Pros- to my knowledge Clara's is the first Pizza king in Richmond so they score points on originality.
The are also the only restaurant in town ( maybe the world) where you can sit on a real double decker bus, Eat pizza, drink beer, all while listening to white snake on the jukebox. Â
As if Whitesnake and the Bus wasn't enough, they decided to buy one each of pretty much everything else invented from 1750 to about 1945 and hang it from the ceiling, seriously... Â I have been eating there for over 30 years and see something new every time. Â I'm pretty sure they have Martha on loan from the Smithsonian sitting in the old school iron birdcage...
Ok so by now you are asking, what could possibly be bad about this place?
Over the past couple years they have been seriously skimping on the cheese and meat toppings. Â
If I am going to pay almost 30 bucks for a thin crust pizza (large royal feast) I shouldn't have to pony up for extra cheese and sausage!
Now I know its not just my imagination, because if I go to the east or west main pizza kings, they do it up the way its supposed to be. Â I've asked the managers at these two stores why they put so much more stuff on their pizzas, thinking that maybe it was a gimmick to entice more business since they couldn't fit a bus in their dining rooms, but they both said that they just follow the original recipe.
With all that said Clara's is still  the go to place for friends, family and colleagues  from out of town who want to experience the best pizza around. Â
Something about that dadgum bus!
If you want to kick it up a notch try your pizza with either BBQ sauce or Ranch Dressing in place of the traditional pizza sauce.
My favorite between the two is ranch; Â that extra dose of MSG really brings out the flavor in the rest of the pizza!
Oh forgot to mention, Â The breadsticks are the best! Crispy, hot, buttery what else do you want in a bread stick? Â try them in the cheese sauce.
Don't forget to buy the kids a couple of "buffalo chips" at the register!
Pizza and sub sandwiches are pretty easy and you'll find shops around this town with either. This chain offers a good variety with good quality and good taste.
Don't expect that you'll have a five-star dining experience. It's still a pizza place. The tables have laminate tops and you use a phone at your table to order.
I went with friends and we ordered a 12 inch Royal Feast (Deluxe/Supreme) pizza and an 11 inch original sub sandwich. The sub goes in the oven along with the pizza so it's hot when you get it. The ingredients on both were good this time, though they can be inconsistent on the amount from time to time.
The food is enjoyable and the wait staff is friendly and helpful. You pay on the way out. The company has 3 stores in town so you can visit Northwest 5th Street or West Main Street or East Main Street.
I absolutely have nothing negative to say about this place. It's simply fantastic! This is by far the best pizza I have ever had in my entire life...and yes, I have traveled the world! The bread sticks are addicting as well! Smothered in dill butter and you can order them "3/4 baked" as well.
They also let you order pizzas un-baked so you can bake them fresh at your home.
The decor is delightfully overwhelming! Everything in the restaurant is a little piece of history...including the indoor double-decker bus! It even has seating inside!
You place your order from the telephone provided at each table, there's a jukebox with somewhat outdated music, and they serve beer!
This rating is more for the wait staff than the restaurant.
I LOVE the PIZZAS and bread sticks here with the dill butter! That dill butter is amazing.
Maybe it was my own fault when I asked for whatever seat  is available. It was one thing that it was in the smoking section but it is another that it was in the hidden corner of the restaurant. Like the worst table probably there! How can I say that? In the middle of our meal an employee sat down beside us to have her dinner. I saw plenty of other seats that were open but why put us there? We were greeted by one waitress who I guess is "stuck" with us because the other one is on break. Her words not mine. At least laugh about it like you're joking. But once the other one came back from break "I guess" she was our waitress. Then there was another one that brought us our pizza, dill, drinks. Who was waiting on us? Our menus were still on the table and none of our dirty plates were cleaned off until she pushed us the bill IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER. I felt like we were an inconvenience to them. We asked for a refill on our glass of wine to let her know we're not ready to leave. But after waiting so long, we just decided to box up and go.
Still going to come back for the food of course, but I think next time we'll ask for a male server.
My husband is from Richmond, and ever since he brought me here a couple years ago, I've been addicted!  We live in California, so  when we come to visit, we have to eat at this location AT LEAST once.  I loved how you order with the telephone and they are almost always quick with getting drinks and refills.
Great pizza, the breadsticks here never disappoint (never soggy) and gotta love the dill butter. Â
We ate here the day of the Richmond Christmas parade and now that we are back in San Diego, I'm having withdrawals right now being 2000 miles away.
Good but overpriced. 16 inch single topping pizza was $21.00. Pizza King in Kokomo much better and only $12.00 for 14 inch single top pizza. Kokomo is take out only but has been in continuous ownership since the early 1960's. VERY THIN crust, pepperoni precooked before preparation, not greasy.
Review Source:excellent pizza! Â traveling through town cross country and read about it on yelp. Â crispy crust, tasty toppings. Â cut into very small--i would almost say bite sized--squares so you before you know it you've eaten 1/2 the pizza yourself...
we got extra cheese and it was a LOT of cheese. -we don't usually but the waitress asked if we wanted extra cheese when we ordered and what cheese lover can resist when asked?...
sitting inside the bus was fun, stained glass windows and funky decor give the whole place a throwback feel. Â and if that doesn't do it for you, you can have a seat and play the old school ms. pac man in the entryway. Â our server was very friendly and helpful, made chit chat without being annoying. Â how often are waiters at pizza places up for conversation?
i had to drop them a star for allowing smoking inside the restaurant. Â :( P.U. Â luckily it wasn't too busy when we were there on a sunday night.
Everytime I visit Clara's in Richmond, it reminds me of the Clara's where I spent time as a young kid when it was in the brick building down on Colerain Avenue across from Northgate Mall in Cincinnati. The Richmond location is an exact replica.
As for foot, well it's Pizza King, one of the culinary treasures of Indiana. In some surreal reality, Pizza King and Marion's in Dayton need to do a bake-off... they have really similar recipes.
So all in all, I am a fan, and will stop by when I am in Richmond (which is rare these days).
This joint has a full size double decker bus inside it's dining room. Â It also has the best pizza in Richmond and great burgers and hoagies and everything else you could think of. Â The wife's dad loves the ribs there. Â It's seriously a place that has it all.
Did I mention they also had a bus inside? Plus, when you sit at your table you order your food by a phone that's on every table. Â Very cool way to place an order inside a place.
If you're looking for pizza in Richmond...give this joint a try. Â They have EVERYTHING you're looking for, I promise!
It's a Pizza King, no doubt, with the phones at each table and the Royal Feast being the main attraction, but that's where the similarity ends. You can sit at tables on porch swings instead of chairs. The interior resembles that of a Methodist church, with its dark wood and stained glass windows. There's hippie bead curtains and antique baby buggies and tin signs suspended from the ceiling. There's a main floor, a basement and a loft to choose from.
And let's not forget the double decker bus parked right in the middle of the place.
Ambiance aside, this is one of the better Pizza Kings I've been to. The menu is more expansive, with a ton of appetizers, sub sandwiches and even burgers, and it's always fresh and hot.
The bus is actually more of a novelty than anything... it has sort of an off smell and when it's busy, children have a tendency to lose their minds over it and run up and down the steps and the aisle. I'm sure it's that reason that prompted Clara's to close off the upstairs part.
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