Smashing Tomato Italian Pizzeria By Fayette Mall

The food here is amazing (pizza, their original salad, and especially the tomato basil soup), but the wait at peak business times is atrocious. It always takes at least 45 minutes to get food at this “fast casual” pizza joint, sometimes 50 minutes to an hour. Tonight, we waited over an hour on one 12 pizza after the rest of the food came out, and finally had to leave without getting it so we wouldn’t miss a movie. Thankfully, the staff was reasonable enough to give us a refund for that item. I highly recommend eating here, but maybe try it on a week night when the kitchen can better keep up with orders.

I love their creamy roasted pepper soup. It’s just so good. Great prices and service.

Food is great, service at this location (Fayette Mall) is consistently terrible.

While visiting Lexington I had to try some pizza. We stopped here at the Smashing Tomato Italian Pizza. I got the Americano which is Cheese and Pepperoni, wood fired. Also ordered breadsticks. The breadsticks came up first, they had good flavor and were definitely woodfired with nice charred undercarriage. The pizza was just so so unfortunately. The dough had little flavor except for the wood fire, the red sauce was very light, with light flavor. The majority of the flavor came from the cheese and Pepperoni. The cheese is creamy and milky tasting. The Pepperoni had a nice spice to it. The undercarriage wasn't charred at all, and the pizza had a lot of flop. Employees were very nice and quick. Atmosphere was nothing to speak of. It did have plenty of indoor and outdoor seating. Had some beers on hand as well.

I really enjoy the Margherita pizza. Have eaten it half dozen times. Crust is bubbly and chewy. Sauce is tasty. Fresh mozzarella and basil make it attractive too. The parmesan breadsticks are absolutely delicious! Tried the artichoke dip and the sunny heirloom pizza but both were way too salty for my taste.