Food is great, 5 stars! Best cheese sticks I've ever ate. We call in orders of just cheese sticks when we have to pass through Pinehurst. I love the pizza, they are never over cooked with burnt crust. They always have the perfect amount of meat and cheese. I'm not a fan of pizza sauce so when I order pizzas I request light sauce, but I don't have to do that here and I appreciate that, I want to taste all the ingredients not just have a mouth full of pizza sauce. I think Pizza Cafe understands that, they never over use sauce. For my pineapple people, totally worth it! And my Ranch people, it's perfect, creamy, tangy, the consistency and flavor is on point!
Atmosphere is good, 4 stars would be 5 except for when it's lunch time and the buffet is open. The place is pack which I understand because it's really good food at a good price but if you get a booth on the back wall, good luck getting through to the buffet. When all the tables are full, the people sitting at the tables are back to back and there is no way to get by. Every trip to the buffet from people in the booths requires interrupting somebody else's lunch and having to ask them to get up and move so you can get to the buffet and then you have to do the same thing when you return to your seat. There needs to be 2 designated pathways, one entering the buffet and one exiting. Having to interrupt someone else's lunch or having our lunch interrupted over and over is frustrating.
Service 4 stars, not because it's bad, the service is good, when you get it. When every table of full and there's usually 4 people at each table that one little lady is just running and running and running. It's too much, she does a great job but she needs some help when it's a packed room. We've been overlooked, forgot about, had to ask for items multiple times and still not get them, had to go find the man who I'm assuming is the owner, I could be wrong but he's always there, dressed nearly and super nice so I just assume he's the owner. Anyway we've had to go find him and ask him to get items for us and I'm ok with all that because that lady is doing 1000 things at once so not getting a to-go cup or eating cheese sticks without marinara isn't going to hurt anybody. She gives it 100% for sure but an extra set of hands would really be beneficial for her and the customers...
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They had buffet or ala carte. We choose the buffet to try out the different pizza flavors.
Not the best 🍕 BUT also not the worst 🍕 according to my spouse. I personally liked it! The buffet had salad with canned peaches and pineapples, but also had decent green olives. The buffet 🍕 was small pizza, but they were perfect sized so that no one eats too much of anything. Also, because of their size, they regularly refilled with a fresh one :)
The pizza was regular crust or the super thin crust. It was crispy but not burnt and just the right crunch. I loved these types more. My children and dude liked the regular crust more. Each slice had a good amount of cheese and toppings. Worth it! Also had a plan of baked (?) spaghetti.
They had 3 desserts, thin crust chocolate or dulce de leche topping, and an amazing apple pie with only the top that was similar to the thin crust. All I needed was a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and it would've been perfect.
So 2 adults and 2 children was $30.59 (without drinks). Similar to what we spend for 2 large pizzas. And we got an assortment of flavors and crusts with dessert pizza. So not bad. My not so heavy eater, happily ate peaches and pineapples plus 2 slices of pizza & a chocolate pizza 😋 The price for each was reasonable.
Didn't get to take pics, we were too hungry 😆
Card transactions is add on 3%.
Might try their calzone and wings...
Read moreMy mom and I ate here yesterday for an early dinner at 4:45. The buffet begins at 5 pm but they welcomed us early because they had the salad bar already out. The salad bar has Romain lettuce mix. One of my favorite things on a salad bar is cottage cheese, which they have. They also have about 20+ items available on the salad bar. The pizza buffet usually has out 8 to 10 pizzas, cheese bread, a pasta of the day, A dessert pizza, and last night a peach cobbler. The staff has always been friendly and available. A manager is usually there and asks if everything is OK. The buffet had a cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, a pepperoni and sausage pizza, and a supreme pizza all with thin crest, my favorite crust here. It also had a thick crust too, meat lovers, pepperoni, pepperoni and veggie. I believe there was another one or two that I didn’t eat. The pasta of the day was spaghetti but I have seen other pasta dishes before. They do offer wine but we got tea and water to drink this time. My daughter loves the buffet too! We all recommend this place. It is a good local...
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