Xpress Gourmet Pizza & Pasta Cowes

Stopped by for dinner on a whim on the way back from Phillip Island - and boy were we glad that we did!Ordered the value meal which came with a free garlic pizza which the kids devoured immediately!The other two pizzas we got were half-and-half options: Casablanca, Marakesh, Hangover Fix and the Spicy Prawn. Absolutely delicious! Pefrectly cooked base covered to the edges with sauce, generous toppings and flavour. Didn't think we would get through all of it but the fact that we did was a testament to the taste.Followed it up with Ben & Jerry's ice cream from the freezer.The staff were friendly without being intrusive and service was quick and professional. Will definitely return when we're back in the area.

Ordered Moraccon pizza and seafood pizza along with spinach and mushroom pasta.This is the best pizza I have had in a very long time. The quality of the ingredients , pizza sauce and the base is top top. The portions are really generous. That’s definitely the place to go every time we are in this area

After finding my usual pizza place closed I decided to try Xpress Gourmet pizza and pasta. Menu was interesting and varied. Service was friendly and helpful. Pizza was top notch. Not to salty, nice base and crust and ample topping. Prices certainly fair. If I need a pizza again I will forgoe the usual and be heading here. Store was also clean and spacious.

Have you tried pasta soup? If not, this is the place for you! My chicken avocada pasta with fettuccine was a plastic tub full of water but no real sauce. It all became sludge after a while as the pasta decomposed.At least my wife's pizza was nice and well done.Perhaps there is a reason this place is Express Pizza" and not Pasta.Stick to what you know

Ok where do I start? We came to this restaurant and the prices in-store were double the prices reflected on their website. They informed us that they recently changed their prices. Does this change the fact that the “incorrect” prices are still displayed online? No. I don’t know why, but we decided to go ahead with it anyway. Then when they punched in the items into the till, they were also higher than the in-store menu. The lady was surprised but said the prices on the in-store menu were incorrect. So not only were they updated and wrong, they were supposedly updated again after that and still wrong! YET IF YOU TRY ORDERING ONLINE, IT GIVES YOU THE CHEAPER PRICES!! For example, the pasta on Menulog is Small $8.90 and Large $13.90, but in store the Medium is $16.90. Fantastic! Ignoring all the red flags, I decided to order pasta and tenderloins. All the menus had said to pick a sauce with the chicken - but when I did, they tried to charge me for that too?? When I asked why they were charging for what the menu said was part of the option, I got mocked, judged, and then they conceded to giving the sauce for free... how can you get annoyed with a customer who is genuinely asking why they’re getting charged for something that the menu doesn’t say is an extra charge?Moving onto the food itself: the flavour wasn’t terrible. The pizza was probably the best out of the 3 things we ordered. Both my pasta and chicken were swimming in water which was an interesting experience. They clearly don’t know how to strain their food after cooking. I still don’t understand why my chicken was bare and drenched in the water it was boiled in.Sadly, the only thing that’s ‘Xpress’ is them losing their patience when getting called out for conning their customers.

When your menu specifies that the Parma is gluten friendly and you place an order specifically noting Parma GF please, it would be nice to have a gluten free Parma. Arrived to collect and told it would be another 15 minutes at least. They were busy when we collected, so I only asked to confirm and was told 'yes, just no chips'. I should have checked it then and there but assumed he meant it was served without chips to be gluten free, which is fine. Except I got back to accommodation to discover it was literally covered in chips. When I called to clarify the gluten free status of my order, I was told that the chips weren't safe, the cheese likely spattered in oil from other things in the oven, and that if it was an issue not to eat it. That's fine, except that I was refused a refund despite the fact that the item provided was not as ordered, so I could either sacrifice my money entirely or have a gluten free pizza. Okay fine, I say. But wait... It will be two hours and I can have only margarita, no other option. And to top it off, the whole time the guy who answered the phone had to field every answer through the manager who was most unpleasant about 'special needs', obviously unclear I could hear him. Then the promised pizza finally arrived and it was decidedly average and lukewarm. The kids had standard pizzas and lasagne, neither of which were even worth finishing, lasagne had one bite and they left the rest. A most disappointing experience.

We stayed in cowes over new year and pre ordered from here. Super delicious pizza! High quality toppings and it tasted like it was wood fired but I am not 100% sure as we didn’t dine in. HIGHLY recommend them! Just YUMMMM! Will definitely be back! Thank you for adding to our new year eve celebration!

Great pizza, nice thin Italian-style crust - if that's your bag, ignore the reviews complaining about not getting a Domino's style thick doughy crust. Fair prices and fast, friendly service on a busy night. Recommend.

Been there twice. First time they said with their value deal 2 they don’t have pizza to give so only garlic bread. Second time when I went there they said same thing. I told them this is same as what they told me previously then the owner came and said we don’t have family pizza base so you need to order 3 small pizzas. Very rude behaviour and not ready to listen to their customer. Not worth the time.