Mercante - Vancouver

This is a pizza joint located in UBC, near the Ponderos Commons. Their menu consists of wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas as well as pastas and desserts. I had their Tortellini and an Al Pesto Pizza. The food wasn't fantastic but still good; the prices were quite reasonable. While this is not the best pizza joint that I've been to, but definitely a good choice if you're on campus.<br/ <br/ Tortellini $7.75):<br/ 3/5<br/ This was in a cream sauce and is topped with parmesan. The pasta itself was a tad overcooked for me and didn't appear to have much filling, and was a bit bland on its own. I did quite enjoy the sauce, which was creamy albeit a tad bit underseasoned.<br/ <br/ Al Pesto Pizza $12.50):<br/ 3.5/5<br/ This was topped with pesto, prosciutto, cheese, artichokes, and tomatoes. The crust wasn't very crispy, although it was thin and flavourful. There was a good amount of topping. The pesto was very flavourful, albeit a bit on the salty side; I really enjoyed the tomatoes, which provided a great tanginess. Unfortunately, I wasn't a big fan of the artichokes.<br/ <br/ Summary:<br/ Food: 3.5/5<br/ Price: 4/5<br/ Service: N/A<br/ Overall: 3.5/5<br/ Recommendations: Al Pesto Pizza

One-liner: UBC’s best on-campus fast eatery<br/ Highlight: Alla Salsiccia<br/ Recommended for: When you are done gawking at how nice the Nest eateries look<br/ Would I go back? Yes.<br/ <br/ Check out my blog post for the full review!

Very decent price for its quality. I think this is the best food run by Ubc food services. All Pizza are made and baked fresh. You have to try the last one on the list, I liked the argula. Not a 5.0 because of the long and chaos waiting situation

The first thing you see when you walk into the Panderosa building is the lineup that forms all the way out the door. This happens everyday during lunch hour, their busiest times when students try to get their hands on these masterpieces. Serving up authentic Italian pizzas right from their wood fired grill, the smell consumes you when you walk in.

On the last week of class, one of my professors from school decided to treat us out for pizza on campus! How nice of her right?. I didnt even know that Mercante existed prior to this but Ive always seen people walking around with pizza boxes and I guess I finally figured out where they’ve all been coming from!