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The Joint Pizzaria & Deli
Categories: Restaurants Delis Restaurants Pizza Delis, Pizza [Edit]
1219 Wharf StVictoria, BC V8W 1T9
(250) 389-2226
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
20 reviews for The Joint Pizzaria & Deli
20 reviews in English
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Review from Maddie S.
11/15/2011
I LOVE THE JOINT!
I'm vegan, and it is incredibly rare for a vegan to be able to go to a pizzeria and order a pizza, brownie, cookie, calzone, you name it. The joint also does take out orders (not sure if they deliver). They have all the basics of a pizzeria for vegans, gluten-free folks, and meat eaters. It's a treat for me to go out here and get a slice of pizza! Their service is always friendly and the inside of their establishment is really cool looking. Once when I got a piece of pizza from the cooler and the lady heated it up she burned it and gave me a new piece of pizza free of charge! Also, great for little kids, super relaxed family friendly feel (but minus snotty kids screaming, so good for business casual appointments too!) Super friendly place and haven't ever had a bad experience there! Check out the joint! You won't regret it, I promise. -
Review from Veronica D.
Vancouver, BC
11/3/2011 3 photos
My husband and I went with his mother and bf to Victoria, they are really inexperienced with scoping out vegan food (they are trying to lose weight) , but we wanted to show them there is such a thing as vegan pizza, for a treat.
They speak French and could not read the menu, so we just ordered 2 different pizzas and everyone shared and it was easier this way.
I ordered a veg Hawaiian with mushroom, and my husband got a veg pepperoni, zucchini, black olive pizza.
My Hawaiian came out with no veg ham on it, so we had to complain. The guy taking our order didn't hear/forgot about it I guess. Not sure why he thought I'd want pineapple and mushroom only. Even with extra cold ham on the side, my pizza tasted the best.
Zucchini on veg pizza has no taste, so I think we could have designed our other pizza better.
Also I would ask next time to be easy on the cheese. Holy there is a lot of daiya cheese on there. I can't believe they can afford to pile it on. You need a little less daiya than regular cheese for a good pizza, it's too much and not quite the same texture or creaminess. So people who normally like lots of real cheese may not like the same amount of vegan cheese.
Glad this place caters to so many allergies, that's great. We know for next time how to get the pizza perfect. -
Review from Robin M.
7/6/2011
Why is it when people are describing gluten-free options they say things like, "yeah, it's pretty good... you know, for gluten free pizza." Oh man, where can I get me some of that not-as-good-as-the-real-thing product?? Sounds fab! Fortunately for The Joint - and more importantly, fortunately for me - disclaimers such as this are sooo not necessary when delving into the details of the pie at the Joint.
This place makes a good pizza. Full stop. Gluten-free or not, their thin crust is slightly sweet, always crunchy, and topped with the freshest, most tasty ingredients. And this is coming from a hardcore picky pizza patron. They also offer vegan options, but I've already sacrificed the wheat so no way am I letting go of my meat.
The Joint, full-on, makes one of the best pizzas I've ever tasted. Especially at 2 in the morning after a good dance party on the pier. What? -
Review from Chelsea M.
Victoria, BC
7/11/2011
I Love The Joint!
So I`m biased, as I used to work there. Although, the fact that I ate pizza there for a year, and still get cravings and find myself going back about once a week, says something huge about the food. I`ll hit you yelpers up with a few fun inside facts about The Joint others may have not mentioned.
Family: The owner Jeff is amazing and has put his heart and soul into the place. Everytime I ask him how it`s goin`he replies "Livin the dream!", whilst pressing out doughs. I believe him. He's living his dream, and it comes through in the pizza. His staff is loyal, weird, wild, and the best of buds. They're also tight with the sister crew at Tattoo Zoo next door.
Food: You can buy Large whole wheat and white doughs to take home, as well as the gluten free ones. Especially awesome for joint lovers who live far away. Also, Jeff loves to experiment, and so do staff. Give them a request for a whacky pie, and they'll hook you up.
Swag: Do you too love the joint? Pick up your very own I heart the Joint tee at the store.
