Homeslice, Neil's Yard

Pizza is hands down, without hesitation, my favourite food. I eat it when I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm drunk, when I'm hungover...ok I eat it a lot. Needless to say, when both my friends Issie and Laura separately told me about Homeslice I had to check it out because being a pizza restaurant, chances are I would like it. Despite the name that is basically a lame term of endearment commonly used back in year 9.

It's located on Neil's Yard down a quirky little alley...

It's quite small and one of those menu on the wall type places. You can either get a slice or a whole pizza and you can split the toppings half and half. There were some quite original toppings i.e. oxtail and horse radish and one involving scallops... if I was feeling more adventurous I might have tried one of these... OK who am I kidding if I had my way I'd have got the margarita but hey that's just embarrassing.

There's a huge pizza oven as you walk in and you have a view of them making all of the pizzas from scratch... nothing beats a good pizza oven and I kind of wish it was socially acceptable to have one in our flat.

We were seated fairly quickly and one thing about this place is its small. Very small. To the extent that you're rammed in and I had to squeeze between two tables to sit down-it was kind of like one of those aeroplane moments when you go to the toilet and have to choose between giving complete strangers an intimate view of your bum, or your.. front bum.

Anyway once seated, our waiter who was quite intense told us that "the menu was on the wall and you can have one of three drinks; beer, wine, or prosecco". We thought about asking for a homemade lemonade with extra ice and a twist of lime but didn't think it would go down too well- and when a place has prosecco on tap it's rude not to right?! They also serve wine in huge bottles but only charge you for how much you drink- which is a clever idea and puts an end to the umming and ahhing over whether to get another bottle.

Quite promptly after we ordered our pizza arrived. We went for half and half- rocket, parmesan and salami for me and chorzio, corn and coriander for Freds. The pizza was MASSIVE and pretty good value for 20 quid.

The base was really thin and crispy and the flavours intense and quite salty. A minor gripe was they had no garlic butter/sauce for the crusts but that was probably good for Freddie because otherwise I would have gone to town.

Regardless the pizza was really good and the concept of the place I really liked- I mean its basically pizza, how could I not. I just wish the place was bigger- given the nature of the menu and how the wine was served it would be a great place to go with a big group for a birthday or work dinner, but given the size logistically this might not work- you'd have to all cram in and probably queue for a while. A bigger inside with long canteen style tables would have been better and probably would have fitted more with the concept.

That aside, it's a cool little place and I would definitely pop back if I was in town or after work. Plus they kindly boxed up the rest of my pizza... so that's lunch for tomorrow sorted!