If I can, I would give this place 0 stars. I ordered a garlic chicken pizza, they brought it out an hour later with no chicken. They apologized and said they’d remake it. Thirty minutes later they brought out a cold pizza with cold chicken thrown on top. I promptly asked for a refund and was denied. The service was slow, staff was rude, and food was awful. Would not recommend.
If I can give negative I would do negative 5. Took over 1 and half hours to get food. Horrible horrible place. Any other place would be better. The owner should be embarrassed about how this place is ran.
Been coming to Lampost since 1995. The quality is top notch and the pizzas have the perfect combo of sauce, cheese, and toppings. One of the few true pizza places left imo.
Section with arcade for the kids, cheese pizza is a hit with the kids.
I ordered two caesar salads to go and when I got home this is what I saw. No croutons and just a tiny sprinkle of random cheese. $10.98 for this.
I walked in looking to order a pizza, and I found myself disrespected by the management staff. People were getting kicked out for merely holding a drink or bag of candy from the Ralphs next door. There was a police officer sitting there and intimidating paying customers. I do not understand this. For the high price of the food, they need to do better.
worse place ever. the place is filthy and unkept and the owner is rude and creepy. he said that if u don’t buy pizza you can’t sit in the “restaurant” it’s a horrible never go there.
We called in an order on Jan 16 2022 (Sunday football playoffs). Was quoted 20 minutes. I arrived 15 minutes after I called and my pizza was just coming out of the oven. Fast and friendly service!!! Pizza was delicious Thank you
Really disappointing, somebody is going to get really sick if it hasn’t happened already. I visited Lampost Pizza in the Heritage Plaza in Irvine located on Culver and Walnut for the first time in many years. I remember them having great service and great pizza in a nice atmosphere. Unfortunately times have changed. Let’s start from the beginning. We walked in around 2pm on a Sunday. The place was maybe 30% full, which isn’t that busy. We stood at the order counter for at least 5 minutes before anyone even acknowledged us. We were the only people standing there. There were a bunch of kids running this place, which seemed odd. A young man with long hair finally arrives to take our order, which I had to repeat a few times before he got it right. He told us our order would be ready in 15-20 minutes. We returned in 20 minutes only to be told a large party had arrived so they were now behind and my order wasn’t even started yet. We placed our order before the large party arrived, so that made little sense to me. We waited outside, as nobody in the building was wearing masks. We came back in another 10 minutes only to be told, “sorry I was on the phone taking orders this whole time, I’ll get your order started now”. At this point we stood off to the side with a clear view of the kitchen. This is where it gets disgusting…..not one person in the kitchen was wearing a mask or gloves. Two individuals had long hair without any type of hair net or hat, so the chances of getting hair in your food is pretty good. I watched them wipe sweat from their face and foreheads. Then they were grabbing all the ingredients with bare hands that I’m sure hadn’t been washed in some time. The young man with long hair who was working the order desk, handling money, working the cash register, talking on the phone, and opening doors to deliver food to the patio now grabs a container for our antipasto salad. He reaches into the lettuce with his bare, unwashed hands that had been handling everything mentioned above and throws a handful of lettuce into the container. He then proceeds to grab the meat for our salad with the same dirty unwashed hands. He turns and notices I’m watching him and says “we’re working on your order right now”. Keep in mind, we placed our order about 40 minutes ago. I signaled for him to come over to me where I said to him “no need, I’ll be canceling my order, I just watched you grab my salad ingredients with your unwashed, bare hands, that is disgusting”. I couldn’t believe it when he said, “do you want me to make it again”. I said no, just give me my money back, I won’t be coming here again. While waiting for my return, I continued to look around the restaurant a little closer, only to notice tables were not cleaned or wiped off, the floor was not clean, and even the video games had trash on them, including empty drink bottles, plastic utensils and condiment cups, and fingerprints all over the glass. It is obvious there is little thought put into pandemic safety, very little care taken when it comes to food safety, no appropriate protective gear advised by the CDC (masks, gloves, hair nets) & even proper hygiene in the kitchen is seemingly overlooked. At the time I was writing this review, I happened to read a couple other reviews on this location only to see similar experiences had been documented. I wish I had read them before visiting this location. All of this being said, I highly recommend finding someplace else to enjoy your pizza. There are plenty of them out there.
Really disappointing, somebody is going to get really sick if it hasn’t happened already. I visited Lampost Pizza in the Heritage Plaza in Irvine located on Culver and Walnut for the first time in many years. I remember them having great service and great pizza in a nice atmosphere. Unfortunately times have changed. Let’s start from the beginning. We walked in around 2pm on a Sunday. The place was maybe 30% full, which isn’t that busy. We stood at the order counter for at least 5 minutes before anyone even acknowledged us. We were the only people standing there. There were a bunch of kids running this place, which seemed odd. A young man with long hair finally arrives to take our order, which I had to repeat a few times before he got it right. He told us our order would be ready in 15-20 minutes. We returned in 20 minutes only to be told a large party had arrived so they were now behind and my order wasn’t even started yet. We placed our order before the large party arrived, so that made little sense to me. We waited outside, as nobody in the building was wearing masks. We came back in another 10 minutes only to be told, “sorry I was on the phone taking orders this whole time, I’ll get your order started now”. At this point we stood off to the side with a clear view of the kitchen. This is where it gets disgusting…..not one person in the kitchen was wearing a mask or gloves. Two individuals had long hair without any type of hair net or hat, so the chances of getting hair in your food is pretty good. I watched them wipe sweat from their face and foreheads. Then they were grabbing all the ingredients with bare hands that I’m sure hadn’t been washed in some time. The young man with long hair who was working the order desk, handling money, working the cash register, talking on the phone, and opening doors to deliver food to the patio now grabs a container for our antipasto salad. He reaches into the lettuce with his bare, unwashed hands that had been handling everything mentioned above and throws a handful of lettuce into the container. He then proceeds to grab the meat for our salad with the same dirty unwashed hands. He turns and notices I’m watching him and says “we’re working on your order right now”. Keep in mind, we placed our order about 40 minutes ago. I signaled for him to come over to me where I said to him “no need, I’ll be canceling my order, I just watched you grab my salad ingredients with your unwashed, bare hands, that is disgusting”. I couldn’t believe it when he said, “do you want me to make it again”. I said no, just give me my money back, I won’t be coming here again. While waiting for my return, I continued to look around the restaurant a little closer, only to notice tables were not cleaned or wiped off, the floor was not clean, and even the video games had trash on them, including empty drink bottles, plastic utensils and condiment cups, and fingerprints all over the glass. It is obvious there is little thought put into pandemic safety, very little care taken when it comes to food safety, no appropriate protective gear advised by the CDC (masks, gloves, hair nets) & even proper hygiene in the kitchen is seemingly overlooked. At the time I was writing this review, I happened to read a couple other reviews on this location only to see similar experiences had been documented. I wish I had read them before visiting this location. All of this being said, I highly recommend finding someplace else to enjoy your pizza. There are plenty of them out there.