Peperoni Pizzeria (Hillcrest)

i heard of this place quite some time ago (my friend said: eh next time we ust go pepperoni together), ok so when my dad said lets go together i thought fine, lets go~
Had to wait quite long - so we left our names there then went to take a walk. Had a feeling we had to wait alot longer but the guy at the table got confused when we got back and said we left our names there earlier, so he led us to an empty table inside to sit awhile, then moved us to another table. (kinda made me wonder how come we had to wait when he had empty tables lol, but i figured maybe they were reserved?)

we ordered just a few things:XXL 21" 4 cheeses pizza (boy it was huge) it was thin (not the bready pizza hut type), ok more like the newer thin crust pizza hut, but the entire pizza is soft and chewy and cheesy and you get the idea LOLmarsala chicken with mushroom? crap, this is a post-eating reflection so i forgot about the name.calamari - very nice: but its just calamari after all lol.1 jug of coke (for me, yes uninventive)some alcohol for my dada margarita for my mum - peach or something? i only remember it was yellowish/orangey.
Anyway, super interesting place. But please do not attempt to go if you do not have a car. My boyfriend joined us after me and my parents were there and he walked pretty far distance. GPS is super helpful as well lol.

Finding a good pizza is hard in Singapore nowadays. With many places now opening new pizza chain, they just fail to impress a typical pizza lover. Here in peperoni pizzeria, they offer many authentic pizza which you could never find in any regular pizza restaurant. The restaurant decor was simple yet soothing and comforting. It adopts a look of a typical pizza cafe in Italy.

Normally i would never make a reservation to a restaurant so when we arrived at peperoni, we were told that the bar seat were the avaliable spot for our dinner. However, what shock me the next moment was that the service staff was so kind to find a more appropriate seating for our dinner even though we didn't make our reservation. For that i gave them a 10/10 for their service.

For the food part,

we ordered two full pint of hoegarden, a half-half 12 inch pizza - napoletta and pancetta - and a voglio ( clams in white wine sauce pasta).

The pasta and the pizza was excellent. No word to describe it. My only regret is not ordering the dessert. I will definitely come back for the dessert.

I live in the West side. Before discovering Peperoni, a good Italian dinner either involved booking Valentino's 2 weeks in advance, or travelling down to Cugini in Club Street.

Boy am I glad I discovered Peperoni then!

I love this place. The design of the restaurant is so quaint and rustic, like those cafes you find in the streets of the towns in Spain or Italy. The service is warm, friendly and unpretentious. And because it's a 'neighbourhood' type restaurant, they don't turn you away when you walk in wearing shorts and slippers (but of course, don't push your luck too much).

With a name like Peperoni Pizzeria, you'd be a fool not to order the namesakes. Apart from the truffles variety, all pizzas are $18 for a medium (which looks more like a small), $22 for a large (that's the size I always order) and $45 for an XXL (this should feed at least 4 to 6 people). Best part is as long as you order a large and above, you can do a half an half.

My fave pizza here is the Pancetta. It's pork bacon, cheese on a tomato-sauce based thin-crusted wood-fired pizza, topped with one big egg. Meaty, salty bacon, tangy cheese, crispy thin smoky crust and that egg on top! Break the yolk, spread it over your pizza and you're in heaven.

But don't just come here for the pizza. Because their pastas are great too. Like the squid ink with mussels and diced tomatoes. You choose the pasta (i.e. spaghetti, penne, linguine etc), and they cook it for you - perfectly fresh, perfectly al dente, perfectly tasty! The carbonara is pretty good too, albeit a little heavy.

Speaking of which, because this place is half-restaurant and half-pub, you can expect the pub grub to be pretty fantastic too. Like the deep fried chicken wings served with mayo. Crispy! Tender! Juicy! And perfect with one of their Belgian beers.

Boy am I lucky to have this place near my neighbourhood.

 

This is our first visit there. Nice cosy environment. Loved the sunny side up on the Pancetta Pizza. Crust was fragrant, taste of wood fired oven? Overall, a good family restaurant, will return soon!

I have been to Pepperoni Pizzeria several times and each time it always manages to satisfy my craving for a simple pizza or pasta.( Mostly its takeaways). It’s also nice to be able to turn up at a restaurant in my t shirt and shorts ( ie pjs )and still feel comfortable and very at home.

It was lunch time and we ordered a Large Take Away Pizza with Ham, Pepperoni, Parma Ham and Roasted Garlic.... ..droools*

The crust of the thin pan pizza was slightly crisp with a hint of "burnt wood". Trust me the bits of "burnt wood" taste adds an amazing amount of flavour and texture to the pizza. Combined with the 3 meats, the cheese the tangy tomato sauce and then followed by pieces of roasted garlic- it tickled my palate with a pleasureable sting shadowed by a subtle sweetness......

Salty yes, but totally gratifying...... that why it’s called pizza! =)

Have decided that the large pizza ( 1-2 pax) is much better than the XXL one( 4-6 pax), as the XXL one can tend to be rather soggy in the middle .

