Restaurant Review: Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria

Last weekend, my family and I  made an impromptu trip to Midtown Atlanta. My husband suggested we go to Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria (he had been there before for lunch). We got there on the early side, around 5:30 and were immediately greeted with smiles and friendliness. We gave our drink orders (you have to order a cold draft beer at a pizza place) and decided to try the garlic knots for an appetizer. We’ve ordered garlic knots at Italian places before and they are typically round and puffy. These were more like breadsticks with a knot in the middle, which made it very easy to dip into the marinara sauce.

On to the main course. I’m a sucker for a good Greek salad and had to give it a try. When it showed up, I could tell that it was going to be the best Greek salad I had ever eaten before even taking a bite. The only thing I did not know from the appearance was if the dressing was oily. Much to my delight, the dressing was fabulous!

My daughter ordered the half salad with a half chicken parmigiana sandwich. She loved every bite!

Next up, the coal fire pizzas!! My son ordered one with pepperoni, italian sausage and olives. My husband ordered a meat lovers. We thought they were individual pizzas, but in reality, they could have easily split one. When the pizzas were delivered to our table, the manager came out and said that he was making a new pizza because the one my son ordered had a hole in the middle. With all of the melted cheesy goodness, we couldn’t even tell and told him not to worry about it. He insisted on bringing us a dessert later since we wouldn’t let him bring a new pizza. Both pizzas were outstanding. The crust was thin but not too thin. Actually, it was just right!

After we took care of boxing up our leftovers, the manager came over and asked us our preference for dessert. He offered a choice of cannolis or zeppolis. We opted for the zeppolis which are similar to beignets. They were served with a side of chocolate sauce as well as raspberry sauce. When the manager came back over to ask how we liked the dessert, we told him how much we enjoyed it, as well as the rest of the meal. I went on about the Greek salad and he gave me a sample of the dressing to take home. Now THAT is customer service!

The experience at Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria was nothing less than extraordinary. You will not be disappointed!!

Overall rating:
5 wine glasses

Rating scale:

5  wine glasses = Outstanding, a MUST

4  wine glasses = Highly Recommend

3  wine glasses = Put on your long list

2  wine glasses = We hope to never have a 2, so it’s not defined yet

1  wine glass = We know we will never have a 1 but if we do we just won’t write about it. Too many lawyers in this town!

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