Paddler’s Pizza

I stopped by with my out-​of-​town friend and her dad after a day hike in Ohiopyle State Park last Sat. After having hiked all day long, we were quite hungry, so, like the good Unilocaler I am, I whipped out my phone to scout out the local dining options. Of the places in the town of Ohiopyle, this one seemed like the best rated one that was open for dinner, so we decided to try it out.
True to form as a casual pizzeria, you place and retrieve your order at the counter, rather than from your seat. There was ample seating both inside and outside of the restaurant, so we decided to sit inside. I saw the pizza maker tossing dough, which made me nostalgic for the time when all pizza parlors – even chain ones – did this, and indicated that the pies were MTO and fresh. Our order took about 15 min. to come up, so during this time, I sipped on Lorrie’s homemade sweet tea. If you drink it, be forewarned that it’s diabetes-​inducing sweet – I love me some sweet tea, but this stuff was too sweet even for me! I recommend combining it with at least half unsweetened tea (I went 50 – 50 for my second cup, which was still sweeter than I like).
For our pizza, we ordered a large (18″) chicken bacon ranch pizza ($ 18.50). This pizza was more than enough to feed the three of us – indeed, it probably could have fed four people – but then again, as I said, we were quite hungry after hiking all day. The pizza was quite tasty, consisting of ranch sauce, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, and chicken. My only complaint was that the amount of chicken seemed a bit stingy, given that the pieces were quite small.
Overall, we were quite happy with our visit to Paddler’s Pizza. In addition to pizza, they offer ice cream, but we didn’t get any. I’d definitely recommend it as an inexpensive and tasty post-​hike meal in Ohiopyle.

The pizza is amazing! The ingredients are fresh!
My BF and I came by this place last year and we will be visiting again whenever we go back to Ohiopyle!

For the pizza itself, I’d give it a 4-​star rating –actually very good.
However, the 2-​star rating is due to the unfriendly staff.
We took a party of 8, bought (2) 16 inch pizzas and (1) 14 inch pizza plus (2) 2-​liter bottles of soda… not a small order. They have picnic tables outside and no seating for a party of 8 inside, so we were going to eat outside.
As such, we needed cups for our soda. The disgust they conveyed that they had to give us 8 small cups was surprising and quite frankly, uncalled for. When we went back in later for some napkins, we got the same level of bother. We just didn’t feel welcome,

We came in here after a night backpacking on the Laurel Highlands trail, and it hit the spot. Both the spinach and mushrooms were fresh and the service was great. Definitely recommend it. We didn’t get a chance to try the ice cream, but will probably have some next time.