Tunes: You'll often hear exceptionally rad music being played by the boys in the back. Jeff sponsers Rifflandia, an awesome local music fest. Near the back of the restaurant is a sweet poster wall. Check it out to find out what's going on in town.
Damn fine pizza. Go there.
One last secret : They have awesome nachos. -
Review from Inga K.
4/17/2011 1 photo
Thank you again Yelp!
We were in Victoria staying at a hotel downtown... need pizza... so what do we do? Check Yelp of course.
Called The Joint and ordered two pizzas - El Diablo and a Big D. On the recommendation of the other fine reviewers, we also ordered cheese buns, and then Reverse Nanaimo Bars.
We don't have all kinds of complicated food requirements, so this evaluation isn't based on the "gluten scale" it is based on flavour and texture. Both pizzas were really good. I think their crusts could be a bit firmer, but the ingredients are so loaded on there... not much could hold it all up. Good quality ingredients too.
Cheese Buns = hot melty cheese, chives, bacon bits - could live on them.
The Dessert Bars - great for sharing because they are big and really tasty. Not junk ingredients.
These are non-traditional pizza's so don't expect to order a Hawaiian (much to my kids' chagrin) but they are yummy and arrived hot.
Eat here - seriously - skip the other stuff and go to the Joint. -
Review from psylocke r.
Langley, BC
6/17/2011
I heard that there was gluten free pizza available at this Victoria pizzeria, and I couldn't resist stopping in for lunch. Its a cool little place, with high back booths, and a large kitchen. What was amazing was the selection of gluten free treats available behind the counter as well. Brownies, cookies, cheesecake, pizza by the slice...Pretty impressive. My friend and I decided on a Hawaiian pizza on their rice crust. After waiting a short 10 minutes or so for our order, we dug in. We were both delighted with what we tasted. It was a thin crust pizza with great flavour, not too dry, and not too moist, just right. The toppings were delish. Once again, I forgot I was eating gluten free. Well done Joint!
In Victoria, close to the harbour. -
Review from Dave D.
Victoria, BC
6/25/2011
This s where you'll get the best pizza in the city.
Be sure to ask for some chipotle ranch dipping sauce. And remind the owner he should bottle it for sale. -
Review from Malloreigh M.
Vancouver, BC
12/30/2010 1 Check-in Here
The Joint caters to everyone! That's why I love it so much. Gluten-intolerant? Eat some pizza! Vegan? Eat some pizza! Angry at the world? Eat some frickin' pizza!
Once upon a time I worked next door at the Tattoo Zoo. Even though I barely had any money, I managed to eat Joint pizza once a week or so - how could I resist? It's reasonably priced, and it's so very vegan friendly. They have faux meats, vegan versions of nearly every sauce, and vegan cheese, plus a bunch of different crust options.
The Joint also offers food that's not pizza. Specifically, calzones. I used to miss Pizza Pops so much (gross, right?) but at The Joint I can eat calzones, which are like pizza pops in that pizza pops are sort of bastardized calzones.
I've never had a bad experience with Joint food or service, and I have eaten there probably fifty times or more. 5 stars. I never miss visiting this place when I'm in town, and they've gotten me through more than one long tattoo session.Listed in: Victoria
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Review from Emily-Anne P.
Vancouver, BC
2/23/2011 3 Check-ins Here
The Joint is one of my favourite pizza places. They have a great selection of all sorts of pizzas, but what keeps me coming back is the fact that they make really good gluten-free, vegan pizza. They'll heat t up for you, or you can take it cold and heat it when you want.
At a l little over $3 a slice, it is pricey, but if you want you can order a whole gluten free - vegan pizza and pick it up. Which I suggest as it's great for dinner and for lunch the next day.
The Joint makes a real effort to do pizza right, they use really fresh ingredients and I love that they are vegan and gf friendly.
The regular pizza is on par with most places in town and I highly recommend stopping in there for your pizza fill. -
Review from Trevor M.
10/7/2010
I have to give a review for this place after my wife and I stumbled (literally) upon it a couple of years ago. After a night of being out on the town and drinking copious amounts of beer/wine/liquor...whatever we drank...we found ourselves hungry and in need. Yes, we wandered into The Joint, yes we were the typical annoying drunks that have to comment on the name. But, we did leave with one of the best pizzas we have ever found and it has become a staple of our homemade pizza nights at home.
