The store in soho is pretty much the same as the one in Sai Kung, the main different is, I suspected was that the Manager was in store who made the ambiance much livelier and cozier. Same old, the huge window display showed five trays of stunningly huge 24" assorted flavour pizza and caught a lot of attention when the passenger passed by.
We have a huge slices of the 24" Pepperoni pizza. We took it away with a large paper bag. The pizza was nice, large and hot when served, and we added some parmesan cheese to make it perfect. All Paisano's pizza are with thin crust. My Pepperoni slice was very soft which I can fold it easily. The mouth feel was great, it gave me much contentment bite after bite. The pizza was very savoury, there was lots of pepperoni and cheese on it, but they manage to make it not greasy!
One of the reason I love Paisano's is because they made to order, even just a slice. So expect some wait for your delicious one. Is the wait worth it? It all depends on personal taste. Well, I do think their pizza is pretty nice, so I would say the wait is pretty much worth it. However, my other friend told me Pizzeria La Gondola is better, ou I can't wait to try next time.
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Taste: I have had pizza from this place before, but I ate in last time. this time I called and ordered, collected it within half an hour. The pizza was half cold when it was back home. it did not smell as nice as it was last time. The crust was not cruncy it seemed abit undercook. I dont like my pizza realy cold, and this being undercooked was not nice. It was like eating a big piece of stale bread. Altho it was still fluffy and soft. the tomato sauce was not as sour as last time, which i like now. It was sweeter but heavy tomato taste. I asked for extra cheese but it is still not very cheesy. if they could add more cheese onto it it would have been perfect. the pizza was not cut equally. Some pieces are bigger than others, and not properly detached. There were alot more pepperoni than ham. I would advised not to have pepperoni with ham, as pepperoni is alot stronger than ham, so when you have it together, you cannot taste much of the ham. There werent as much mushroom as I would have liked.
Although it was undercooked, at late night, I decided to make it back hot and placed into oven. After being baked another 25 mins, it was crispy and hot. and WOW, the pizza was to its FULL potential. It was really HOT, and crispy, the dough was cooked, and the cheese is melted. Even leaving the pizza in the fridge for few days, after baking it was just as fresh. definately a good pizza as you wont get that in pizza hut.
Conclusion: Although the pizza was undercooked, the first time i had it, it was delicious. i blame it was a Saturday as they were really busy. Even when i called, it took her a long time to pick up. At the store there were so many people queueing up and alot of people sitting down eating. This is a popular place especially to western people, not so much of chinese, this proves how authentic these pizza are, and tasty they are. These pizza are real hand tossed and you can watch them do it. Pizza comes in three size 14 inch, 16 inch, and massive 24 inch. Our Large pizza was 260 hk dollars, which i think is a bargain comeprae to pizza hut and the quality you get. We wanted get pasta too, but after seeing the size, we bothought we better not. they do lunch sets ONLY on weekdays, but they are GREAT bargain too. They do delivery but NOT yet as they say they are still hiring for the delivery man. So hopelfully they get that sorted and we can order to be delivered. But i still think it is best to eat in, as they make it fresh and hot for you. While if you take it home it be all cold. people who works there speaks good english so it doesnt feel like you are in HK getting a pizza. i love this place
Mozzarella pizza - Slices of pizza is already made and is out at the counter at front of the shop. but once you order it, they bake it back hot for you. 1 slice of pizza is huge. it fills you up very easily. the oly flaw with the pizza is the tomato sauce is quite sour. if they can tame down the sourness abit it would be perfect. The sourness took away the cheesy taste and the pizza itself. i hope they can improve this. the pizza is not crispy although it looks like it is. But it is definately one of the best pizza in hong Kong/
Penne Carbonara: This was my favourite. Although this is a shop who specialize in Pizzas, i somehow wanted to taste their pasta too. this came as baked which was even better as there are melted cheese on top. The sauce was abit runny, if it could be slighly thicker it would be better. BUT the sauce was still very creamy and the pasta has already absorbed the sauce. With small bacon pieces in it, it was delicious. I could not stop eating it. Definately would come back for it.
New York calzone: It is first time i ordered a calzone as not many places do them. So i expected abit more from this. calzone is just the pizza dough but folded in half with some fillings inside which was cheese and ham in this case. This took 25 minutes to bake so by time it came, i was really full already. The dough was very thick and abit tasteless. If the cheese could be stronger flavour that would be better. There is white sauce on the side which tasted good with the cheese and calzone. but the sauce soon ran out. I dont think i would order this again, it was good, but not amazing and bit too thick. would rather order another pizza.
Conclusion: i like this place. They actually do authentic pizza (well near enough to authentic in HK atleast) their first branch is in sai Kung and they are now in central due to its popularity. People were nice and effecient. it is a small shop with a few seatings upstairs and i heard there are seats downstairs too. I liked sitting upstairs, you can watch the guy making pizza when people come in to order. It is quite amazing how they flatten out the pizza dough.
It isnt too expensive that is what i like even though it is in central. i will definately go back again and recommend it to other people.
Conveniently Located and affordable. I shall be back!
Gigantic Pizza's. By the Slice and only $25. Good for lunch.
This pizza guy is OK, he is adept at hand-tossing his pizza dough before putting it into the oven. The Cashier Lady however polite, seems to handle both money & additional toppings with her bare hands without any tongs or gloves. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. Paisano's needs to take note of this. 
Margherita with added Pepperoncini: A pizza invented in Southern Italy in Napoli, but named after the Queen who was visiting from Northern Italy, how's that for ultimate irony? The toppings in this shop is pretty average compared to world standards. Even the Melbourne University Tuck-shop pizza I survived on for many years mades a vastly superior version, and I am not even comparing it to a proper artisanal Pizzeria anywhere in the world. This is no more than average in performance toppings wise. 
The saving grace on Paisano's pizza is their pretty decent dough base, which was crispy on the bottom but tenaciously chewy, fairly well balanced as its baked on an aerated steel mesh rather than sitting directly on the ceramic or stone surface. For the fairly affordable selling price here, this pizza base's performance easily gives it enough street-cred to survive in the competitive pizza world. Pity about the toppings or presentation which didn't lived upto standards, even for a street-stall type of pizzeria...
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