Dove Vivi Pizza Deli

Buena comida-MALA Onda. I love the food at Dove Vivi. We have been getting their takeout for a couple years. But whenever we go in to eat there it is a 50/50 chance that we will get a helpful and polite server or if we will get an angry and un-patient one.

We went in the other hight and were waiting for a while. We waited 3 times the time we were told which was OK but then they seated 2 tables that had come in after us, before us. The unfortunate part about it was that when we asked them about what had happened they were completely unwilling to say sorry at all. They acted with a "we were lucky to be there" attitude.

All of us who were waiting for the table have worked in the restaurant industry for years. So we understand the difficulty of estimating a waiting time and frustration level of the job- but any and everyone should be ready to apologize when it is necessary.

I really hope Dove Vivi can transfer some of the goodness of their pizza to the attitude of their servers/ hosts.…

No Olives! What?. It's true! No olives...they don't use them,, or carry them! And unless you specify, no sauce! No sauce! But let's backup.... It was my first time there (a Dove Vivi virgin). When I ordered a pepperoni, mushroom and olive pizza, I was informed, "we don't carry olives".

Not in a nice way, but in a, "how dare he even ask for them!".

And no, I wasn't told that my pizza wouldn't have sauce (how dare I even think that?...a Mushroom and Pepperoni pizza with sauce?).

And then there's the crust.

It's not rolled in cornmeal....it IS cornmeal.

Hard, strange, odd.

Oh, and when I left, I asked if I could have a little sauce (how dare I?) for the leftovers.

The server said, "no problem, that will be $2"...and I passed.

I spent $20 on a pizza with no olives, and no sauce.

They got all the money they would get out of me.

I should have just asked for my money back, but I didn't.

Ps. It actually tasted much better cold!…

Moonwalking. This is the most scrumptious crust I have ever had in my life! The incredible house made bacon, sausage, chocolate chip cookies are divine!!!! We LOVE this restaurant.…

Yummy pizza!. I had a half wild mushroom and my husband had a half pepperoni. Both pizzas were delicious. I'm not sure if they claim to be Chicago-style or if people just say it's Chicago-style because of the "deep dish" but this is NOT Chicago-style (we're from the CHI); however, this is as deep-dish are you're going to get in Portland and I'm pretty satisfied. When I have deep dish actual Gino's East, LouMalnati's or Giordano's, I end up feeling fat/bloated/greasy/nasty because all the loaded cheese; however at Dove ViVi's I left feeling full and still pretty healthy. We waited maybe 10 minutes at the "bar," had a drink, seated outside. It rained briefly before being seated so we were able to enjoy the fresh rain aroma (um.. only Portlanders can enjoy this, huh?). Unfortunately, a couple of random guys started pestering us while we were waiting for food- but I won't get into that. Food was great!…