Gallucci's Pizzeria — Restaurant in Lincoln City

I think a 4.2 is fair for this place. For some reason, I find the average rating dip to 3.9 to be unfair.

Been coming to Gallucci’s for over two decades now. Whenever I am in LC, this is one of our stops (as was the sadly shuttered Blackfish Grill, which points to somewhat of a ‘range’ when it comes to where I go when in LC). I like the size and overall 'feel' of the place. It is decidedly non-chain and serves their unique spin on pizza which helps to differentiate it from the countless chains you could go to in LC.

Our last visit wasn’t the best and it wasn’t the worst. Reason being? They brought back their basic salad bar!!! And, yes, it is basic. But, given costs these days, it was fairly priced for a one-time run-through (and I bet you could get away with doing several passes, given that the staff remain largely affected/aloof local youths with one or two grown-ups sprinkled into the mix, some of whom also seemed a bit pained about having to provide customers with service). The pizza? It was good. Just not as good as it was in past experiences. The ‘cheese on top’ approach is usually wonderful, with said cheese spreading to the edges of the perfectly crispy crust and creating a nice treat at the end of the slice. This time? There was a bit less cheese, even if there were still enough toppings hiding underneath the dairy. Prices have gone up for their pizzas too. Then again, where is that not an issue? They have a limited range of beer options, the usual soda choices, and so on.

Service was fairly quick even though it was busy (which might explain the slapdash issues with the pizza). And those aloof workers? They did their job, when prompted. Can’t really complain about that (they are working at a pizza place in LC). My group of seven left full . . . and with leftovers. Again, can’t really complain.

I get some of the negative reviews. They need to do some light cleaning and maybe consider some updates to the interior. The sauce isn’t that zesty. And I can understand having a bad experience or two with some of those youths—and their pained adult minders--working there. That said, some of the negative reviews border on pointless. You leave one star and no comments?!?! Why bother? Others seem to have some sort of axe to grind with the ‘good old days’ being gone. You know what? Things change. And, as long as they don’t change too much, you shouldn’t be wishing this place ill. Heck, I bet you have changed too! Imagine a review of you now compared to who you were five or ten years ago. Seriously. Imagine it. And then having everyone see it on Google. Sorta’ makes you think (I hope). I’d think that locals would root for a place like this and offer constructive ways for them to do better.

Still recommended. Will go here the next time I am in town. But, Gallucci’s, you can’t rest on your laurels. Aim for more consistency in your pizzas, even on a busy night. Consider adding some additional items to your salad bar. The workers? Might want to check what is in...

Not so great this time, Gallucci's... About 3 years ago, we had some AMAZING pizza from Gallucci's Pizza!! I was so excited to eat here again... It was New Year's Eve, so we looked online for adjusted hours, excited to find out they were open until 10, as we were meeting with some family who were also in town for the night! At 8:15 p.m. we ordered our pizza. They told us it was take-out only because they were closing at 9 p.m., pointing to a sandwich board off to the side. Wanting to sit and visit with our family, we almost went somewhere else. Remembering it was NYE, and likely to be busy everywhere, we decided to take food back to our hotel and eat. As we looked at the menu, they informed us they had only 2 11" pizzas left and no 13" pizzas. They're 8" pizzas are tiny and their 15" crazy expensive, and we were ordering 2 pizzas. The issue was our family was also ordering pizza separately and we wanted to make sure they could also get the sizes they wanted. We opted to do the last 2 11" pizzas, which was also very spendy, btw, but remembering the pizza was so good last time... Second annoyance, they charged us 2 to-go box fees. I understand for the people opting to take food to-go, but when we wanted to eat in, and with everything else that was about to come, this was more of a "hindsight annoyance". As we were waiting for our pizza, there was a guy behind the counter, in the kitchen, in plain view, handling the food and utensils, rubbing his nose. At first I wasn't going to say anything, but then he started rubbing all up inside his nostrils! Picking or just scratching, but fingers up in his nose! I walk up to the counter and tell the young girl this guy is handling food and he's about to touch my pizzas... She looks over to another guy (managerial, maybe) and I tell him the same thing, urgently this time as my pizzas are coming out any second, "Don't let him touch my food, he's back there picking his nose and rubbing his face and did not wash his hands." The guy, seeming like he's just bored by my talking, walks over, nonchalantly, and tells the nose picking guy to go wash his hands. I was still a little grossed out, but gave them the benefit of the doubt that it was a one-time incident and he did not rub his face before touching my food crosses fingers... We get our pizza and take it back to the hotel, which was LITERALLY right next door at Inn at Wecoma. The BBQ chicken pizza is undercooked, doughy, toppings sliding completely off, not even hot. We tried popping it in the microwave, but all that did was start scalding the bbq sauce, so it was not edible. Super disappointed. The "Dirty Bird" pizza was good. We'll take the BBQ one home today and see if it's edible reheated in the air fryer, but it's highly likely we won't eat at Gallucci's again. There's too many other delicious places in...

I ate there with my wife in early March, 2020. I guess I'm a dummy but their menu was kind of confusing. If you have to spend 10 minutes explaining your menu then you probably need to change it. We got the lunch special for an 8' inch pizza for $8.95, I think. I asked if I could get pepperoni, mushrooms and onion on my pizza. They said you can only have 2 toppings. I said I'll pay extra for the third topping. I'm over 50 years old and have consumed lots and pizza, probably a couple of thousand slices of pizza. I had to buy most of that pizza and don't remember ever being told that I couldn't pay for an extra ingredient to be put on my pie. Not the the end of the world though, I'll go with pepperoni and mushrooms. They said they would bring it out to us.

A salad was supposed to come with our pizza. There's actually a salad bar to put your salad together. It was a nice self serve salad bar. Well maintained and the salad items were plentiful and fresh. We were not sure if a they we going to bring us a smaller non-self serve salad or what. We were very hungry waiting on our pizza and salad. They finally brought the pizza and my wife asks "What about the salad?" Reply, "Oh, she didn't give you a salad plate." Not the end of the world either. She gave us the plates and we got up and got our nice salads at the salad bar.

The pizza's were brought to us on 8 inch pans. They were actually pretty dang good. For $8.95 or $9.95 I think the pizza and salad was well worth that. It was really hot though and I almost burned my mouth eating the first piece. This pizza's cheese solidified fairly quick after cooling. I think they use a cheddar cheese mixed with Mozzarella so when I bit into it most of the cheese and topping mixed in with the cheese would come off the rest of the small slice that I had not bitten yet. The pizza was still really tasty but I was very hungry.

They have a rustic dining environment. All wood benches to sit on. They have at least couple of TVs and had sports on. The place was clean. The person who took our order was generally friendly but spoke really fast. I don't know why, there weren't but about four in the restaurant at the time.

It's a good place to stop and get some lunch. The 8 inch, 2 item pizza and salad bar for $8.95 or $9.95, (I'm not sure) was a really good deal if there are only a couple of you. With 3 or more you should probably go with a larger pizza unless your group is going dutch. We'll probably go back there sometime. It was a good experience other than the salad confusion.

Update 12/23/2023. I gave Gallucci's pizza another visit. The employees were friendly and there was good service. The pizza was decent but one thing stood out. The pizza sauce had no flavor whatsoever....