Idaho Pizza Company

We were out running errands today, and got super hungry for lunch. A Pizza Buffet sound like it would be the ticket. My wife and I were with my daughter and granddaughter, and taking a 20 month old anywhere requires careful consideration. IPC is a great place for families whenever you want pizza and/​or a great salad bar. Like normal, the Pizza buffet is just OK, and not as good as when you get your pizza fresh, but still good. Staff is nice, and the service was fine. And… They have Diet Dr. Pepper, which is always a plus!
[ I thought the décor at this Idaho Pizza Company was totally un-​bear-​able… (Joke… see photos.)

I’m a sucker for a good salad bar and pizza buffet. Plenty of blue cheese dressing, yes! Pizza in the buffet is fresh. The staff is constantly bringing out fresh slices. The buffalo chicken with jalapeños is wonderful!

Wow. From out of town and come from a city with a very successful pizza company. This is easily a 9 out of 10 for the pizza. Then I saw the receipt. 15 bucks for a large pie and 3 bucks for dessert. Great deal. Pizza was perfectly cooked and sauced. If you like a little spice, the sauce is phenomenal. Must try if you enjoy pizza.

Terrible terrible pizza.

The Sawtooth pizza is our fav! We eat from here twice a month. Sometimes more. We don’t get pizza anywhere else

Good pizza but the best deal is during lunch for their buffet. Pizza is much better quality than most all you can eat places and prices are reasonable. Ingredients are fresh and I appreciate the Idaho based themes of some of their pizza toppings.

I recently ate in here for the second time. I cannot comment on their pizza, because both times I’ve just had the garlic bread with cheese and the salad bar … oh, iced tea too. That was $ 12.16 out the door, plus a $ 2.00 tip.
I don’t really know why I gave ‘em a tip, because they do little for you, other than ring-​up the sale. Oh, well, a young chap did, indeed, deliver the garlic bread to my table, which was covered with one of those awful oil-​cloth table covers. It is supposed to look like an old-​time gingham fabric tablecloth, but you can’t fool me. So, I guess that is worth two bucks and the kids working there looked like they needed the cash.
I suppose $ 5.99 is fair for the salad bar but it is nothing to brag about. Amongst all the canned or frozen stuff, there are a few fresh items; iceberg lettuce, small tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms (that looked like leather). There was a vat of mayonnaise brewing there. I was certain a teaspoon of that mayo would have sent me directly to an emergency room. So, I took a pass on that. If you have ObamaCare, give it a try.
I suppose $ 2.99 is a fair price for the garlic bread with cheese, which was just okay, but $ 2.49 for self-​service tea? C’mon!
This place has all the ambiance of a Greyhound bus depot and the acoustics of a pedestrian freeway underpass … so bad, in fact, that one cannot quite make out the lyrics to the music playing and bouncing off the walls. I did recognize the Eurythmics’ «Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)», which struck me as ironic as my forearms stuck to the oil cloth.
Furthermore, the most-​strange stuff adorns the walls. It looks like it was decorated by Charlie Manson on a bad acid trip, truly.
For example, as I was eating, I was fascinated by a wall hanging across from my table … faux pine branches, mounted on barn wood, with a miniature snow shoe and an old oil lantern incorporated into the thing. Say what? A miniature snow shoe? Had I eaten the mayo, I might have been hallucinating, but this is for real.
Oh, there is a corner dedicated to «Our Troops» behind the salad bar. That is a wonderful thought. As a Veteran, I too support our Troops. However, this was an amalgamation of an army surplus store and a camouflaged outpost in Afghanistan; truly strange. A simple, tasteful «We Support Our Troops» sign would probably be a more effective way to convey the message.
When I finished my «meal», I looked at the seating area on the other side of the joint. It is part arcade and part museum of the Old West. If not that, perhaps it is an homage to ranch barns everywhere. It looked like someone cleaned out their attic and decided to hang all the stuff on the walls. I’m not quite sure what any of this has to do with pizza, particularly the old golf clubs on the walls. No, I am not dreaming.
Oh, I forgot to mention the weird vending machines over on that side too. Whenever I see all that crap, I get the feeling the proprietor needs the extra quarters they can get outta you, just to make ends meet. It is cheap and cheesy, pun intended.
I also got the feeling that the joint needs a deep scrubbing. Maybe it is time to shut her down for a week or two, give it a deep clean and donate all the stuff on the walls to the museum in Baker City. A fresh coat of paint would also do wonders.
I was uncomfortable there and could not wait to get out. I don’t see myself going back.

