Pizza King

Enough of Clara’s loving off the old reputation of other Pizza Kings. The place is a filthy dump. The restrooms are a disaster and the carpet in the dining room doesn’t look like it’s ever been cleaned. The orders are almost always wrong and they have a tough sh@t attitude about it. When it costs $ 50 I expect at least my order to be correct. If you really look around when your sitting there the walls and floors are nasty. The biggest pain is trying to just pay your bill and get out in less than half an hour. Worst most confused cashiers in town. Go to the other two Pizza Kings in town, you will be amazed in the difference.

This place was a little confusing because it was called Clara’s outside but it is still pizza king. This place has an awesome atmosphere. We got to order our food on this sweet telephone! My wife and I got the half baked bread sticks with the dill butter sauce and it was delicious. We got the royal feast which was way more food than we could eat. I would definitely recommend taking it home because I think it was just as good the next day!

Love the bus, the breadsticks and cheese, ranch and the entire dim atmosphere!!! Really wish there was gluten free

Drove here tonight from Cincinnati. It’s just like I remember Clara’s in Cincinnati from 35 years ago when I was a kid! Pizza and breads sticks were great. Service was top notch. Was not disappointed and worth the hour and a half drive. My kids loved ordering from the «old fashioned» phones at the table. We will be back.

Don’t just go for the atmosphere, the pizza is great too! I had salad with ranch, which tasted homemade and we shared a pizza. They chop their pepperoni instead of slicing, which I actually like better. Round pizza cut into squares. Love it!

This place is all about the pizza! An older building that is an institution in Richmond for years. Lots of historic pic and items hanging everywhere. It’s certainly not the cleanest place, but I go there their unique flavorful finely diced toppings and awesome sauce. Breadsticks are best half baked with cheese. My wife loves their sub wrap, Stromboli wrap is great too.

the best pizza place in Richmond always a great place to hang out warm friendly staff.

I grew up in Richmond but moved to DC five years ago. Now I only get a chance to come home maybe once or twice a year but every time I’m in Richmond I have to get me some Clara’s/Pizza King! DC boasts about having all of the best gourmet food you can find but I still have yet to find a pizza as good as Clara’s. And the breadsticks? Oh. My. Gosh. I usually get them half baked with the dill sauce and cheese sauce. Yum!
Aside from the food the décor inside the restaurant is fun. It kind of reminds me of Paper Moon Diner in Baltimore (a restaurant famous in Baltimore for it’s fun décor) only for some reason Clara’s isn’t as well known. There’s a bus inside of the restaurant where you can eat your delicious pizza. And if kids aren’t already wetting themselves over that, you can order the pizza by the cute little phone on your table. It’s just a fun concept and perfect for families.
Clara’s, I miss you.

I think this is a fun place to take kids and out of towners as you can eat on an old double decker bus parked in the restaurant. Also enjoyable is the way you get to order, by picking up the phone in your booth! Pizza is good too, it’s a win win.

DO NOT EAT HERE! My friend was celebrating a birthday here for a family member, and her plate had a roach on it! The manager came and took the roach off the plate and said «We sprayed Friday, I guess they didn’t kill all the roaches» They only offered a apology and gave them their pizza free! That’s a call to the Indiana Department of Health!”

I haven’t been to Clara’s in years but when I lived in Richmond back in the late 90’s, we’d go there a lot. I love their pizza. The crust is thin and crispy and the pizza IS not greasy. It’s not real filling so I could almost eat an entire pizza! Their bread sticks are so tender and buttery. I have lived all over and haven’t found a pizza as good as Clara’s.

Pros– to my knowledge Clara’s is the first Pizza king in Richmond so they score points on originality.
The are also the only restaurant in town (maybe the world) where you can sit on a real double decker bus, Eat pizza, drink beer, all while listening to white snake on the jukebox.
As if Whitesnake and the Bus wasn’t enough, they decided to buy one each of pretty much everything else invented from 1750 to about 1945 and hang it from the ceiling, seriously… I have been eating there for over 30 years and see something new every time. I’m pretty sure they have Martha on loan from the Smithsonian sitting in the old school iron birdcage…
Ok so by now you are asking, what could possibly be bad about this place?
Over the past couple years they have been seriously skimping on the cheese and meat toppings.
If I am going to pay almost 30 bucks for a thin crust pizza (large royal feast) I shouldn’t have to pony up for extra cheese and sausage!
Now I know its not just my imagination, because if I go to the east or west main pizza kings, they do it up the way its supposed to be. I’ve asked the managers at these two stores why they put so much more stuff on their pizzas, thinking that maybe it was a gimmick to entice more business since they couldn’t fit a bus in their dining rooms, but they both said that they just follow the original recipe.
With all that said Clara’s is still the go to place for friends, family and colleagues from out of town who want to experience the best pizza around.
Something about that dadgum bus!
If you want to kick it up a notch try your pizza with either BBQ sauce or Ranch Dressing in place of the traditional pizza sauce.
My favorite between the two is ranch; that extra dose of MSG really brings out the flavor in the rest of the pizza!
Oh forgot to mention, The breadsticks are the best! Crispy, hot, buttery what else do you want in a bread stick? try them in the cheese sauce.
Don’t forget to buy the kids a couple of «buffalo chips» at the register!

