Pagliai's Grinnell — Restaurant in Grinnell

If you're not eating at Pagliai's in Grinnell, what are you even doing with your life? Let me tell you about The House Special—a pizza so loaded with meat that it’s practically a structural engineering marvel. Seriously, they must be losing money on every pie. You take one bite, and you can almost hear the other pizza joints in town weeping. This pizza is so good that if Trump catches wind, he’ll build a wall around it and make Domino’s pay for it.

Shout-out to Jayden, our server, who made the meal even better by spending extra time chatting with us and making us feel like family. And props to Joey, the owner, who shared the fascinating history behind their family-run restaurant empire. It’s clear that Pagliai’s isn’t just serving pizza—they’re serving tradition, passion, and an experience you won’t forget.

If you haven’t been yet, go. You’ll leave with a full stomach, a smile, and a sense that you just tasted greatness. Also, bring a big appetite… and maybe a forklift for all that meat.

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Waited over an hour for a pizza for the two of us. We were the 5th to be seated at 5pm.(opening time) So it is no wonder we were a little upset waiting over an hour.We asked our waitress how much longer our wait would be and all we received for a response was, " it is a madhouse here, i can make no guarantee of how much longer it will be. See the manager sweating? " we told her we were going to have to leave if it was going to take much longer. She then gave us more snarky attitude before going to her manager to tell him. What they didn't realize was we could hear them. Then suddenly our pizza was served to us. Yes, they were busy but unfortunately the manager and waitress didn't show us any professionalism or customer appreciation. We drove over an hour out of our way to eat at this Pagliais. We will never go back. We believe in better treatment when giving our business to a restaurant. Especially in...

I've eaten here a few times now & have always had a good meal. This place won best pizza in the state of Iowa award before. My personal experience is that the pizza is good but not the best in Iowa good in my opinion. The service is good, it's always busy, & the atmosphere is good. My only negative is it is a bit expensive compared to some other places with the same type & quality of pizza. I ordered their house specialty pizza to split & a large 14" was $23 plus tax for a typical thin style crust pizza. When people talk about this place all the hype behind it makes you believe it's going to be some life changing experience eating here & you'll likely be disappointed if you walk in expecting that. If you can ignore all the hype & just go there with a more objective view you should definitely...