Monical’s Pizza

I’ve ate here many times after #Illini football games. Service is GREAT & fast. Reasonably priced. Accept credit. I suggest the family meal. 2 pizzas, 1 family salad & 1 pitcher of soda. Three thumbs up!

OK pizza. Crust pizza and point pizza are good choices if you want to give it a try.

Slow service and bad food. The pizza is just ok. The appetizers are frozen and low quality. Service is always slow and they constantly forget basic things like straws. The family environment is nice for kids or big groups.

One of the places I just have to get something from whenever I’m in Champaign. Absolutely love their thin crust pizzas. Haven’t found one as crispy anywhere else.

Not the best pizza I’ve eaten. It’s ok. Ordered a thin crust pizza with steak and mushrooms. The meat was overdone and the pizza overall was somewhat dry, lacked seasoning and it was greasy. I also ordered spaghetti and meatballs. Didn’t taste fresh. I will stick with Little Caesars.

This monical’s has been slow; but this time they went way down, by slooooow serving of bread sticks, even salad. AND more unbelievably the pizza served was missing a portion. The reason? «The oven ate it” — according to the waitress. We were made up with a personal small pizza, but just not feeling well after all the starvation and missing parts.

My favorite pizza place when I come to visit my family up this way. Worked at one when I was 16 lol. Husband loves the thin crust pizza. Breadsticks are great too

Great, Great, Great! They never disappoint. You tell them exactly how you want your pizza and they will deliver exactly that. I would call this the best Monicals in the Central Illinois area. Even over the original in Tolono… Sorry!

I cannot believe Monicals gets such low ratings. They have the best thin crust I’ve ever tasted. And yes, do put the French dressing on the za!

We ordered the stuffed pizza. While similar to a Chicao-​style pizza, this had a bottom and top crust, as well as sauce on the top. It was FABULOUS! And it comes with 3 toppings for under $ 15. You gotta try it!

This Monical person is only really good at making average pizza. The highlight of my pizza experience was the fact that they put a lot of mushrooms on my pizza. The Mozerella sticks were sorely lacking and the huge chocolate chip cookie I bought was pretty good. If you’re looking for some average pizza, this is the chain to visit.

It’s fine. Thin-​crusted pizza (you can order a thicker crust, although I’m not sure why you’d want to) with the usual toppings. Some specialty pizzas, calzones, etc. The 8″ pizza with a simple yet fresh side salad is the perfect meal.

I really enjoyed my pizza at Monical’s. To me, having eaten here during my graduate school days. A schoolmate advised me to ask for their French dressing on my pizza. It was absurd, of course, but tasted fantastic. Now I won’t get it any other way. Thanks for the memories, Monical’s.

Three stars because of nostalgia. Monical’s has always been around, as long as I can remember. This location is probably the one I am familiar with the most because I use to live a few block from here when I was a kid.
Pizza is average, thin crust in little squares that is pretty soggy. The Family Pleaser is what we always get. Which just adds an iceburg lettuce salad and soft drinks to a pizza order. Nothing bad, but nothing great either.

I’ve been here twice and both times the food was what you would expect from Monical’s. Both times we also had poor service. This is my least favorite location in Champaign. I prefer to drive to the location in Tolono.

I nearly always grab carry-​out. The individual pizza is reasonable enough and perfect size for a meal combined with a pair of breadsticks (definitely recommend with the nacho cheese option).
They really need to work out the parking situation. Small lot and only one exit (no driving around the building) — getting out is usually far more difficult than getting in.

I eat here occasionally because it is by my work. I think the pizza here is better than at the other one (if you have read my review of the other Monicals you would understand). I typically get carry out and lately they have had coupons for a $ 4 or $ 5 individual pizza which is the perfect size for lunch.
Yesterday, I ate in with a friend and I must say this place is loud. Over the top loud. I had a very hard time hearing anything my friend said. We finished our food and got out of there so we could visit.
Our waitress seem pissed off about something so we were very careful not to ask her for anything. She never smiled in fact, I am not even sure she said 2 words to us. It took 10 minutes for her to come and take our drink order. She also slammed down our salads, the dressing and our drinks and flew off in huff. I swear we did not do anything to make her mad. However, I do believe if I had to work in such a loud place I would be pissed off too. We heard a bunch of plates fall back in the kitchen and we knew what had happened. And that really made her madder. Oh dear! So, we ate our food, paid our bill (yes, we left her a tip) and ran out the door. We agreed that we would not eat in again but we will get the take out.
The salad was cold and fresh and the dressing was really good. The pizza was cooked just right and I asked for light green pepper and I got 7 pieces. Bottom line is the food is good but I would advise carry out or delivery if at all possible.

Really cute ambiance with the octagonal shaped building and I am a huge fan of their gluten-​free pizza, even though I can eat gluten. Price was completely reasonable ($ 10 for a 10″ gluten-​free pizza with sausage, pepperoni, green peppers and onions). Recommended. Also watch out for their coupons in the mail.

I love Monicals and you can’t beat the family deal. Formidwextern pizza, Monicals is hands down my favorite.

Better than most chain pizza, it’s ok.
We got a thin crust, which was nice and crispy, only a little greasy, ok ingredients, not amazing on the cheese, and had kind of a bland crust.
I guess that doesn’t sound too good, but I really promise it’s better than any national chain pizza you’ll find in town. It also has a really friendly, laid-​back atmosphere.