Pizzology

I am sad to say my first review is going to be negative about a Za joint. I would say I am a self professed pizza connoisseur.  We were excited to check out Pizzology because we had heard really good things about it. Let me start by saying the staff was very nice and was on it for the most part. They were busy for early on a Friday and it is a pretty small place, so we had to wait a little while for a table which was fine and understandable. We were seated, ordered drinks and some bread sticks, which were very good. We ordered 2 pies and they took a very long time to come out. 1 was wrong so we had to send back and wait even longer.  They use a wood fired oven to cook the pizza, if done correctly will take a while for a perfect pizza. Our pies were not cooked correctly at all, the crust was burnt and the rest was under cooked. So it is hard to say why they took as long as they did. Maybe they were having an off night it happens in restaurants as in life, but I will not be back. I would much rather grace, Some Guys, Puccini's, or Bazbeaux next time I'm in the mood for high quality fresh Za.

Fantastic crust and ingredients.  Good local beer. Our waiter was fantastic

I was in here a few weeks ago with a party of 10. We called ahead and were able to put our name on a wait list. When we arrived it was still a 30 minute wait. Not a problem but their waiting area is very small and we felt like we were in the way. Anyways, while we were waiting, the chef or manager (not sure who he was) came over and offered us an order of breadsticks while we waited. Awesome!! He brought them out and about 10 minutes later we were seated. Our server was very nice and attentive. She told us all about Pizzology and their brick oven and we drooled over the menu trying to decide what to eat. We had five couples in our group so each couple ordered a pizza. My fiance and I ordered the homemade sausage and an order of the arancini. The arancini was delicious! I could eat that every day! Then the pies were brought out. We were so excited. And then... disappointment. The couple across from us could only eat half of their pizza because the rest was so burnt it was inedible. Our pizza had so much flour on it, that's all we could taste. There was more fennel and onion than sausage. This is supposed to be the best pizza in Carmel? And then the check came. You remember the breadsticks that were offered to us? Yea, we got charged for those. Seriously? We didn't throw a fit over it but I was put off by it. I'm not sure if I will try Pizzology again or not.