Neil L.
Yelp
This is a review of Beer Church's takeout food/ service only.
I had never been to Beer Church before, but wanted to try something new. So, I ordered (online) a Margherita pizza (w/ mushrooms) + 6 chicken wings (buffalo). I wanted to stay away from any "fancy" shenanigans, so that I would stay within a normal comfort zone for this new experience.
The online ordering was easy, BUT the menu was lacking in details about their buffalo wing "flavors" -- citing "bar-b-aki" , "el diablo", "hell's honey", "ghost pepper", and "forbidden citrus". No explanation as to what this lingo refers to. These are "made-up" flavor names that probably have a perfectly understandable explanation -- had they bothered. I went with the "buffalo" flavor -as I know what that is supposed to be. The lack of description for their flavors is a definite problem -- especially for on-line ordering. A failure.
The pricing: outrageously expensive for what you get.
The pizza is about 12" diameter -- possibly OK for splitting with one other person. But, many would consider this to be a "personal" sized pizza. (I am on a low-carb diet, so pizza is a definite breaking-the-rule splurge for me, which I am OK with. I know that it is not good to consume many slices of pizza, even though most of us will eat an entire pizza at once, if we had total free will. But, it is always good to have extra slices for the next day(s)). The basic pizza at $17 is expensive. Adding $4 for mushrooms -- consisting of probably a single mushroom, sliced -- is outrageous. A failure of value at $21. Don't do it.
Likewise, the 6 wings at $14 is way too expensive. The in-bone wings are large. But $2.34 per wing? If there was something special about them, maybe. These are very standard wings. The buffalo spicing was very mild -- not up to par with what I would consider "buffalo wings". No celery is included, and no blue cheese sauce is included. Total failure.
Taste: the pizza and the wings were perfectly acceptable in the taste category. As stated above, the wings were not "bad", but they were nothing special. They were not spicy enough, and they did not come with the usual blue cheese and celery. The pizza looked good, was small, had very few mushroom slices (esp. for $4/ should have been gratis), the crust was moderately thick with a large area of crust around the perimeter (as shown online). The crust was chewy, and I would say is a good crust. But, way overpriced.
Service: This was an online/pickup order. So, the only service required was that the order is correct, and the pickup time is correct. They actually FAILED on this simple task: upon placing the order, a notice is given that says they "will email you when your order is ready". They also give a time when it will be ready. Sometimes, as we all know, the stated ready time is not accurate. So, I was waiting for them to email me. After 15 minutes beyond the stated time, I called. They said it was ready, and had been ready for quite some time! Naturally, it was a bit cold when I picked it up.
So, online ordering: FAIL.
I give this 3 stars, which I believe is very generous. Others would downgrade to 1 or 2 stars. I hope they modify the online ordering details, and also the pricing. It is way out of line with expectations. I would not order from here again unless some major pricing changes were incorporated.