Pizza Express in Liverpool

We have dairy allergies to contend with and Pizze Express has become a really solid place to go and make sure everyone is well catered for. We had a great time here and were well looked after.

I love Pizza Express, but this Liverpool One branch is always disappointing. I've been there quite a few times in the last couple of years, and it's always the same - very slow service, even when the restaurant is half empty. My latest visit has convinced me not to go back. When my group arrived, there was a queue almost out the door of people waiting for tables, but the restaurant wasn't that full. A waitress started seating people, but then walked away when my group was next in line. We then had to wait 5 mins to even be acknowledged, and I watched a waitress go behind the bar, have a drink and just hang out doing nothing - we even made eye contact, and she just ignored us. After finally being seated and ordering, our food took almost an hour to arrive. When it did, they'd forgotten part of it, so I had to ask again, which entailed flagging someone down once more, which again was difficult as staff were out of sight most of the time. The food itself was great, as is the usual standard for Pizza Express, but the long waits and the feeling of being ignored were worse than ever, so I won't be visiting this branch again.

Delivery time kept being put back constantly

We usually come here for food when visiting L1 however this'll be our last visit. It started when I ordered a large peroni (over £7) and was given a dirty glass to go with it. When I asked for a replacement glass, I waited for 5minutes before reminding the blonde waitress before she snapped at me that she's "on it". Only to come back with yet another dirty glass. I gave up after this point, and just poured my beer into one of the small water glasses. Our starters came soon after which were nice but they then appeared to forget about our mains as we sat around waiting for over 30mins after we finished our starters. Baring in mind this was Tuesday at 3pm, there were about 4 other tables. We then asked another waiter when the food would be ready, and we could see him talking to the waitress and then kitchen staff who we watched shake her head in frustration. The blonde waitress came back to our table and said the food would be ready soon, and the other waiter adjusted our bill to take 25% off which was nice of him. However, at this point we just elected to have the mains and go even though the kids got free ice cream with their food. It was all just too awkward, too unprofessional and the kids were bored and angsty. Won't be returning.

We called 2 days prior and were given a time slot for 19.30 as it seemed to be busy for the earlier times but we booked as usual for any food place. we then arrived at half 7 on a saturday night and were told that our booking "hadn't gone through" as their phone booking system doesn't directly transfer the information apparently. so not only were we left without a place to eat on a saturday when every other restaurant was fully booked as you can imagine, we also felt quite patronised by the way we were treated and spoken to. there seemed to be no solution from the staff and it felt like we were just an inconvenience to them even though we had already booked and had been told our time. just ridiculous! would not recommend calling up as they seem to ignore you. there was nothing on their website to suggest that the phone number wouldn't be able to transfer out booking information. awful!

This is good food pizza keep diong don't sell pink wlufa

Buen servicio, el entrante de calamares fue increíble. La pizza delgada de ajo era excepcional. Gracias. En general una comida a un precio razonable. Sin duda volvería de nuevo.

Absolutamente brillante servicio de Michael y otros miembros del equipo. El restaurante estaba ocupado y nuestra fiesta familiar de 3 eran temprano y nos preguntó si nos podían llevar antes de entender completamente si no. No fue un problema. Tuvimos un servicio brillante de Michael y bromas amables dado que estaba ocupado que todavía tomó unos segundos mientras tomaba nuestra orden de tener bromas amigables. ¡Máximas notas! ¡Lo emplearía si quisiera un trabajo!

No issues with the delivery, but the food was not the standard of pizza express, ordered a pizza and gf pasta. The pizza was hard and unappetising, similar to the pasta as the sauce leaked through the packaging and it looked like it was thrown together as fast as possible!

Good restaurant pleasant view out of windows and really nice food

lasagne wasn't very hot and was really just sloppy. I wouldn't eat it/order it again. Not much flavour.

Personal grosero y arrogante que deja a los clientes parados en la puerta sin ningún reconocimiento. El servicio es frío, antipático y lo mínimo que pueden salirse con la suya. Larga espera para comida de mala calidad. Mal administrado y casi caótico.

Overall good, just one detail in that our Margherita pizza was missing the basil leaves

Got food delivered. Was freezing cold after waiting over an hour for delivery. Pizza was not cut and freezing cold to touch as soon as delivered, partners pasta was overcooked(cheese was burnt black on top). Overpriced for small portions also! Absolutely would not recommend!

