Review of a Slice of Pizza at Napoli Pizza in Carlisle, PA

The Mission

I tried a slice of plain cheese pizza at every traditional pizza shop the Carlisle, Pennsylvania on a mission to find the best slice of pizza in Carlisle. I could eat pizza almost every meal of the day, it’s definitely one of my top favorite foods without question. And when I get pizza, I usually just get a few plain cheese slices from a traditional pizza shop nearby. Nothing fancy. But I am a bit picky about my slices. And since I live in Carlisle now, so I gotta know where the best slice is! Here’s my review of a slice from Napoli Pizza…

Overhead top down view of two slices of pizza at Napoli Pizza in Carlisle, PA - Carlisle, PA Pizza Reviews - Awesome Carlisle!

NOTE: Image of slices above include a little bit of red pepper flakes on the left side slice because I accidentally started adding it before I took the picture.

Even Playing Field

I made sure to visit each pizza shop either around 12:00PM noon or around 5:00PM/6:00PM when they should have a good fresh slice pie ready that hasn’t been sitting around for a while. This puts them on even playing fields and gives them the best shot at giving me a good representation of their slices. It also gives me the opportunity to see how the service is when they are a bit more busy. And I do not let them know I am doing a review, so they are not doing anything special or better because of that.

My Bias

Full disclosure, I’m a sauce guy. I need enough sauce and it needs to have some tang and/or sweetness and good flavor, or I won’t like it. And I don’t like a crazy amount of cheese, so places that make slices like that, immediately have a disadvantage in my ratings. If you like tons of cheese and don’t care about the sauce, then you could probably go by the opposite of my ratings.

Close up low side view of two slices of pizza at Napolia Pizza in Carlisle, PA - Carlisle, PA Pizza Reviews - Awesome Carlisle!

NOTE: Image of slices above include a little bit of red pepper flakes on the far slice because I accidentally started adding it before I took the picture.

Notes

Price Per Slice (including tax): $3.17
Day of the Week: Monday
Time: 5:29PM – 2 other groups… 1 eating in and 1 taking out – not busy
Order: 2 slices of plain cheese pizza
Wait time after ordering: 4 min 20 sec – Quick ordering upon walking in and decent wait time to get food.
Dining room: Small to medium size – seats 40 total… 7 booths that seat 4 each. 2 tables that fit 4 each. 2 tables that seat 2 each.Pretty clean, except there were multiple tables with debris on them that hadn’t been cleaned off after the people left. 2 additional outdoor tables of 2 seats each.
Parking: Plenty. Free. Lot. Located in a strip mall.
Self serve fountain soda.
Chips rack.
Bottled soda.
General inconsistency in slices. You can tell they were from two different pies.

Rating

on a scale of 1 to 10

Cheese: 7 – Average
Sauce: 6 – Slightly Below Average – Barely any to taste, but what I could taste was average and nothing special.
Sauce to Cheese Ratio: 5 – Below Average – Barely enough sauce to taste, ven near crust it was hard to even taste the sauce. Also inconsistent across the two slices because they were from two different pies.
Crust: 7 – Average – Fine with okay chew and thickness, but nothing exceptional. And size of end crust varied and was inconsistent between the 2 slices because they were from two different pies.
Size: 7 – Average – Average size, but inconsistent… one of my slices was smaller than the other because they were from two different pies.
Service: 7 – Average – Quick ordering and good wait time to get order.
Facility: 6 – Slightly Below Average – Because of debris/dirt on tables.
Total: 45 (out of a possible 70) = 6.43 stars (out of a possible 10)
Slice Only Total: 32 (out of a possible 50) = 6.4 stars (out of a possible 10)
Value: $3.17 per slice / 6.43 stars = $0.49 per star
Slice Only Value: $3.17 per slice / 6.4 stars = $0.50 per star