After a decade in the restaurant industry, Melissa and Peter Swanson founded Benchmark Pizzeria in 2012. Melissa worked as a hostess and waitress at Oliveto Cafe & Restaurant in Oakland, and Peter wor…
I love Benchmark Pizzaria. I love the owners, the staff, the food, the atmosphere, the neighborhood and the community. I am so grateful that we still have small, independent restaurants where we can congregate with friends ad family.
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John B
1 contributions
2/9/25
• DoorDash order
Great shop and great food, generally. A bit inconsistent lately though. The pepperoni on the pepperoni pizza was less plentiful and less crispy than in the past and the side of marinara was markedly different and less delicious than on past orders. On a previous order, the bacon pizza was very spicy, which was not advertised in the description - my guests could not eat spicy food and we ended up throwing it out. I'll stick with benchmark for now as they have a good track record, but I'm hopeful that that manage to get the quality up.
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Keith Z
7 contributions
6/25/22
• DoorDash order
The last couple of times the pizza crust has been a little over cooked but despite that easily one of the best pizza I have had. I would love some options for more customization but the vegan pizza is amazing as are there other pizzas. Great crust, excellent toppings. Well done.
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Michael G
1 contributions
10/17/23
• DoorDash order
Decent food at the location but way overpriced on doordash.
Not worth the cost at all.
This is like the garlic fries at a Giants game-good idea but overpriced mediocre results.
Pepperoni pizza ($27): Okay but nothing special. Way undercooked and meh. Small for the price.
Small Cesar ($14.40): 2 cups of chopped romaine, a tablespoon of generic dressing and a few sprinkles of parm. No effort or chits given. You are better buying the prepackaged salad at Safeway. Why bother?
Strozzapreti Bolognese($30): Maybe 1.5 cups of noodles in a side sized container. Pasta was fine-nothing wrong with it and was, well,fine. Very bad value once again. They may as well just scoop it out of a huge pot like the feed lot at a university dining hall. I do not mind paying for high quality food but in the case of the prices on DD compared to the qualify that is provided, this places misses.
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Charles T H
10 contributions
9/1/24
• DoorDash order
The Sausage Pizza which I added pepperoni to was amazing and I think worth the price tag . It was really good !