Pizza was tiny for 17 pounds. Wasn’t cut and was freezing cold. Would not recommend.

The staff is brilliant and the food is AMAZING!!! Absolutely loved the Pollo Pesto, the best pesto i’ve ever had!!! Amazing place to eat, i highly recommend it people!!!

Distant service and slow Food portions were generous

if you are hungry for the coldest pizza that comes with the optional extra of not even being cut look no further

Fui al restaurante a las 12: 03 y esperé 3 minutos hasta que la señora vino a recogerme. Me pidió que la siguiera y que pusiera el menú en una mesa de esquina sin preguntarme dónde me gustaría sentarme. Literalmente todo el restaurante estaba vacío. Le pedí que se sentara en otra parte pero insistió en que tenía que sentarme en esa mesa y se fue. Nunca me han tratado groseramente como tal. Inmediatamente dejé el restaurante, ya que no podía tolerar tal grosería. Falta de profesionalidad Rudeza Falta de formación Hospitalidad cero Nunca recomiendo que restaurent en absoluto!

By far the worst experience ever at a pizza express. After being seated, we were sat at the table for a very long time before anyone bothered to take our order. Then it was another very long wait for our drinks to come out. Then over an hour for our pizzas which we had to raise a complaint about. When our pizzas eventually arrived. They were overcooked, cold and just did not taste nice.

Dirty glasses, the pizza toppings will be 100g max if you scrape it off the top. This was my last visit to this chain, would not recommend to anyone

What a bad place and I never got to try my food here because you need to wait 6 Hours just to dine in and we stay for 7-8 hours and we can only shop some where else for 5-20 minutes

Horrible. We couldn't get a seat because it was full and we had to wait 1-6 hours to get a table booked for 4 people! We usually stay at Liverpool ONE Shopping Center for 7 hours and we had to eat somewhere else and I really wanted to eat at this place. I might come back and try and get a seat next time if there even are seats available.

This place is nothing good I never got to try the food here and you can't dine in because you need to wait 6 hours just to dine in and you can't do any other shopping as you wait

Took over an hour food was cold

£ 38 + para un Mac y queso, unos cuantos anillos de calamares y una bebida - Jesús, María y José! La pasta no era tan exprés como debe ser la pizza ya que esperamos un rato justo para recibir la comida y pagar la cuenta pero diré que estaba deliciosa. Tan caro como Katie pero delicioso. La situación de los asientos no era cómoda, ya que estábamos en el medio del restaurante con una mesa baja y sillas incómodas. Tuve que poner mi bufanda en el suelo ya que no hay ningún lugar claro para colgar sus abrigos, etc. También se quedaron sin cócteles, así que debemos haber ido en una noche de mala suerte. En cuanto a la ubicación, es bastante bueno, ya que estás en el centro de la ciudad y a diez minutos a pie de los muelles. Para concluir, una bolsa mixta.

Food was nice but had to wait 2 hrs for delivery - we also ordered the dough balls duppio paying an extra £2 for these but only got 8 dough balls? Ordered an extra garlic dip on the expectation would need more for the increase of dough balls it this was not needed at did not receive the correct amount

Food not delivered where is he?

Food was standard pizza express. Initial service was reasonable Then waited for 40 minutes to find a waitress to take a dessert order. Finally gave up, paid the bill and left! Lots of staff at the far end of the restaurant doing their own thing but no one actually taking care of diners!

Food great, staff attentive and friendly 😁

Bruschetta original didn't look like the picture as tomatoes and pesto had fallen off the edge of the bread. Expensive food which looked bad. Cheesecake looks great though, thank you

Emma provided excellent friendly service, and was quick to recommend/promote nice items from the menu. Theo helped resolve an issue with the bill. All in all, a highly enjoyable early valentines meal.

Wonderful service, everyone was very kind and helpful! Food was delicious

Everything was great, a very good restaurant.

Food was absolutely cold the driver was very rude he drove his bike across by grass and when asked regarding riding across my garden his replay was so what rude company and I will be taking this attitude man further

Pizza Express do the best pizzas by far.

Food was delicious Our waiter was helpful explaining the app For our discounts

Really friendly service and staff member even told us about the £1 pizza deal which was kind! Prompt service for starter and main, could’ve had another drink but didn’t get chance to ask. Also ordered another dough balls after the first, which didn’t arrive… luckily wasn’t charged for this. Easy to pay online with the app thankfully we found this as only appeared to be one server! Great quality food though as always!

