Absolutely the worst service in Lexington. The McDonalds down the street is five star compared to this. What a joke. 45 minutes for two pizza slices. Seated in the dark when we requested the mostly empty patio. Manager refused to speak with me. Don't waste your time here. You can get pizza, pasta, and beer anywhere. Mellow Mushroom is right around the corner. Â This was our fourth and last visit. Â Five stars for having the same level of non service every time. Did I mention that in all that time we were served NO food???
Review Source:Best pizza in Lexington!! The pretzels appetizer is delicious. I am normally not a fan of BBQ pizza, but their BBQ Hawaiian is delicious!!!! I've had a variety of their pizza's and all have been spectacular! The only suggestion I make is to go with friends and get a whole pie, their individual slices are meh! Maybe they aren't fresh, I dunno, but you can taste a huge difference from a whole pie to a slice. Also the beer selection is amazing! Basically any beer you want, you can find here.
Review Source:Excellent pizza here at a reasonable price, much better than one might expect from a pub-style restaurant. Â The selection of Belgian beers is way above average, make sure you at least get a Leffe or maybe a more expensive Belgian beer like a Delirium Tremens with your pizza while you're there. Â The pesto bread appetizer was delicious and was so filling we were hardly even hungry by the time our pizza arrived.
The decor is awesome and the location is great. Â Just an overall great experience here.
Note: I probably wouldn't bother coming here during a UK game, it's probably total chaos.
I have to say I love this place. Â I have been going there for years and have almost every selection on the menu. Â All in all, the pizzas and sandwiches are great, and the beer selection is top notch. Â My only problem has always been a problem, which is that they have sketchy service from time to time. Â I have come to expect it, and the beer takes the pain away.
Review Source:Total failure in service, sorry. Â The food was ordered properly, but the kitchen messed up the order and produced the wrong food. The server said he was sorry, and that it would be out in 7 minutes. After 20 minutes, the food came and the server made no apologies. It was lunch rush and I had a meeting to get to so asked for a box and was give a tiny box. I had to point out to the server that our food to go would not even fit in that box.
I said that I would like a check and a discount since it took over 1 hour to get one medium pizza and he seemed put out and said it would take a while as he would have to get a manager.
A restaurant has to deal with problems, and good restaurants know how to do this. Pazzo seemed to have no way to deal with this with generally horrible service and had no available manager. I did not see a manager anywhere so perhaps the serve was correct. Â No apology, no compensation, and a really bad attitutde.
Horrible service, wont be heading there any tie soon.
$12 pitchers of Alpha King?!? Â Surely, you can't be serious. Â I am serious, and don't call me Shirley. Â
I remember this corner nearby campus for the epic dive of Tolly Ho and the drunken debauchery that we always seemed to find ourselves in at the U Club. Â Pretty hard to improve upon the Tolly Ho legend, but Pazzo's is well on its way. Â
I'm a beer guy and I was pleased to see a most excellent selection on tap. Â I don't know if everyone appreciates the options that Pazzo's has for you. Â Pitchers? Â Check. Â A slew of Germans? Â Check. Â Some of the Midwest's finest craft beers like Bell's, Founders and Three Floyds? Â Check. Â
I've only had the pizza here, and it was quite good. Â Whole wheat crust, cheesy. Â
Pazzo's has parking around back and they've got a huge space. Â There are several different bars and patio options all around. Â I could see many late nights hanging out here having pizza and working through the taps. Â
Everything is also very reasonably priced. Â Three pizzas and two pitchers was maybe $60.
I have come and gone from Pazzo's often. I enjoy the patio, the beer selection and the atmosphere. It is laid back and chill. However I do not think their food is that great. It is fine, not amazing but not horrible. Every time I eat there I having a feeling of "eh." I have started to use it as a place to just drink.
