Spice Pizzeria

Spice Pizzeria is a small Thai spot in Rockland doing something unexpected: marrying pad Thai and tom yum with wood-fired crust. It's takeout-focused and draws both skeptics curious about the pizza concept and purists ordering the real thing (the tom yum soup has a devoted following). The kitchen keeps flavors bright and spices honest, and the staff moves through orders with genuine friendliness.

• Tom yum soup that tastes bright, sour, and perfectly spicy.
• Thai pizzas that work even if you're skeptical at first.
• Fresh ingredients and honest spicing, not timid or tired.
• Friendly staff and reasonable prices for quality.

Start with the tom yum soup if you're going for takeout and a quiet spot. The Pad Thai Pizza and Thai Sausage Pizza are the calling card, though they read more as creative riffs than strict replicas. The pad kee mao is a solid noodle order if you want something more traditional. Bubble tea rounds it out, and it's worth trying their appetizer assortment (the shumai came up as fresh and well-spiced).

Small, clean, and utilitarian. Built for takeout, not lingering. A few tables if you want to sit, but most folks grab their order and head elsewhere, toward the waterfront, toward home, toward a picnic.

You'll find both traditional Thai (pad kee mao, tom yum, curries) and their signature Thai pizzas. The Pad Thai Pizza splits the difference between pizza and noodle dish. Prices feel fair. The tom yum soup draws raves for balance: bright and sour without losing heat, with chicken that actually tastes like it swam in the broth.

Guests rave about the tom yum as some of the best Thai food they've had on the coast. Even skeptics of the Thai pizza concept report being won over. One recent visitor called it exactly what they look for in a mom-and-pop spot. Staff friendliness shows up in nearly every review.