Deluca's Pizza - Little Rock — Restaurant in Little Rock

NOPE! Don’t bother. Everything was disappointing. Not sure what the attraction is with this place, but there is much better pizza to be had in Little Rock And surrounding areas. To name just 2… Hideaway or Iriana’s.

I will start with the prices. They do thin crust, New York style pizza with very little toppings. They only have a few options for the pizza base….essentially, bread, sauce, and cheese and these are $26 to $30. Then, if you want to add any sort of toppings, it’s 2 to 4 dollars per vegetable and 5 to 6 dollars per meat. In what world would you charge $$36 for one thin crust pizza with pepperoni added, that didn’t even cover the entire pizza????

We added Calabrese to the other pizza and the meat tasted like it was spoiled. None of us ate that pizza. The server didn’t ask why we still had almost a full pizza left with a party of four. Needless to say, we all left hungry.

Then there is the disorganization in seating people. We got there at six and it was a 45 minute wait. We had wanted to try this place for a while so we got on the list. An hour and 25 minutes goes by and their app seems to be broken because it’s not counting down correctly. We watched other people who were further down on the list get seated before us???? I finally said something To the hostess about the time and she said we can seat you at a family table With another party. Not a dining experience, I would recommend, But at that point, we didn’t care.

This place is not worth going to. Take a pass and spend half the money For better pizza and service...

Called in and placed an order for a pizza with pepperoni and half of the side with pineapple. Girl on the other end took my name, number, and confirmed the order after having to constantly repeat myself.

Got there after a good thirty minutes only for someone else at the pickup counter to tell me they couldn't find my name or order, and in fact didn't have pineapples. So I was like, "Ok whatever, I have a few more errands to run and I'll just come back after I'm done."

In hindsight though, I should have just went somewhere else for food.

So I once AGAIN gave them my order, name, and everything else. This time I just had them make half of the pizza sausage instead.

Around 35 minutes later I finished my errands and came back only to be told that my pizza would be ready in just a few minutes. Ok fine. But then a few minutes somehow turned into 20 minutes. And when I asked if the old lady there if they had delivery so I wouldn't have to go through this next time, she just laughed and said delivery charges customers more. Well duh, you're paying extra for convenience. Something that I would gladly pay for after tonight.

Oh yeah, and when I got home I came to find out that the pizza was cold and tasted like cardboard. Never getting food from here again, even if they do someday...

By far the #1 Best Pizza in the State of Arkansas. I've lived here 12+ years, grew up in NJ so I'm certified to rank pizza places and I've tried a bunch over the past 12+ years here in Arkansas. Btw Domino's/Pizza Hut/Little Caesars/Papa John's don't even qualify as "pizza" and BY FAR Deluca's has the #1 Best Pizza in the State, there is not a remotely close 2nd, it really is THAT much better, 2nd Place doesn't exist.

The Service is very good. People are friendly, had a couple+ minutes conversation with guy at the front and apparently the owners and people that work at the restaurant really are from "up North" and they brought the perfect pizza with them, so yes, I'm an official 5⭐ rating and a great judge for pizza. The rest of their menu looks excellent as well, probably will experiment with other menu options but maybe not because the pizza is THAT good

The Atmosphere is very nice, definitely an upscale setting but not ridiculous, we got takeout and we will surely be back to sit and eat and get takeout again.

Full Disclosure: I am in NO WAY related to anyone at Deluca's or do I know anyone that works there, it really is as good as I'm describing and I'm glad to have a really good pizza place around, plus they have...