With more takeout branches popping up everywhere, we reckoned there must be more to Little Caesars than meets the eye. If the number of outlets is anything to go by, it is doing a roaring trade. This seemed to be the case too when we dropped by as we weren’t the only ones waiting to order.
The meter-long pizzas (SR85) seem to be the favored item on the menu; they come prepared for takeout — in a (not surprisingly) meter-long cardboard box with a neat handle. The box then fits into a black (meter-long) leather case before being taken outside to the delivery car. This curiously shaped package makes the delivery guy look remarkably like a billiard player, albeit with a taste for one too many snooker cues in his bag.
Pizzas aside, other items on the menu include dishes one might think were more appropriate for an ‘eat in’ restaurant, such as spaghetti, and lasagna. However the majority of items are fast food types — chicken wings, garden salads, and numerous carb-filled starters, with names like crazy bread, Italian cheese bread, and baby pan pizzas.
The menu board is entirely in Arabic which wasn’t a problem for us, but may be for some, I mentioned this to the cashier, who was happy to show that the takeout menus were bilingual! Not sure we had the stomach space for a meter-long pizza, we opted for two small pizzas (SR21 each), one chili beef, and one margherita. Strangely Little Caesars also offer meals — the pizza comes with a drink and fries.
As for the taste test, the pizza was actually pretty good — soft, with a doughy base, not crispy, (this is deep pan after all) and all in all, it went down rather well. Obviously there’s a huge difference between this and a pizza you might find somewhere like Il Gusto, but for takeout pizza — on the go, Little Caesars is actually very good.
The chili beef pizza was covered in green chili peppers and small chunks of ground beef, this was spicy, but not too hot. The margherita was our personal favorite, plain and simple.
If you’ve been to Little Caesars, and we’re pretty sure many of you have, let us know what you think.
Telephone: 6822764/6823018/6925413
Location: Next to Shami on Palestine Street
(Rashed Islam is a food critic who hosts Jeddahfood.com)