Best Pizza EVER!!!
Clara’s is the BEST thing about Richmond! I’ve tried the imposters; they’re no where near as good as Clara’s!
I’ve been known to purchase their pizzas half baked so that I can ship them to family members that have moved away and can no longer enjoy the loveliness that is Clara’s.
Every Friday night, in our household we get a 16 inch pepperoni pizza and an order of ¾ baked bread sticks with cheese. MMMM!
Dine in and take in the eclectic atmosphere! They’ve got an actual double decker bus in the dining room set up with booths; fun for kids but it is still a «smoking» area (until the ban goes into effect in a few months). When you’re ready to order, instead of waiting on a server, simply pick up the telephone, attached to every table and call the kitchen! Jukebox, loads of novelties hanging from the ceiling and walls, bench swings for seats, old school tube television set… believe me; it all works together.
Granted, if you look too closely, the dust, etc. may look a little gross but hey, it’s Clara’s! The food and people are good enough that we overlook such nonsense.

Pizza and sub sandwiches are pretty easy and you’ll find shops around this town with either. This chain offers a good variety with good quality and good taste.
Don’t expect that you’ll have a five-​star dining experience. It’s still a pizza place. The tables have laminate tops and you use a phone at your table to order.
I went with friends and we ordered a 12 inch Royal Feast (Deluxe/​Supreme) pizza and an 11 inch original sub sandwich. The sub goes in the oven along with the pizza so it’s hot when you get it. The ingredients on both were good this time, though they can be inconsistent on the amount from time to time.
The food is enjoyable and the wait staff is friendly and helpful. You pay on the way out. The company has 3 stores in town so you can visit Northwest 5^th Street or West Main Street or East Main Street.

I absolutely have nothing negative to say about this place. It’s simply fantastic! This is by far the best pizza I have ever had in my entire life… and yes, I have traveled the world! The bread sticks are addicting as well! Smothered in dill butter and you can order them «¾ baked» as well.
They also let you order pizzas un-​baked so you can bake them fresh at your home.
The décor is delightfully overwhelming! Everything in the restaurant is a little piece of history… including the indoor double-​decker bus! It even has seating inside!
You place your order from the telephone provided at each table, there’s a jukebox with somewhat outdated music, and they serve beer!

My husband is from Richmond, and ever since he brought me here a couple years ago, I’ve been addicted! We live in California, so when we come to visit, we have to eat at this location AT LEAST once. I loved how you order with the telephone and they are almost always quick with getting drinks and refills.
Great pizza, the breadsticks here never disappoint (never soggy) and gotta love the dill butter.
We ate here the day of the Richmond Christmas parade and now that we are back in San Diego, I’m having withdrawals right now being 2000 miles away.

excellent pizza! traveling through town cross country and read about it on Unilocal.crispy crust, tasty toppings. cut into very small – i would almost say bite sized – squares so you before you know it you’ve eaten ½ the pizza yourself…
we got extra cheese and it was a LOT of cheese. –we don’t usually but the waitress asked if we wanted extra cheese when we ordered and what cheese lover can resist when asked…
sitting inside the bus was fun, stained glass windows and funky décor give the whole place a throwback feel. and if that doesn’t do it for you, you can have a seat and play the old school ms. pac man in the entryway. our server was very friendly and helpful, made chit chat without being annoying. how often are waiters at pizza places up for conversation?
i had to drop them a star for allowing smoking inside the restaurant. :(P.U. luckily it wasn’t too busy when we were there on a sunday night.

Everytime I visit Clara’s in Richmond, it reminds me of the Clara’s where I spent time as a young kid when it was in the brick building down on Colerain Avenue across from Northgate Mall in Cincinnati. The Richmond location is an exact replica.
As for foot, well it’s Pizza King, one of the culinary treasures of Indiana. In some surreal reality, Pizza King and Marion’s in Dayton need to do a bake-​off… they have really similar recipes.
So all in all, I am a fan, and will stop by when I am in Richmond (which is rare these days).

This joint has a full size double decker bus inside it’s dining room. It also has the best pizza in Richmond and great burgers and hoagies and everything else you could think of. The wife’s dad loves the ribs there. It’s seriously a place that has it all.
Did I mention they also had a bus inside? Plus, when you sit at your table you order your food by a phone that’s on every table. Very cool way to place an order inside a place.
If you’re looking for pizza in Richmond… give this joint a try. They have EVERYTHING you’re looking for, I promise!

It’s a Pizza King, no doubt, with the phones at each table and the Royal Feast being the main attraction, but that’s where the similarity ends. You can sit at tables on porch swings instead of chairs. The interior resembles that of a Methodist church, with its dark wood and stained glass windows. There’s hippie bead curtains and antique baby buggies and tin signs suspended from the ceiling. There’s a main floor, a basement and a loft to choose from.
And let’s not forget the double decker bus parked right in the middle of the place.
Ambiance aside, this is one of the better Pizza Kings I’ve been to. The menu is more expansive, with a ton of appetizers, sub sandwiches and even burgers, and it’s always fresh and hot.
The bus is actually more of a novelty than anything… it has sort of an off smell and when it’s busy, children have a tendency to lose their minds over it and run up and down the steps and the aisle. I’m sure it’s that reason that prompted Clara’s to close off the upstairs part.