Pete’s Pizza

Just moving here, we decided to check Pete’s out as they state they’re the best in town. Not sure who they paid off for that award, but the pizza was terrible. So bad. The sauce was beyond tart and the crust was just sad. The service is absolutely despicable. The woman taking orders is beyond rude and unhelpful. I get its a family-​owned establishment that’s been here for 40 years and that’s really super wonderful but that is absolutely no way to treat your customers. I would have somewhat made peace with the rudeness if the pizza was at least decent.

This was the most rudest place I have ever dealt with. Called to ask them questions about there menu and they hung up on me. Twice!!! The woman on the phone obviously was having a bad day and should have stayed home. Good Pizza, Bad attitude!!!

Okay — we thoroughly enjoyed our recent pizza from Pete’s (see previous review).
So, since my husband is a HUGE Calzone fan, we decided to give those a try last night.
Now I feel that I MUST preface this by saying that I have ALWAYS been a Calzone hater. Always. Huge pockets of horrible, bland, thick, doughy dough enclosing gooey bland ingredients. And thanks to my husband’s love for them, I’ve gotten to «enjoy» the leftovers more than a number of times for lunch. Ugh. Thus, it was with a LOT of trepidation that — along with my husband — I ordered a takeout Calzone from Pete’s last night.
I have now been Calzone-​reborn. Talk about a revelation!!! We ordered «make your owns». Hubby ordered «chicken, mushroom, & cheese»; I ordered «spinach, olive, feta, & mozzarella». You have NEVER seen Calzones like this!
First of all — forget the huge thick doughy nonsense. These Calzones are enclosed in a thin pizza-​dough-​type crust, & are presented scored (not sliced all the way through) into four portions. Husband’s was chock full of chicken, mushrooms, & cheese; mine was just as overstuffed with mozzarella, feta, FRESH cooked spinach (you can tell!!), & sliced black olives.
We have NEVER had Calzones like this. NEVER. And we’re born-&-bred New Yorkers who have frequented the city’s finest as far as pizza & its ilk. If I have to ding the experience at all, it would be that the teensy-​tinesy plastic cup of EXCELLENT marinara sauce supplied for dipping was only enough for half of each calzone. Two cups per order would have been better.
(One caveat: I found out when placing our order via phone, that the online menu is extremely outdated as to selections/​prices, etc. Had originally planned to order the «Greek Calzone», only to find they no longer offer it, so ordering over the phone to sort of recreate it was a bit confusing. Hubby didn’t see any print takeout menus available on the counter, but we’ll be asking the next time we’re in.)

«It’s Saturday night and you all know I’m not cooking!» are the words said by my grandmother whenever we are visiting her. Now, I am sad and excited at the same time because I LOVE her cooking, but since it’s a Saturday night we get to order steak subs from Pete’s Pizza!!!
You’re probably wondering why I am in awe of their steak subs when «PIZZA» is in the restaurant’s name. Well, I have only had their pizza a couple of times and I cannot remember how good or bad or average or stellar the pizza was. So I recommend just going there and trying it on your own. However, I do know about their steak subs and I have NEVER had a complaint about them. Everyone in my family will eat them for dinner Saturday night, from my grandparents, uncles/​aunts, cousins, parents and brother and it has become a tradition of ours to order steak subs from Pete’s whenever we are in town to visit.
I will continue to go back every time I am in town and as long as Pete’s Pizza is open. If you’re in Culpeper, stop by and get a steak sub, you will love it!

Meh is the perfect word for this place. I went a couple years ago and got sick to my stomach after we ate our dinner I noticed the bottom of the parmesan cheese shaker was green and fuzzy and it was not just the one at my table. When I brought it to someones attention they just shrugged. It had been over 2 years so we decided to give them another try.
The pizza was great, but the lasagna was nasty, plain and simple. The salad was just lettuce in a bowl.
It was dark and out dated.
The staff didn’t feel the need to even smile when we walked in or as we were leaving. I honestly felt like we were bothering them by giving them our business.
And on a final note, Jeff, this is a place for people to put their own opinion. Not somewhere for you to bash people because you do not agree with them.

A friend recommended Pete’s pizza to us. We went last night. Pizza seemed over priced. The inside décor was dark and outdated. The staff wasn’t friendly. All that said, the pizza was delicious. Probably wouldn’t go back for a long time though.

My husband loves the pizza here, and I usually get the gyro, which is excellent. The subs are also very good. French fries leave something to be desired, as does the décor, which has not changed in decades. We always order to go.