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Peter's Cajun Creole Pizza
Categories: Restaurants Cajun/Creole Restaurants Pizza Cajun/Creole, Pizza [Edit]
415 Parliament StToronto, ON M5A 2Z4
Neighbourhood: Cabbagetown
(416) 368-8099
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
13 reviews for Peter's Cajun Creole Pizza
13 reviews in English
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Review from Alice T.
12/18/2011
Great wings!! (Never had their pizza)
I love Pete's wings! They're dry dusted with cajun spice. Not battered, not covered in sauce, though I'll admit I do likes those sometimes too but these are by far my preferred method. They come with a side of hot sauce for dipping which is great when it comes to delivery because they're not soggy by the time they arrive. And they deliver them in a donut box which I think is the right balance between keeping heat in but not letting moisture collect.
They also add the same or similar seasoning to their cajun fries which are also delicious.
One of these days I'll try the pizza and update this review. :)Listed in: Great Take Away for Groups
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Review from Robert S.
Toronto, ON
10/13/2011
Great little place - very Toronto-y!
Heard about this place from The Grid TO's 25 best pizza places list and thought I'd check it out with a friend.
It's small and unassuming, as many places in Cabbagetown tend to be; had the Jazz Creole pizza and it was really tasty; the pizzas aren't cheap but they're made there and worth the added cost. I recommend going for the regular crust--crispy, tasty--perfection!
Good service, but seems to be cash only.
So, this place strikes me as very Toronto for the sake it's a "Cajun Creole" pizza place seemingly run by Serbians. If this doesn't scream Toronto in a nutshell, nothing does.
I'd definitely try it again. -
Review from Peter M.
Toronto, ON
9/9/2011
This is for the wings only.
I'll echo Wendy H. below and say that the wings were a pleasant surprise. They are dry rub so not breaded and not with thick sauce. More like a shake and bake but with much more kick. Definitely not the blazing hot buffalo wing style but...again...a dry rub with a bit of a kick. On the negative side, the meat on them is a little skimpy but that is usually the case with wings anywhere.
At the very least, they are worth trying if you are in the area and have a jones for something different. -
Review from Julia B.
8/31/2011
Awful. Just absolutely awful. Had a slice of one of the pizzas and it was completely rubbery and tasteless. How do you mess up pizza so badly?! Maybe it was a really, really off day for them, as some people on here seem to love this place, but...
Man, we had about 3 bites of the slice and then threw it in the trash. Nothing tasty, fresh, or "cajun" about this pizza. Avoid. Big time. -
Review from Huntting B.
5/31/2011
3 and a half stars? really? Maybe their actual made to order pizza is good...I don't know, but their "Cajun Slice" was probably the worst piece of...word that rhymes with grit deleted...that I have ever had.
I saw the sign and thought...hey! That's an odd and interesting concept, I wonder what its about. So I walked in and asked "What's a Cajun/Creole Pizza?" "Oh its a pizza that has a spicy sauce." The woman sounded like she had a frenchish accent, so I thought, hey, she might be Creole herself. I'll give it a try...I love spicy food.
Out comes this brown paper bag...now I think the reason for the bag was to ensure that I didn't see it before leaving, or maybe it is like the "putting a paper bag over the ugly kids face so you don't have to look at it" trick.
Whatever it was, the pizza was AWFUL. It had no flavor, wasn't reheated well enough, was sparse with toppings and the toppings were boretastic. I don't know where this "spicy sauce" statement comes from because all I tasted was sub-par below standard tomato sauce out of a grade school cafeteria can with a little bit of red pepper flakes.
I ate 3 bites and immediately chunked it in the trash and shook my fist in its general direction.
Whatever you do...don't come in here. At least, if you do, don't get a slice of pizza. The pictures make you think the whole pies are great, and maybe they are...but the pizza by the slice is akin to eating a three day old piece of pizza you found on the ground walking around. -
Review from Freeda B.
Toronto, ON
1/7/2012
By far the BEST pizza in Toronto. I have been going to Peter's since he opened at Queen and Parliament (about 22 years ago) and now he has moved up to Gerrard. But that hasn't stopped me from going there or ordering from there. Pizza dough is fresh, not frozen, ingredients are loaded on top, not counted out and everything is fresh! The calamari is tender and bursting with flavor. The chicken wings are dusted in spice and not drenched in sauce. Everything is absolutely delicious. Delivery can be slow but for the quality, it is worth the wait. Ever since eating there, I haven't ordered from another pizza shop in Toronto. This is the ONLY one I go to. I have only found one place to top it and that is Viva in NYC. Small and family run with longtime staff that know what they are doing. I've tried almost everything on the menu, but when I got to the Primavera pizza, I was hooked and that is what I have been ordering for years. the slices for me are a bit boring, I'd go for a whole pie anyday.
