9 Reviews:
Little Caesars Pizzeria
Little Caesars Pizzeria has been open for 10 years, beginning with a staff of two. Myself and my wife Elisabeth.
Little Caesars Pizzeria now employs a total of 37 staff.
Once I started entering pizza competitions, the quality of our pizzas improved and so did our business.
After winning numerous competitions the pizzeria has grown from strength to strength.
We are not in the city but located in the hills of Perth. Now we have become such an icon that most of our business is from people in the city coming for a drive to the hills for one of Australia’s best pizzerias and one of the only pizzerias to specialize in DESSERT PIZZAS from our famous chocolate pizza (MUDHONEY) to an ESKIMO JOE, which is a malt choc chip cookie base with vanilla ice cream drizzled with raspberry fruit sauce all on a pizza base.
Theo Kalogeracos
Little Caesars Pizzeria
Awards
2006
Las Vegas Italian Chef Wars Winner
2006
Winner of Pizza Todays Italian Chef Wars
2004
Team member of Dairy Farmers Team Oz that won the Americas Plate in NEW YORK
2003
Australian winner of Dairy Farmers Best of the Best
first time ever there was a clean sweep in all 4 category's; Meat Seafood Vegetarian Dessert
2003
Western Australian Pizza champion Best of the Best
2002
Australian finalist in Dairy Farmers Best of the Best
2000
Australian finalist Dairy Farmers Best of the Best
Open 6 days a week 4pm till Late
Closed Tuesday
eatingWA Restaurant Reviews 9 reviews
February 3, 2010
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How can you win awards for your pizza that aren't...
- How can you win awards for your pizza that aren't wood fired? Pizzas that go thru an oven in 10mins, you can really taste the difference. I went here with a group of people and got to sample 4 different pizzas. I was not really impressed with any of them, not sure why people rave about this place. Just about any wood fired pizza beats this place hands down. I have spent a bit of time in Italy and sorry to say these pizzas dont even rate.
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Its a sausage factory!...
- Its a sausage factory!
- Ambience
If you enjoy sitting out on a pavement with smelly...
- If you enjoy sitting out on a pavement with smelly sheep trucks whizzing by with 100 people standing around waiting for pizza you will enjoy it
- Overall
Would not bother driving all the way for these piz...
- Would not bother driving all the way for these pizzas again, much prefer a wood fired pizza in one of the many city suburbs with traditional toppings in a nice cafe with some ambience and atmosphere.
February 2, 2010
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People rave about this place and I have always tho...
- People rave about this place and I have always thought - how good can pizza be, its only pizza right - WRONG! This is GREAT pizza. Especially the dessert pizza called mudhoney - OMG. I was sceptical about this as I wasnt sure what a sweet pizza would be like - it was absolute MAGIC. I cant wait to get back up there and try the others - we had a great time craning our necks to see what delights other people were ordering.
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February 26, 2009
- Food
I was expecting something exceptional, although wo...
- I was expecting something exceptional, although wondering just how good pizza could get. I ordered a small pisagne, and my partner ordered a small Greek Island prawns. Both tasted fine, but probably nothing more than that. It was good pizza, but not out of this world, although the concepts are really innovative and interesting.
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Bit hard to rate the service as we went on Valenti...
- Bit hard to rate the service as we went on Valentine's Day and it was packed out (although I understand it's always like that). Everyone was really busy, but still friendly and helpful.
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Busy busy busy! Definitely not somewhere you'd go...
- Busy busy busy! Definitely not somewhere you'd go to have a relaxing meal, but a fun, loud atmosphere.
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January 5, 2009
- Food
Superb, inventive, consistent. The Mediterranean S...
- Superb, inventive, consistent. The Mediterranean Squid, Greek Lamb, 'The Don', and Mud Honey Pizzas are favourites. Prices vary from $10 - $26, depending on toppings and size of pizza. Small selection of pastas and salads also available. Few pizzerias in Perth compare - and I've been to plenty!
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Constantly busy, but accurate estimates of waiting...
- Constantly busy, but accurate estimates of waiting times given when ordering takeaways. Basic service when dining in - this is mainly a takeaway place, due to size.