The staff behavior is sooooo bad even if the food was free I will not go back to them.

I went to pizza express with my boyfriend recently and it was such a shock how bad the service and the food was! We ordered a starter - dough balls-which came out quite quickly and was lovely. However we then waited over an hour for our mains. We were not spoken to, asked to top up our drinks etc. I would be completely understanding if the restaurant was busy, however it was less than 1/3 full! After over an hour my boyfriend asked the server if our food would be out shortly, he checked and he stated it would be out soon. Not long after the food came out and my lasagna was cold. I couldn’t be bothered with the confrontation so I ate some, left most of it. Paid and left. Not a very good experience and staff were not attentive or apologetic about the wait time. Not sure if this was a one off but we won’t be back.

Ordered at 18:00 and itts 21:00 haven't received anything

Overall worth a visit if your in town, the service a food is pretty good, i would recommend you download the app before you go as you might nab some free doughballs.

Overall good evening and great staff

2 hours 40 mins late, ordered at 19:20, didn't arrive until 22:00. Food was wrong, cold, stale and difficult to chew by the time it had arrived.

Great food. Good value. Excellent service. Highly recommend

Never turned up. No answer shocking

Express?? Really?!!!! We wait so much time for eat, also the waiter a little bit rude!! I will never come here again

Very bad experience, I do not reccomend this place if you feel hungry. Pizza is pretty bad, you chew like a chewing gum to eat it and has pathches of burn ( overcoocked). Hot chocolate is more like a brown water with no taste, no sugar, it is so much diluted that you could say they washed the dishes in that mug. And the waitress didn't understand my options for pizza.

We never even got past the wait here sign at the door ...NO ONE ..came to seat us or even acknowledge us being there...after waiting 10 mins we gave up and left as did the people who arrived just after us...DISGUSTING

Great restaurant, pizzas lovelly and service great

Food was okay but was cold on more than just one course. The service to then get then get the food replaced or heated up was shocking. Barely a person in here at that time. They need to up their standards!

Pizza and pollo pesto met expectations. Unfortunately we had to wait a little too long to pay.

never arrived. still harassing Just Eat for my money.

Very pleasant and cozy atmosphere, very elegant. Very delicious food! Good service and discounts for students ❤️ Service was quick, no problems. Great to go as a couple or with friends.

Terrible service ,just go to another place terrible…

Pizza was okay, nothing special. Staff could do with some more training, please don't remove plates when people are still eating!

As soon I arrived a blond waitres told me I have to wait. I understand this, but since I went for a quick bit only I thought this shouldn't be a big issue. However, what pissed me off is that I wanted something to drink at the beginning and nobody came! The blonde waitress was talking to the kitchen staff, an Indian guy was cleaning tables (very slow 🐌) and nobody else was watching the customers and what they could need. Nobody seems to care. And the restaurant was not busy! In hospitality industry you have to be and move your ass QUICK! I decided to leave the restaurant, but before I saw a manager that looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo (moving here to there, but doing nothing really) and told him that service was shocking.

With just one chef on duty we waited nearly an hour to be fed. The service was terrible. Express - NOT.

Great food & Great Service & Wonderful offers for Pizza Express club members make it memorable every time!

Great Pizza, pretty long wait but it was worth it frr!!! Loved the staff, really kind and a bit loud, but it's a restaurant so wtevr yk Loved the place tyy ❤️❤️❤️

Went as a walk-in on a busy Saturday night, waited less than the estimated time we were given and could not fault the food or the service! Our server Emma was really friendly and attentive, and was great with our 3 year old

Pizza was nice just a little cold

Pizza, pasta and salad restaurant in Liverpool, inside the Liverpool One shopping mall. Relaxed atmosphere, great service. Thanks !!

Food was cold when it eventually arrived and was late due to being at the restaurant for ages… would not recommend if you want warm food and it to come on time

Mientras que en la ciudad de Liverpool visitó este restaurante para el almuerzo. Michael era un servidor magnífico. Fue muy amable y atento durante nuestra visita. Es un gran embajador de la compañía. La comida era genial y el menú es variado y atiende a todos los gustos. Una visita obligada cuando en la zona. Volveré seguro.

