Mother's Pizza in Hamilton: Two Tumbs Down

Mother's Pizza has opened in Stoney Creek (Hamilton if you're looking online) on Queenston Road where the Tony Roma's used to be. Apparently, back in the days when it first came out, it had itself some pretty great food. For those wanting to hop on the nostalgia wagon, don't go getting on board just yet, because you'll be taking a quick trip to disappointment.

Here's my review that I posted on my Facebook:

Went to the new Mother's Pizza tonight. Verdict: Two thumbs down. Crappy service, mediocre food, and the hostess managed to skip us on her list more than once (we had one of the beepers, so it's not like someone else was pretending to be us to get served first). You'd think that after screwing up so badly and having us wait much longer than we should have (2 hours) that they would have at least offered to have our drinks on the house, but such was not the case. A medium pizza is the size of a small, the wings were more grease than sauce, and a friend's pasta had metallic-tasting meat. Our server was non-existent, and drinks remained empty for a very long time, as in, hope you're not thirsty because you're not about to get watered. You know it's bad when the server doesn't get tipped. You know it's worse when I can't finish my on-tap cider because the last third tastes like ass. Don't waste your time, and don't waste your money at Mother's Pizza. People say it's worth the wait. It's not. You can get so much better all-around elsewhere.

Mother's claims that they don't take reservations. That is a lie. We discovered last night that they don't take reservations unless you're wanting to have a party there with at least 10 people. There wasn't just one party in the building last night, there were two or three. If a restaurant states that they don't take reservations, then NOBODY should get to reserve tables. Reserve for one group, reserve for all, none of this picking and choosing bullshit. All or nothing.

Unless Mother's can get their act together, and quickly, I don't see them lasting very long. Two of the people I was with last night work, or have worked, in the restaurant industry. If they had pulled the kind of stunts Mother's was pulling last night, they would have been out of jobs. Shame on Mother's.

Yep, I was quite unimpressed and have zero desire to go back.