One of the better pizzas that I have had in a long time.

i celebrated my birthday with my family at Peperoni, and i think that it was one of my best birthday dinners ever. the place is youthful with crayons on the table for everyone to decorate your placemats, and more drawings from past customers on the walls. not a romantic tete-a-tete kinda dinner place but more a place where school chums will hang out after a game or something.

we ordered calamari rings, garlic bread, vongoli linguini, prosciutto and melon, prosciutto pizza and a huge 21" seafood pizza. the seafood pizza was DA BOMB. it was the width of the whole table and delicious! because of that, i cant really remember the rest of the dishes except that they were on the table at some point of the dinner. dreaming of the day i can go back for more...

Greenwood has always been one of our favourite spots for dinner because we like the vibrancy of the place and good choice of restaurants. But we always have difficulty with parking because of the small carpark that has never been upgraded before. We end up having late dinners after 8pm in order to improve our chances of getting a parking lot. Better make sure it's your lucky day if u want to go there during peak hours

Pepperoni is one restaurant there that we visited recently due to the good reviews that we found in this website, and we were so delighted to know that they opened till midnight. We really enjoyed the pizza and pastas very much but felt that the drinks price is on the high side. The pepsi light that my wife ordered costs $5 and the ice lemon tea that my son drank cost $6. Overall we spent about $25 just for drinks alone. They do serve water but are not refilled automatically and I found it hard to understand why they have so many waitresses and they are only seen busy walking around the restaurant. As we were seated in a small air-conditioned room at the courtyard, the only time u see them stepping in is when they need to bring the food to the table or clear the dishes after their customers had left. Other than that u will never see them looking inside and we have to wave like crazy to get their attention. I hope the management will look into their service matter seriously cause this defeats the purpose of having so many waitresses? They were only attentive when sending the customers off cos we could really hear their thank u and bye bye very loud and clear. They are only well trained on that basis I guess...so disappointing,,,,hope they will improve at our next visit..

Their pizzas are made in front of you. Quite authentic. Really good.
The crust smells and taste really great.

Soup is well cooked. Really has mushroom or the tomato taste in them. Whichever soup you called.

Pasta variety is huge. Linguini, Penne, Spaghetti, Fusilli, Fettuccine etc.

The sauces are heavy tasting though. So beware if your the type that likes a balance.

Desserts are not bad. But I don't fancy them very much. I rather go somewhere else that specialise in desserts instead.


overall, its a great place to try out. =))

I had a craving for pizza for the last few days and have been surfing blogs as well as on this site for where to get good pizza. So when my friend suggested having a late lunch on this public holiday monday, I jumped at the chance to see for myself the good reviews this place had been getting. I wasn't disappointed.

We order a seafood risotto, a lasagne and a pizza. Since the large and XXL pizza can have different toppings on each half, we decided to get half seafood and half hawaiian. We also requested for squid to be left out of both the risotto and the seadfood portion of the pizza. The waiter was smiling, friendly, did a good job in recommending the food and was accommodating our resquest.

It was a nice breezing day and we enjoyed the al fresco area while waiting for our food. Our pizza arrived first, but it was all seafood not the half toppings of seafood and hawaiian. So we asked our waiter, to make sure we didn't have another pizza coming, that we ordered a half half and not 2 huge pizzas. He said it was a mistake and that he'll check, we assured him that it was ok, that the seafood pizza will do.

The pizza was thin crust with generous toppings of prawns and scallops, just the right amount of cheese and was nice and crispy. Top marks. Better than any I have, when compared to other famous high end pizza places.

The risotto and lasagne followed and they were nice and portions were generous. Flavours were nice and my friend remarked that it really hit the spot.

Then a waitress brought another pizza and we said that we didn't order it, so she took it back in. She came out again in a minute and said it was complimentary for the mixed up order earlier. And although we said repeatedly that it was ok, she and later he first waiter insisted that we have it, and offered to pack it for us to go if we couldn't finish it. WOW, that is certainly service above and beyond the call of duty. That is what EXCELLENT service is all about.

We also had ice lemon teas (which was just nice, not too sweet) to go with our meal, and although the menu indicated that ice water was chargeable, they also serve us on the house and readily refilled our glasses. (note : ice water according to the menu is charge : $150.00 to $200.00, they even have a sense of humour).

Kudos to our wait staff, what a great meal, great service, great food, great ambience. I will certainly return again and again and recommend it to all my friends and family. And my mum is right now enjoying the Hawaiian pizza.

And they open till 12 midnight, last order at 1030, so they can satisfy those late night pizza cravings.

This is my 2nd trip there; nice alfresco dining :) Overall, the food is still as good as before and the waitress are very friendly and warm :)
We ordered the following:
1)Appetizer - Calamari Fritti : the squid rings are tender and delicious!
2) Soup - Mushroom : so so only. Nothing beats the the rich and creamy mushroom soup at Modesto's Restaurant still....
3)Pasta : Vongole Spaghetti - Simply yummy and insistable; MUST TRY
4)Pizza - Frutti di Mare : the crust is super thin with a tad slight burnt along the edges which makes it very fragrant. However I find the toppings too little....
5) Dessert - Crème Brulee : A prefect sweet ending to the dinner :)
I will definitely go for the 3rd time, nth time.......