Old Town Pizza

09/15/09

Good pizza only when made to order

by zentraveler

I've had decent pizza here before when ordering a complete pizza. It's not the best I've had, but certainly not terrible, either. The atmosphere of the place is nice, especially at night.

What IS terrible is the couple of times I've dropped by during lunchtime to have a slice or two, which has been dry and cardboard-like. Do yourself a favor and avoid their pizza by the slice, unless you know it has just been cooked.

• Pros: Convenient location and neat atmosphere
• Cons: Their pizza by the slice get stale quickly

04/03/09

Mostly Mediocre

by rowriver

The reviews on this place are clearly mixed, but we had a discount coupon and gave it a try. The place has "atmosphere", to be sure, but the food was disappointing. Arrived on a Friday evening to find they were out of caesar salad, out of root beer (!), and a 40 minute wait for pizza. Ordering is confusing - stand in line to order, then take a playing card and head for the bar, where you order drinks and pay for the lot. Then compete for a table to open up. Tables are cramped with little leg room. Seats are quaint, but uncomfortable.

Ordered a salad and veggie pizza. Salad arrived reasonably promptly, but very uninspired. Pizza arrived much later, not horrible but not that good (definitely better than Dominos, worse than many). Service OK but busy and stressed.

Parking is a big problem, as noted elsewhere. The facility may be historic, but it is also run down. I don't think they have invested in it in decades.

Overall, an unremarkable experience. They have better pizza in the freezer case at Safeway. If you go, go for the "atmosphere", but not for the food!

• Pros: The place does have personality
• Cons: Tired and remarkable

09/13/08

best pizza

by squidgy

awesome pizza and great place to hang! I would highly recommend to go therte either after work or on a week-end!

• Pros: good food
• Cons: sometimes hard to park at

09/09/08

It's really good!

by mtgrrl79

Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Old Town Pizza has great late night slices! This is my favorite pizza place in downtown Portland!

08/15/08

Its all about the happy hour.

by djk99

I've only gone for the happy hour ($2 wells and $1 slices of cheese or pepperoni) its a cool building and I have no problem with the staff. The pizza is not the greatest but well worth a dollar (the non happy hour pizza might be better?). This is a great place to start the night and pound down some cheap drinks and a couple of slices.

• Pros: Good happy hour, cool building.
• Cons: Closes early.

08/12/08

Avoid the Spaghetti

by dried

What a horrible experience. This isn't my first time eating at Old town pizza in downtown. I have ate one other time and I ordered the same thing... their spaghetti plate. Horrible. First time I had it, the meatballs were burnt and the pasta was nearly dried up. At least this past visit the meatballs weren't burnt. But this time the pasta was dried up and the sauce was too. Oh wait, what am I talking about... there wasn't any sauce! And the bread sticks were just as bad. I guess I can't talk bad about the salad that was served before the meal. But, come on, can someone really screw up a dinner salad. So, I think this will finally be the last time I eat there. I can't forget to tell you about the wait. We waited for nearly 35 minutes. 35 minutes after our salads were done! There wasn't hardy customers in the place. WTF! Damn, I wish I would have taken taken back the tip I left.

07/27/08

friendly service, but hugely overpriced unsatisfactory pizza

by ggg2008

mlk location--servers were nice and really tried their best, and maybe it just takes getting used to (cold cheese??), but i honestly feel like i blew 15 bucks on a depressingly unsatisfactory pizza.

07/23/08

Terrible pizza joint....stay clear of this place!

by livinInFL

Waited over 40 minutes for our pizza only find it completely greasy and the crust was like cardboard. Service was less than friendly. Not kid friendly at all. I would not recommend this pizza joint. So many options downtown, try somewhere different. (just my opinion)

• Pros: n/a
• Cons: poor service; food is terrible; bad area.

07/14/08

Great crust! Great beers... Fun place to be...

by pdxmodchick

The pizza toppings at Old Town are a little lacking, it seems they spare a bit when they choose them. The bar is great and the crust is outstanding. The wait is quite long, but worth it!

07/11/08

Fabulous pizza, great family place!

by Molomatic1234

We just tried the new location on MLK and had a great night! The pizza was the best we've had in years (and we eat a fair amount of pizza). There was lots of seating - there's an upstairs too. Our daughter had a lot of fun in the play area where she "made" and "baked" her own wooden pizza. We'll be going back again soon!

• Pros: Great pizza, family friendly
• Cons: None