Courtney E.
Yelp
I stumbled upon this place because the Mexican restaurant where I planned to eat lunch a couple of doors down was closed for maintenance. The doors were open so I walked right in. I was a little worried at first. It was lunch time rush on a Friday and there were only three patrons inside. It was a last minute resort and the aroma of pizza smelled good so I decided to stay.
I'm not sure what the business model is here, but they may have lowballed themselves. I ordered a nonalcoholic drink ($3) and two slices of pepperoni pizza ($3/each). While nothing was spectacular, only average, the prices could scare customers into thinking the quality is not good. I was just trying to understand why this place was nearly empty at that time of day.
Dessert is the most important part of the meal for me and they were extremely lacking. They didn't have a physical dessert menu, but tiramisu and carrot cake were the only options. Not the best way to entice customers to spend more.
The staff were very friendly, though one was overly friendly and it was odd to me. Similar to how a salesman anticipates your response to a question and talks too fast to allow even a second to comprehend the response. I think he truly cared how the food and my experience was going, but it felt forced. To ask while I was mid-bite was strange as well. Usually the best time to ask is when I'm finished eating or if I'm not eating the food at all.
I read a few reviews after finishing my meal and it seems this place recently opened about one week ago. I just assumed it had been opened for a while from the looks of the decor the employee to customer ratio. It felt like a chain restaurant rather than an actual one. Some work needs to be done on the representation of Detroit Pizza Pub, especially with so many competitors in the vicinity.