Allen's New York Pizza

I decided to try a new Pizza place close by and saw Allen's come up in a Google search. Ordered a half cheese half pepperoni and ricotta. What a disappointment. Very bland tasting. We would have done better with store bought sauce. How do you not get pizza right? I guess it's possible and found this out at Allen's. This is below average in my opinion, for a pizza parlor.

Found a coupon online from their website awesome deal to feed the whole family of 6 only $27.00. Pizza, spaghetti and salad and breadsticks awesome we will return when we go back to Carlsbad. Staff was very polite. Was a little tricky to find since it is a small restaurant In a huge plaza I had no idea there was a bottom and top level outside, but than again I'm not from Carlsbad, CA

First of all the pizza was great and I would definitely go back for the pizza. But... Let me tell you my experience, I walked in on a Thursday evening early, and overheard the what I assume to be the manager completely degrading the owners for not knowing how to run a business to some poor young blonde girl who was obviously trying to escape the conversation and get out of the place with her food. Once she had cleared the building and the focus turn to me, I asked a few questions and then ordered a medium veggie pizza and a medium skyscraper special (loads of a variety of animal flesh). I paid for my pizzas and was informed that it would be about 15 minutes. I decided to walk over to the Vons supermarket and pick up a six pack of Anchor Steam beer to enjoy with my pizza and a pound of freshly sliced turkey meat to feed my dog for his dinner. Upon my return to Allen's New York Pizza I waited an additional 15 minutes before my pizzas were ready. I was a little shocked and glad my girlfriend wasn't there when I saw the short little middle Eastern looking gentleman chopping up the pizzas with the same cutting tool for the meat as well as the veggie. In today's world it's almost taken for granted that you don't cut vegetables on a vegetarian dish with the same cutting utensil as you do with a meat dish but what the hay, no harm no foul no witnesses (except me and the sign suggested cameras), so I grabbed my hot meal and left. The pizzas were great, everyone enjoyed the slices and I would definitely go back but oh my goodness the owner should probably spend some time in there, it might be a great education instead of having a sign that says please contact me if you have any problems. They should go ahead and show up and stay there and watch what happens or least review the camera videos and use it to gain a little insight on what's happening in their business. All in all an okay experience but my goodness gracious not great employees to customers relations (noted on three other customers while waiting my additional 15). Wake up Allen before you realize too late what the cost of not paying attention is. No vegitarians I know would ever eat there, just because of the actions I witnessed. The Owner ran business (expressed by all the signage) was totally lost by the reality of the clueless (had no idea what the prices were) & could care less employees running things. The employees were nice but they left a little to be desired, it might as well been Subway pizza. "We aren't different on purpose"!