Good pizza. Great game room. ALWAYS packed though. At least on Fridays. Also had to pick up our delivery order last time since they were an hour and a half out. They also have good sandwiches.

This is an OK pizza joint although it’s not in the same league as Flying Pie. The service is fairly good and friendly and as a bonus they do serve half pitchers of beer if you go by yourself and don’t feel like pounding a whole one.
The pizza is good but nothing special. They have your typical pizza joint salad bar with your choice of iceberg lettuce and… well, iceberg lettuce. It’s got a «Family» vibe to it and is usually packed with noisy ill mannered bastard children whose parents think it’s cute to ignore their tantrum throwing spawn. Aaaahhhrg! Someone shoot me! More beer…

Their lunch, unlimited pizza bar is a great deal. The biggest issue, is sometimes they are pretty slow at replenishing. This is hit or miss.
Their pizzas are delicious. They just are tasty, as are their garlic cheese twists. This is a 5 star place for food.
The problem, really boils down to the staff. Calling to order a pizza can take quite a while. Other times, we have been there, and «something» happened. One pizza got to the table snappy, the other, well, we had it to go, and had to wait on it. This has not just happened once.
Delivery, seems to be great. On time, and as always delicious.
Easily, the food is 5 star. The staff tends to be about 2 start (not always). So, if you hit a good day, you have a 5 star location. If you hit a bad day, it is between a 2 and 3. I kind of split the difference at 4.
Oh, and my favorite is the Wilderness Garlic Supreme. It is heaven in pizza form.

The pizza was pretty good (I only had a bite) although it’s not as good as the Idaho pizza company on Broadway. It kindof had that orange-​y pallor that Stouffers Pizza Has.
Hugely unimpressed with the salad bar. Mediocre/​typical components but not bad for a $ 3.99 add on at a pizza joint. Good ranch.
My issue was with the lettuce. There were a lot of wet, soggy, mushy, slimy pieces.
*a lot*
Admittedly this is one of my pet peeves. But we came here because I’m not eating wheat this week and there was a «best salad bar ever!» Review on Unilocal.Yeah. NO.
Their cheesy pizza twists looked awesome (my husband and son loved them). OKAY I had a bite. It was a crunchy cheesy edge and it was awesome and they don’t up charge for ranch & marinara.
It was clean and the staff was nice
Video games for kids make it an authentic pizza parlor experience.
I would have given for stars if it weren’t for the slimy lettuce

The BEST salad bar in Boise. Service is good, and great pizza

Super yummy Pizza and cheese twists. They messed up my order but made up for it by whipping me up a fresh pizza in no time and free drinks. it was worth the extra 10 minute wait because everything was delicious.

My favorite pizza in Boise! this place has a GREAT arcade!

Like Cici’s. If you like the taste of doughy and/​or burnt to a crisp crust (but nothing in between!), this is your place

All you can eat for $ 6 bucks sounds like a good deal if you don’t care about taste. The pizza quality here is way below average and the fact they sit around under heat lamps doesn’t help. At a dollar a slice, it probably makes more sense to order by the slice than paying for the all you can eat. What makes the most sense is to take your money and hunger elsewhere.

So do not go here and expect a life-​changing meal. Go here because you are starving and need a quick lunch. Or maybe you just want to sit and chill with some friends… or your kids.
I have come here twice and ordered the lunch buffet… unlimited pizza, salad, and drink for like $ 7. The salad bar is pretty decent. Usually I HATE when they serve iceberg lettuce… but they made up for it with all the «toppings» AND the awesome bread sticks. If those come out of a box, I might have to raid their freezer some day. No problems with the pizza, it’s on par with my mediocre expectations.

I normally visit this restaurant at lunchtime and take advantage of their lunch buffet. For about $ 6 you get unlimited pizza and a drink. (There are similar buffets for salad, but I always get the pizza one) The value for the buck is great.
The problem is they always seem to be slow in replenishing the pizza. They don’t seem to have figured out a way to have enough pizza stocked in the buffet during the noon rush. There is plenty of pizza after and before, but never enough when I want it.

I ordered cheese pizza and found a piece of ham on it. The pizza wasn’t cut all the way either. It tasted just ok. If I were starving or drunk, perhaps this would have been a better experience.