Resolving to eat local: Mamma's Pizza

(Potato Pizza from Mamma's Pizza)
Queens Quay is home to about 37 eateries -- we'll loosely define them as places where you can pick up a bite to eat, from resturants to fast food. We thought it'd be a good idea of what each has to offer.


So beginning today, we'll embark on a year's journey (okay, it may take longer or shorter) to eat our way through the neighbourhood. If you have thoughts or reviews of your own, please feel free to do them to save our guts.

Today, we'll start with Mamma's Pizza


Mamma's Pizza 249 Queens Quay West
This is our standby delivery option for pizza in this part of the city. It's been here for a few years and seems to pull down a lot of local business. Mamma's is what we'd term as the 'middle' to 'high' class of pizza. Better than cardboard but not as good as some of the pizza you can find in some of the restaurants outside the Waterfront (hint: Terronni's for one).

But since the likes of Amatos and Mammas, at least we don't have to just go for the options derived from the pizza wars (think 241, the pizza 'villes' and the pizza squared chains).

Mamm's has reliable delivery, an interesting menu with good ingredients (Rapini and hot specialized sausage),

The food: Pizzas, you can build your own or select from one from their menu. They don't have twins options so you build your perfect pizza. You can also opt for Calzones which are tasty and huge, the sandwiches or pasta, which is surprisingly good.

The pesto sauce tends to be a little salty, some of their specialized seem too rigid and you can't find a happy medium when you want meat -- they have an all meat pizza (yummy but gut busting) and lots of veggie but not much in between. The potato pizza is a nice touch for runners in the community looking to carb up.


Eat in: Probably can fit about 6 people comfortably. More people are likely to pop in, point at a slice and bring it out to the nearby HTO park to enjoy easy streetfood.

Delivery: We've used them a lot and they're quick. No complaints, the food arrives hot!

What should locals know: Try the calzone, it's a filling one-dish meal. The sundried tomatoe and chicken one is a favourite, as is potato pizza and the meal lovers if you're feeling really bad. The more fancy vegetarian options are delish. Have fun using their phone service when ordering. It's a bunch of dialtone pushing before you get to the Queens Quay location. Maybe worth putting local number on speeddial. Website has their latest menus and deals.