Review Source:Pazzo's is by far my favorite place for beer in the entire state of Kentucky. Â With 45 beers on tap, and well over 100 more in bottles, it certainly is a beer mecca. Â All beers are served in clean appropriate glassware, and the bar staff are knowledgeable about the beers they serve. Â Prices on beer are certainly fair as well. Â I also love Pazzo's food. Â The pizzas are amazing, especially the funky chicken. Â Usually when I'm here though, I stick with appetizers. Â During happy hour, they're half off, so it's a great time to enjoy an order of pesto bread, wings, or some of their fantastic pretzels. Â The best and worst time to come to Pazzo's is on Wednesdays for pint night. Â Buy a pitcher of the special beer, and take two glasses home. Â From the 160 or so beer glasses in my collection, I bet at least half came from pint night trips to Pazzo's when I was in college. Â The only bad part is that they've become super popular over the years, especially when UK is in session, so you must get there super early and be prepared for less than stellar service from the overworked staff. Â Some pint nights, you may not even be able to get a table for 2+ hours (happened to me once). Â For the most part, the staff are friendly, although I've had a few that weren't so pleasant over the years. Â Tom the owner is a great guy, so if you see him, chat him up. Â He runs a great business and I'll always be a regular, even though I live almost an hour away!
Review Source:Good food, mediocre service. The food here is very good. The pizzas are delicious, the pretzels were fantastic, and the subs are great. Service however does not reflect the quality of the food. While the waiters are generally very good and take good care of you, something has to be done about the kitchen staff. They are extremely slow (I get having to wait for food, but 40 minutes for some pretzels and another 25 for a small pizza after that was a bit ridicuolus, expecially when it wasn't very busy), and they tend to "Forget" orders. We got our food and they forgot a pizza and a calzone, they waited another 30 minutes before they got them and by that time we had to leave.
Review Source:This place has a pretty sweet atmosphere. Â It looks like a small place from the street, but it actually has lots of space inside. Â There are multiple levels to this place (stairs leading to each).
Huge beer selection. Â Multiple bars.
The pizza is okay. Â It's better than any other pizza I've had in Lexington, but I haven't tried many places yet. Â Decently priced. Â Pretzels are good.
Before the comments of hatred ensure, let me start by saying I'm a true blue Lexingtonian and a UK grad.
Yesterday I patronized Pazzo's for at least the bazillionth time in my 8 years of living here, and had by far the worst experience yet. Â I say "yet" because in my experience Pazzo's certainly does not pride itself on service, and why would they? Â Clearly they are the niche go-to for a second-to-none selection of pizza and beers (read the other reviews...they are 99.9% focused on the product, not the service), and being that the staff appear largely strung out, they don't seem to care.
My party of 5 arrived for dinner to a not very crowded restaurant, just in time for happy hour. Â A couple people ordered drinks, and a couple appetizers were ordered as well. Â 45 MINUTES LATER I pulled our server aside (who had come by once to refill drinks) and (at a loss for words at the negligence of the situation) bluntly asked "Where are our appetizers?" Â Reacting as if I'd slapped her across the face, she offered to check, returning moments later to apologetically inform us that they'd been taken to the wrong table (and she never noticed until I brought it to her attention???) and would be taken off the bill. Â Another 15 minutes later, we finally had our appetizers. Â An exhausting 20 minutes later, we had our food, except that the medium pizza myself and a friend were splitting had somehow been misinterpreted as a small. Â How this is plausible when the other two pizzas at the table were ordered and delivered correctly as mediums is beyond me. Â This was remedied by second small pizza packaged to-go. Â Whew! Â I was so relieved to leave that I was almost not annoyed by the parking Nazi out back, as he was willing to accept our pizza boxes as evidence of patronage rather than making us dig out receipts.
The moral of the story is, low expectations lead to pleasant experiences.
Ate here many times while in college. Can be very busy on Pint Night or during games, but there are times when the place will be dead.
The pretzels are a definite must-have, and their pizza is great. If you're seated upstairs, you can even see the mixer they use to make the crust (no frozen dough here). Beer selection is enormous.
