Pizza Papalis

I have traveled all throughout the U.S. and much of the world, and this is my absolutely favorite deep dish pizza. For those who live in Chicago, this is actually better than Lou Malnati’s (if you can believe that). I now live in Florida and often think about franchising a Pizza Papalis down here since there is no deep dish pizza in South Florida. Every time I get back to Michigan to visit family I always make a dedicated trip just to go here, usually 2 – 3 times per week. The best pizza ever! … but get the deep dish/​stuffed pizza.

I ordered the Bacon Cheeseburger Deep Dish Pizza on March 9^th, 2016. It’s an amazing Pizza. Pizzapapalis never disappoints. The boneless chicken wings are to die for also.

We drove about 30 minutes to pick up this meal. Ther service was fine. The pizza, just so-​so.

HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE:
I ordered delivery. Online ordering was not working so I called. I waited on hold over 10 minutes. Placed my order. It arrived on time. When I opened the pizza box it looked like someone had used my pizza to play frisbee. Cheese was all off the crust and slammed into the side of the box. I called for a new pizza. The manager acted as if I should happy that my dinner looked like someone threw it down the stairs. He claimed I had a bad attitude and he didn’t have to satisfy my demands because I was being rude. I had not raised my voice and I had not used fowl language but he felt as if I was the one who should be begging his organization to do the service I had already paid for.
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. HORRIBLE SERVICE. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER RELATIONS.
DO NOT BUY THEIR FOOD.

WTF!!! I’m from out of town and I heard about this place and wanted to eat from here. The delivery service was horrible and so was the customer service when I tried to resolve the issue. I’m hating right now cause I was hungry and was looking forward to trying this place.

We used to order from them every month. The last time I ordered they forgot my pizza. The following time they forgot it again… My company is done with ordering from this location. They cannot get the orders straight for delivery.

Just ridiculous
Ordered a pizza online for delivery. Checked the website first to make sure they deliver. Go thru the entire process, of course got an attitude when I called to make the payment. Then they tell me they don’t deliver to my address. I’m less than a mile and a half from the location. Check again in the website and again it says they deliver to my address. It’s ok though. The last time I got pizza from here it didn’t taste right. I’ll just pass and not come back here again.

i really do want to like this location, considering it’s very close to my house. i’ve ordered from here twice and it’s just not the same. i used to frequent the dearborn location before it closed and the greektown location but i moved. i thought it would be the same, but i was wrong.
this has to be the most inconsistent pizza papalis location around. we always order a papalis gourmet, and sub the chicken breast for pepperoni. last time i called to place an order, i was told there are no substitutions, when we had already ordered the same exact thing at this location before! i hang up the phone and my boyfriend calls back, gets a different person who says that’s absolutely fine and we were able to place our order with what we wanted. i was upset of course because one person says one thing and you can again and another person says the complete opposite, not good for a business. obviously the workers here are not on the same page.
the pizza is always soggy, too! and the black olives are for some reason placed inside of the pizza with the other toppings vs placing them on top like every other location used to do for us :/​also, the toppings always seemed to all be jammed into one area of the pizza, which makes each bite as inconsistent as the workers are. skip this location and drive the distance to greektown!

Meat Eaters deluxe bottom of the dough gummy, sausage not fresh and pie was half full no flavor. pie was better the first time I tried it. there is no consistency at this location won’t be going back waste of money

This place is a wreck — its run by ignorant kids… Save yourself the headache and just take time to drive to Greektown. The deep dish pizza tastes nothing like the Greektown location’s and it was not even as thick as a regular Pizza Hut.

I have not been to this place in a while so I decided to give it a go today. The last time I went it took well over an hour for my food and when my pizza came out my cheese wasn’t even melted throughout the pie, this time was a complete 360 I call my order in and it was ready in 30min and it was perfect the only reason I am not giving them 5 stars is because they could have put more cheese since I asked for extra.

I really shouldn’t be leaving this review because I am on a diet, geez! But I always get the deep dish for my birthday and I love it! Flaky crust, lots of sauce, plenty of meat and veggies perfectly cooked. Best deep dish pizza in the Metro Detroit area! Oh, I think diet is over, lol

Ordered a salad, the spinach was wilted and chicken was OLD and dry! I’ve ordered the exact same thing before and it was very good. There is no excuse for dry, old chicken and spinach. I picked through it to see if maybe it was just a couple pieces that were like that but it was throughout. Full salad went in the trash. very disappointed and no lunch!

The best pizza ever. Highly recommend the deep dish sea food. Deep Dish pizzas take a long time because they are double baked but they are so worth the wait.

Unilocal describes a «two-​star» review as «Meh. I’ve experienced better.» That sounds about right.
While the deep dish pizza is pretty good (deep dish isn’t my favorite type of pizza, but I’ll give them credit where credit is due), we got their «new» thin crust pizza today and it is just terrible. I took two bits and am throwing it away — it just isn’t worth eating. I don’t think it’s an anomaly — it seems like just a bad recipe. The crust is similar to the deep dish crust, but on a standard style pizza it is awful — dense, chewy, and flavorless. The rest of the pizza is reminiscent of elementary school cafeteria pizza. The cheese has no stretch to it at all, the sauce tastes like it comes out of a can, and the entire thing is pretty gross. At $ 12 for a small, plain cheese pizza, this is beyond disappointing. Add to that the fact that they cut it in a strange diamond pattern rather than traditional pie pieces, so if I wanted to eat this awful thing I wouldn’t be able to do so with my hands. Any chain pizza would be better than this. What a waste. I’m content to never get Pizza Papalis again at this point.

Hands down, Pizza Papalis has the BEST deepdish pizza in the Metro Detroit area. Their seafood combo pizza, with pepperoni, can’t be beat, it gives you the spice, from the pepperoni, and the shrimp and imitation crab helps to set it off. They’re expensive, but as an ocassional treat, it’s well worth getting from time to time.

I came home for the summer, I just graduated from MSU and I missed my favorite pizza place called Pizza House. I am very picky with pizza and the Dominoes and Pizza Hut’s are just not good enough. I prefer the more expensive places lol. Anyway I did delivery and ordered a cheese pan pizza and it was great! I will next try their deep dish which i am sure would not disappoint!

Did you know it takes 40 minutes to bake a large deep dish pizza? I had no idea. It’s best to call that thing in ahead of time. It’s $ 30 for a large, but five grown ass men can eat off of it. My coworkers and I were all good with two pieces each. The box says «best pizza in Detroit», and it wouldn’t surprise me if it is.

This is close to work, so we stopped in for a coworkers birthday. It’s a two-​for type deal restaurant, fast foody — kinda-​ish. They are a Rio Wraps too. No waitstaff, you just order, like at McDonalds, and they bring out your food. They have good lunch specials, personal pizza with a salad. Not bad, just enough food, one of my coworkers had a rio-​wrap lunch quesadillas, beans, and a drink for $ 5. It was quick, good, and on the days when you don’t brown-​bag it, it’s not bad for a change of pace. I’d go back.

Short and sweet: The deep dish pizza is amazingly good! I love the sauce on top and the plentiful cheese and toppings inside. The crust is not soggy and it heats up really well. This location has attentive staff, but is really small so it is better to carry out. Recently they added a taco side. I don’t know how those to mix, but I guess they are looking to get business from those who don’t love pizza.
Pizzapapalis is good pizza, but pricey at close to $ 30 for a large so I would suggest checking their website for coupons. They have at least 5 regularly.