Athens Pizza House

I present this review with two perspectives. The perspective of getting a hot pizza with ample amounts of cheese and good flavor and the resulting next day when i feel like i very well could be dying. Don’t get me wrong I love the taste of there pizza but don’t think it is worth feeling like i had a cannon ball shot at my stomach the next day. Wings, like wise, have great flavor but make me feel a little sick the next day.
A little drab, dusty and dank on the inside of the building this place could be in a scene of Black Mass, everything here feels like it could be back dated to the 80’s. Everytime i have come here there has only been the one guy with glasses, I am guessing the owner. Could use a little improvement on his demeanor and dealing with the customers. Still, probably the best tasting laxative in the area.

Yhe staff was very nice. The pizza was average and the crust on the thin side. I like a thicker crust. I found the restaurant extremely dirty, there were crumbs on the seats, tables and food stuck to the walls. My seat cushion had mold in the creases of the cushion.

The customer service is like nothing I have ever seen or experienced. The owner, I am assuming, was so rude and disrespectful. They closed at 9 and my boyfriend and I come in at 820 for a quick pizza. The guy at the counter was already clearly unhappy we were in with 40 mins left Til closing, he informed us it would take 30 minutes either way we took the pizza (to go or eat in). We wanted to eat in but saw his frustration, so decided to get it to go. The pizza was ready by 835, we took the pizza and my boyfriend said thank you and goodnight, the guy said nothing so I repeated the goodnight and that we appreciated it. I waited for him to turn around and say «you’re welcome» and he still said nothing. The lady standing behind the counter then reciprocated with a response. I could not believe he was so disrespectful to paying customers. Maybe he should not run a restaurant or be in customer service if he is not willing to take care of paying customers.

Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy the pizza, for the area anyway.
It is the service that kills me. And mainly the cold, irritated attitude the older white man with the glasses has. You don’t get spoken too until you state your order in which he has already walked into the back room, he tosses the box on the counter, rings it in and waits for money. Why is there no excitement for food in Jaffrey?

Athens was our favorite local pizza spot, but after repeated instances of poor customer service, the diminishing quality of the pizza, and cost vs. value, it’s just not cutting it anymore.
I grew up near a Athens Pizza, and always enjoyed the quality and consistency of their pizza, and subs. When we first moved to the area, we were excited to find that the pizza at Athens in Jaffrey was virtually the same as the pizza we grew up with at other Athens locations. But over the course of the last year we have encountered increasingly poor and rude customer service, to the point where we have gone elsewhere.
For example, we were going order a party pizza for my birthday last year and the older male employee who took my call was so rude to me that there was no way I was going to spend my birthday buying mediocre pizza from some rude chump (Owner? Manager? Whoever he is, he is the worst, but always seems to be the one manning the phone) So we decided to go to 5 Guys in Keene instead and the food and service there was top notch.
The 80’s retro décor in Athens is fun and nostalgic, I actually like it, but it quickly turns creepy and outdated when coupled with poor service and mediocre pizza quality. The most recent pizza’s we’ve had there seemed smaller than normal, had less cheese than they use to, and even the crust seemed skimpier.
Athens isn’t the worst pizza in the area, but with poor customer service, decreasing quality, no menu online, no website/​Facebook page, they’re not trying very hard, and don’t seem to care.

Love Athens Pizza. Calzones are awesome too. Hey, if you want snob-​food, go somewhere else. This is pizza and good-​old fashioned fried food. Great place for working class people to bring the kids for an affordable night out.

Their sandwiches are excellent. The steak and cheese is particularly delicious. I am not a big fan of their pizza, but I don’t really eat a lot of red sauce pizza and they don’t have a white sauce option. I would love to see that, I would order from here much more frequently.

Love the sauce and that makes this my favorite place for pizza locally. Menu is pretty diverse with standard pizza joint fare. Subs are also very good. I find the salads, pasta dishes and appetizer items just average. Service could be friendlier, but food is usually done in a timely way and prices are decent.

Y’all are high, this pizza is GREAT!
Urbanspoon has it at 4 stars, so does Yahoo.
NOT expensive, 20 bucks for a large loaded pie, and 6 bucks for a PITCHER of Long Trail… yea, gimme two… Utah…gimme two.

When we first moved to the area we tried a few pizza places & this was the worst. Funny thing, people who recommend Athens to us over all other pizza places around are people who live on hot pockets, soda, & frozen dinners & they’re morbidly obese. *gag* No thanks. I am not a snob, FYI — check my rating spread, I give VERY few places 1 star. I can do «junk» food with the best of them, but it still has to taste good. This ain’t it.

Athens is the only real pizza in Jaffrey, so I’m limiting this review based on this constraint!
Pros: Fresh toppings, lots of options, and the chewy «Greek style» crust that most people are ok with. Service is fine if you call ahead. Good, small collection of beers on tap.
Cons: Expensive for what it is. Minimal atmosphere.
Overall this is fine stop if you are coming back from a hike, heading to your summer house, or just need a pizza fix and want something a step above Domino’s. A better option all around is to head a mile down the road to Kimballs and have great burgers and homemade ice cream instead.. .

The pizza we ordered was eh, some of the ingredients were not too fresh tasting. We were excited about the list of toppings though, how many places can you order kielbasa on a pizza? The guy we took our order from was a little gruff at first, then warmed up when we picked up the pizza. They have a pretty awesome jukebox though.

Coming from further down the east coast, I don’t think anyone makes great pizza in this area. Athens is ok though – you have to order by the pie and the crust is pretty good. Lots of toppings to choose from. The pizza is very greasy though, made my husband and I a little sick.