This horrid, lumpen mass. Photo by Himal
So we finally tried the Domino’s Dehiwela, what a treat. Oh my God it was horrible. The service is bad, the pizzas aren’t cut and the toppings slide right off. I could still taste the garlic shrimp hours later, and that’s not a good thing. Overall, I only recommend visiting the Dehiwela Domino’s to see first hand how horrible it is.
The main issue is the quality of the pizza. It tastes OK, but is made so badly that you have to claw the pieces apart with your hands. It ends up being a cheese curry, which you’re eating out of a cardboard box because they don’t provide plates. The Dehiwela outlet is also only equipped for delivery – if you go there they just deliver it 5 feet rather than 5 kilometers, there is absolutely no difference in service or presentation. Even when you buy a pizza at the counter, the same guys are doing phone orders as well. They ask you for a name and phone number even though you’re standing right there.
So, that’s their core business, which sucks. As for the other things, parking is unclear and I ended up in an underground garage which scraped the living shit out of the bottom of my car. Which immediately makes me grumpy. Inside there are funny signs around, but no kids area or any particularly useful use of space. There’s a feedback box but it’s full of condiments. So, here it is. Himal seemed to like his pizza, but Himal is a heathen.
As a comparison, Pizza Hut knows me better than the government and has pizza which at least sticks together. Harpo’s had excellent pizza which has since declined to a level still above everybody else.
One small veg and one medium garlic shrimp pizza (plus three waters) cost about Rs. 1500. The Dehiwela Domino’s is near the flyover on the sea side. If you’re coming from Colombo you have to pass it, go under the flyover and double back, an inconvenience in itself.
I actually liked it :/ maybe the choice was bad? We took the Hawaian pizza which was delish! :D
We went there on Sunday, and the pizzas were a bit salty, and taking the names and giving it to you in boxes was pretty ugh, and the bathroom had a sign saying “Wash your hands here, if you don’t want to lick them clean” – umm.
But I had a Hawaiian something and it was okay-ish. :)
Ha, I got ninja’d. :D
Our garlic prawn pizza was salty too. The Cheese Burst spilled out to make a garlic, prawn and cheese curry that we ate with what tasted like salty toasted bread. :/ And not having a kiddies area is definite fail. For them AND for us. :p
I went the day they opened. Ordered the Garlic prawn and Deviled Chicken. Deviled chicken was really good while the prawn wasn’t as good. But the service and quality of the pizza wasn’t bad. May be because it was the first day. I din’t mind the fact that I had to eat off the cardboard box and lack of parking but the loud papare band they had was really getting on my nerves. I still prefer the Dominos pizza over Pizza Hut. It simply tastes better.
I had a slice of veg pizza. Didn’t mind it. But ditto on the parking, almost scraped the virgin bottom of my poor Maruti. The ambiance could use some improvement, but the music sucked
I trust you man.. I trust you… I was hoping to go there this weekend, and after this re-routed to somewhere I know.
I thought Domino’s went out of business. Most of their outlets were sold!
What?? I love that place. Chicken wings and the pepperoni pizza was superb. Full disclosure : I was given free pizza on the opening day, so i guess that makes me biased and everything taste better.
Agree with Parking though.
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their devilled chicken and extravaganze are okay. I don’t know why I like their garlic bread.
but major suckfest in terms of ambiance and service.
They’re back :D with an Yindian management ;)
For me, Domino’s peaked with their deep-fried cheese-filled jalapeno poppers. I think they took them off the menu is 2006 though.