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Loved the BBQ Burnt Ends pizza (absolutely delish, perfect balance of sweet and savoury) and I love that the crust is thin!! my friends and I tried 4 pizzas and I still would only recommend the BBQ Burnt Ends. we went for the £1 deal but if not for that, I would say it is a little overpriced. There was also a little bit of a wait despite it not being very busy. No one sat us so we did so ourselves and still had to wait to order. Although I was grateful to the waiter for giving us sauces (bbq & garlic mayo that went so well with the pizza). Overall, I think students can get better value for their money and slightly more tasty pizza with Pizza Punks in city centre.

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Sharon Wong . 2024-09-23

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I ordered the pizza at 7:30pm on a Wednesday and it arrived at 9:30pm. They must've been cooking it by candle light. Extremely disappointing service.

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Ben Wainwright . 2024-09-19

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Really good service from Harvey Freshly made Food 10/10 Good selection

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Belal . 2024-09-19

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Ordered before closing time and the restaurant changed the delivery time to the next day 18 hours later!! I called and he didn’t care.

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A A . 2024-09-11

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The place was empty, except for one other table. It took over an hour for them to bring the main course and a further hour to bring three desserts.

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Sam Wilson . 2024-08-10

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Food was cold. Ordered a bundle for 2. Was sent one small pizza? Incredible annoyed.

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Chloe . 2024-07-05

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Took some students from an SEMH provision to the Headingley branch yesterday morning. Great food and fantastic experience making our own pizzas. The two young lads who were working went above and beyond to make sure the kids loved everytning about he visit. Brilliant customer service.

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John Agar . 2024-07-03

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First time visiting here and it was lovely. Food was tasty, service was fantastic. Our server was very friendly and helpful, I wish I could remember their name

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Ashlea . 2024-06-24

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Order pasta it was burned and literally no prawns In it taste so bad for such a price so disappointing

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Lara Lola . 2024-06-21

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Never been before it’s was the best

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Sue Gulliver . 2024-06-10

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It was amazing! I definitely encourage you to come here, Harvey and Emelia were amazing, I’ve never felt so welcomed in a restaurant! Come whenever you have the time to get that full experience 🤍

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Camila Reyes . 2024-06-05

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If I could I would give zero stars. Restaurant perhaps 10% full. I was sat in a corner given a menu and then ignored. Only one server plus a guy dressed all in black who cleaned tables but nothing else. In the end I left after being ignored for 15 minutes. Poor!

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Tony Huff . 2024-06-01

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Recieved less than half the food ordered - had zero communication and close enough to 2 hours delivered. No help from just eat or pizza express. Awful

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Van-Lewis . 2024-05-15

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The pizza is great, it is cooked perfectly because of its good pizza oven. It is crispy under and easy to eat. Wide selection of food and drinks. Vegan vegetarian options too. The staff were great; shoutout to Alessandro. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seats. This is a heavy-hitter pizza branch. The overrated pizza place next door needs to learn and keep up because this branch of pizza express is doing well.

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Mo Bellamy . 2024-05-03

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Tasty pizza, it’s of topping, Hot and fresh but wish I’d ordered different sauce than barbecue…. However my fault conpletely

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Adrienne . 2024-04-26

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Usually love eating at pizza express so thought I’d try it from deliveroo this time. My pizza took an hour to arrive (despite living a 3 minute drive away) and was cold and smaller than the portions in the restaurant:( very disappointed!

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Amy Taylor . 2024-04-26

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Well a nice spot, tucked in great atmosphere and music 🎶, nice staff. What can I say would and will call in again... 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

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Ian G . 2024-04-14

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Fab pizza, unfortunately cold by time I got it but weather appalling which may have had something to do with it

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Adrienne . 2024-04-13

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An item had to be changed because the website didn't say that it was unavailable.

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K . 2024-03-29

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Amazing! Matthew was lovely, I absolutely recommend coming!

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Cami Reyes . 2024-03-22

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Absolutely loved it, Matthew was amazing

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Hannah Greenfield . 2024-03-22

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Missing coca cola from my order and impossible to get through on the phone to report this. After driving 6h from Wales today, I was really hungry. I ordered a bundle for 1 - pizza, garlic bread with mozzarella and a coca cola. Didn't get coke. I rang twice, left two voicemail messages. I'd like to get a refund for the coke I never got. This is the third time I've ordered from this Pizza Express, and the other two were fine but if this isn't resolved, I'm definitely not going to order again. Poor experience.