- Ambience
Noisy, busy, warm. Friendly atmosphere - frantic a...
- Noisy, busy, warm. Friendly atmosphere - frantic at times, but well organised. Approximately 3 inside booths and a couple of tables. Several outside tables, with heaters at night. Not suitable for romantic candlelit dinners.
- Overall
Well worth a visit- only 40 mins from the city. It...
- Well worth a visit- only 40 mins from the city. Its probably best to plan a daytime visit to the Hills area, ending with the pizzas after 4pm. Unlike most cafes/restaurants in the Hills, its also open on a Sunday evening. A local institution, Little Caesars is always well patronised, and offers consistent, innovative pizzas.
November 3, 2008
- Food
We had pisagne, which is basically lasagne on a pi...
- We had pisagne, which is basically lasagne on a pizza. Very interesting and tasty. We also tried the Tea-Party, which is a desert pizza. It was quite good and interesting because we've never had desert pizza before.
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We went on a Sunday night, so it was pretty busy....
- We went on a Sunday night, so it was pretty busy. But it didn't take us long to find a seat. Waitresses were pretty attentive and food came a lot quicker than we expected, considering it being so busy.
- Ambience
Small restaurant, not many seats/tables inside. So...
- Small restaurant, not many seats/tables inside. So we sat outside. It was pretty cold, but they had heaters. So it was alright. Unfortunately, the people on the next table were smoking, so that kinda spoiled the ambience a little.
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Food and service was good. Will definitely try to...
- Food and service was good. Will definitely try to make it back there to try the other pizzas. More tables inside would be nice though, probably wouldn't be too bad during summer.
May 21, 2007
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Last year, when house-sitting in Mundaring, I fina...
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Last year, when house-sitting in Mundaring, I finally was able to get to this place. It became rather dangerous, as I was living in a tiny granny-flat that didn’t have all the cooking amenities, and it was so easy just to pick up a pizza on the way home from work! My absolute favourites are the Mediterranean Squid (marinated squid, cream, garlic, tomatoes, olives, mozzarella) and the Siesta (Mexican sauce, cheese, tomato, ham capsicum, pepperoni, chilli flakes), whilst I LOVE the Apple Strudel pizza (although my husband swears by the Mudhoney, I find it way to sweet for me).
Highly recommend the drive from Perth, although be prepared to have to take your pizza and go sit somewhere else, as mentioned by previous reviewers it’s not really set up for dining in. However, I think it adds to the charm of this place!
Another thing I noticed many nights whilst standing outside the place with dozens of other people is it’s a bit of a tradition for every truck driving past to honk its horn to the pizzeria and all those standing outside. So if you are waiting, keep an eye on those trucks else you'll jump in fright/surprise!
January 9, 2007
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Although we don't have take away very often when w...
- Although we don't have take away very often when we do it is good to know that you are going to get quality. This can be said of Little Caesars Pizzas. We ordered a Siesta which was offered to us on a rating of 1 to 10 for hotness. My husband having a cast iron stomach went with number 10. It was hot! I’m sure he does this so I don't pinch any of his!! He thoroughly enjoyed it. This was a made up of ham, capsicum, pepperoni with a Mexican sauce and chilli flakes. I had two different halves. One half was Oyster Kilpatrick which was bacon, smoked oysters Worcestershire sauce and mozzarella, the other half was the Mundaring Gourmet made up of eggplant, ricotta and sundried tomatoes. Very tasty and highly recommended. At this time of the year we often grab a pizza here and then head off to the Kookaburra outdoor cinema on Mundaring Weir Rd. Oh how lucky we all are.
November 10, 2006
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It was our 22nd "Monniversary" when Bruce decided...
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It was our 22nd "Monniversary" when Bruce decided he'd take me to a mystery cafe for dinner. So we drove up Great Eastern Highway, ignoring all the food stops along the way until we reached Little Caesars in Mundaring.
It's an understated but packed little cafe. The counter is overrun by staff, and there are only three booths, and about 4-5 tables scattered inside the premises and on the sidewalk. If not for the reputation of this joint, you'd be forgiven for thinking this cafe was just another neighbourhood pizza parlour which is just trying its best to make ends meet.