I love me some Pazzos. Â They have delicious pizza (probably my favorite in Lexington), and they've recently expanded to an additional room and patio which really helps with the crowd, especially on pint night. Â They've got 40 beers on tap at any given time in addition to a full service bar. Â
Pint night, Wednesdays, always packs a crowd, but it's definitely an event worth checking out. Â The beer of the night comes with souvenir pint glasses that you get to take home with you. Â There's a really fun, pub-y atmosphere, and they always play Kentucky games. Â (of course they do, being three steps away from campus and not playing Kentucky games would be a new level of blasphemy). Â Service is usually slow, but for me, the pizza makes up for it.
The food was good, priced fair that went well with the excellent selection of beers. They have lots of fun events during the week. The new patio looks nice but it was a bit cold to eat there when i was there. The lay out is a bit confusing, I'm guessing they have expanded a few times since opening. Definitely has a fun atmosphere though. Seems to be busy every night.
Review Source:The pizza is good, but not an authentic Neapolitan style if that is what you are are looking for. The daily slices will keep you full as you enjoy basically any kind of beer you could possible want. The pretzels are also a great way to soak up some of that alcohol. This is a must try near UK's campus.
Review Source:Full disclosure here - I didn't try Pazzo's pizza. Â We instead dropped in here one Friday afternoon for a snack and a few drinks in order to carry us over until dinner.
I was impressed with the size of this place - it doesn't look so big from the street - but once your inside it seems incredibly spacious. Â We ordered the pretzels and the buffalo wings. Â Neither were impressive. Â The wings were a tad soggy and the pretzels over-baked, flavorless, and hard.
What was really neat about this place was the beer menu. Â I tried the Kentucky Ale and Kentucky Ale Bourbon Barrel Ale, both of which were delicious. Â Drink prices were very reasonable, especially if you stuck with the daily happy hour specials.
I am sorry I didn't have the chance to sample the pizza here - maybe I would have left with a much different impression. Â But I can say for sure that if I was a UofK student and looking to get shmammered, I would definitely consider visiting this place.
Pazzo's, along with Tally's and Henry Earl, are Lexington institutions.
Mister Earl probably has not had the chance to partake in Pazzo's awesomeness, which is really a shame. Now, I know I'm going to get lambasted for this, but I don't think Pazzo's pizza is anything fantastic. I'm not going to say it's bad, because it's not - but people seem to rant and rave about it like its the best thing to happen to pizza since cheese. Pizza is a fantastic accompaniment to beer though, so even if its only 70% awesome on its own it will taste amazing.
And oh, the beer selection. Pazzo's has one of the more impressive beer selections in the area. You can almost certainly find one, if not dozens, of varieties you've never had before. If you manage to make it during happy hour or Pint Night, you can have your fill for a relatively inexpensive price.
Sadly Pazzo's is not without it's downsides. While parking is usually fine on weekdays, on weekends it can be a bit of a joke. If you live on campus, you're better off walking. Even when it's not busy, the service at Pazzo's is somewhat slow. I guess that's not so bad if you and friends are enjoying a beer and shooting the breeze, but if you came there just to eat dinner you will have a slightly than longer wait. Also, with a billion TVs and a billion college kids crammed in, the place can get a little loud. They have a patio outside that fits the bill if you're looking to have a quieter evening, but it is abhorrently hot on a summer day - it's more like a greenhouse.
Ahh, college!
Hit Pazzo's up for happy hour, they have it 7 days a week from 4-7. Â Pretzels are great and 3 huge ones are a mere buck and a half, gota love college towns! Â Also the beer selections is massive with 15ish on tap and about 100 in the bottle. Â
If you can put up with the ditzy college kids serving the food its a true winner!
The big patio and free parking in a busy area was also a plus!
Being from Seattle, I may not be the foremost authority on what most consider to be "good" pizza. Â I see what the purists like. Â I see what the new-agey pizza people like in places like CPK.
