Peel Wood Fired Pizza

Bustling even at 11:45 AM on a Friday. Split the house salad and a plain vanilla pizza with sausage and mushroom. Pleasant sweetness tothe sauce, the sausage was sliced and not really memorable, but OK. Crust on the edge very crispy, on the bottom thin and a bit chewy -- nothing wrong with that, just that we prefer crispier crusts fresh from the oven. We'd rate the food overall a good deal for the price. Our food came quickly.

Service was OUTSTANDING. Katie was our waitress and she was just short of overly solicitous. In fact, my wife said she was afraid to look her way for fear she'd hop right over to our table! Better this kind of service than the opposite. Every server there seemed this way -- hustling, trying to please, and everyone with a genuine smile.

Over all a B+ experience and we'll go back. You won't be disappointed.

Good food, terrible service

Let me preface my review by saying that this place has good food and an upscale design. However, these aspects of Peel are not exceptional-- indeed, the only exceptional part of my experience with Peel was how hard they tried to squeeze every cent they could out of me while providing terrible service.

On a recent roadtrip, my girlfriend and I decided to swing by Peel on our way out of St Louis. We'd been there before, when we'd tried going to Cleaveland Heath, only to find it closed on Sunday. Figuring that Peel had pretty good pizza, we thought we would swing by again and grab an order to go before hitting the road.

But Peel wasn't having any of that.

First, they wouldn't let us order over the phone. OK, that's fine, I understand that, despite explaining we were already on our way, they had a policy against this. Maybe people in the past have ordered food and never picked it up. That's fine, and if this had been it, Peel would still be a solid 4 stars in my book.

However, upon arriving here, we were informed that the only way to order was to get a table, and that this would involve a 30-40 minute wait. Despite having called them twice on the way over, this was our first time hearing about this rule. Despite telling the person on the phone that we were on a road trip and couldn't stay long, none of the people we spoke to had thought it prudent to tell us that we would have to delay over half an hour for a table BEFORE we could order our food. Our only alternative to waiting would be to order at the bar--but, oh, wait, we would have to order a drink there first before getting food. Great idea for people who were trying to drive somewhere.

Instead of this pile of BS, we went to Cleaveland Heath 5 minutes away and placed our order at the bar with no fuss. During that time, I struck up a conversation with a local, who preemptively told me (before I shared my experience with him) that he avoided Peel at all cost as a restaurant with a corporate feel and unfriendly attitude. After this experience, I can only agree wholeheartedly.

Peel might have decent pizza, but the only thing that stands out about it is how hard they try to penny and dime you. If you want an upscale, friendly place to have dinner, I suggest trying the nearby Cleaveland Heath instead.

Really enjoyed it!!  Appetizers were delicious, Pizza was Fantastic, too full by that point but I'm sure desserts were amazing as well.  there has always been a wait of about 25 min average when i go, they needed to make the inside a little bigger if they were going to have such good food and drinks! yes drinks! they have hard cider (angry orchard) my fav on draft and its absolutely thirst quenching when on draft!  even if i don't plan on drinking i will get one when i go here.  you cant find it all over.

The pizza is so good, the crust is yummy and the wood fired items they have including wings and such are just so good! i could eat, eat, eat and still try to eat some more.  I literally have to get cut off here!

FANTASTIC Food, you should try it!