Okay, initially, I was a bit put off by this place. Â I am a North Jersey girl (by residence, not by heritage. Â I am a midwest girl by birth). Â Anyway, pizza place at a strip mall? Â With vinyl booths? Â That' s not real pizza...
I was a little disappointed by the menu. Â I was with my boyfriend and some of his friends. They are a bit more into "junkier" foods. I was trying to go for a healthier option. Â As you can imagine, the options at a place called "Pizza Como" are few and far between. Â I had a chicken Caesar Salad, with dressing on the side. Â Yeah, creative option, I know. Â The menu is more like a diner than a pizza place.
My food was brought out after everyone else, which I couldn't quite understand. Â Seriously, a chicken Caesar salad takes longer than Philly Cheese Steak Fries (which looked decadently delightful, by the way)? Â I had to watch my friends eat while I awaited my salad.
My initial impression of the salad was disappointment. There were big HUGE chucks of lettuce and it didn't appear to be Romaine, as I would expect with a Caesar. Maybe it was, but didn't seem to be. Â The chicken and olives were VERY generous. Â As I ate my salad, I started to enjoy it. Â How much of that was food quality and how much was the result of diet-induced deprivation, I cannot say. Still, it was fairly decent and satisfying. Â
A quick tip--be sure to check in. Â I checked in right after we paid the bill. Â Had I checked in earlier, I could have saved 10% off our bill.
I have not feedback on the pizza. Â It's a pizza place in name only, it seems.
Enjoy!
I remember years ago PC Pub had a decent thing going. Â 3 star place, maybe 4 star place for the area its in. Â The food was never great, but it was passable. Â The staff was friendly. Â The place would be packed friday/saturday nights with attractive people. Â Fast forward to today and its no where near that. Â A friday/saturday night its about 1/4th of its original crowd. Â And its mostly drunk rednecks who shoot dirty looks at you. Â But you can tell why it has sank so fast, so hard....
This place need a major remodel. Â It's falling apart. Â It's ugly. Â They still serve beer in plastic cups. Â What is that about? Â Beer taste horrible out of a plastic cup. Â And its not like you have a spring break crowd at the beach. Â You're in Pennsburg, you no where near capacity, the cover-bank you booked for the 800th time is really bad and doesn't draw anyone anymore, your staff is getting slow and cranky. Â Your food some how jumped off the deep end and taste like, well I'll leave that part blank. Â
If you want to order food here, do yourself a favor. Â Don't. Â Goto walmart down the street (it's open 24hours), buy some frozen whatever you're going order and make it yourself. Â It is going taste 100times better.
Went here on Saturday (I ate out all weekend yay me!) for my niece's sup. 30th party. Â They were packed...holy smokes. Â However, because of the size, it didn't feel claustaphobic. Â We were early and got drinks which were reasonably priced. Â And we watched a two foot-I swear- stromboli come out of the kitchen. Â OMG and boy did I want that.
The party room was freezing, but I can overlook that. Â They served fried veggies and chicken strips as well as salad, pizza and mozz sticks (amazing). Â The food was decent. Â Not astonshing until......we got a chicken ceaser pizza to take out. Â HOLY HELL, it was the best pizza I ever ate. Â I kid you not. Â
So if you're out in east bumble where this place is, head there. Â You will not be disappointed.
I was here the other day taking my mom for an early Mother's Day. Â My parents like it and that is where she picked. Â When we walked in we sat ourselves and the place seemed nice enough aesthetically. Â The menu though was a little daunting, I have a rule of thumb that I don't eat at a place where the menu is more than 5 pages long. Â This one was 8! Â However, my mother picked this place so oh well. Â When I asked about if the pasta was made in house the waitress seemed confused and finally said no but they boil it here! Â I thought it was interesting that a place that served Italian cuisine did not have fresh pasta. Â
So I got a wrap which was really good and mom enjoyed her chicken club sandwich. Â So the food we received was decent but the service was sub-satisfactory. Â Seemed like a lot of standing around and talking to each other and they did not have a great knowledge of the menu. Â I think my biggest advice to Pizza Como is downsize your menu! Â I don't think it's possible to prep a menu that large fresh everyday and so your quality will suffer. Â Overall though it was average and mom was happy so that made me happy!
I had to update my review of this place again after going last night. We sat at their new outside tables, and no one came to serve us. So my husband went inside and asked the bouncer to send a waiter out, waited another 10 minutes, still no server.
He went in again and asked, waited another 10 minutes, still no server. I saw a hostess, grabbed her and asked her to send someone out. No joking, 20 minutes til they took our drink order. Then we waited 10 minutes for the drinks. We were there for 2 hours and my husband had 2 beers, because the service was so slow. Didn't bother ordering food, I have eaten here before and its greasy, and nothing to write home about. Very disappointing, won't be back.
