Pizza Den

Pizza Den occupies a unit on Westbank Road — the commercial edge of Tranent — and has built its reputation around pizza cooked in a log-fired oven, a choice that gives the bases a smoky flavour and char unusual for a Scottish small-town takeaway. Reviewers praise the dough's flavour and texture, and the price point has been described as reasonable for the quality. The takeaway's sixty per cent five-star rating on Restaurantji reflects a customer base that, when the kitchen is on form, considers Pizza Den a cut above the standard. Service reviews are more mixed, but the log-fire cooking method is the genuine differentiator in a town where most pizza comes from a conventional deck oven.