Pizza Cup Deals: Where and When to Try Your 2014 Pizza Cup Contestants

Voting in the Pizza Cup begins tomorrow and the first round features 64 contestants ... so get those stomach juices flowing and plan an orgy of consumption over the coming weeks.

To aid you in that task, we're highlighting pizza deals and specials around town for you to begin your indulgence – today we offer you 22 choices as a starter; we'll be back with more deals as we find them.

Note: many of these deals are from Chinese-language group buying sites such as Dianping, Lashou and Meituan and therefore will require fluent Chinese (or a fluent friend) to fully indulge.

And now onto the promotions!

Bang Bang Pizza: Dianping.com is offering several discount vouchers including a set meal for 3-4 valued at RMB 140 for only RMB 88, which includes a pizza, salad and sides.

Charlie's Italian Café is offering 27 percent off a set menu for two that includes pizza, pasta, sides, drinks and dessert via Dianping.com

Domino's offers 30 percent off its pizzas every Tuesday

Eatalia Dianping.com is offering RMB 240 vouchers for RMB 180 (33 percent off) for use at their Di'anmen location

1st Floor is offering half price pizzas every day before 6pm and 20 percent off between 6pm to 9pm

Flypizza & Hoodadak Chicken is offering beers on special for RMB 8 to RMB 18 for the month of October, perfect to enjoy with a pizza. You can also get vouchers for 33 percent off set menus that include both pizza and their signature chicken at their Wangjing branch via Dianping.com here

Gung Ho! Pizza is offering a weekday lunch special: order any pizza at ther SLT location and get either a free side or two soft drinks, or add RMB 20 and choose one of their new shares: fried fish bites, barbecue ribs or chicken wings.

The Kro's Nest is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Xidan location, and is offering 22 percent off all meals through Oct 24, plus a free salad. Meanwhile, day is as good a day as any to head on over to their Xiaoyun Lu location to score some free booze on Quiz Night (and order a pizza while you do)

La Dolce Vita is offering an awesome deal for two on Dianping.com featuring two 10-inch pizzas, two salads and two 300ml Budweisers ... the deal is worth RMB 307 but the discount brings the price to a mere RMB 97.

Lakers is offering a 19-inch pizza, french fries, salad and four drinks, a RMB 180 value, for RMB 98 on Dianping.com

La Pizza is offering 11 percent off vouchers on Meituan that are good for use at their Soho Shangdu and Santlitun buffet shops.

LMPlus is offering a voucher for 12 percent off, good for use at all three of their locations, via Dianping.com

The Local: Perhaps Fridays after 9pm may be the best time to scarf down a pizza when ladies drink for half price

Luga's Little Italy: Every Monday pizza is 50 percent off

Papa John's Pizza has a RMB 98 delivery special that includes a 9-inch pizza, chicken wings and a 1.25 liter bottle of soda.

Pizza+ 20 percent off coupons are available for purchase on Dianping.com, good for their at their Chaoyang Park location

Pizza Express: Score a 20 percent discount on your bill if you snap a selfie at Pizza Express and share it on social media, or partake in their Etna Romana or Pollo Forza Romana pizza as part of their Autumn special set menu that includes one starter, two mains and two desserts for RMB 260.

New York Pizza: Dianping.com is selling RMB 100 gift certificates for RMB 85 for use at their shops in Shunyi and in Indigo Mall, while Meituan has deals to get a RMB 129 pizza for only RMB 188 (through Nov 18).

Ramo: Try their pizza by the slice during their 4pm-7pm Happy Hour where drinks are RMB10 off and beer RMB 4 off. Passby Bar: Try one of their classic Yang Rou Chuan'r (lamb kebab) pizzas as part of a special RMB 168 set menu for two via Meituan (good through Nov 21) that includes pizza, avocado salad, two soups, two drinks and a tiramisu to share for dessert. Lashou.com has the same deal.

Sugar Shack is offering a free pizza upsize weekday afternoons from 2-4pm (delivery only) or you might try one of their pies during one of their fabulous Thursday evening Beer Pong Tournaments

Tube Station: Try their massive pizzas while you suck down 50 percent off cocktails M-F 5-10pm or at their free beer refils on Tuesday evenings promotion

The WhaleWell Pizzeria is offering a meal for 4 at 40 percent off featuring one of their signature pizzas plus pasta, sides and drinks for RMB 108.

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