Joseppi’s Pizza – Hilltop

This meal was shockingly bad, especially for the price! The appetizer sampler was the most laughably low quality money can buy (think pressed chicken meat product strips), and it was also squishy and undercooked. Awful, and ten dollars for a meager sampler that doesn’t even include sauce for the chicken strips. We hoped the experience would be redeemed by the pizza, but the cheese was rubbery, the edges were burnt, the pepperoni were scarce, and it just didn’t taste good. I had high hopes as we’ve been trying every pizza place around the West side, but Joseppi’s is an absolute loser, and I can’t believe how much we spent for this sub par food-​nearly 20 bucks for a medium pepperoni pizza and an appetizer sampler. The service was super friendly but the food means a lot more, that’s what we went for. Save your money and go to Minellis.

Delivery was fast ! Unfortunately the food was sub par at best. The sub was nothing great and I ordered the cheese sticks as well. They are absolutely nasty. The driver was friendly and the food was still really hot when he got here. I probably won’t order here again.

Now under new management with Brooke. Brian is now at Grove City Joseppi’s.
But, Brooke at Sullivant Ave. is very capable of producing the same quality pies.
The lightly spicy «old world» pepperoni is salty, but so good. There are more pepperoni on these Toppers than pepperoni I’ve seen on many other pizzas. The pies are beautifully browned and cheese is evenly melted to allow each bite to be a tasty treat.
The antipasto salads are made fresh and to-​order with ample veggies and not overloaded with yellow hot peppers so that the taste is hidden.
Brooke is very pleasant and makes sure your order is correct and ready for you at the designated time (for carry-​out orders).
The shop is kept clean behind the counter and in the dining area.
However, I still don’t know what
«* * rim *», on the outside sign means. LOL

Just moved to a new house and this was our first pizza delivery. Ordered like 4 pizzas and stromboli. The pizzas were way too greasy. The stromboli was good but the sauce had a metallic tasted. I really wanted it to be a goid meal but it wasnt.

I ordered an 11″ deluxe and it was average. I thought there was too much cheese and was too spicy for me, and I didn’t order anything spicy.

I have mixed feelings on Joseppi’s, but it can be boiled down to the fact that each location’s pizza will not taste exactly the same.
Having eaten at the Joseppi’s in Grove City, I wasn’t really blown away and thought about disregarding this place all together, but after trying the Hilltop location, I can strongly say I am a fan. I even tried it twice to make sure it was fairly consistent.
Joseppi’s reminds me of Donato’s, but not as commercialized. I think in reality, Donato’s wishes they could make a pizza as good as here, but they have to fall short due to the masses.
If you order their regular Pepperoni, then don’t freak out when you see your pizza is missing the toppings… They’re underneath! That’s definitely different, and if it’s too different for your sake, then they also offer a pizza with pepperoni on top. Toppings and sauce here were not of super high or expensive quality or anything, but they weren’t all terrible in my opinion, either.
The crust is of the thin midwestern variety, but not to a crispy/​crunchy aspect. Just a typical Ohio pie.
The subs here were A-​OK, too.
A lot of the complaints on here seem to be regarding items other than pizza, so I can’t really vouch for that, but if ‘Pizza’ is in the title, then I sure as hell am not going to be ordering a chicken sandwich.
Delivery here was SUPER speedy. They quoted me 45 minutes, and I had my pizza around 25.
Is it my favorite pizza in Columbus? Probably not, but for a good Friday night delivery pizza nearby. it beats the big chain pizzas hands-​down.
I’m a fan!

I ordered a baked spaghetti and it was awful. Very watery and no taste. I called to ask for a refund. They said I could have a credit or they would deliver a new one but I couldn’t get a refund. I didn’t want a repeat of more terrible food nor do I want to do business with them again. Looks like I will just have to dispute the charge. Yet more disappointment in west side delivery places.

So upset, I ordered a pizza and they said they were in my delivery area. They gave me a confirmation yet 20mins after they said it was to be delivered we received call saying that we were not in delivery area. She may have a apologized however I’m out a pizza and you told me an hour after I placed my order. So… Did you make the pizza and keep it for yourself since you couldn’t deliver? Glad I was going to pay cash and not card might not have received a refund.

