Shayla B.
Yelp
Sliver has made its' way to the Ridge, and my oh my was it quite a surprise! My first experience with Sliver was at their Berkeley location over a year ago, I wasn't really a fan. But, this location of Sliver is doin' big thangs!
First off, this location is a lot more friendly when it comes to parking and space. It shares a parking lot with many of the other businesses in the shopping center, but there's waaay more parking available here than there is at the location in Berkeley. The interior is open and spacious. They have a set of 4 TV's hanging on the wall that are stacked on top of each other. There's a mix of table and counter seating inside and a cute little outdoor patio equipped with heat lamps.
The staff is so friendly! They all greeted me with me warm smiles and inquired about how my meal was when I was finished. I mentioned Cheese Board Pizza in a conversation that I had with one of the staff members, and he said that he didn't really care for their pizza. Ouch! Well hey, I guess this is kind of like their competition? That's what I get for mentioning their competitor I guess! They only have one vegetarian pizza flavor and one salad flavor per day. Every day is a different flavor, and you can find out what flavor that they're offering for the week by checking their online website or looking at their weekly menu posted near the entrance.
Today's pizza flavor was asparagus, cremini mushrooms, roasted peppers, mozzarella, aged gruyere cheese, cilantro, lemon zest, and garlic olive oil. It wasn't my favorite flavor, but it was still pretty tasty and all of the ingredients tasted fresh. I love flavors that have corn in them, so I'll have to come back when they have a corn flavor soon. I will say that although the pizza was tasty, it was a bit too oily for my taste and I ended up having to dab some of the oil off on a napkin. The cool thing about this place is that you can purchase pizza by the slice, by the half pie, or a full pizza. They usually include a "sliver" slice of pizza with each order. They also let me try the pizza before I purchased it which I really appreciated.
If you have AT&T, you may not get reception if you sit inside. They didn't have wifi either. I was struggling to get a signal inside, so I moved outside on their patio and I was able to retain reception just fine. I'm not sure if they are serving alcohol at the moment, but I did see a public notice to serve alcohol posted on the door. The prices are pretty reasonable for this area, and you can get a slice of pizza for less than $3. My half pie costed $13 and I left with leftovers. They have foil and plates near their utensil counter if you need to wrap anything up to go! All in all, I'm impressed and excited to have them in the area! Looking forward to coming back and trying more flavors next time.