Aldgate Cafe

Takeaway pizza review:
This little nugget of legendary Hills food takeaway joints has eluded me for many years. Until 2015. I had the good fortune of swinging past the Aldgate café on my way home from a friend’s place one Sunday evening a few weeks ago when my partner said ‘Feel like pizza tonight?’ to which I smugly retorted ‘Do furry ursidae defecate in wooded areas?‘
That was a couple of months ago, and I’d forgotten how good the pizzas were. But again this Saturday eve, the question of whether I felt like pizza for tea was raised once again, and once more I answered like a smart alec. So we phoned up the Aldgate café and ordered a medium Mexican and a thai chicken pizza. Simple enough… until it came time to actually finish eating what we’d ordered! These pizzas were dynamite! So filling, and so so SSOOO tasty! I don’t normally leave leftovers, but I had no choice. And it was still tasty the next day (feel free to hit me up for my leftover pizza reheating technique — guaranteed flavour country).
The range of available styles is great, and the service was quick, for both delivery and in-​store ordering. Don’t miss this place if you’re in or around the hills. It’s tucked in amongst a few other shops, so it’s easy to shoot past and not catch it, but it is a worthwhile food experience. They also have an affordable and decent range of drinks/​wines inhouse.

The Aldgate Café is one of the Adelaide Hills’ smartest little secrets. My family and friends have been eating there since we were kids. In business for over 2 decades the unassumingly named licensed pizza restaurant is a local favourite for Italian cuisine.
A diverse menu offers a strong variety of pastas and other traditional fare including Scaloppine and Cotoletta. Then there’s the pizza. True to the Australiana style, the folks at the Aldgate café do not scrimp on their toppings. Scrumptious dough is loaded with a litany of rich, local produce to execute traditional and fusion recipes. The tandoori and capricciosa pizzas in particular are not to be missed, but give the specials board a glance to see what the chef has cooked up tonight. Desserts such as gelato and tiramisu are also on offer and all food is available for takeaway.
A meal out at the Aldgate Café is affordable, ranging between 15– 30 dollars. Set in the perpetual green of Aldgate, you can expect to dine alfresco by the creek or indoors surrounded by local art. If you’re expecting a fancy Italian dinner, this is not the place. Locals frequent nightly, and orders are made at the bar. But, the food is as consistent as the relaxed and unpretentious service.

Definitely one of the better pizza places in Adelaide that I’ve tried so far. It’s pretty informal, can sometimes take a little bit of time in actually presenting you your meal, and I don’t think the non-​pizza stuff looks that fantastic, but as far as pizza goes, this place is pretty damn good most of the time. Sometimes I’ve noticed a tendency to stack them too high with ingredients, and I’m a firm believer in the less-​is-​more mantra when it comes to pizza, but there are plenty who’ll disagree with me, and that’s okay.
Service is alright, generally speaking. Prices aren’t bad for good pizza (especially when bad pizza can cost so much).
Coffee here is okay too.

Pizza baby!!!
I’ve been to those cities that never close down but this is still better than the pizza in Roma town. In my opinion it is better than most of the chains and hey, I was a Pizza Hut kid so I totally know what I’m talking about! I’m here to tell you that you cannot go past the Ham & Mushroom — add some red capsicum to that and you have one happy pizza. The pan sizing is pretty big too, you can get a large, family or party size, and I don’t know about you guys but I prefer a generous, fluffy base rather than a thin pan: I want a pizza, not a biscuit, which is exactly what their lovely staff deliver!
Dining in isn’t a big occasion here, the space isn’t really designed for families larger than four so it’s lucky that takeaway is an option. The locals tend to refer to this place as ‘Aldgate Pizza’ rather than ‘Aldgate Café’. in fact its only recently that I even discovered its true name, so if you are wanting to place and order abut you don’t have the number — don’t be like me and get into an argument with the person on the other end of the directory line when they tell you that Aldgate Pizza doesn’t exist! because it is foremost a café, they just happen to make awesome pizza.