But Little Caesars is anything but that. Looking at the wall, you see a menu for over 40 unconventional pizzas (Red Chicken Curry or Oyster Kilpatrick anyone?) and 6 dessert pizzas. And that's just the regular menu. Just looking at all the combinations brought out the wannabe chef in me - it inspired me to try out my own new combinations at home instead of sticking to the usual combination of Mediterranean vegetables.
On another wall of Little Caesars, you see awards. And no, these aren't just your national awards... but the Inaugural America's Plate from an International Pizza Show in New York proclaiming that the pizzas won BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD in various categories. You heard me right; this cafe has beaten the pizza chefs of Italy. ALL of them.
Bruce and I shared two pizzas - a large savoury and a small dessert pizza. He chose the Smashing Pumpkin and I (naturally) chose the Mud Honey Pizza before we settled into the couched area at the corner.
The cafe has the feel of the 50s diner without the clichéd retro trimmings. Perhaps the warm and friendly staff had a role to play in creating such an inviting atmosphere. The chef is also unlike the "too busy to socialise" chefs you get in most restaurants and greets patrons with humility - I didn't even realise he was the pizza maestro until I googled Little Caesars.
The first pizza arrived, perched on a raised, silver serving platter. I had never eaten a non tomato-based pizza before, so I was quite eager to sink my teeth into a piping hot slice of the Smashin Pumpkin - garlic cream sauce, mozzarella cheese, roasted cashews, butternut pumpkin in pesto, parmesan cheese and parsley.
Who knew nuts would go so well with pizza? The pumpkin was beautifully flavoured, although we reckoned that the sauce could have used a more liberal lashing of herbs. Perhaps we were just a little thrown off by our first experience of a cream style pizza base. Overall, the pizza toppings were generous and well distributed.
The staff at Little Caesars must have perfected the art of precise timing. Five minutes after our serving platter was cleared of the Smashing Pumpkin pizza, came the award winning Mud Honey Pizza - chocolate mud-cake on a pizza base with honey icing sugar, chocolate buttons and chocolate sauce. My mouth was watering... and I was still finishing off my last slice of Smashing Pumpkin! The sight of the chocolate sauce oozing out of the icing sugar covered mud-cake, peppered with chocolate buttons was too much to bear.
I didn't expect the mud-cake to actually be BAKED on top of the pizza crust! Biting into the pizza, you are convinced of its award-worthiness; the only way you could make that pizza any richer was to use Lindt 70 or 85 percent cocoa chocolate bars. We could only manage 3 slices between us, and we took the rest home.
My only gripe about Little Caesars - it's too small!! I can only count one occasion when it wasn't packed with both dine in customers and people ordering takeaway. That one time was when my sister and I made it a point to get there just as they were opening.
There's also the fact that it's all the way in Mundaring, which is about 30-40 minutes away from Perth. I have been constantly asking Bruce to go up to Mundaring and I have to put up with him constantly saying no. Bah.
If there's one place in Perth which I have to bring my visiting family or friends... it would be Little Caesar’s in Mundaring to pay tribute to this pizza genius.
July 18, 2006
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My colleague said it was a fantastic restaurant bu...
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My colleague said it was a fantastic restaurant but I was a bit reluctant to go coz it is quite far away from the city.
It is always packed and busy so it is quite hard to find a seat, many ppl get takeaway but I think it is best if you can sit down to eat coz the pizza gets a bit soggy when steam goes around the boxes.
I suggest to have the meal outside coz the shop is pretty small and the oven makes the shop very hot and basically you will find it hard to breath.
I am not a pizza fan but I love their pizza, instead of the typically ham and cheese, meat lover etc. they have lost of different kind like chicken bolognese pizza, lasagne pizza.
They also have dessert pizza like mudcake pizza etc. It sounds a bit weird to me when I first heard about it but it tastes nice.
They are extremely busy so don’t expect much service.
Better if you can go with more ppl so you can try the whole range of different pizzas.
Not expensive, very reasonable price.
Contact Information (08) 9295 6611
- Little Caesars Pizzeria Shop 7, 7125 Great Eastern Highway, Mundaring 6073
- (08) 9295 6611
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