Very nice clean restaurant. Good atmosphere and friendly, attentive service. The cannelloni was very flavoursome. Easy to pay using their app.

Me my partner Kimberly went to pizza express and the new menu and fantastic opinions to change from and stuff are amazing we got pizza and Garlic bread and Mozzarella sticks hunny so good be back again soon thank you ❤

A delicious Pollo d'Astra pizza restaurant. The second course is pasta with cheese and spinach filling. It is also very delicious. The place has a nice atmosphere and is spacious. Only the service is slow.

Honestly the best part about Pizza Express is that you can pay with Tesco Clubcard vouchers. The food was very good and service was reasonably well timed. However it was very cold in the restaurant and when the sun was extremely bright we had to have sunglasses on inside because of the lack of blinds.

Just had dinner at the pizza express in Liverpool. Lots of options at the menu. But what an excelent waiter. Kind and very helpfull. Good job young man! You are talented to work in service 👌😃 Thank you for a lovely evening in Liverpool ❤️

I had a great visit to this PE (when compared to Albert dock) Staff were really friendly and welcoming. Manageress greeted me, sat me and advised there may be a wait on the food. My waiter was super efficient and friendly without being intrusive. Food was delicious - the kitchen team.

James is a wonderful waiter! The ambience, food and staff are absolutely lovely. I would definitely recommend. We had an amazing meal, thank you x

Starters weren't as tasty as expected except for the dynamite balls. Pizzas in the main course were delicious. Service was great and it was easy to sit there and eat.

Ahorre dinero, nos sentamos durante más de 15 minutos tratando de llamar la atención del servidor (había unas 8 mesas comiendo en el restaurante ... . estaban ocupados hablando con quien solo puedo suponer que es un amigo que entró con algún tipo de menú. Al pedir nuestra comida pedimos que salieran las horas cuando estuvieran listas, después de 15 minutos he marcado a nuestro servidor para preguntar dónde están todas las ensaladas... Él dijo “ohhh no podemos hacer eso, necesitas reunirlo todo” Más de £ 8 por media mozzarella (40 gr) Y luego una pizza sobre cocinada, nunca tuvimos un cheque de vuelta. Lástima que pueda obtener mejor pizza y servicio de una comida para llevar

Went there for dinner with my partner to celebrate my art cushions being on sale at Wraptious. We were told that the wait maybe long but this did not bother us as I could detail my designs. One was off the Albert docks, one was of Manei Bridge in Anglesey and the third was a romantic scene of two fairytale characters. The staff were in stress as the huge party at the back were completely overwhelming everyone. Hope you guys were perfectly fine in the end. And just to let you know that your hospitality was top notch.

I don't recommend it, they simply asked me to leave and wait outside, this is absurd, terrible service, I felt humiliated in this place!

My daughter and I travelled to Liverpool to shop.. needed a boost. Found ourselves at your restaurant… what can I say Ryan’s service and banter was top notch.. and my Goats cheese Buddha was absolutely delicious. Credit to Ryan though, made our day..thank you

We were here for dinner. The service was friendly and helpful and they made a real effort to advise me about my allergies. There was a really delicious lassagna and a chocolate cake with a scoop of ice cream. Gladly again.

Staff was very nice, very friendly, interested and that's nice. Pizza was good, nothing special.

50 libras por 2 pizzas empapadas, un plato de pasta que estaba bien y una botella de agua, nunca más. El personal era bueno, pero la comida lo deja bajar, conseguir una comida para llevar de dominó por £ 15 entregado, que es mucho mejor

This is probably the best Pizza Express I have been too and I've been to a lot. Whilst the food was on par with most others, generally good, it's the service and the facilities that surpass. The staff here are amazing and do their job with impeccable professionalism, but yet making it personable. We were at restaurant at 5.30pm, 10th June and it was the young lad that stood out and I have to say, he was the best restaurant worker I have ever come across, well done. I wish I could remember his name, but I think he was the only young man working, so hopefully you know who you are, as should the management. We had very little contact with other staff members, but the place seemed to be run smoothly. On another note and less important to some, but not to me, the restrooms were in immaculate condition and very well looked after.

Very enjoyable, great staff, service & food.

They said that the order it’s arrived but în never came.

