Godfather’s Pizza

Great service, combo pizza and monkey bread for dessert… my mouth is watering! We buy dinner from here at least twice a month. When I’m done at work I just zip over and pick up my order at the drive through window. Do it!

This is strictly for their business strategy. I get a flyer in the mail about how they deliver to all of Bellevue. Was so excited to try it out! I call a week later and they don’t deliver to my part of Bellevue (South of Fairview). Then don’t send a flyer to my house! False advertisement and a let down.

This place is great. I’ve never eaten inside, but their delivery & drive-​thru service is great & the food is top-​notch.

Ok, I was feeling too lazy to cook and too lazy to venture from my couch, but I was sooo hungry. I came up with the brilliant idea of pizza delivery. Big mistake, it was way overpriced and way bland. The cheese sticks were lacking cheese and flavor. The pizza was just oaky, not particularly flavorful, in fact the dough seems to have been zapped of any and all flavor. It suffices to say this was and will be my one and only time eating at this Godfathers.
On a positive note, the delivery person was on time and very friendly.

My most recent visit underlines the strength and weakness of this particular location: the drive-​thru window. The drive-​thru is a convenience not available at most pizza joints. Here, they’ve wedged a narrow, tightly-​curved driveway into the corner of the lot to allow access to the window. I’ve always been kind of leery about that lane, but it was raining so I thought I’d give it a try. Bad decision. I found myself behind a driver who was having some sort of disagreement with the staff. I was trapped. I was blocked from going forward, and it was too dangerous to back up through the curved drive. Finally, after 15 minutes, the staff made peace with the driver and I got to the window. But the story doesn’t end there.
Several staff people acknowledged me with a glance or a smile, so I didn’t feel that I needed to push the doorbell outside the window. Another 5 minutes passed before they realized that maybe I needed something. The young lady at the window apologized sincerely and fetched my order. The order which, once I got home, turned out to be missing a few items.
The pizza itself was decent, but just a hair lower in quality than most Godfather’s locations. The ingredients were flavorful, but not particularly generous in quantity. The pizza was quite a bit less greasy than a typical Pizza Hut or Little Caesar’s. Prices are currently higher than most chain pizza stores (I paid $ 22, after coupon, for the «Don» which they consider a «super-​specialty» pizza). As with all chains, prices and discounts can and do change overnight.
At one point, they experimented with serving pizza by the slice, but too few people were interested to make it worthwhile.
I’ve visited this location about half a dozen times over the last few years, and usually come away with a surprise, a story, and a fairly good pizza.