Tony D.
Yelp
Went there on a Friday night. The place was packed with a 15-minute wait to sit. I ordered to go.
The staff were helpful and very friendly. Since it was dinnertime, they were running low on slices, so I didn't try the cheese. I was pleasantly surprised that they used cupped pepperoni on their pies. Usually, I don't see cupped pepperoni unless it's on a detroit style or Donatos/Masseys (call out to CBUS)! I was really there for the square pie... I wanted to try either the Grandma's or Brooklyn, so I went with the one that looked sumptuous.
Due to a mix-up, they give me an Arancini on the house.
If you've read my prior pizza reviews, you'll know I favor NY style and Neopolitan as I'm a ny Italian. But i do love me some Chicago & Detroit style.
So how was it? And does it represent authentic NY style pizza? HELL YES!
For me, there are several aspects in reviewing a pizza
1. It can't have any toppings to mask the inherent flavors of the dough, sauce, and cheese
2. Round vs. Square/Rectangle represent different tastes, and I'll review them separately
Round Pepperoni
Ok, so I would normally go for cheese, but it wasn't available
1. Dough. Excellent flavor, just too thin for a typically NY slice. It felt more like a tavern style pizza, but it folded well 8/10
2. Sauce. Nice flavor, tasted authentic 9/10
3. Cheese. This is what separates NY style pizza. I feel pies out on the island are a bit more greasier...if you can fold the slice and oil drips out, that is a difderen e maker. For me, I find a bit more grease enhances the flavor. Here it was excellent 10/10
Great mouth feel
Added.bonus. Cupped Pepperoni. Holy crap it was good. 11/10
Brooklyn pie
Dough. Typical for a Square pizza is a thicker crust. Sicilian would be typically thicker than Grandma's, so I thought I would try that. I thought the thickness was very good. The one area that could have been better is more of a garlic taste. 8/10
Cheese. The cheese was underneath the sauce and complimented the pie. 10/10.
Sauce. This is the ingredient that makes or breaks this type of pie....The sauce was fresh tasting and fairly plain. It tasted as if it came out of a can [don't know). There was a slight tinny flavor. I would suggest adding a little oregano and/or basil and salt. Otherwise, it would have been perfect. 8/10
Overall. Omg, this is very good. There are very few places in Orlando that cam even come close to what Doughboyz constructed. Excellent job!
Extra bonus
Arancini ball. Omg. What a delight. Like buttah. It did. Ot even need the side of sauce.
All in all, I would highly recommend Doughboyz pizza as a close approximation of NY style pizza
Thank you @hungrypolarbear for posting this to your blog, otherwise I wouldn't have heard about it.
https://youtu.be/2fEme77JzdE?si=Sxkko2d_Xn4CBKAI
Would I visit again? Of course. Next time I'm in that part of town.