Does Fiver Pizza sell whole pizzas for only £5, and is it related to the old one that used to be on Deliveroo?
Yes.
What happened to The Slicery on Easter Road? The Slicery, which always tempted me, especially with its extra effort Halloween display in 2023 but never actually managed to lure me inside, has rebranded to become Fiver Pizza.
On day one of the rebranding relaunch, I popped in, and the takeaway venue still had some of The Slicery menus and branding up. As it turns out, this was a help because I studied The Slicery’s menu and saw 12″ pizza with prices like £10.99 and up, ordered one, and was charged £5.
Tip: It costs Fiver Pizza 20p each time a card is involved, so they prefer cash. I like to try to help, but, gosh, I’m one of those folk who rarely carry cash these days!
Fiver Pizza’s vibe
First up, Fiver Pizza is a takeaway. The old Fiver Pizza, I think, was a dark kitchen in which you could order delivery, but you couldn’t visit (although Deliveroo’s listing seems to map them to the old Hey Pizza in Inverleith). The new Easter Road Fiver Pizza has a venue to walk to and order at the counter. I know; I did.
In fact, a few people (and one dog) popped in while I was waiting for my pizza, and that’s a good sign. Easter Road has no shortage of eateries, and locals are no fools. Businesses have to be good to get trade, so I’d wager The Slicery, despite the rebranding, had done well and that Fiver Pizza was off to a good start.
However, there’s little vibe as a result. There’s a counter to place your order at, and there’s a place to wait while it’s made for you. I overheard everything the group of friends waiting with me were talking about. I talked a little with the owner, who was responsible for the original Fiver Pizza, but there’s no time to hang around and chat. Fiver is a transactional place.
Fiver Pizza’s venue and staff
I had never been to The Slicery and was one of the first people to visit Fiver Pizza, so I did not know what to expect.
I walked in harbouring thoughts that I might eat my pizza on location, even if it was at a tiny table. That was a foolish idea. There are three seats and a table, but the table is not by the seats, and it’s really there for delivery people to put their bags on so they can load them with pizza boxes. Fortunately, it wasn’t raining, my hair no longer got in my mouth, and I am practised at eating pizza while lurking on street corners.
Fiver was nearly finished with its rebranding, but not 100% done, so I need to cut the location some slack. It was not like walking into an ad agency in terms of polish and perception. However, the name is fantastic for getting noticed on Deliveroo and Just Eat menus, and nor was it like walking into a hospital in terms of spotlessness. On launch day, Fiver Pizza had the ambience of a clean but popular takeaway. A friendly dog waited with me for much of the time! I was 100% okay with that.
My staff interaction, as you might expect from a takeaway, was minimal, but I did get to speak to the owner – who served me/took my order – and I sensed passion and determination. He told me he could charge £5 for a pizza by cutting out the middleman, but aside from Square or Zettle, I didn’t get to find out who the middleman might be as he had to go take another order.
Fiver Pizza’s food and drink
Are £5 pizzas at Fiver Pizza any good?
Gosh, yes! I know. It’s a surprise! A pleasant one, but I was prepared for some stodgy base malformed menace, and instead, I got to pick my cheese blend (at least as per The Slicery’s menu; maybe Fiver will drop that) and went for a decent number of toppings with style called ‘The Mexican’.
It’s a thin crust base that’s more like the posh pizza places than a chip shop, and there’s no jaw-breaking crust to get through. It’s clear from the first bite that these pizzas have been made in a pizza oven, although I couldn’t tell you whether it was a traditional wood or stone burner or one of those more modern tank track conveyor belts.
My toppings of chicken and spicy extras were perfectly done, but despite eating it in the dark of Easter Road, I’m sure I saw enough regular shapes to suggest the toppings came out of bags or cans rather than being chopped from whole ingredients. Loads of pizza places do that, though, and I was expecting worse for a £5 pizza.
In summary, the £5 pizza was so good, I’m not sure how Fiver can do it or why I should pay £15 elsewhere!
Things to do near Easter Road
If you’re at Fiver Pizza and ordering a pizza, then there are two things you can do; go home and eat your pizza, or go find somewhere else to eat it.
Embarrassingly, I don’t know enough about football to know whether you can bring your own food into Hibs’ Stadium. I presume not, so let’s rule that option out.
Your options are then one of the many parks, with Leith Links being the big one at the end of the road, but there’s also London Road Park at the other end, or Montgomery Street Park, and the nearest is Dalmey Street Park.
It’s not a pizza-eating venue, but Out of the Blue Hall is nearby, and I can see groups of friends meeting up there for an event, and then routing by Fiver for a pile of pizzas before going on elsewhere.
Overall
Fiver Pizza on Easter Road really does sell whole 12″ pizzas for a fiver and they’re good!
The catch I’ve noticed is Fiver Pizza on Deliveroo seems to be in Inverleith, and it’s £5 pizzas only when you order 4. That’s still super cheap, and I could eat four pizzas, but I imagine many couldn’t! (and I shouldn’t). I worry, though, whether that’s an old listing or just Deliveroo being slow with their address update.
My experience is that the Fiver Pizza on Easter Road is a brilliantly low-cost and tasty takeaway.
Fiver Pizza review
Summary
Fiver Pizza is a relaunched takeaway on Easter Road, which really does sell pizzas to walk-in customers for £5, and they’re good!
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