Maximo (Rijswijk, Netherlands): A Tasteem Review
NOTE: The automated map in Tasteem doesn't seem to be able to pick up the real address (Tollensstraat 10 Rijswijk NETHERLANDS) so I have put in a nearby street instead, otherwise it doesn't let me post!
A few years ago, we had visited this restaurant for a lunch meal... and it was quite a good Italian-based dining experience. However, it was a touch on the classy side, and so we added it to our list of special places and didn't think that it would start to become part of our more common eating places!
However, when our neighbour told us that they had found a really good Italian pizza takeaway place... that had cheap Monday and Tuesday pizzas (all for 8 euro each) if you picked up the takeaway.. well, we were very interested!
Imagine our surprise when we visited the other day, and it was the place that we had thought was classy! Well, if you sit down and have a proper meal, it is still a touch too much to do every week... but for a takeaway pizza? It's perect... especially on the cheap nights!
The Space
Well... I didn't take any photos of the inside, as I wasn't there to sit down and eat... however, the pizza boxes that we took away will have to substitute for the normal dining area photographs!
In The Netherlands, you are going to be bikng everywhere most of the time if you can... and, nothing is more annoying than trying to carry a stack of pizza boxes in one hand whilst trying to steer with the other... it is a recipe for disaster!
However, Maximo provides you with this handy plastic sling that keeps al the boxes together and easy to ride a bike with! So, instead you can try and kill yourself by trying to take a photo whilst riding and holding a stack of pizza boxes in a handy sling! I really should have stopped to take the photo... but I was racing to beat an incoming storm...
The Menu
As this is a takeaway review, there isn't a paper menu that we use. Instead, everything can be found on their website:
https://www.trattoriamaximo.nl/en/maximo/#menu
You will need to just jumpt o the Pizze tab to view the pizzas that are on offer.
One thing to note, is that it is pizza in the Italian style... so, no pineapples. Which my oldest daughter is disappointed about, as she loves Pizza Hawaii... but the pizza here is so much better than any other place close by.... so, I will have to train her to forget the Hawaii pizza!
The Food
Like I said, this is pizza in the Italian style.. so, not over topped (with crazy amounts of toppings in the American style...) and thin and tasty dough for the base.
Pizza Borromea, a ham and mushroom pizza with Mozzarella.
Quattro stagioni (4 seasons), an old favourite for those who can't decide on what to get!
Contadina, a vegetarian option with marinated eggplants and courgettes (weirdly enough, the online menu has the ingredients for the Tonno, tuna, pizza....). This was one a surprise favourite... Italian veggies are the best!
Napolitana, Olives, capers and anchovies... salty goodness!
The Experience
Oh wow... we have switched our pizza takeaway shops immediately! This is hands-down the best pizza that you can get in the area, and for 8 euro on Mondays and Tuesdays... it's a keeper!
Thankfully, our Tuesdays are usually quite crazy busy... and it can be tricky to find the time to fit the dinner cooking in... so this might well become our Tuesday dinner option!
Opening Times
Summer period (April – December)
Tuesday – Saturday
11:00 – 22:00
Sunday & Monday
17:00 – 22:00
Winter period (January – March)
Sunday – Friday
17:00 – 22:00
Saturday
11:00 – 22:00
Contact Details
Address: Tollensstraat 10, 2282 BM Rijswijk, NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31 (0)70 444 8085
Email: [email protected]
Account banner by jimramones
Restaurant Information
Maximo
Schoolstraat, 2282 RB Rijswijk, Netherlands
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It's great to be able to ride in an environmentally friendly city! I miss cycling with only one hand holding the steering wheel. 😄
The pizza doesn't look disappointing.
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Thank you for the support and curation! It's so nice to be able to easily ride everywhere here! It is one of the better things about this country!
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I did try a tasteem post last week, but didn't get the Tasteem upvote. Probably I did something wrong!
Always like a good pizza!
They did have some problems last week, but I don't see your post? Did you use the tasteem.io frontend?
No, was that necesarry?
Yes, I'm afraid so! They are trying to build a crowd sourced review site with the Steem chain as the back bone, so only the good reviews are seen in their front end.
I am now in an Italian restaurant. Will take some pics.
Can you only post about the weekly contest?
No, you can choose which one it goes in (but only one category per restaurant!). Just log in with steemconnect.
You will need at least a photo of the street view, in addition to the food/menu!
So many pizzas!! Yum yum... must be very tasty by the look of it!
The pizzas are not as huge as in other countries! So four is actually a good size for a family!
Yeah, our largest is 12 inches.
Yummy and affordable, I am in!
No no... You have to get your own!
That plastic sling looks neat. Many of the places here just tie a ribbon around the boxes, there is a way to get it around all four sides.
In Asian countries in more used electrical or packing tape just being trapped around and being made into a handle!
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The pizza looks so delicious and healthy-ish from the vegetable toppings.
The place sounds good because those pizzas look amazing :)