MOD Pizza — Restaurant in Irvine

According to the employees here, this place is "THE ORIGINAL super fast pizza" place and Pielogy/Blaze are just copycats. I haven't looked into whether this is true or not, but I did enjoy my meal at this place and felt that the quality here was a bit better than Pieology or Blaze. Once you park in their large parking lot (shared by the other businesses in the plaza), you walk in and order at the counter. You can either get one of their pizza or salad selections or make your own. Unlike Pielogy or Blaze, however, you don't watch them assemble your pizza as you list the items that you want. You go ahead and list all the pizza sauces and toppings that you want, they jot it all down, and then you pay while they assemble your pizza for you and cook it. Apparently knowing what all the ingredients are going to be before they assemble makes for a more balanced pizza? I prefer watching them assemble the pizza so I can ask them to add more of a particular topping if necessary, but this does seem more efficient.

They offer 3 options for their pizza: you can get a mini (6" crust) for $4.77, the regular MOD (11" crust) for $7.47, or their Mega (11" double crust) for $9.47. I got their regular MOD pizza, but with gluten-free crust for an extra $2. Toppings are completely unlimited, so I got the following: MOD Red Sauce, Garlic Rub (yes you can mix sauces), Mild Italian Sausage, Salami, Bacon, Extra Garlic, Rosemary, Chopped Basil, Pineapple, Sun Dried Tomatoes, and Mozzarella. You can also add knots (garlic, cinnamon, chocolate, or strawberry) to your order for an extra $3 but I didn't get any. They have a decent amount of indoor seating as well as an outdoor patio. Soda machines are self-serve and the women's bathroom was pretty clean.

I really liked how my pizza came out. My gluten-free crust was not ridiculous thin and/or burnt, which is quite impressive. I was very happy with my crust. I was also happy with my toppings, although I feel like they were not evenly distributed. All my garlic and bacon were in the middle of the pizza; actually, most of my toppings were concentrated in the middle of my pizza so the closer I got to the crust the less toppings I had. Nevertheless, it was a delicious filling meal that I enjoyed. I would definitely come back if I was in the area and had a...

This was my first visit to MOD Pizza. I've been to Pieology in Lakewood, so I was curious to try a similar styled pizza. In the reviews below I read some complaints about the quality and consistency of the crust, toppings not fully cooked, and haphazard staff. I didn't experience any of that. My pizza was cooked well throughout, and the crust was wonderfully crispy. One half was, to be honest, blackened around the edges, but I liked a little char on my crust, so I ate that half and my wife at the other. I like their selection of pizzas, and the special of the month is the Tyler (which we ordered and it was delicious); sort of a meat-lovers meets BBQ meets Hawaiian style. Sounds interesting no? The person at the counter was very friendly and knowledgeable and easy to understand. We didn't try any of their craft iced teas, but they looked good. A lot of people suggested the caramel one. We arrived just ahead of the lunch crowd, so I'm curious to see if the product is consistent with a rush. But I don't live anywhere near Irvine, and I wouldn't drive to Irvine just for the pizza. Lastly let me address the people who really complain about the pizza, like who spent hours crafting the perfect review with the right words to exactly describe every nano-meter of the food ... ahem... IT IS A $7.49 PIZZA!!!! For that price, it was fantastic! If I had paid $20, might be a little underwhelmed but it was still good food. The only thing that I was a little thrown off by was I didn't understand the guy when he called my pizza.

In summation: Great for lunch Probably good for...

This location has always been a go to place over the last 2 years working in Irvine! You were always greeted with a warm welcome and a big smile! The service and food quality has always been something that they never missed!!!

Went today after a month or so of not going there and it was completely changed! Looked like a whole new staff was there and it was such a shame! The person pressing and making your pizza did not look like they were in dress code while wearing sandals and his toes are out was not the most appetizing thing! Then there was a guy with glasses that was extremely LOUD acting like he is at a concert yelling!! I get having fun at the work place, but measure yourself and read your audience! He literally ignored 3 customers waiting to be charged just to get his final joke in! A huge let down for a place that I considered amazing! Hopefully this was temporary, but if not then please be prepared to basically walk into a Frat House of how loud and unwelcoming these guys were!

Lastly, there was a guy that had a whole set up for smoking weed or some type of drug laid out on the dining room to the open area where people can see this, bus instead of the team acknowledging this they instead encouraged it primarily the guy with glasses and his 3 gold chains! It was a bigger let down when you can see this “customer” walk to the side of the building and start smoking whatever he was smoking out of his pipe!

Only saving grace was that the quality of food was still good if you can look past...