Mr Gatti's Pizza — Restaurant in Abilene

We were in here recently after church and my word how things have changed! Right when you walk in you can already see the changes, as the front lobby now looks alive and fun, compared to the dullness of before. Beyond that there really isn't drastic changes, but more subtle changes that really show the love and care that has been brought to the place.

The salad bar here is probably one of, if not the best in town. The pizza is not bad, certainly edible but not the best I've ever had. Still though it's nice how you can request a pizza and they will make it, then call it out once done. The desserts I love. The cookies, cinnamon rolls, and dessert pizzas are so good that I always have to go back for more! The ice cream is standard fare. I do wish they offered a bowl for it, but the cones are still acceptable.

They have 2 tv rooms with huge projections on the wall that are a nice touch, and enjoyable to watch while eating. They also have a dining room without tvs for a more personal dining experience, and a party room that's all to itself for bigger groups or parties.

The game room is more ticket driven these days with a lot of games more focused on winning tickets, but they also have other arcade games to enjoy. They have a smaller bowling offering too, perfect for children 10 or less I believe. The bumper cars are fun, as well as a smaller roller coaster for younger kids. The air hockey finally works too!

Overall it is a great experience, and they allow kids under 3 to eat for free which is a big bonus. Really enjoyed this place since they touched things up, and we can't...

The arcade area itself isn't that bad. I would probably rate it 3 stars. My kids really enjoy this place but some of the games have issues.

Now, for hosting a birthday party there, I would never recommend this place. I paid for the highest package, which included them to decorate and a goodie box. I've spoke to them multiple times about my son's theme and the colors and they choose to ignore it and someone even lied to me saying they don't have that color goodie bag. Come to find out the day of the party that they did, they just didn't want to give it to me for whatever reason. When I arrived to set up the balloons and decorations I brought, they didn't use my colors for table clothes, they didn't even put table clothes on all the tables so it looked very cheap and trashy, and they even expected me to take down the previous party decorations. Haha, not joking. I walked away and I guess she got the hint and did it herself. No one ever came to check on us to see if there was anything we needed, I was constantly going to them.

When the party was over, they asked if I wanted to leave my balloon stands I can because they had a party right after me with the same theme color. which blew my mind because if you had two parties with the same theme color why didn't you care to follow my instructions in the first place? Glad the person after me though got what they wanted.

It looks out of date, bad service and the food wasn't the best. I highly recommend...

the overall look of the restaurant is poor with outdated wallpaper, sticky floors, and faded paint. when one goes inside it isn't much better. pizza and desserts left on the counter looked cold and stale. fresh pizzas were rarely put out unless specifically asked for by the patron which caused delays in being able to eat. cookies were rock hard and crispy so not able to enjoy those, and don't even get me started on the unappetizing way the brownies and cinnamon rolls looked. tables throughout the restaurant had trash on them, and no one was seen washing them off and taking dishes to the back to be washed. this left few dishes to be found for customers coming in that were clean. the air conditioning was also out, and having a hot, typical texas day of 96 made things uncomfortable. they tried to have some fans blowing to cool things down, but if you weren't in the path of one of these fans then one was miserably hot. the cartoon room was closed down as well as the tv room so most patrons were forced in the lobby were most of the booths were replaced with tables and chairs. never had a chance to go to the game room this time, but no doubt they are expensive as ever with games costing $3-4 to play. unless this restaurant makes some drastic changes to decor, customer service, and overall dining experience this over priced buffet visit...