Cul-De-Sac

Tucked away on Wing Wah lane down an alley from Lan Kwai Fong, Cul-De-Sac is one of Hong Kong's few late night food shops that doesn't serve exclusively noodles and fish balls.  I know I sound like a broken record here but although you could do better, you could also do much worse for pizza and/or late night food here in the Kong.  Cul-De-Sac also has a variety of other late night favorites like poutine and a good beer selection. However, if you're at Cul-De-Sac I would be willing to bet you probably don't need any more beer.

Crust:  A bit crackery, but generally inoffensive. 6

Sauce:  I hate it when the sauce gets baked into the crust, and this stuff doesn't really have much flavor.  2

Toppings: Basic, but ok.  Good cheese levels.  6

Ambiance: Alleys are nice, but not really to eat in.  4

Overall:  5

Cul-De-Sac

GF Block A Winner Building
Wing Wah Lane
Central

Ziti's

If you haven’t been to Tin Hau lately, there’s a cute little strip of shops on Tung Lo Wan Road that includes local pizza joint Ziti's.  If you had never eaten out at a restaurant in Hong Kong, you might be surprised at its tiny size, limited wine list (one bottle of red and one bottle of white on offer) and bright lighting.  If you frequently dine out here, then I think you know the drill. 

My favorite pizza of our order was the Mediterranean, which included a healthy dose of feta cheese, artichokes, olives, grilled eggplant, zucchini and bell pepper.  The toppings were delicious. The margharita was uninteresting and disappointing.  It didn’t taste much different from a cheese pizza from any major pizza chain.

The crust at Ziti’s is thin and crispy and tastes fresh, however I prefer a chewier crust or something with at least a stronger flavor. 

Although I would go back to Ziti's for the Mediterranean, I think I might be better off trying to recreate it at home with better crust/sauce.

Crust: 6

Toppings: 4

Sauce: 4

VFM: 5

Ambiance: 3

Overall: 5

Ziti's
G/F, 110 Tung Lo Wan Road
Tin Hau, Hong Kong

2576 7700

Additional location on Hoi Wan Street, Quarry Bay

Pizza Simpatico

I hate that phenomenon where everyone tells you something is really good and then you expect it to be really good so then when you go and it's just sort of ordinary you are really disappointed. This accurately describes my experience with the movie Crash (which won the Oscar for best picture in 2004) and Pizza Simpatico (which won best pizza in Timeout HK for 2009).
Well kiddos, it's 2010 and I don't think Pizza Simpatico is going to make the varsity squad this year.  I'm not sure if this says more about the deliciousness of Pizza Simpatico, or my extremely refined and sophisticated pizza palate.
First, the ambiance was a little too operating room and a little light on the coze.  Strike one.  The toppings could have been fresher, more delicious, more plentiful, etc.  Strike two.  Lastly, I'm still annoyed that this was voted best pizza in Hong Kong. Because it isn't. Strike three.

On a positive note, the oven looked 2 legit 2 quit. Perhaps with extensive training of their staff by someone with an extremely refined and sophisticated pizza palate, they could put that puppy to work.

Crust: 5

Sauce: 5

Toppings: 5

Ambiance: 5 (However...I'd give them another chance if the weather were ever perfect for patio pizza dining)

VFM: 5

Overall: 5

Pizza Simpatico

Shop 19, 1/F, Peak Galleria, 118 Peak Road

The Peak

2849-0001

UPDATE:  Now closed.

Brivo

If I changed my rating to letter-based instead of number-based I'd really have to do the exact opposite of going out on a limb and give this one a big fat O for ordinary, meaning that it has the same rating as approximately 94% of the pizzas in the Kong.  I'm so T for tired of ordinary pizza that I can't even think of much to say about this place other than that you could do worse.  And that if you like a really crispy thin crust you might like this place. 

Crust: 6
Sauce: 5
Toppings: 6
Ambiance: 6
VFM: 6
Overall: 5

Brivo

36B Staunton Street

2899 2244