I drove by Prima Tanjung shoplots (opposite Island Plaza) at Tanjung Tokong recently and spotted a new eatery outlet next to Watsons and Hong Leong Bank. With its bright red words “Pizza R Us” against black background, the signboard is hard to miss.
My first thought was, “aiyah why go and ‘ciplak’ (copy) people’s name pulak?”, referring to the Toys R Us brand name. But after giving this place a try, I must say that the food does makes up for the slightly ‘ciplak’ name. Plus its simple cheery interior with bright orange walls is very uplifting!
Browsing through the menu, the item that caught my eye was the Smoked Salmon Bruschetta. Being a big bruschetta fan, I knew I had to order it.
It was quite lovely, salty slices of smoked salmon served with a cream sauce on top of a crunchy buttered slice of french loaf.
We also ordered their mushroom soup, which turned out not bad. Thick and creamy but a tad bit too salty for my liking.
Then we had the Buffalo Wings (about RM8.80) which unfortunately was not up to par for me. I was expecting something similar to the Buffalo Wings at TGIF or Chili’s. But this paled in comparison, which is a real pity cos it does look good, doesn’t it?
Luckily, the Spaghetti Carbonara (about RM12) fared much much better. They served it with slices of fried egg though, which was rather weird for me. But, tastewise, this is really really cheesy and rich. Thumbs up for this!
Then came our pizzas…. we ordered two regular pizzas – a half and half and Aloha Chicken. They have about 10-12 varieties of pizzas ranging from RM19.80 – RM29.80 for the regular size.
Aloha Chicken
Half & Half Pizza
I love Half & Half pizzas because it lets you try out more flavors! The pizzas here are quite good. Better than Pizza Hut and Domino’s in my opinion. Here at Pizza R Us, they are generous with their toppings and the pizza base is not too thick. My brother thought that the pizza bread had a slight sweet taste to it, which he didn’t quite fancy though.
And the best thing about this place? They have delivery service!! Yep, they delivery right to your doorstep. I tried their delivery service too recently and the delivery guy was most polite! I had ordered the Spaghetti Carbonara and a Caesar Salad (RM5) and the guy who took my order advised me that the Spaghetti may not taste as good upon arrival because it may not be piping hot. But I assured him I had a microwave oven to heat it up in a jiffy so it was not a problem.
So the next time you’re bored with Pizza Hut and Domino’s, do let the good times roll at Pizza R Us!
Pizza R Us is open everyday from 11am-10pm. For delivery, call 04-8902808.
The buffalo wings look really good! Much much better than other pizza restaurants I’ve been to in Penang.. too bad it’s not up to standard.. Tanjung Tokong is a bit far from where I am staying now lol.. so have to wait for a right day to go and try T_T
BTW thanks for the satay recommendation at Bangkok Lane.. I knew about it but never thought of it until you mentioned it hehe
Hmmmm, never know there is another pizza restaurant. I think I need to go try out some day. Since you say good, I think it will be good. 🙂
By the way, I’m back from Mizi. Nice food. I’m so full now. I will post it maybe tomorrow or the day after next.
aiks look sooo much better than Papa Pizza…must drag my fren go try one day…
I hardly go the other side of the island… good that you review it… Now I know where to go for food… thks again!
The Pizza looks nice. I seldom go to that area. Glad to hear that there’s more choices to choose from if ‘pizza-craze’ strikes me one day. 😛
vkeong – yeah i think this place will be really far for you! but if you happen to be in the area, and craving for pizza…you know where to go! 🙂
allen – wah i saw your mizi post already… glad you enjoyed the food there!
jian – i think this place is better than papa pizza! 🙂
nkotb – this place also quite far for you right? well hope you get to try it some day.
buzzingbee – its always good to have more choices! and also more competition encourages better service and better value for money! heehee…
Actually, I read it as Pizza Rus… was wondering if they missed out an ‘A’ and it was actually Pizza Rusa? Hahaha…
The bruschetta looks real good though. Count me in as another fan, hehe. 😀
Hi Lingzie,
I saw this place and was wondering about it… thankfully I came across your blog and, wow, the food actually looks good…:-)
kenny – pizza rusa?!! hahahaha i didn’t think of it that way! 😛
MyF – hi! welcome welcome! yeah i know what you mean about ‘wondering’ about the place cos initially i also had my doubts…but the food’s pretty good. 🙂
The soup aint that good la…but the pizza was good!
i will travel all the way down to sabah to pong chan pizza r us…. just cant wait for this day.
Thank you Lingzie for this wonderful blog abt this shop.Well,if your a bruschetta fan,you shud come and try the house special bruschetta one day.
P.s.If you happen to come by to the shop another time,please do let us know.
Anyways god bless n thank you..