You're sure to find decent wings in almost any area of the country, if you know where to look. Tucked away in a Pennsburg, PA shopping center is unassuming sports bar and Italian restaurant Pizza Como. A dozen wings fit the bill for an appetizer to share. Talk about variety, their menu listed TWENTY different sauces (look at their menu online), but, being it was my first visit, I would gauge their wings according to the standard Buffalo. A brief consultation with our server revealed that the Hot is pretty hot for most people, and that, in fact, they were out of the Suicide sauce.
The wings were brought out piping hot, but rather dry, with little sauce to be seen. Upon closer inspection there was indeed a coating of sauce, but I was in the mood for them a littler drippier. We were provided extra sauce, which made all the difference. The wings were a proper medium-size, crunchy (but not overly so) on the outside, and properly cooked on the inside. Their Hot was actually a proper hot. If you like your sauce hot, you'd find these are accurate in their description. I regret not being able to test how hot the Suicide sauce was, but that will have to wait until a future visit.
Definitely recommended.
I have been going here for years and love it here. They have the biggest menu selection in the area and have very good food. I have NEVER gotten abhorrent customer service here. I will say that at times it CAN take a bit longer than say, other smaller pizza joints, but that is because EVERYTHING IS MADE TO ORDER and is fresh. Nothing is pre-made here, so I think it's worth a couple extra minutes. If you got the bruschetta on a hoagie roll, it's only because they ran out of their normal bread. They usually get bread delivered from Conshy bakery daily and do not normally use hoagie rolls for bruschetta. One user below stated they thought the people that work there always have the attitude that "if you don't like it, go somewhere else"... but I don't think that's fair if you didn't say something to management about it (instead of just assuming that's what they'd say).
You are right about the fact that the menu prices SHOULD reflect the actual price on the check, but unfortunately you punished the messenger (the waitress), not the person who told her to say that and made the rule in the first place. And thankfully, the entire restaurant is now non-smoking so no worries there. I'd say Pizza Como/PC Pub is a great place to eat, a family business for 30+ years with a clean and modern atmosphere (It's been newly renovated and has a HUGE 40-seater bar). Weekend nights are fun - always have well-known bands on weekends. Cover charge is $7pp, but you do get a Free Domestic Draft or $2.50 off a mixed drink w/ that price, so it actually turns out to be cheaper than the old $5 cover when they were in the old place.
Have eaten here a few times (both takeout and dine in) and I have to echo what another reviewer said in that the service here can be pretty bad at times. Quite frankly the first time I came here I was treated so rudely, usually the kiss of death for me, that I'm surprised I ever stepped foot in this place again. Most likely it's because all the following times we went here was because we were with friends and the restaurant was their choice. Anyway, the service we had the last time we were here (dine in) was the worst ever and SO BAD that it's doubtful we'll ever step foot in this place again.
This last time we came here for late mid-afternoon lunch on a weekend and even though the restaurant was mostly empty save for 4 other tables and there were a number of servers around it took FOREVER to get everything - initial order, drinks, appetizer, drink refills, our sandwiches, the bill, it was a good 15-20 minutes in between anything. Our waitress acted like this was all just business as usual - no comment about the super long wait times. We were a party of four that only got drinks, appetizers and sandwiches in a mostly empty restaurant and we were in our seats for 2 HOURS! Not by choice I might add. That's just ridiculous.
The food here is pretty hit or miss in my opinion. Some decent stuff and some just so-so. I do think they have excellent cheese steaks if that's your thing. Unfortunately the service is sometimes ok and sometimes downright terrible, at least based on my experiences in the 4 times I've eaten here. I don't know about the owners, but it's almost as if the common vibe of this restaurant among the wait staff is, "this is how it is....don't like it, go somewhere else.'
Let me start off by saying that the food at Pizza Como is above average and their menu selection is decent.
That being said, their service and CUSTOMER service is abhorrent!
We have been their numerous times because we like the food but have stopped going because 1: the prices on the menu ARE NOT the prices you pay! Â And they don't care. Â They simply say "our prices fluctuate because of the economy" -- I'm sorry, but that is NOT a good enough reason to not post accurate pricing or at the very least put notes in the menus saying that the prices have changed. Â There is NO warning until you get your check. Â And when I questioned it, the waitress told me there is a sign on the counter saying that prices MAY change. Â No offer was made to meet the printed price -- so I took it out of her tip.
2. When I asked to sit in a specific area because of a large group that was very noisy, I was told they could not do that.
So, because they seem to charge whatever prices they want to -- we no longer go there. Â And I suggest to others that until PC posts accurate pricing that you don't go either... you may end up being charged $15 for somethign that says $12.50 on the menu!
Buyer beware!!!
I have tried this place a few times. The new restaurant is HUGE.
They have a huge bar and cater to the bar crowd. If you are going there just for dinner be prepared to wait a LONG time, even for pizza - also be prepared to have really rude waitresses and horrible service.
This has been my experience the few times I have frequented the joint - I've never been back and don't plan to go again.
(I took my extended family here when they were in town and I was embarrassed by how bad our experience was).
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