The "Sweet ' n Spicy" pizza consists of pineapple, roasted red peppers, banana peppers, feta, and mozzarella cheese. Maybe it was our inebriated state but damn was that pizza good! -
Review from Joey T.
10/25/2010 1 photo
I am gluten-intolerant (cannot eat wheat, barley, spelt, etc), so that means it's incredibly difficult to find places where I can actually eat something. Usually I end up stuck with salads that are topped with oil and vinegar...or I go ahead and eat gluten and get sicker than a dog. As you can imagine, this gets old after a while.
So when we took a trip to Victoria and we came across The Joint and it said Gluten-Free right there in the window, I did a happy dance. It's been SO long since I've been able to eat at a pizza place. If I have pizza, I have to make it myself. But these guys do it for you! They cater to allergies and food preferences, like gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, lactose-free. It' s so awesome.
I had the Mama's Girl on gluten-free crust. Alfredo base, spinach, artichoke hearts, chicken, fresh tomato, jalapeños, mozzarella. DELICIOUS. They also carried gluten-free desserts. I had some kind of cake with cream cheese frosting. Yummy! -
Review from Weide Z.
10/19/2008
Four stars to this place for being where it was.. just at the time we were needing something to eat.. AND me being in the mood for a pizza.. but needing it to be a *gluten-free* pizza.. since I have been recently diagnosed as afflicted with Celiac Disease.. (wheat-gluten intolerance)...
Man.. harboring this affliction on your home base is a nuisance enough.. but one that you can work around in your home kitchen fairly easily.. On the road.. however.. when you're traveling and you're eating out most of the time.. you just have no idea if the foods the restaurants are serving you.. do or do not include some amount of wheat product.. in one or two of their ingredients.. even where you would not normally expect such ingredients.. so you have to ask.. and depending on the knowledgeability of the chef on duty.. you can get varying degrees of assurance that certain foods are *for sure* wheat-gluten free.
So anyway.. we're walking along the waterfront of Victoria.. and it's getting dark.. and I'm getting hungry.. and oh my.. here's a little pizza-parlor that even posts on its sidewalk sign.. gluten-free pizza!!! (the crust is made from brown-rice flour rather than wheat flour). I've never *had* gluten-free pizza.. so I'm game.. OK.. they tacked on an additional two-dollar charge for the trouble of maintaining and breaking out the brown-rice flour dough.. and for making sure the board on which they prepare it does not get cross-contaminated with wheat flour from their *regular* fare.. but.. hell.. I'm not complaining..
Anyway.. how does gluten-free pizza crust compare to wheat flour pizza crust?... well.. the experience is different.. There is nothing soft-spun about the gluten-free crust.. it has more the brittle consistency of hard cracker.. I found it easier to kind of just slurp the topping off the crust and *then* enjoy kind of gnawing on the crust with some of the topping flavors soaked in.. rather than trying to eat the topping and the crust together... So it's not heaven.. by any means... but it *is* pizza (ahhh!!!) and the experience is not wholey devoid of pizza-eating pleasure.. as a matter of fact.. the brown-rice crust has a certain flavor and texture all its own and I would even say well-worth trying for its own sake..
Oh yes.. the kids in charge of taking orders and preparing the pizza were even reasonably attentive.. I mean I felt safe entrusting the task of making my pizza reliably gluten-free to their young, itchy-fingered, hands.. -
Review from Aidan C.
Victoria, BC
7/7/2011
Here's the word,
I've been too the joint numerous times, and each time it gets better. garanteed, the best pizza you could ever have, and if you have had ''better'' then you obviously have'nt been to the joint. the staff is always kind, the setting (a 100 year old building right by the harbour, a two minute walk to ...well, anywhere constantly playing great music and never crowded) is great.
if you live 5 minutes away from the joint, go there, if you live 5,000,000 miles from the joint go there. greatest pizza ever -
Review from Jeffrey C.
Vancouver, BC
9/6/2010 1 Check-in Here
Gets a four for letting me eat pizza with my vegan wife.
Excellent choices. I ordered the Big D (BBQ chicken) and wifey had veggie ham & pineapple with vegan cheese and black olives. Crust was a little overdone but dipping sauce made it all okay.
