Lazerpig

Laserpig is pretty different to any pizza joint I’ve been before. It’s got a great pub, an old school Italian feel restaurant and they have live music at the weekends.
I went on a Tuesday and was very excited to get some pizza all up in my face. Low key house music played in the background and the venue was pretty busy. The restaurant was fully booked and when we arrived there were only two free tables in the main bar and two outside.
My friend and I were on the hunt for great pizza with a gluten free base option due to a severe allergy my friend has. Lazerpig, we were told, was the place to visit.
As I walked in, I was impressed by their bar. Not only was it beautifully laid out (an oval shape) but the back bar was large, tall and filled with a good selection of booze that seemed to range from super accessible to high end. I opted for a pint of Coldstream apple cider from VIC at $ 11 (yes — an actual pint!!) and my date had a fresh coconut at $ 6.
We sat at our high table by the bar which was donned with a wonderfully cheesy red and white checkered tablecloth. Our pizzas arrived and I was bloody impressed. They were huge. I had a Queen Margarita and my mate had a gluten free Mary Had A Little Lamb, sans cheese and we shared a zucchini carpaccio salad on the side. (When I first try a place, I like to go simple because if they can’t get that right, they probably can’t get the fancy stuff right)
The base was think and puffy at the edge but super thin in the middle. It was saucy and there was just enough cheese. The tomato sauce was rich and thick, I wanted to eat with a spoon. It begged to be paired with cheese and I really wanted to try the pastas, in hope the sauce was used on that too.
Hands down, that gluten free pizza was the best gluten free pizza either of us have tasted. I don’t eat it very often, but I couldn’t tell it wasn’t he usual base. The lamb was super moist (we are assuming it was roasted shank) and the garlic base complimented it perfectly.
The salad was fresh, crunchy and light. The flavours of zucchini, rocket, chilli and Parmesan worked so well with the pizza. I was in the heaven!
Lazerpig has 100% cemented its place on the top pizzas in Melbourne list and I cannot wait to come back!

Yes it’s a pizza place, it’s a pub, it’s in Collingwood and there are bikes upon bikes locked up out the front. So what makes this place different to the rest? Well, walk in to the dining area and you’ll find a disco ball the size of Saturn spinning over your head and hard electronic music blaring over the speakers while you eat, yet somehow it still had a very just-​at-​your-​local-​pub vibe about it… Different enough?
After moving tables various times (we thought it would be nice to sit next to the fire but then realised that we were almost certainly bound for a bad case of meat sweats and so moved to a more appropriate window seat) we started with the antipasto plate that featured a selection of cured meats, cheeses, pickles, olives and some outrageously good sourdough.
We devoured it down quick-​smart all the while sipping on our pint Temple Brewery Bicycle Ale and a glass of Allie Pinot Noir.
After much debate and assistance from the very helpful wait staff, we decided on the Paul Kelly pizza (though the Prawn Fraser and Fun Guy will definitely be first in line on our next visit). The Paul Kelly is otherwise known as the Pork Belly and is insanely rich as a result… but also insanely delicious.
Lazerpig is definitely a people-​pleaser in regards to their delectable menu and excellent staff, but the weird tunes will definitely put a few people off… You heard it here first, don’t bring your parents — they’ll definitely hate it.

Enjoyed lazerpig. The pizza was really fresh, good offer of toppers and the bases and cook time were perfect. Staff was alright, it was pretty busy so they were tough to get their attention but it was a Saturday. 4 ppl shared 3 pizzas, one fries and an antipasto to start with 2 bottles of wine. Ended up being $ 47 pp — I guess that’s ok for pizza on a Saturday night?
It’s tough cause I had been at Joe’s Shoe store before dinner and enjoyed a wine (better list and better prices) where you could get a just slightly smaller pizza for $ 15. The only thing is that this place has an identity crisis. Is it a bar with a smoke machine and lazers? Is it an Italian trattoria with red and white check tablecloths? Or is it a private dining room for the cool kids to hang at?

