Boston Pizza, London

I really liked this pizza, was differnet than I know from europe to be honest, but very tasty!

Boston Pizza is a chain of pizza houses effectively based in Canada but extending somewhat into the U.S. Established in the 1960s, where an ex-R.C.M.P played a critical role [as well as getting his man, perhaps, he got his pizza!], Boston Pizza parlours now appear everywhere across Canada. The business has been a success story from a variety of perspectives: from the original concept of combining sports bar with family pizza restaurant to that of being an ardent supporter of charities.
Our hotel in London, Ontario, was located close to a Boston Pizza outlet and since my partner and I are both passionate about eating good pizza we thought we would give it a try for supper one evening.
We visited the Wellington Road, London, Ontario Boston Pizza branch in mid-November. At first we were going to seat ourselves in the sports bar section but the music was just a little too loud so we instead found a table in the family restaurant area which still had music playing but at a lower volume.
The atmosphere of the pizza parlour was predictably quite garish because of the posters and ads displayed; a few, not unpleasantly, vulgar stops beyond what I would term panache.
Our Canadian waitress was very good. We were made welcome in a friendly and sincere fashion that had become a pattern to us of Canadian hospitality. We ordered some Mondavi white wine. Generally, I am not a lover of Californian wine but La Maison du Robert Mondavi is an exception. I believe we had a dry white Sauvignon which would have been a district wine from the legendary Napa Valley in California; it was excellent. We then both ordered a small [6 inch] pepperoni and mushroom pizza. We were both hungry and glad the pizza arrived a short time later; it was delicious. There was something quite unique and hand-made to me about the topping, dough and crust. Half-way through our supper the Canadian waitress came and asked us very civilly if everything was ok. This engagement is another standard of Canadian customer service, something we see very occasionally in provincial areas of the U.K. but not a feature to be taken for granted. I ate all my pizza but my partner was struggling and left a few pieces. When were settling the bill we were asked if we would like to take the un-eaten pieces away. I said “yes” and they were presented to us in a box to take away.
The bill was very reasonable by my standards; naturally, as a Scot, I tend to equate Canadian dollars with British pounds. The waitress service was excellent and once again I was really impressed with the interpersonal skills of Canadian waiting staff.
Just writing this review and thinking of that delicious pizza is making me hungry!