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Jadwiga Tas . 2024-03-21

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Right, where to start... Okay let's take this step by step, service first! After booking a table for 7:30, we were stood waiting in a queue in the doorway. No one came to see us for about 15 minutes. Unfortunately, the staff were taking delivery orders as priority, meaning that all the attention was on the delivery window and not on the queue of diners. 20 minutes later we were sat. We had to go and source our own menus, and our drinks were only taken when the woman came to take our food order (I'm not sure why she didn't come earlier). After waiting for over an hour for our food we decided to talk to one of the staff (who we now know was actually the manager). He made excuses that a lot of his staff has called off sick. However speaking to the waitress upon exit, apparently no one was sick, and they just didn't staff the place properly. Maybe get your story right before lying to your customers? We asked for the bill, the bill never came. We got up to walk to the till and was met with a "thanks guys, see you later". After enquiring, the lady said that she'd assumed we'd "paid on the app". How could we pay on the app when we hadn't even received our bill yet? We could have walked out without paying, which was quite worrying considering we were a party of 5. Now onto the food! A saving grace? Not really... The pizzas tasted like nothing and were only edible because we went and got a bottle of garlic oil. The waitress at the end did apologise for the poor service we'd received which we really appreciated (that's literally all it takes guys), but the poor excuses and the awful management really left a sour taste in our mouths... or was it the pizza? We can't be sure.. I guess we'll never find out because we will be going to Rudy's next time (it's next door and amazing by the way) :D

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Alice Whitehead . 2024-03-16

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Amazing staff here! We all know what to expect with Pizza Express but the fact that they delivered the usual high quality food simultaneously to a table of 20 amazed us all, without a single error or grumble. Our waitress was excellent and very patient with the 10 kids…not to mention the 10 big kids too.

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dave baxter . 2024-03-10

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Went to pizza express (headingley) with the family for Mother's Day. M gave us amazing service, had us laughing throughout and was really down to earth. She went out of her way to accommodate us.

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josh . 2024-03-10

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Lovely atmosphere great food and efficient friendly service

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Callum Greenhough . 2024-03-08

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Went for a valentine's dinner, deal was fairly good value, staff were friendly and efficient despite how busy it was and to top it all off the food was amazing as always.

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Tom Norman . 2024-02-15

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We visited Pizza Express on a Wednesday night with a group of friends, we had starters and mains and the food was fantastic . Em our waitress looked after us so well and really made our experience more special . Thanks again

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Corrie Spence . 2024-02-09

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the pizza and food ordered was cold hence one star for quality

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Sally . 2024-01-28

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Didn’t enjoy. Not much flavour.

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Bianca . 2024-01-21

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Ordered Beetroot budha bowl with chicken and there is no chicken. Paid £2.50 extra for chicken.

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Dana . 2024-01-13

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arrived slightly late but was worth it. nicest calamari I've had in a while & delicious pizza as usual

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Liam . 2024-01-11

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Food wasn't great. Cold and hard pizza. Not worth what I spent. My son has a severe egg allergy so I ordered him the child's (piccolo) vegan pizza, however this was in a plain brown, unlabeled box so i did feel a little uneasy as to whether he was eating what had been ordered. Clearer labelling needed

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Shannon . 2023-12-23

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We visited yesterday for my daughter’s 11th birthday with six of her friends. The food was great and Mark our server was brilliant. Highly recommend!

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Delly . 2023-12-17

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Absolute shocking. Cold pizza.cold pathetic chicken for starters. Discrace

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Adam . 2023-12-08

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When I start my order it said delivery 30 minutes , this then shot to to 50 minutes , I ordered at 8 ish my food arrived at 9. 4

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Nora . 2023-11-17

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Visited here for a friends birthday meal, brilliant and quick service with exceptional food, would definitely recommend

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Brad . 2023-10-23

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Do you accept club card vouchers? X

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Tabitha Humphries . 2023-10-05

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Pizza was cold and as tough as a boot, calamari was like a rubber bullet with cesar salad dressing which doesn’t work overall really disappointed…

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Kallum . 2023-09-28

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Great place for fast food and in a great location

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Ian Pickles . 2023-09-10

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Pizza was good but the experience was spoilt when I happened to see the pizza chef blowing his nose at the pizza station and NOT washing his hands. YUK.. fair to say we won't be returning

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Fiona A . 2023-09-07

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We always get a great meal at Pizza express. We probably eat more regularly there due to the GF vegetarian options because one of us is coeliac and PE takes allergens seriously. He gets a delicious meal that won't hurt later! It is expensive now and the gold membership makes a big difference to the bill -£16 this time, which puts it more in line with the place next door. That may be a great option for others but does not do GF. Service is friendly and helpful, too.

