This is like ordering a chair by phone from a furniture store by dialing the number, saying "Armchair for pickup" and heading on over to the store.
Why reserve books online from the library? Just call them and say "10 books for pickup" and then hang up.
Me: I'd like a large plain pie for pickup.
Pizzeria: what's your name? [Name]. Okay $name, 15 to 20 minutes.
And we're done.
If you're ordering from a big 3 chain then you have to deal with a bunch of non-dedault options, but if you know what you want it can still be as easy as "I'd like a large stuffed-crust pizza with the hearty marinara". (Though plenty of people consider the big 3 to be pizza the same way that Olive Garden is Italian food... A rough facsimile, but not the real thing. I'm a little more open minded than that).
Pizzas are a lot more fungible than furniture or books.
When I’m at a decent pizza place, it’s spinach, Stilton, bacon, and red potato. Possibly with broccoli or a vodka base, if I’m in the mood.
At a more generic chain place, it’s pepperoni, feta, and pineapple.
Never seen those on the menu at any pizzeria.
The menus usually has 50~80 different pizzas listed, so there's usually something for everyone without major changes.
This sounds like the type of pizza common on the west coast, maybe California in particular? Possibly other parts of the world, but I'm less familiar with regional pizza varieties outside the US. In a traditional Italian pizzeria on the east coast those are simply not part of the regional variety. "Stilton" would get you a strange look. "red potato" would probably be met with "we can put fries on it". Bacon is very common. Broccoli and vodka sauce are a lot less common, but I see the options sometimes. A plain pie (crust, mozzarella, red tomato sauce) is the most common though maybe about tied with the most common topping, pepperoni. "Detroit" pizza is seen as an abomination by many pizza afficionados on the east coast, west coast, and Chicago, but I'm no pizza snob, and have been looking for the opportunity to try it, but have only seen the option from one of the big 3 chains and they're.never the same as the authentic regional varieties.
Also, if you’re ever in the French Alps, I highly recommend getting the raviolis on you pizza. Never seen that offered anywhere else.
LOL. All the time.
Me: "One large pie." Them: "Anything else?" Me: "Nope." Them: "15 minutes."
In NY/NJ, pizza is a language unto itself.
I don't have pizza place that would recognize me by voice because I might order from any place like 1x a year or 2x a year.
I love that I can go to most of medium cities and I don't have to drive around searching for food places because I can find them via app, whether I stay with friends or in a hotel and just order food for evening.
Then calling on the phone in English is not really a good option, calling using broken local language might be even worse than trying English :)
Then payment before order with my app account and card is also super easy and convenient.
That said, I think it is not super common use case but that delivery app makes my life a lot easier.
35 minutes later, I go get the pizza.
I used to spend a lot more time giving specific ingredients, but I reached the point where it was easier to pick one or two of the 3–4 vegetarian pizzas they offer. No crust options (type _or_ thickness; it’s always thin crust).
In my experience, if the guy on the phone is rude and lets you mess up your order, they are much more likely to produce a good pizza. Places will only be polite (or offer lots of options) if they can't compete on quality.
Lots of traditional pizzerias will understand that and not offer much else.