Matchbox - Merrifield

Me and my husband go here regularly since it's his favorite restaurant. The food is always excellent. I've had several of their pizzas as well as their pasta di... read more Me and my husband go here regularly since it's his favorite restaurant. The food is always excellent. I've had several of their pizzas as well as their pasta dishes. The food is always well seasoned and very flavorful. My favorite dish is the Fire n Smokepizza. It is nice and zesty but not too spicy. I definitely recommend that pizza if you like some mild spiciness to your food.Also they offer the option of a gluten free crust made of cauliflower. It is very good and tastes very similar to the normalcrust. I've had both. The service is usually excellent. The servers are attentive and happy to answer questions about the menu.The food is prepared in a reasonable amount of time. I personally don't really like the atmosphere because it's rather loud.They either have a sports broadcast on or music that is on the loud side. It's hard if you have a larger group to be able tohear everyone. We met up with a book club there once and that was a bad idea because of the noise level. The service personneldid try to accommodate our needs by reducing the music but the acoustics of that building still made it hard to hear everyone.But when I'm just there with my husband it is okay. There is usually a good number of people at this restaurant no matter whattime we go, but it is quite large and I think we only had to wait to be seated once. The closest parking is a parking garage acouple blocks from the restaurant.

The wait staff was wonderful. BUT. I haven't been here since before the pandemic. My bf wanted pizza so I was excited to come to the Mosaic District and get the... read more The wait staff was wonderful. BUT. I haven't been here since before the pandemic. My bf wanted pizza so I was excited to come to the Mosaic District and get the honey glazed prosciutto and arugula pizza. Unfortunately, they changed the recipe and it now hassome kind of white cheese on it, and instead of prosciutto, the meat had the consistency of bacon. Either that or it was wayovercooked. Not at all what I was expecting. It was terrible to be honest. The replacement veggie pizza was just as bad,slathered in pesto and zero flavor. And my bf pizza had a million pepperonis on it, but it was half burnt. All in all, for $60(including a $14 key lime cocktail) it was not enjoyable. As I recall, this was a pizza place. Now it's just like any othervariety restaurant.

Quick meal due to my misreading of an event schedule. Daughter loved the pizza. Waitstaff excellent: they had dropped a slice while preparing it on a plate so t... read more Quick meal due to my misreading of an event schedule. Daughter loved the pizza. Waitstaff excellent: they had dropped a slice while preparing it on a plate so they provided me with another pizza. Staff quickly boxed my meal just so we can make it to anevent next time.

The food and service are like the star rating: mid. Predictable, overly salted/fried food and slow service. It’s a good place if you don’t want to wait in busy... read more The food and service are like the star rating: mid. Predictable, overly salted/fried food and slow service. It’s a good place if you don’t want to wait in busy Mosaic and you just want a quick meal it also accommodates large parties well. Itcertainly isn’t a favorite of mine, but it’s somewhere we go for the convenience.

We had a wonderful experience dining outdoors at this restaurant. The food was delicious and the service was excellent. There was a slight delay with our food,... read more We had a wonderful experience dining outdoors at this restaurant. The food was delicious and the service was excellent. There was a slight delay with our food, but the manager personally apologized and even provided a complimentary meal. My husband raved about his Cobb salad, claiming it was the best he's ever had. I thoroughly enjoyed my perfectly cooked salmon salad as well.