A slice of all you can eat action at Pizza Geeks
How much pizza is too much pizza? That was the question as I loaded up my plate for the third time at Pizza Geeks.
The popular chain has recently launched their Kyber Mondays deal which allows diners to eat pizza all day long at any of their three city centre locations for just £15.
So yeah, having liked the sound of that, I was at Pizza Geeks’ latest gaming and movie themed venture on Easter Road to try out the deal, to test the boundaries of my body’s pizza-eating capacity, and to see if I could eat every pizza on the menu. Luckily for Pizza Geeks, it didn’t pan out that way. My comrade in gluttony was my 11-year-old daughter Elena, and between the two of us we devoured four good-sized pizzas before throwing in the napkin.
“Don't beat yourselves up,” said our server, perhaps sensing we were disappointed at our lack of pizza-eating prowess. “Four is very respectable, guys, although we had some rugby boys in here last week and they managed seven – each that is.” No matter. It’s the taking part that counts, and as anyone who has been
to Pizza Geeks will know, these guys make some of the best pies in town. They first started slinging pizzas at Edinburgh’s street food markets and catering for events before opening their first restaurant at Haymarket in 2018.
A second in Leith followed in 2021, and last year they made it a hat-trick with the opening of their
Easter Road pizzeria. They do offer takeaway, but eating in is much more fun, as each of the chain’s venues are scifi and gaming themed.
On our visit to the Easter Road venue, the staff were chatty and attentive, and they genuinely looked like they enjoyed working there (always a good sign, that).
We tried the Millennium Chicken (pulled chicken breast, red onion, mixed peppers & bbq sauce), the Blanka (ham hock, blue cheese, hot sriracha sauce) and The Mario Pizza (mozzarella, fresh basil & extra virgin olive oil) – each of them absolutely delicious.
For our fourth and final pizza we took a punt on The Pineapple Express Pizza.
By that point we were absolutely stuffed and wouldn't even entertain the notion of dessert.