Este Pizzeria Downtown - Salt Lake City

I tried Este Pizzeria since they had a 4.3 Score and people have indicated that they offered NY Style Pizza. The restaurant was clean, atmosphere was great, and they even offer outside dinning except they have two large metal tables and it's hard maneuver if both tables are being occupied. I ordered a the 18' Cheese Pizza. The Pizza smelled delicious when they brought it to me. After waiting a few minutes for the pizza to cool down enough to enjoy that 1st bite. The Pizza was Oven Hot, the sauce was plentiful and the Cheese looked off for NY Pizza as it was greasy, but not olive oil greasy. After eating a slice, I noticed the CRUST is NOT NY Pizza, it's more like Papa John's Crust. $20 for a 18' Pizza these days is the Norm, so pricing was reasonable, the service was impeccable as they allowed me to use the restroom before placing my order, something a lot of restaurants frown upon because restaurants are for customers only and many have signs on the restroom door. I ate a few slices and just wasn't satisfied, the pizza was just not what I was expecting. I didn't even take the rest of the pizza home, just bussed my table and discarded the pizza in the trash. Any of the branded pizza chains, I would eat before this pizza. The Sauce was dark red, a little acidy, the crust was totally unlike NY Pizza Crust, much thinner, and the cheese was lacking olive oil and was greasy tasting. 3-Stars since the Service and atmosphere was excellent. If I was the owner, I would focus on how they could live up to their reputation as being the best NY Pizza in Utah by possibly looking into using true virgin olive oil when making the dough and using authentic ROMA Mozzarella cheese. I was actually hoping to find authentic NY Pizza here at ESTE Pizzaria. So the next day I tried, Villagio's on South State Street here in SLC and I have to say I found a new spot for NY Style Pizza at Villagios. I'm hoping ESTE can turn these opportunities into successes while living up to their reputation of offering authentic NY Style Pizza. I know they can do it... :

This store is awesome. We order late food all the time, and they remembered us after our food got stolen by our GrubHub driver, and left us a nice note on our next order.