Pizza King

We have been dinning here for many years. Great for couples or the entire family. Some thing for everyone on this menu.
The menu includes their famous pizza, which is all made from scratch dough with any topping you could want. Our favorite is Danny’s special. A must try.
We have had everything on their menu. From hot beef to prime rib. All done well with generous portions at reasonable prices.
Their baklava is out of this world good.
The service is always great. We always sit in the bar. It is a bit more quiet and we can look up at a game if we so choose.
Don’t let the name fool you. It is way more than pizza. I highly recommend Pizza King. One of Council Bluffs best kept secrets.

This place is legit! They make their own dough from scratch daily. Their pizza is very good with a thin cracker type crust. They use innovative toppings such as cream cheese, and broccoli. They have a wide variety of other things in their menu instead of just pizza. We have never had anything bad there and will definitely return. Their prices are a bit high but it is well worth it for quality and not being a chain restaurant.

I get the take out pizza here a lot and it’s fairly close to my house. So bonus! This pizza is soooooo good! I just can’t get enough! All varieties I’ve tried so far are exceptional, especially the double crust. I’ve dined in a few times to a nice atmosphere, great service and food. All in all a great place to check out in the metro area. You will be pleased!

Incredibly good food. Prime rib on Friday/​Saturday nights is AWESOME! The waiters/​waitresses are friendly, fast and appreciate your business. My wife and I pass by 14 restaurants to go to Pizza King. Only one tip: If the parking lot is full, don’t drive by, STOP and park… it is a huge place and always has short waits. Might be good for PK to put a neon sign out front that says «Immediate Seating Available»

The pizza has been excellent every time I’ve ordered from here. My favorite is the prime rib. The slices are enormous, and it’s nice and bloody, as prime rib should be. I’ve only eaten inside the restaurant one time, many years ago. I always order carry out and the food is consistently good every time. I always look forward to ordering from Pizza King.

Pizza King never fails to deliver great service and food. The double crusted pizza is a MUST DO!

I’ve been here a handful of times, as it is a staple family-​run restaurant in Council Bluffs. Since it is close to my home, I drive by and they are constantly busy, the parking lot being full. For the times i’ve come here, we’ve always gotten adequate service, good food, and an overall decent experience.
We came here for Mother’s Day. I knew Mother’s Day would be a catastrophe no matter where we went, so i made sure to reserve a table. Making the reservation was weird, as they only took down my name and not the number of people we had in our party. We ended up having 8 people. Food order took almost and hour and half to take. When it came, most of it was wrong and had to be sent back. I don’t think they managed this holiday well. They overeat the servers multiple times with large parties. I was getting overwhelmed just watching them struggle to keep up while maneuvering through the chaos of the tables and chairs.

Pizza was fire! Service was amazing and the good came faster than expected. The environment and lighting are perfect for eating tasty slices. We had the margherita pizza and it was so good we had to save a couple late nite cuts of course. How does the King do it so good? This place is a forever favorite and a breath of fresh air in a sea of shitty Italian restaurants and crappy chain pizza joints. I praise this place with many blessings for it has brought me and my loved ones supreme joy.

Great pizza! Been going here my entire life and it’s never let me down. If you love cheese on your pizza, this is the place for you! They definitely do not skimp on the toppings, everything is fresh and made to order. The house special is my go to pizza with Canadian bacon and green olives in second. Try it, you won’t be sorry.

My friend and I went here last night for dinner, and thought the joint was solid. I had the half fried chicken dinner, which came with salad, potato and choice of second side. (Only $ 13 bucks for all of this) The batter was very good, but the chicken a little on the fatty side. My friend had the hot beef sandwich, and she enjoyed hers quite a bit. The prices here are super reasonable and the service was very good. I plan on returning some point to try their pizza. (Which looked really good)

My husband and I discovered this place a few years ago on a road trip from STL, MO to South Dakota. We liked it so much that we made it a point to stop on our way back as well. Two years later, we still remembered it and planned our leave time from STL so we’d be in Council Bluffs around dinner time. It is still awesome! What amazes me the most is how one restaurant can do pizza AND steak so well. This trip, my husband and I shared a small pizza and a ribeye so we wouldn’t have to choose between them.