PLEASE READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE YOU ORDER. I wish I did.placed the order at 7.30pm. Food arrived at 10pm and cold. Pizzas uncit. Most went in the bin.

The food was absolutely cold, not worth spending £22 for this

Took my son and his friends for a birthday dinner. Food was ok, dough balls are always a hit. Staff were friendly. Dealt with fuzzy eaters and menu change requests without issue. Could have been a bit more attentive with drinks etc but on the whole a good experience.

Pizza wasn’t cut it was very difficult to eat had to give up as it was making a mess

We came here on Sunday after a long day at Comic Con, two adults and five hungry teenagers. We were lucky to be seated. Service was good, food was good - a little more expensive than I remember (but to be frank my last Pizza Express meal was over a decade ago!). Not the absolute best pizza I've ever had, but tasty and certainly filled a hole! I had the Padana which was delicious. Nduja calzone was a firm favourite amongst the boys. Husband liked the American Hottest but I think we both agreed it could be hotter!

Visited this Pizza Express as a couple on trip to Liverpool. Staff were helpful, friendly and attentive. Restaurant was clean and food was good. Staff took time to listen to specific food requests and checked in to see whether we needed anything else a couple of times during the meal. Would recommend and will definitely return. Only improvement point I can give is that the restaurant would be better with some low level background music for those occasions when the restaurant is not very busy.

Showed up without booking they found a seat swiftly. I was hungry, asked waitress and she didn’t raise my expectations but in the end food arrived without much wait too validating Express part of the name for me :) I wanted it hot and it arrived hot.

Service was okay but food was poor, sloppy giuseppe no longer sloppy due to very little cheese, veg used to be finely chopped ours looked like chef couldn't be bothered and threw the ends of a red onion on the pizza. For the price we paid the toppings should be more than green pepper and onion thrown on a pizza. Drinks overpriced £14 for a double vodka and coke. Was once mine and my daughter's favourite place to visit for a pizza fix but won't return.

Dreadful service. Felt totally ignored. Express shouldn't mean 2 hours to get to the pizza. Staff working hard but just not keeping up.

Waited 2 hours without being served our pizza when there was only 2 of us

Absolutely livid with cost for what we got it was vile, lasagne tasted like an Iceland packaged one, pasta for thr kids was inedible, chips went to mush full of oil

Went with kids. Waited for an hour to order., and some more time for the food to be served. The waiters and waitresses were avoiding eye contacts with customers. They were very busy and they looked very unhappy. They were working very passively. The restaurant looks nice. The food was just okay, not impressive at all, not even as good as the cook at home frozen ones from any supermarket. My fellow felt awful for the young staff working there, he wanted to tip them. He thought they must be heavily exploited, like over working but not well paid. I told him not to. I don’t want to spoil these bad restaurants, in case they’ll be like the ones in American, in case they’ll pay less to their staff and the staff will be less and less happy. It’s true that the more people tip the more likely the restaurants will pay less for the waiters and waitresses.

We turned up 20mins late and I apologised and explained we'd never been to Liverpool before and we'd got lost. She said she had to give our table to someone else. What i didn't understand was the whole restaurant had 11 people in it in total....it was completely empty! The food was lovely and fresh and the waitresses and waiter were lovely. Albeit the service was super slow.

This is by far the worst pizza express I’ve visited! Staff were extremely rude all because I asked to be seated in a different spot due to having anxiety and claustrophobia. I pointed to a table a bit more out of the way and asked if it be okay to sit there and his response was ‘You want to sit on the dirty table?’ He slammed the menus on the table, I assumed he was gonna clean it for us but he didn’t. He took our order we just wanted water as our drink along with a side and a pizza. When we said water he rolled his eyes which I thought was really weird as not everyone likes fizzy drinks/alcohol. He practically slammed the water on the table and then ignored me when I tried asking him if he could clean the table. When the woman came over with our side I asked her if she would be able to clean the table she gave me an awful look and then cleared some jugs and cups from before. None of them came back to wipe the table so we had to just eat like that. The restaurant wasn’t very packed either I wasn’t asking much I just want to feel comfortable when I’m eating. When the pizza and side came they weren’t very warm and the pizza was practically stale. Would not recommend!

Driver was top class - massive thank.

Poor quality due to delivery driver could see bag wasn’t zipped didn’t follow instructions pizza ice cold on arrival

Its a trash. 15 pound for small size and supermarket quality.