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Naomi B . 2023-09-02

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I have come here two times and every time the food has been great and the waiter was so so lovely, im unsure of his name but he had curly hair and glasses. A man came in behaving very strangely, and he was so lovely and professional about it all. it deserves to be a lot busier in here!

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Melina Leonidou . 2023-08-28

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The pizza was under cooked, not cut and certainly not worth the £21 that I paid for it. I have always loved the veggie options that Pizza Express have offerered but I will be thinking twice before ordering from here again.

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A . 2023-08-11

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Took my two sons here for a school holiday treat luncheon. Was sceptical about chain place but boys fancied it! Really impressed me. We had really nice quality food all freshly prepared and Harvey the waiter really looked after us and other customers. He was kind and really respectful and patient with my autistic son who kept pestering him. Will definitely go back. Food was really tasty and impressed me since my last visit in 2011! Thanks Harvey for a wonderful visit.

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Marilyn Marston . 2023-08-10

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It's a Pizza Express, with all of its good and bads. My daughter loves it. It felt a little empty.

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Nelson Cunha . 2023-07-29

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I ordered a romana padana. Excellent, perfect condition upon arrival. Will definitely be ordering again.

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Halima . 2023-07-29

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The delivery time changed & was originally expected to be at 8.25pm at the latest. This changed to 8:45pm - 9.05pm. It was delivered at 8.55pm.

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Matthew . 2023-07-28

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Chips were soggy and pizza soggy mess at an expensive price. Never be using this store again when they have a premium pizza company name

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Graham . 2023-07-28

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Called in after work, was great service and great food.

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Marie Handley . 2023-07-20

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Great staff, great food. Very welcoming place! Will definitely be going again with friends and family.

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Zee Moyo . 2023-07-02

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Food is perfect as always and the team at Headingley are wonderful people. Attentive and knowledgeable. Definitely recommend

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Sound Monkey . 2023-06-24

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Spicy Giuseppe pizza is great 👍

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Natalia Gadsby . 2023-06-04

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Rather poor. Pepperoni pizza (American) was not great. I used like pizza express.

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Tomasz . 2023-05-29

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Catch up meal with my daughter, greated by a wonderfull young man (Harvey) who went out of his way to make our visit special. The food was outstanding (thank you Mustapha) a chef happy in his work. Everyone at this restaruant including the Manager Ayden who made time to chat, are outstanding. The level of service and food is out of this world here, you feel part of the family.

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Judith Handley (Jude) . 2023-05-18

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Have enjoyed every meal here personal non demanding service without pressure. Noted the locals also like it Good pizza and the price of wine is realistic plus better than many expensive establishments The ctew friendly always. This time served by Emelia a faultless charming lady. Will be there again when time allows us to be that side of Leeds.

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Terry and Lisa . 2023-05-08

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The server/manager Ayden was really great with my allergies! And helped out with the allergens :))

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Lizzy C . 2023-04-22

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Food was cold. Waste of time. Wont be ordering again

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Ben . 2023-04-05

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Great food. Fantastic service. Friendly staff. A lovely atmosphere.

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David Hawkes . 2023-03-23

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Excellent range of gluten free options, safely and professionally prepared, one of the few places I can eat with high confidence in the area.

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R S . 2023-03-16

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Was served by Marie (dark hair) and she made the visit even better with the good food that we had. Exceptional woman and should get a pay rise.

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Owen Higney . 2023-03-05

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The palento chips cost over £4 and you only get 5 chips and too salty,pasta was just ok, won't be ordering here again,too expensive for what you get

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Jane . 2023-02-23

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Literally the best pizza I've ever had and I don't usually go for pizza's. This place is a game changer 🙌

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Lindell . 2023-02-11

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A mid afternoon visit for a pizza etc friendly surroundings excellent front of house Ellen who makes all welcome (noted all customers treated well) throughout our meal in a non intrusive way a top class lady. American hot pizza was faultless (10 out of 10) wine quality so all plus sweet seriously good. Asked who conjured up the lovely Pizza so credit to Vasileros! A special team headed by Alessandro deserve credit in these times.Left when others heading in for evening shift they seemed to share team comradie that gives the business an edge.We loved our visit and recommend those wanting a realistic time visit this spot if possible. Parking is nearby if looked for in this busy area full of life.

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