My wife, me, and her family went to Pizza King a couple weeks ago for Mother’s Day and it was a disaster.
I’ll start with that time our reservation was for, 6pm. We all got seated at 6pm and the waiter took our drink orders and gave them to us about 5 minutes later. At 6:30, he finally came back to the table to take our order. Our order didn’t come until an hour after that, at 7:30. Completely ridiculous. I understand that it was busy but still. And one of the orders was wrong so he took it back and didn’t give the correct order until 30 minutes after that. The person with that order didn’t eat until 8pm!
I got the chicken salad, which was pretty good. Their house italian dressing was good too. My wife got the gyro and she enjoyed it.
The food was okay, but I still can’t get over the wait times. For this reason, I don’t know if I’ll ever go back.

PK is by far the best pizza in the Omaha/​Council Bluffs metro area. The service is great. They are a pretty busy place so at times there can be a wait. That being said, it is well worth the wait! ! Highly recommended!

You can always rely on consistent quality and experience at PK. Wait times on the pizza can be pretty long on the weekends but its worth it.

I was excited to try this place because I heard that it is a staple in CB. It is a very traditional dining room an old school menu. The prices are also reasonable.
I ordered the fish almandine, which was the highlight of my dinner. It was crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside. He rest of the meal was carb heavy (potato and pasta). The dinner salad was quite flavorless with the Italian dressing. My date ordered the chicken strip dinner and he gave it a 3 rating.
Next time, I’m going to try the piZza.

Growing up in Council Bluffs I have been to Pizza King more times than I can count. We have had wedding rehearsal dinners, family dinners, and some random nights with friends at Pizza King.
The pizza is great! Different than your typical cheap pizza joint. They are generous with their toppings. Despite their name, they almost seem more like your typical steakhouse with amazing steaks, prime ribs, and pasta.
Pizza King is the only place I will order prime rib. It is to die for! Best prime rib in the metro area. It is pricey but one night a week they do a prime rib special which is totally worth it. Also their blue cheese salad is fantastic with huge chunks of blue cheese and a great chunky blue cheese salad. The veal Parmesan is killer too.
This place is a staple in CB and every night including week nights they are packed so they are doing something right.

Where to start with what is good here… Hmmm…now I may be a little bit bias as I have eaten here since 1982. And it is still as good as it was back then! Same great service, same great friendly people and same great food!
We always order a pizza to take home too!

Pizza King is continually our go-​to for pizza in Council Bluffs.
Their pizza is definitely all their own. The crust is thin and, maybe a deal breaker for some, not buttery and not overcooked. They go light on the sauce, but generous on the toppings. Instead of shredded cheese they use square slices, which offers an interesting and satisfying texture. A large pizza with one topping runs about $ 16; well worth it. Leftovers never remain in the fridge for long.
A note that their house merlot ($ 5) always hits the spot. Pours have never been bad, either. Worth a splurge!
Sure, the interior may need updated; but it’s all part of its charm. Takeout is incredibly popular; consider this option.

My wife and I went on a very cold December Friday. We were early which is a good thing as the placed filled up fast right after we sat down.
Based on our servers suggestion we ordered a Margarita pizza and Wow! I think there was more cheese than crust. :)
The service was a little slow, but I think it was because of the crowd.
The best part was the left-​over pizza. It was even better the next day! We are looking forward to trying a different dish there in the very near future.

A couple of observations right off the bat: Nothing says «old school» quite as emphatically as vinyl tablecloths. Also, based on our walkththrough to the table in back, I’m guessing most people in Council Bluffs say Pizza King without even thinking of pizza. The place was about full on a Labor Day Sunday night, and I don’t think I saw anyone eating pizza. This place is NOT to be confused with Pizza Hut in any way. Much closer to fine dining. We came in shorts and felt just slightly underdressed beneath the chandeliers.
One more thing really stood out: I’ve never seen a server bring stuff faster — drinks, salads, whatever she could make happen fast, she made it happen. Either she’s some kind of magician, or PK is a very well-​greased machine.
We had a large pepperoni pizza and a couple of salads. The pizza was very thin, crispy crust and lots of mozzarella cheese, cut in squares just like back home in St. Louie. We also got a couple of dinner salads. All the food was very good. A little on the pricey side, which I attribute to longevity and customer loyalty (i.e. they charge more because they can).
This isn’t the kind of restaurant a lot of out-​of-​towners will stumble onto, since it’s a few miles off the highway and past downtown, but I do suggest you look it up. If you’re a local, you’ve already been, right?
Good stuff.