Papa John’s Pizza

Restaurant review
Often it is hard to review chain restaurants because they are a cookie cutter model which is similar across the board, however certain experiences can add or subtract from the experience. Don’t get me wrong, I get pizza here for the garlic butter sauce. They continue to have deals on pizza such as 6.99 large 1 topping on the first Tuesday of the month or 9.99 any large pizza. Overall the quality is on par with any other papa john’s. They don’t skimp on the toppings and it is not made poorly. The main thing that subtracts from this experience was the cleanliness one time. I came home and opened the pizza box and found a gnat crawling around inside the box. I understand there are bugs in Central IL, but that is always concerning to find something like that crawling around. The other thing is sometimes the pizza’s are done early and sit on the shelf without a heat lamp. This is a bit disappointing. Overall when if you like the dipping sauces and variety of papa john has then this is the place to go, however don’t expect a spectacular pizza by any means.
Pros: Inexpensive pizza with coupon codes, fast, order through the app
Cons: Cleanliness, order and pick up in 15 min or it maybe colder than you would like
Hidden deals: Google online for coupon code. My favorite is the 999EWM code for 9.99 pizza on monday-​wednesday. Sign up for an online account to acrue points toward a free pizza
Health code rating: C based on my experience, but health report looks like a B

Avoid this location. The employees are unprofessional and the service is lacking. Let’s be real, if you’re eating Papa John’s, your expectations aren’t that high so when it’s exceptionally bad, it warrants a review. I ordered a Hawaiian BBQ pizza through grub hub and it was delivered quicker than the estimated time. Yay! After I plopped down to dig in, I found that I had received a mere original BBQ chicken pizza. Checked both receipts and saw that it was wrong on Papa John’s side so I called and spoke with the manager, Courtney. He/​she was very unpleasant and our conversation was somewhat comical. Me: blah, blah, sad face no pineapple. Mgr: then why did you eat any of it? Me: because there is fresh pizza in my face and I was getting hangry. The mgr was very argumentative and still didn’t offer any customer service after he/​she said that he/​she entered the order and did so incorrectly. My quest for greasy pizza beer soak was approaching an unhappy ending. That is… until I contacted grubhub. Hooray! They called the location and I was issued a credit for my anti-​Hawaiian pizza.

Delivery was VERY fast and the delivery guy was really friendly. The thin crust was pretty good, but the original crust was extremely chewy and the toppings didn’t taste very fresh. I usually order the same thing in Chicago and I’ve never had that kind of chewiness in a pizza crust from papa johns before.

Not helpful in desperate times. Would not recommend.

We tried to call and order pizza they would not take our order after talking to the store on Green Street they accommodated us even though we were not in their delivery area. I would not order from this Papa johns again.

This place has the best pizza ever.

Every Tuesday they bring a pizza truck to Mahomet and sell large peperonni for five bucks. The problem is they don’t put cheese on them.

What can i say, I love me some Papa John’s. I appreicate that this pizza chain is consistent, no matter what state I am in. Prompt delivery of still hot and tasty pizza = good enough in my book.
Other reviewers rave about ordering online. Personally, I find it much easier to pick up the phone and call vs trying to figure out how to switch out a red sauce cup for an extra cheese cup for my breadsticks… but that’s just my way.

I get carryout from this location pretty often. Pizzas are made with care and typically ready within 10 – 15 minutes, even if they say it will take longer. As far as I can remember, service has always been friendly, save for this one rude employee a long time ago (whom I haven’t seen in years and has probably left).

Big plus: Easy online order. Ready in 20 minutes.
Everything else was mediocre. We got a spinach alfredo, tomato and chicken pizza, which had a decent flavor, but juices from the tomato and spinach caused the pizza to become soggy and runny. Our other bacon and green pepper pizza was fine. Interestingly, 3 of us had no probem eating 2 large pizzas from here, whereas 4 of us couldn’t finish the same size Garcia’s pizza. It just seemed like the Papa J’s pizzas were thin and light (not as in healthy, but as in lacking cheese and weight).
Overall, standard franchise pizza. Nothing memorable.

Whenever we order, we stick with this place. However, since we are rather cheap we often do pick up. Pretty fast, and the pizza is usually pretty up to par unlike some franchises *cough* Green Street *cough*

Things I like about this papa john’s:
1) Online ordering
2) Drivers that always find my impossible to find house without having to call me.
It’s the only pizza place I order from because its the only one I’ve found so far that has both 1 and 2. There was something off about the bbq sauce in my bbq chicken pizza last night though… not enough water mixed in with the bbq sauce concentrate? Bbq sauce being prepared by pizza maker who was smoking? Not sure, but I think I’m going to stick to red sauce for a while.