My first visit to Pazzo's came in the summer of 2008, when I visited Lexington for the first time with a very good friend who lived in Louisville. Â Being a UK grad, she immediately recommended it. Â And I fell in love. Â With the pizza, of course. Â It was everything I ever wanted. Â Hand-made. Â Perfect balance of cheese, sauce, and toppings, not going overboard on the non-traditional toppings. Â My friend, Melissa, had ordered a calzone, which I then ate when she was out of town for a few days. Â :D
The next time I went was about a week later with our friend, Kristie. Â Going here was a reward for helping her out. Â And in addition to the pizza, I delved into the beer selection. Â Let me tell you, it is tough picking a beer from a fairly large selection is tough. Â
Aside from the at-times-slow service (lunch hour, happy hour), this is an amazing place. Â It has everything I want in a pizza place....good food, good beer, good people.
Barreling down the highway at 85mph, I prefer to keep my full attention on the road. Â So, I chose Pazzo's because it was the first result for "Pizza" in "Lexington, KY" on my occasionally handy Yelp mobile app. Â And from what I have seen of Lexington Yelp, 21 reviews indicates a very popular place indeed. Â I also liked the choice because the map showed it in the middle of town, and if I were only going to stop long enough for dinner, I wanted at least to see some of the city on my way in and my way out.
Convenient parking lot right across the alley? Â Great. Â Lots of patio seating? Â Also nifty. Â Although, I had spent most of the day in the sun and preferred a seat inside. Â They showed me to a relatively quiet corner in one of the side rooms, where there are also a couch and some easy chairs in addition to the round two-tops. Â
They had calzones on the menu, so that was a lock. Â I wanted to try the pizza too, but they don't serve single slices at dinnertime. Â Appetizers were half-price until 7, so I ordered the (already cheap at $2.95) pretzels. Â This was listed as "(3)" but I did not expect three full-sized pretzels. Â Oops. Â Well, I ate all three--they were damn good, brushed with melted butter, sprinkled with parmesan, and served with marinara on the side. Â Think about that deal, by the way--$1.48 for a pretzel appetizer that could easily be shared by two people who just want something to nibble on while they drink beer and watch basketball.
That said, I should have had a salad instead, because the calzone (pepperoni and green peppers) was a good size, and very doughy. Â I did finish it all, because I wasn't in a hurry, and it really was delicious. Â If this were a Chicago joint, I would slot them somewhere around #4 or #5 on my calzone list. Â The peppers were fresh and slightly crunchy, and the presence of ricotta did not diminish my enjoyment.
Solid beer list--about three to four dozen drafts. Â My waitress was a little stiff at first but warmed up considerably. Â She kept coming by to check on me even after it was obvious that I wasn't going to order anything else and was merely struggling to fit everything into my gluttonous stomach. Â Final tally--$18 for two beers, the half-price pretzels, and the calzone with two ingredients. Â I love travelling to small cities.
Pazzos Special pizza - bunch of meat and a few good veggies, is definitely worth a try if you find yourself at Pazzo's.
I really liked the pretzels (breadsticks) and marinara sauce.
Our waiter was great
Atmosphere was laid back
Lots of tvs
And they have decent parking as well!
The main downside is the noise level here. Certainly not a quiet destination.
The beer list is freaking intense! I wish I could have one of every single kind! But then I'd be poor and probably be in the hospital. Anyway, this is definitely the places to bring beer connoisseurs. Pizza is pretty dang good. Staff are always busy so it takes a while to get things rolling, but if you have lots of time, it's worth it.
Review Source:Pazzo's is the place that I reccommend to out-of-towners. It is one of the few special places in Lexington.
Yes, the beer list is amazing and the best in Lexington. However, the pretzel appitizer and Funky Chicken Pizza will keep you coming back. Â The service can be slow and inconsistent, however the atmosphere, location, pizza and beer more than make up for it. Â As a Lexington local, it is my restaurant of choice. A must for any Lexitonian or guest to the bluegrass.
Beer List - Uh MAZIN
Pizza - stupore (amazing)
Service - worse than an Applebee's, and probably stoned (oh, college...) not necessarily the servers though. like anywhere it depends.