Probably one of my least favorite pizza places on this side of town. Their sauce tastes wonky, and the one time I ordered a deep dish pizza it was undercooked.

1^st time order = Amazing pizza and salad! Delivery service was fast and friendly! Will absolutely order again!!!

I ordered the steak sandwich and chicken tenders.
I hate to give such a poor rating for a personal mom and pop business, but I have to say it as it is, and I hope they improve their food based on my review.
The steak sandwich was horrible, in the sense that they did not use real steak meat. They used some sort of processed meat that you can find in a freezer. I was expecting shaved steak meat, but got this instead. Highly disappointed, this was a first for me.
The chicken tenders, again, same processed taste to them. It tasted exactly like the tenders you would get from pre-​packed frozen section. I couldn’t believe this.
Shame on you for having this crap on your menu.
Highly disappointed.

It pains me to rate this place so low. In high school, I would go to the location in Lincoln Village (formerly located on S Murray Hill Rd) after home football games for post marching band nosh, and remembered the pizza as being fantastic. After moving to the Hilltop I wanted to relive the pizza magic, so we visited the Sullivant Ave location for dinner one night. It’s a little hole in the wall joint, which is fine by me, but it wasn’t clean. Gross. You order at a walk up counter, and then they bring you your pizza when it’s ready. The guy behind the counter was friendly and helpful, so that was fine. Here’s where the sadness happens…
The pizza was SO GREASY that I used a pile of napkins to do that ‘soak up the grease’ method that really doesn’t do anything but make a mess and give you the placebo effect of a healthier pizza. We had ordered pepperoni and pineapple, which is the best combo ever, but they put so cheese much on the ‘za that I could barely choke it down. Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief, it IS possible to have too much cheese. Since I am not above eating pizza that’s fallen on the floor, the fact that I didn’t enjoy this pizza is probably a bad sign. I was so disappointed, as I remembered it so fondly. There are so many great pizza places in Columbus, so I don’t see myself taking the risk again.

I ordered online and I have to say that the site is not very user friendly so it took me a minute. I have to say that I think I ordered my pizza wrong. I had a coupon for a large 1 topping for 11.99 and so I clicked on «build your own pizza» option and added pepperoni and apparently if you order it that way it makes a difference in how you receive it. The pizza we got had the pepperoni under the cheese, but I just read their menu again and they have what they call «The Classic» which says it is cheese topped with pepperoni and topped with grated cheeses. So just so you know if you do the order online pick «The Classic» and I assume it counts as a 1 topping for 11.99. What I think about it well my opinion is a bit higher then my partner who is the pizza picky man. I think they have the perfect pizza for those of us that still crave that greasy style pizza like when we were in school or at slumber parties when young and it’s that kinda greasy that drenches your fingers in the heavy red oil. It was too greasy for him and I do agree it was pretty damn greasy, but still not bad if that is your thing. I don’t like the pepperoni under the cheese as I enjoy them crispy, but I think this was my error and not theirs due to how I ordered. The crust is decent with some crisp to it. If you like sauce like my guy does then you had better request extra sauce, because they are skimpy on the sauce, there were some pieces that actually appeared to have little to no sauce at all. They load it with a lot of cheese, but due to how greasy it was that may be because they order cheap cheese (on their website you cannot find anything about the quality of their ingredients.)
Steve felt like the cheese on top was too burnt and he felt the pizza was on the dry side even though it was so greasy.
So based on the prices they charge without coupons I would not return as their product is not as good as the Papa Johns down the road or the other Mom Pop places I have been to and because of that it is highly unlikely that I will come back here at least not often.

This is a great little family owned business for nearly five decades now. The service and quality of food I got demonstrate why. Joseppi’s is definitely on my short list of goto restaurants.

Had to call 2 different locations for delivery. Then each person who answered the phone acted annoyed they had to find out if delivery was available to me.
We got the taco pizza (since my go-​to for taco pizza, East of Chicago, is no longer open in Columbus). The crust was burnt and rubbery. The taco meat was sweet like sloppy Joe sauce and didn’t have any spice at all to it. The lettuce was slimy and wilted and the tomato quarters were yellowed and pithy.

Side note to my previous review! 20% off if you order online, or so their sign says :)

Great!