Z Pizza

New to the area… wanted pizza! Great Unilocal reviews lead us here… definitely NOT disappointed! Caught the BOGO Rustica special (great deal!) …hubby picked the Mediterranean and I chose the curry chicken with yams (sounded too weird to pass up…). Both were incredible! Light crust, fresh toppings, amazing flavor! Signed up for email/​text notifications on specials/​coupons. Can’t wait to come back and try the Moroccan and pear/​gorgonzola Rusticas!

Went last night, as I was having a salad craving and *THIS LOCATION HAS CLOSED. What a bummer! I still recommend Z as a whole, so check out another location!

Closed — they did not renew their lease :(Saw a sign posted up on their door this morning.

Sadly, this is the best available delivery pizza in our area. It is California-​style, which means good, fresh ingredients in interesting combinations for a bit too much money. Sometimes it is not as satisfying as a more traditional pizza. Also, they can be incosistent. Probably one in three deliveries ends up being sub-​par (undercooked, too little cheese, etc.)

Was it worth the 21 $ for a salad and small pizza? Absolutely not! Bad service. Maybe the guys grandma died I don’t know. I want to tell you what really made me mad about the experience. We order the small pizza and salad and the guys could have cared less and took our $ and we sat down. We were looking around and hmm, there’s a sign saying «x large pizza and large salad only 23 $». Wow that would have been nice if the guy told us that. I left hungry, mad and unsatisfied.
To the owner: teach your employees the value of upselling and telling the specials. Something so small can affect a customers experience negatively.
And your salads are severely overpriced
Won’t go back unless I’m desperate.

I wish I could be wittier here, but I have no idea what sort of flaccid, cardboard-​flavored, awful, disgusting stuff the reviewers who like this place were eating before they thought that this was good «pizza.» I’ve tried it several times, hoping for improvement, only to be disappointed. Oh, Z Pizza, how you never fail to fill me with regrets…
The first time was from a neighborhood circular just a little while after they’d opened a few years ago. We ordered the Casablanca, and were told to come in 20 minutes to pick it up. We ran a little late and showed up 5 minutes past the due date. They hadn’t even made our pizza. The guy behind the counter grabbed a pre-​made crust, tossed the toppings on (I swear he must have poured a gallon of garlic sauce on it or something; Papa John’s and the new Domino’s had nothing on this pie) and handed it to us with a look of disdain. Eating it was even worse. Crust was alternately soggy, half-​cooked. and stale, ricotta tasted past its due date, and we ended up throwing most of it out and having PB&J sandwiches instead.
The second time was at a friend’s place. His girlfriend was a fan, and it had been a couple of years, so I thought that maybe they’d gotten over the New Restaurant Hump and improved. This time it was Pepperoni. Pizza arrived late and was cold, the driver wasn’t at all apologetic, and once again, it tasted awful, despite the beers we pounded back to dull the senses and lower our standards.
The third time was when someone ordered it for my office. «Oh, there’s traditional cheese here,» I thought. «It can’t be that bad.» Apparently, I had learned nothing from my previous experiences. I’ve had a lot of lousy pizza in my time, but this was the absolute WORST. At least a half-​dozen of us from the office got food poisoning at the same time, and the only thing we’d all eaten was the «pizza» from Z Pizza (not even the same pies, either!).
If you want ACTUAL good pizza, go to NYPD. Or Grimaldi’s. Or hell, buy Totino’s. Anything is better than the slop they have there.

mmmmmmmm, as close to NY pizza as I have found. excellent toppings, great pricing.

I wish I could be wittier, but this was some pretty good vegan pizza.
Finding pizza with «cheese» when you are eating vegan can be difficult. Finding food options, period, can be difficult. So my vegan friend was searching out places to eat (besides the usual), and his friends suggested this place. And you know what, the berkeley vegan was pretty delicious.
I used to be distrusting of fake cheese and meat, but I have been able to put aside that fear to realize that its not so bad. In fact, the cheese they use here (daiya, I think) is remarkably similar to the real thing; and the burger crumbles were flavored a lot like italian sausage. For $ 20 for a large, its not terrible, but its far from cheaply priced. The crust was okay, it was not as chewy as I prefer, but not like cardboard either. If you are vegan looking for pizza, this is a good choice.

Oh so good. Wicked good.
I ordered a GFCF (gluten-​free, casein-​free) pizza that was fanTAStic. I make a pretty good GFCF pizza, but Z’s made me weak in the knees. No cardboard crusts, no imitation cheese flavor — this was genuine pizza for the digestively-​challenged. Celiacs rejoice!
Add to this that the waitstaff were friendly and prompt with our food, and we had a five-​star experience all around. The only downside, of course, was the price. There are no prices on the menu on Z’s website, and it was thanks to a Groupon that I was up for going to a restaurant that doesn’t publicize their prices.
And here’s why: The GF pizza only comes in the smallest size (a 10″ personal pan pizza), and it is roughly the size of one slice of a «regular» pizza. Yet for this wee one with two toppings, it came to $ 16!
They do have a special on Tuesdays, which is buy one pizza, get the second for $ 5, so that makes it more reasonable. I’ll just have to schedule my pizza cravings for Tuesdays, because this one has certainly created a food memory in the mouth, oh yes.