Best gluten free pizza this side of anywhere (even better than Ladro and way better vibe).
Just come here and get some pizza, I don’t know what else to say. Apparently the Cheeseburger is also awesome. And they’re great for groups

First things first: Lazerpig — What a cool name. I mean I can’t help but remember that scene in The Simpsons movie, where Homer’s holding Hairy Plopper and singing Spider Pig, Spider Pig, does whatever a Spider Pig does… Alright ‘Nouf said.
I went there with a few mates for dinner a while back and we had a great time. It’s in a great location just off Smith Street in a cool part of Collingwood. They have a bar where you can grab a drink and hang out while waiting for your table or your friends to arrive.
Their menu focuses on Pizzas obviously and they do it very well too. I had the Prawn Fraser and it was really good. They also what-​looks-​to-​me like a mean cheeseburger and they also have a fish of the day. As far as entrees go, you will find a range of options under their AntiPasto section.
To quench your thirst, they have bottled beers or on tap, wine and really good cocktails.
I like this place, I really like it and I look forward to going back.

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Surprisingly really yummy pizzas with great topping options.
Love the bases, could be my favourite in Melbourne!
However, inside is drafty, the music is way too loud and annoying, especially when you’re the only people in there, and it stinks of beer and ciggies.
Service isn’t the greatest either.

Who’s your favourite pig?
THE LAZER PIG!
You know a place is good when your family creates a catch phrase about it. And you know it’s really really good when there’s a song. Yup, we have one of those too.
«Lazer Pig, Lazer Pig, PIG PIG PIG!»
This is a super fun place that suits rowdy groups of friends and families having dinner and has a little bit of something for everyone. The décor is what I call «grandmotherly pub-​dive chic» and really sets the scene for a night ahead. Come early for $ 10 margarita happy hour, or settle in for a night of craft beers and beautifully made pizzas and side dishes.
There’s often someone playing records in the front bar, complete with disco ball and smoke machine which is great fun for any kidlets that happen to be with you at the time. Miss 4 loses her mind if the smoke machine is in action and carves up the dance floor with her best moves.
As well as great pizza we usually order salads, the fried whitebait and on occasion the very good fries served with house-​made passata. It all comes out relatively quickly, though expect service delays when there’s not enough staff on the floor.

Well cooked thin pizzas! Great flavours and just enough toppings! Also happy hour from 4pm — 7pm make it an affordable night out.

Best pizza I have had in a long time. The place is quirky and fun. Take your cool friends here.

I knew I had really fallen for Lazerpig when I throwing back a pretty decent slice and drinking a giant goblet of red at 3pm on a dusky Saturday arvo and having a ball.
The first time I went to Lazerpig it was at night with a huge group and there was loud funky music playing and frosty pints galore and a very good vibe was floating around and everyone was stoked. It reminded me of the kinds of bars I used to frequent in Portland Oregon: Not a pub, not a bar, not a restaurant, but a pretty styling amalgamation of the three.
Next visit was at the awkward hour of 3pm and it was just me and a friend, hungry and craving pie after a few pints at a nearby pub. We grabbed one of the red and white checked tablecloth covered tables by the window with a view of wintry Collingwood outside the picture windows. There was a big fire going in the back fire place and some really good red wine and it was just cosy.
Lazerpig is versatile: Party central in the evening and sedate, atmospheric drinking/​snacking spot in the arvo. It’s pretty great.
Oh, and the salads are killer.

The premise is simple, order your pizza at the bar wait for your number to flash on the screen and go pick up your dinner from the oven. At $ 20 the pizzas aren’t cheap. But they have a mirror ball. Who wouldn’t want to dine with disco lights?!
We ordered the pork belly pizza, and the smoked salmon pizza. The pizzas aren’t the best I’ve ever had, but they had enough flavour for me to come back for another disco experience.