Decor- the front bar is great, the new addition smells like a frat house and has the gross wet floors to boot
Pint Night - a titanic waste of time, stay away.
This place is a total Jeckyll & Hyde. I want to give it 4 stars but when most of the clientele are obnoxious frat boys and most of the service is comatose at best it makes it difficult.
The servers here are the best in town, although they usually seem pretty stressed, this place is usually packed.
The beer selection is what draws the crowds. Â The pizza at mellow mushroom is better but more expensive, so theres the trade off. Â The pesto bread is well worth it. Â
I wish they had more South American and Asian beers. Â Its heavily European on the menu there.
How do I begin to describe Pazzo's... It's more of a state of mind than a restaurant. Big Tom the owner likes to the provider of lexington's largest beer menu especially weighted with Belgian superior ales. He even takes frequent vacations to Belgium, which really reflects the mood of this place.
Now the food is your pretty general pizza and heavy bar food. Nothing wild, but goes down well with just about any ale or lager you picked from a list of ~140.
Here's the rules if you want to dine or drink at Pazzo's: Don't go on a Wednesday after 5 if you don't want to play/fight the Pint Night game(you'll have an atrocious time getting anything from behind the bar.) If you want to play the game, get there around 430 and secure a table and never waste an opportunity to send your waiter to the bar.
Cheers!
The pizza is pretty good and beer selection here is great, the service is the absolute pits. Â A first admonition: avoid this place like the plague on Wednesday nights -- Pint Night. Â If you can get early enough to get a table, they might tell you have to have 3/4 of your party, while you can see across the room that there is at least one table for 8 with a single person saving it. Â Then you might go to the bar and ask to "pre-order" the special and get the pint glasses to keep and they'll tell you can't do that, and then you wait there another 10 minutes to order another drink for now, and somebody else walks up and pre-orders the special and walks away with two glasses. Â Bottom line, no consistency whatsoever and it's uber frustrating.
Even on other nights of the week, the service is slow and erratic. Â But, like I said, the pizza is pretty good. Â Personally, I stick to Mellow Mushroom which is a block and a half away.
I love Pazzo's!!!
Years ago, I used to buy shoes there! Â Let me explain. Â Pazzo's occupies most of a large building near North Campus (UK), roughly on the corner of Euclid and Limestone. Â This building formerly housed "Court Sports", a local shoe store. Â I'm not sure when the change occured, but a few years ago...I walked down from my apartment to buy some shoes...and ended up with a pizza instead!
The atmosphere at Pazzo's, for me, is perfect. Â The atmosphere is well done. Â Just dark enough, just enough bricks, just enough wood. Â It feels like it's been there longer than it has. Â
The service is uhm...disinterested? Â But it's kind of what you'd expect/want at a pizza place by a college campus.
Try the cheese calzone! Â The pizzas are great, the calzones are better. Â If you're on a budget, you can eat on the cheap during happy hour. Â Pretzels, cheese bread, pesto bread, etc. are all only a few bucks. Â Seriously though, get the cheese calzone!
But the best part is the BEER. Â Pazzo's has one of the better beer lists in town, and a solid selection of draft beers. Â As mentioned in some other reviews...go on Wednesday with a friend. Â Get yourself a pitcher of a great beer and take home some pint glasses. Â
I've tried a lot of beers for the first time at Pazzo's...and they all tasted perfect with a cheese calzone!
Whenever I'm in Lex, I visit Pazzo's. Â For one, many of my friends have in the past and still do work here.
Aside from that, the pesto bread is incredibly cheap, $3?, and the beer selection is quite nice for my Bluegrass homeland. Â TVs exist in abundance and are usually tuned into things I actually care about.
Don't worry about the panhandlers. Â Give the poor saps a buck. Â If you ever end up in the Northeast or the West Coast, you'll appreciate the fact that you stuffed yourself full of food and caught a nice buzz for less than $30.
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