This local operation has 3 locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. We reviewed the San Mateo location. They use the slogan “San Francisco’s Most Awarded Pizza” North Beach Pizza serves pizza, Pasta, Salads, and Sandwiches. People come for the pizza, so we went straight to the draw. They have a huge delivery business.

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Picks:
None

OK:

Buffalo Wings ($7.45, Free with $40 delivery order-ECoupon) - Were a little zesty but edible.  Better than the pizza.  Good quantity.

Pans:

North Beach Special pizza Large 16in ($26.75) . It has Pepperoni, green pepper, sausage, mushrooms and onions. Very soggy in the middle, very thick crust on the edge.  Lots of toppings.  This was a pretty below average pizza, edible, but nothing special. The similar styled pizza at Toto’s is a better bet. If you like artisan or deep dish style pizza, look elsewhere.

Aloha Pizza (Mini $17.45) This pizza has Canadian bacon, ham, and pineapple.  An acquired taste indeed.  Again the toppings tasted ok, but the crust was soggy and edge too thick.

We tested their delivery. We ordered online and called an hour later only to find their online ordering was not working! They didn’t even contact us. We were told it would be about an hour and half for delivery, but it turned out to be over 2 hours. We would avoid delivery at all costs and try eating in restaurant if you really want to try it.

They have several wine and beer options.  No dessert options.
You can order online for delivery, but beware. They have an electronic coupon for free buffalo wings with $40 orders.  Also coupons are in the phone book for certain days.

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This small fast food like restaurant is located next to Hulu Ramen, one of the best Japanese noodle places in the SF Bay Area. It was slow during lunch time, less than half full.  Service ok.
They have a very simple menu.  4 wonton / noodle soup dishes, several rice plates, and several noodle dishes with no soup to choose from.  also have 7 or so small cold dishes to go with your noodle or rice dish. (cucumber salad with garlic sauce, bamboo shoot marinade, asparagus salad, braised egg, shredded braised tofu…)

The price of the main dishes are from $6.99 to $8.99.   Not cheap for fast food, so if it satisfied our taste buds for comfort food, we’d go again.

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We ordered the Taiwanese wonton noodle soup ($7.99) with 10 pieces of wonton.  Assuming wonton is their specialty, it IS in their name! It has very thin, almost transparent wrapper, but tasteless and kinda dry.  the noodles are ok, but just ok.  the broth is not bad, but we could whip that together in a jiff.  Nothing special.  Too pricy for the food.  The portion is not big either.

Ok:
Another small plate:  the stewed shredded pork on top of the dish is actually very tasty, if you can conquer the fear of visual of pork fat.  They do not taste like fat, yet they melt in your mouth right away. They may have been stewed for a long time.

A hole in the wall worth going to only if Hulu Ramen is closed.

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