The Order: 9 inch Princess Margherita (fresh tomato, herbs & mozzarella) and a 12 inch Shakey's Special (beef, pepperoni, ham, onion, mushrooms, capsicum, pineapple, olives, tomato sauce and mozzarella). Next time I'll indulge my urge to order a "cheese party" pizza and a tasty reward, such as Shakey's Famous Mojo, which based on the picture are either deep fried tomatoes, chicken cutlets or hashbrowns.
Crust: There were two options at Shakey's - hand tossed and thin crust. The hand tossed doesn't disappoint if you are looking for a close approximation to delivery chain pizza in the U.S. - chewy, a bit salty, and strangely comforting. In my opinion, the thin crust is the best bet here just because it balanced better with the overall pizza. More on that....
Sauce: ...here. I have to say that the sauce was a bit of a problem. The sauce on both of these pizzas was so completely soaked in to the crust my dining companion and I wondered if there even was any red sauce on them. It worked a little bit better on the thin crust because it didn't soak in as much and there was less crust to balance out. Bottom of the line is - buy a squeeze bottle of Contadina at City Super before you order this stuff - you're gonna need some reinforcements.
Toppings: Surprisingly fresh and delicious. The Shakey's Special had something about it that tasted very Hong Kong pizza-y...if you live here you know what I mean. But they use fresh mushrooms and that's more than I can say for Pizza Hut.
Delivery: Misleadingly, these guys do not have their own delivery bikers. They go through Dial-a-Dinner. So you can expect the normal Dial-a-Dinner service: 2 hour wait and cold food.
And now, the ratings.
Crust (considering it was a delivery): Hand-tossed - 7; Thin crust - 8
Sauce: What sauce? 1Toppings: 7
Delivery: 5
VFM: 8Overall (relative to delivery pizza): Thin crust margherita- 7; Hand-tossed Shakey's Special -6
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