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Review from Kat F.
11/2/2009 2 photos
The most expensive pizza I've ever (not) eaten, next to Magic Oven, and the latter's got organic/specialty ingredients that you didn't even know you wanted on a pizza in the first place.
$15.80 for a small "Jazz Cajun" pie with two toppings (sundried tomatoes and goat cheese) is far too expensive. I don't count "sauce", "seasoning" and mozzarella as toppings as those are standard. So I paid almost $16 for goat cheese? Because as you can see from the photo, the sundried tomatoes were liberally "sprinkled" on top as an afterthought and immediately fell off the moment I lifted out the lone slice I ate. The pizza tasted OK but there wasn't enough sauce. In fact, I want a refund for the "sauce" topping. Unless its inclusion in "quotation marks" is intended to call attention to its "sparseness".
Mike S ordered cajun wings ($11.25) and there were eleven of them. They were neither breaded nor sauced - instead a sort of shiny texture glistening with beads of oil. He said they were gristly. I don't even eat meat and I know gristly = not ideal.
I'm trying not to fault this place for taking close to two hours to deliver my pizza on a Saturday night, but really, driving a pizza ten blocks east shouldn't take that long, and I was quoted one hour at most. I had to call back after ninety minutes to ask for an update and was told the driver had just left for my house, but then it still took another thirty minutes.
Also, what are "pork wings"? Because they're on the menu and I need to know exactly when pigs started sprouting appendages that facilitate flying.Listed in: Overhyped Restaurants In…
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Review from Wendy H.
Toronto, ON
5/31/2009
Chicken wing lovers, how do you do it? Do you do it saucy, or do you do it crispy? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
Pete's wings fall on the crispy side of the wing spectrum, but none of this battered bullsh. Perfectly breaded, with a delightful kick of spice. Kind of like Shake & Bake, except way less UGH and way more YES PLEASE. Good enough to eat like that, but some (read: I) like to dip my mini drumstick in the side of hot sauce that accompanies each order (or BBQ, or sweet and sour). The chicken is... (I hate the word 'juicy', what else can I use here? 'Tender'? Ugh, still awful). Anyway, big hunks of amazing wings that may have been taken from chicken angels.
I've never eaten in the restaurant so can't comment on the atmosphere, nor have I tried the pizza they're famous for. But delivery is free, and the wings come in a donut box. Win! -
Review from j w.
Toronto, ON
4/2/2011
Loads of vegi options make this place a local star. Capers - seriously where else can you get capers, pine nuts and such on your pizza? The food is made to order, fresh, tasty and full of flavour. Other pizza seems like sodden cardboard after this.
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Review from Joseph A.
11/11/2009
Better than average pizza. Dodgy neighborhood.
The pizza was tasty, with very fresh ingredients. I had the Creole Gumbo...it was good but a little undercooked. The dough was still moist...
I'll go back again.....it's worth it....to see if it was just an off night.
Libretto is still tops in my book. -
Review from Adam B.
8/11/2008
I was first tipped off on this place by a friend of mine from Austin, TX who lucked into this place and said it was the best pizza he ever had. I don't know if it's the best pizza but it is pretty darn good. Place is smallish so you may end up eating al fresco. Which may be a problem considering how cold Toronto gets. Decent selection of beers and pizza comes in both slices and pies. Better to get the pies. There is a difference in quality. Lots of regular and cajun/creole selections. Wings are also very good. Full sized wings that are crispy with plenty of a Tony Chachere's like seasoning. It's off the beaten path near downtown TO but it's worth a cab drive over to try pizza the likes of which you've probably never tried.
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Review from Josh N.
Toronto, ON
10/7/2008
Fantastic pizza, usually fresh out of the oven. The Cajun slice isn't too spicy but has a nice kick. Sandwiches are great as well. Unfortunately they just hiked the prices here, maybe because a Magic Oven ($$) moved in down the street, so it's a bit harder to justify eating here often, but really great, unique pizza in Toronto. Looking forward to trying the wings and cajun calamari.
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Review from Jimi S.
ON
11/18/2008
ive been going to peters for many years now. its always been my east side choice. the ingredients are very fresh and the pizza is rich in taste. i always choose my own ingredients. but they do have really exciting pre-chosen combos like the seafood creole with mussels and craw fish on it. or great salads like the mediterranean or the alla griglia. they could let you know on the menu what is in the salads though as i have ask each time to remind myself. also, if i remember correctly the pizza is always pretty oily - tasty, but oily.
