Monical's Pizza

We like Monical's pretty well. We like *this* Monical's because it's right around the corner and is the only place that delivers on the south end besides Domino's. Exvellent thin crust pizzas and good breadsticks. We do delivery and carry out mostly because, as mentioned in other reviews, the parking lot is a freaking travesty. It is crowded and downright dangerous, full of people who don't look before crossing and people who think 45 mph is an acceptable parking lot speed.. People will run your azz down if they think they see a spot where they may not have to schlep their fat selves further than 40 feet to get to their pizza, sub or BWW. But other than the lot, we love Monical's.

It's like nachos only in pizza form. This pizza chain from the midwest knows how to make a thin crust, but the rest is just about average.

I heard about this chain from several different people and decided to meet a co-worker there to see what it was all about. They offer the standard toppings and a few specialty pizzas [vegetable, italian, bbq chicken], but again nothing which really jumped out and said "hey how are you - try me - I'm a midwest specialty!" The pizza arrived hot, however edible without burning your tongue, and if I had to describe it in one word it would be "crispy". It was a nice change but they seem to skimp a bit on the amount of sauce and cheese used which again led to a average experience.

I was quite surprised how busy the restaurant started to get. I started to see groups of people waiting at least 10-15 minutes for a table to open up, as the crunchy sounds of the thin crust must have lured people in. I was surprised that the restaurant wasn't louder than it was, you can still carry on a conversation with someone with out having to literally talk over someone else.

The service is fine as our waitress brought out pizzas out promptly and asked if we would like more to drink on each visit to the table.

The parking lot is another story and gets surprisingly aggressive. There are a number of restaurants in the shopping center, all located in the same general vicinity, along with a few large box retailers. Although the lot is large a lot of people don't want to walk very far, so if you're willing to walk a little extra you can probably park your car a little further away from the mayhem and get to the restaurant just as fast as someone who parked closer.

Monical's has pretty good thin crust pizza with a good selection of toppings at a really cheap price. Aside from the pizza though there isn't much else on the menu to rave about. The bread sticks are your standard doughy sticks with a few large salt bits like pretzels sometimes have on them. The salads remind me of those you got in school with the finely shredded lettuce and shredded cheese. They do server beer and wine but the choice is pretty limited. Honestly I would either carry-out or get the pizza delivered and enjoy from your own home.