Little Mike's Pizza — Restaurant in Coral Springs

We wanted to like it, we really did. It’s conveniently located on the corner of 441 and Wiles not far from where we live, but sadly, I cannot say that any of us enjoyed our experience at this newly opened Little Mike’s location. The atmosphere was very disjointed. The place is brand spanking new so it’s clean enough, but the layout, the people working there, the emptiness. It was all just awkward. We were not greeted when we entered the empty dining room so we just sat ourselves. A woman appeared from out back and brought menus. If she said a total of 6 words to us the entire visit, I wouldn’t be exaggerating. We ordered pizza slices for the kids, an order of what they tout as awarding winning wings, linguine (not fettuccine) alfredo for the adults, and an order of zeppoles for dessert. Aside from the disappearing waitress, a man popped out of the kitchen door several times to call the waitress to pick up the food, looked at us each time, but didn’t say a single word. It was surreal. The lack of interaction, appreciation, acknowledgment that we were even there felt like something out of a movie.

The prices seemed very reasonable for lunch, $6 and change for the 2 slices, 2 garlic knots and one soda. Not bad at all for a lunch in 2025. The wings and linguine lunch specials were just about $9 each (but only if you ordered a soda at $3.29 a piece). Imagine a cup of fountain soda, $3.29 plus tax 🤦. So their lunch special in reality is $12+ per. Still, not outrageous nowadays. The basket of mini zeppole was $9 but they do give a fair portion. What I couldn’t understand was a charge on the check for a “POS service fee,” which they charged tax on as well, huh? And no, that was not a credit card processing fee some restaurants charge customers with which has become commonplace. We paid cash. I didn’t even bother asking that wandering woman.

The food was, well, underwhelming. The pizza was decent, nothing special, not the best in town, but not the worst either. The garlic knots were excellent (thus the extra star). The wings were just ok. Also nothing to write home about and certainly not award winning in all our opinions. The linguini in alfredo sauce I can sum up in 2 words, never again. We’re New Yorkers and have enjoyed pasta in alfredo sauce countless times both there and across the globe. In some places it’s better than others but it’s always pure white sauce. In Little Mike’s it was in a white sauce sitting in a bowl with a clear yellow liquid at the bottom which we couldn’t tell if it was butter or oil, but either way, the pasta was sitting atop this liquid, simply horrible. The zeppoles were actually quite good, BUT, they’re served with a side of sweetened condensed milk served in a small, did I mention small, container which was no more than 1/3 filled (photo below). Only the first of us to eat them got to enjoy them as they were supposed to be enjoyed. We would have asked for more sauce, but ask who? 👀

All in all. If you’re in the mood for garlic knots and zeppoles (don’t forget to ask for extra condensed milk), and ONLY these 2 items, Little Mike’s is the place to go. Sadly, we on the other hand will most definitely not return. Some might say, they’re new, give them a chance, no, they’re not new. They’ve got several locations and plan on opening even more. They should be fully operational on day one. We didn’t come during their soft opening when restaurants usually work out the kinks, we ate there post hard opening. That all said, this review is strictly based on our family’s one-time experience and may very well be different from the experience others have had, or will have. Despite this, what I hope is understood to be constructive criticism, I wish Little Mike’s much luck and...

I'd encourage everyone to see the date of the reviews and take note that the 5-star reviews were posted BEFORE the restaurant opened.

I've tried all the local spots and was eager to try Little Mikes upon opening.

I'm left unhappy. While the pizza is cheaper than those in the area for the same size, the quality is subpar.

I question the cheese, it seems like it is pregrated with an anti-caking agent. Some pieces were 'melted' but never fully melted into the cheese, leaving whole pieces of grated cheese that was not fully melted into the rest of the cheese.

The sauce is very weak, nothing to write home about. It lacked flavor.

The dough is also weak. They are across the street from Pasquale, who's pizza also suffers from incredibly weak dough, but this is somehow way worse.

If this was onebite, I'd give it a solid 3.5/10.

I normally save leftover pizza, but this went into the trash.

Service was great, atmosphere is nice, but the pizza... the pizza is pretty poor.

tl;dr: Really.. the pizza was just mid.

Edit: To respond to the owner, I live across the street and visit the plaza daily for my morning coffee. The reviews were for sure before opening. I saw the posting on your facebook about the staffing needs and reviews came in before the place was even staffed let alone opened. Play dumb with someone else, dropping the score to 1 store to reflect the...

Little Mikes just opened up in Coral Springs and we had to go try it out. It was absolutely delicious. Their “Forgetaboutit” wings (which have won the South Florida Wing Bash) lived up to the hype. They were big, juicy and crispy wings—my mouth is watering just writing this. We had pizza yesterday so we tried their pasta. I went simple with the fettuccini Alfredo and my husband had the Shrimp Scampi. Aside from the heavy portions, they were delicious. Their pasta was creamy and hot. They came with garlic rolls.. and as garlic bread connoisseurs.. we must applaud. The server who took care of us, Fabian, is friendly and attentive and even gave us some fun facts about the chain. He also insisted we drew on the table with the chalk they provide. SO COOL. We will be back and will strongly recommend this new spot to our friends...