The pear and gorgonzola pizza is probably the best pizza I have had in a long time. There are a lot of complaints here about the service, but we didn’t seem to have any problems when we ate here. It is pretty small, not a place I would really recommend for dine-​in. They also sell by the slice, which is something you don’t see everyday. I look forward to going back!

We ended up here for our book club. Not too shaby. We were going to be at the greek place across the street but they ended up being closed on Sundays. Friendly service, yummy pizza and good tossed salad because of their house dressing. Overall, nice little pizza place.

Z Pizza is great! I used to go here for lunch all the time with my co-​workers (we went through a phase when we were going there at least once a week). They have a great variety of pizza and almost every slice I’ve tried has been very good. The guys who work at the Tatum location are awesome — super friendly and great service!

So after my latest frustrations with ZPizza I contacted management. I explained the situation and after an initial email I received a follow up. They didn’t give me free pizza for life (guaranteed five stars) but they did give me a small discount on my next pizza which we ordered that night to see if things would change.
I was told by management that they had new cooks and the online ordering I guess is not as straight forward on their end as it is for the customer so we called in our order last night.
I am happy to report the pizza was pretty much perfect, not missing any toppings, a decent amount of toppings, etc. I am not sure the price was right but maybe their prices have gone up, even so I appreciated that management actually got back to me and that I can enjoy Z again.

The pizza is my favorite in Phoenix. It is light, airy and tasty and does not give you that «I am reading to explode as my cotton mouth is making me drink two liters of water every half hour» feeling.
The ingredients are fresh and delicious.
I am hooked!

I love Z Pizza so much it is almost always our Tuesday night meal plan (because of the buy one pizza get the 2^nd for 5 $. used to be free but still a great value,). My favorites are the Mexican, the Zbq with the thai being a close third. I have ordered from this location and the one on Hayden and they are both good but this one edges the Hayden one out I think. I want to branch out and try more but I’m so hooked it makes it really tough to change!
We always order 2 mediums and have them for dinner and lunch the following day! So yummy!

I just moved here from New York and feel that this pizza is amazing. Beautiful, crisp crusts…

I drive 25 minutes to this location when I want pizza for lunch. The pizza is incredible. Like many others after having discovered this pizza, I cannot bring myself to ever ordering a Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, etc… pizza again!
I guess Z Pizzas deal is organic ingredients. It works. I think its the sauce that sells it to me. It’s pretty much just tomatoes. They have other things like sandwiches and salads, but I never make it past the 2 slice combo for lunch.

I go hear often enough that employees recognize me and know what I’ll order. Great place to stop in and have a quick slice of pizza. They also have my favorite soda there, Jones soda. Good sized menu with organic pizza, salad and noodles. Has 5 or 6 four person tables and 2 two person tables on the inside as well as stool seating along the wall. Some more tables are just outside. You can see the employees making everything through a glass window.
The pizza is really good, which is all I ever have there. I’ll usually go out and eat there, but when I’m tired or just lazy, they deliver!

I hardly ever eat pizza because I can never find a place that the slice is not sliding around the plate in it’s own oil/​grease. BUT this place is soo wonderful. It’s more gourmet pizza with tons of organic ingredients. So for the health nuts (it’s cool I’m a member too!) this is whole, fresh ingredients packed into a beautiful presentation. The pizza and salads are so pretty you almost don’t even want to eat them! But then the salivating begins and you dive in.
My personal favorites are the Casablanca (mozzarella, ricotta, mushrooms & artichoke hearts) and the Moroccan (pesto, eggplant, feta cheese & eggplant!). The salads are also great. I’ve had the Pear & Gorgonzola Salad (to die for!) and the ZBQ Salad.
I live less than two miles away and even on a weekend between 6 — 8 pm they still deliver within 30 minutes if not earlier!
Try it!!! zzzzzzzzz :)

I live not but a half mile from this Z Pizza and I can’t in good conscience bring myself to ever call Pizza Hut or Dominoes again! The pizza selection fantastic… You’ve got to get the Napoli or the Provence pizzas. They’re not just good, but sublimely good for a place around the corner. I feel bad for anyone not within delivery range, but I guess I am lucky to be so close and have access to great, simple pizzas and salads that don’t taste «fast». A definite must visit when in the Northeast Valley!