Birch Beer was great but a pitcher of real beer would have made this a five and a regular stop. -
Review from Matthew L.
Edmonton, AB
7/20/2009
My wife refuses to get pizza delivered from anywhere aside from The Joint. Why? It's not the pizza, nor is it the price.
It's the super-delicious garlic cheese rolls, which cost $5 for 6 of them (though one time we found 8 in our box). They are gooey, rich, cheesy, and much too delicious for anybody's own good.
The pizza itself is hit or miss. Any crust at the Joint runs the risk of being much too soggy.
Your safest bet to ensure a firm crust is to order the thin crust, but it feels insubstantial, nor does it fill you up.
The organic white crust often holds up, but often becomes much too soggy. You are pressing your luck. Make sure to avoid watery toppings, such as pineapple and caramelized onion if you want your pizza to hold up with this crust. This crust happens to be the tastiest
Make sure to avoid the whole wheat crust, (and specifically, the happy hippy), unless you like your pizza spongy.
I like the Joint's selection of toppings, but they really need to work on the consistency of both the crusts and the consistency of their pizzaiolos. I've had some awesome pies from here, and some terrible ones.
The Joint features a vast selection of toppings and alternative crusts (yes - gluten free pizza for your friends with Celiac's Disease).
Delivery costs $5, unless your order amounts to more than $25. -
Review from Sarah Louise F.
Calgary, AB
1/5/2011
After seeing that Malloreigh had reviewed this, I felt compelled to reconcile over my experience at the Joint as well.
I heard of the Joint from a fellow Albertan friend who had moved to Victoria and gets to eat here all the time. The option of ordering an actual real life vegan pizza, not just a sub par cheeseless vegetarian from a terrible chain was at this point in time a foreign concept to my tortured Calgarian soul, intriguing me to no end. One day, as my lovely computer scientist travelling friend was trying to get some work done, a craving struck me. I pestered him endlessly, "WHY AREN'T WE EATING PIZZA BY THE OCEAN? WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT." Eventually, likely irritated with my high pitched squeals over pizza, he eventually gave in, and told me he would even PAY for the pizza if I just ordered it and let him work for half an hour. I complied, calling The Joint to place my order. Looking at the menu, the pizza names were quirky and delightful, and there were many options. I settled on my pizza, "Ahem. Hello there, I would like to order a Happy Hippie...with vegan cheese....uhm...whole wheat crust. Is that a good decision? Yes, whole wheat....for pick up...yes."
My pal overheard this conversation and laughed, proclaiming this was the most pretentious pizza order he had ever heard. When I picked up my pizza, the gentleman recognized me as the orderer of a Happy Hippie right away, perhaps it was the feather earrings or the patchouli scent in the sweater I'd bought at The Patch that I couldn't wash out. I noticed that these guys had Virgil's root beer, my favourite kind, and also that they provided vegan baked goods as well. Just lovely.
Pizza by the ocean, however, did not last long because Victoria gets cold. The pizza though, was delicious, and even acceptable to my omnivorous pal. -
Review from Angella N.
Halifax, NS
3/5/2011
I spent summer 2002 in Victoria driving a pedicab and have fond, fond memories of getting off work at God-knows-when (I think midnight, who knows?) and stopping at The Joint for a slice. I have yet to find another pizza that compares, especially their crust. With a trip to BC in my plans for this summer, I was thrilled to see that they are still in business. Shall definitely be working in a visit while I'm there.
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Review from Janet F.
London, ON
6/11/2010
This is a laid back pizza joint to get a quick bite before drinking for the night. Which is exactly what we did! The pizza choices were varied and interesting, but the only thing that held me back from four stars was a slightly soggy crust.
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Review from Weirdie B.
Victoria, BC
6/24/2009
I went to the Joint the other night and was seriously let down. I used to love their pizza, but now I don't think I'll ever go back. It was as though someone poured a can of soup over a thin crust pizza, then baked it for about five minutes. Almost impossible to eat with your hands. No thanks.
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Review from Glenn L.
9/3/2010 1 Check-in Here
Excellent pizza, good location, and its open late.
