The Parlor Pizzeria
| Address: | 1916 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA |
| Phone: | +1 602-248-2480 |
| Site: | theparlor.us |
| Rating: | 4.5 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–9PM |
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A Private User
On at least four or five occasions we’ve tried to go to The Parlor, a former beauty salon turned upscale pizza restaurant, but there has always been a long wait to get seated. Given that, and it’s consistently good reviews, we made a plan to eat a late breakfast so we could hold off having lunch until 3PM, figuring this was way past lunchtime but too early for happy hour. We were right, there were only a few cars in the lot - we were really excited and had high expectations of a delicious meal. Whoever was responsible for the renovation did a fabulous job. There’s lots of exposed brick, wood, glass bricks, and a cute little patio. At the bar there are some salon-type chairs: I don’t know how comfortable they’d be for cocktail sipping, but they’re a witty touch. My favorite part of the decor is the planters lined up along the path to the door. They’re filled with fresh herbs and tomato plants. We were even more convinced that we’d have a great meal. And our server didn’t let us down either (service has been the major negative in most of the reviews). He was pleasant and helpful. We started off with a roasted beet and avocado salad ($9.75). The colors of the golden beets and mellow green of the avocados made for a beautiful plate, and the walnut crusted goat cheese was the perfect foil. While a little on the expensive side, we felt it was worth it. We couldn’t wait to dig into the pizza!! According to the menu, the Smokey pizza ($14 for a 12”) is topped with speck (smoked prosciutto), olive tapenade, ricotta, and fresh arugula. Sounds good, doesn’t it? It arrived at the table heaped with arugula, with a few pieces of speck on top. I think they put so much arugula on the pie so you couldn’t see the paucity of the other ingredients. The only taste that stood out, overpowering even the arugula, was the tomato sauce. OMG, it transported me instantly to my high school cafeteria - and that’s not a good place for me to be !!! Do you remember those thick slices of bready dough topped with a thin, tinny tasting sauce? Aaggh, get me out of there !!! At least at The Parlor the crust was thin, but it was limp as a noodle, and tasteless. I actually, for the first time in living memory, didn’t take home the leftovers. That’s how bad it was. I wouldn’t tell you not to go here. The Parlor is a pretty place, and the salad was outstanding, but I wish you good luck with the pizza.
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tj gardner
One of my favorite sit down pizza places in Phoenix. A repurposed beauty parlour with a good business crowd vibe, they did a great job of creating a comfortable understated atmosphere. Sit in the energetic bar area for a busy but not packed happy hour. Enjoy a great dinner with friends or a date in the dining room which opens up to an outdoor patio. Even pull up to the eat at counter and sit in one of the authentic barber chairs. With raw materials throughout, concrete floors, reclaimed wood, and exposed structure, you will leave behind the hustle and bustle of the camelback corridor. The food. More than just your standard pizza and so much more than designer pizza. A nice mix of hearty ingredients and great flavor combinations, there is a pie for everyone. Eat one on your own or order the larger size to share. You will not leave hungry or disappointed. Not feeling pizza today? The burgers are very good and the sandwiches do hit the spot. I have a soft spot for the duck club. I do see children in the restaurant and they seem very accommodating but having none of my own I cannot not answer definitively how kid friendly it is. The parlour is a great place if you are wanting pizza and a little more. Highly recommended. Enjoy!
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Robert Hamilton
Guess how many slices of pepperoni you get on an 8" pepperoni pizza from these guys? Well you dont have to guess. You can count them. 4. The rest is greasy “cheese” (I think) and some kind of red paste. Thin hardly cooked crust with burned edges... how did they manage that? Perhaps they cook it with a blow torch or something. Worst Pizza EVER! Oh wait… the Ham and Pineapple pizza is actually worse. The ham is undercooked strips of bacon if you can believe it. Wow – just nasty. And the only thing worse than the pizza (and this is saying something) is the snotty guy who answers the phone. Me: “Do you have Ham and Pineapple?” Snotty Waiter: “no” Me: “NO???” Snotty Waiter: “Well we do but we call it something in Italian that you will never be able to pronounce so it sounds better than it is.” Save your money and buy something from the food court. It wont taste any good but at least you wont be expecting good pizza so you wont be disappointed.
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Angela Colabucci-English
Went to the Parlor, for my cheat meal. Had a delicious pizza - their fennel sausage is SO tasty and absolutely loved their cauliflower app and my favorite thing was the tiramisu... just an FYI, i am a tiramisu fiend, and when I find a good one- I rave about it. If you want fresh craft pizza, tiramisu that is on-point and an atmosphere that is unique- I highly recommend The Parlor. They have a great Happy Hour with cocktail, wine, sangria and beer specials, along with food specials for small pizzas, appetizers ( like their yummy calamari).. but what I liked most is the story behind the place. Employees grow a lot of the seasonal herbs in their own gardens and the place itself is a reconstructed 50s hair salon ( if my memory serves correctly). I thought it was so cool that they reclaimed some of the original wood and created the tables and I loved that they put their background story on the tables. Its the little details that made my visit so nice. Keep it up!
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Kathryn Lybrand
Greasy is the only way to describe my experience, and not even the good kind of greasy you expect from pizza. I ordered a cheese plate, 3 different types of cheese, that were wonderful by themselves, and would have paired nicely with the condiments, except the bread was drenched in griddle lubrication and charred burnt fragments. I also had the Funghi pizza, which again by all accounts should have been delectable, but alas greasy. If corn oil can overpower the flavor of truffle oil you have a sorry combination of flavors happening in your pizza. I wanted to have a fantastic time, the reviews seemed to hold up, the location was convenient and the ambiance was delightful, except as a single top they stuck me in the furthest corner of the restaurant behind the wine rack.
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David Lambard
Even tho I was in flip flops my salad was properly dressed. This block and mortar house is crisp, clean and very pleasant. Stripped down to its most fundamental features. It is cool and breezy. It was lunch hour for me so I sat at the bar to eat. It doesnt make sense to do anything but eat light and healthy in the summertime. And I prefer cold meals during the heat of the day. Spinach Salad $8/13.5 Baby Spinach, apple wood bacon, tomatoes, white cheddar, avocado, hard boiled egg, white balsamic vinaigrette. I was up sold with sliced cold chicken to go on top, an excellent offering. For a Pizza Parlor the only thing missing are the Italian pizza cooks in the kitchen yelling "Whatcha You Back I like this house.
