Hungry Howie’s Pizza

Decent pizza, but delivery times are horrendous! An hour and 15 minutes for delivery. Seems like they need to work on efficiency or hire more drivers.

The prices say it is gourmet pizza, however, the quality is equivalent to little Caesars pizza…

I am int own from IL escaping the cold, snow, & ice back home. This is one of my mom fave places for salads, so she ordered lunch to go and picked up an antipasto salad for her without olives as she hates them, one for me without cheese & croutons because i have a diary allergy & I can’t have gluten, we also order the regular wings because they are gluten free. The antipasto salad regular size was the perfect size and enough for a second meal for me and two more meals for my mom. The chicken wings were pretty good despite not having any dipping sauce at all. I am sure my mom will be ordering from their again while I am here visiting so i might try something else. I did not notice a gluten free menu though or a dairy free either.

I used to love this place, however the last 2 times I’ve eaten here, the pizza has been NOT fresh like it use to be. Also, is there a topping shortage today? I ordered 2 toppings and on a slice there were 3 pepperoni and 2 tiny little sausage, yet they charge for 2 toppings but give only the amount of 1. Maybe I’ve came on off days for you guys which is why the 3 stars.

We were visiting Tucson for touring and Among several other pizzas stores I chose this one because the google reviews years ago all look good. It was actually a very small store with about 2 tables. About four guys working at the back but they didn’t look like working on pizzas. We ordered the deep pan large one as in the other reviewer ‘s photo. It takes a while to be ready. It was fresh but barely feed four adults for $ 15 with 3 toppings. I would rather go to Costco and get a full 18″ one for just $ 10. Their salad was pretty fresh tough.

Pretty good pizza. We had the butter cheese crust and it was excellent. The howie bread was way too seasoned however and after scraping off the top it worked. Overall way better than little ceasars or Pizza Hut.

I Had a small three toping pizza. This was the second time that I’ve had their pizza. I would have to agree with other reviews that the crust was flavorless, the sauce was less exciting than that out of a can, and the cheese tasted better only after a little salt. I would like to give this pizza an ‘it was ok…’ review, but sorry to say that would be an overstatment. I guess that some pizza is just not meant to be… if you have to stomach bad processed pizza, at least Domino’s has a little better flavor.

Eww. EWW. This was one of the many yucky-no-no’s that I encountered in Tucson. «Oh, how cute!» I thought to myself. «I’m SUCH a fan of local pizza places! & look, they have flavored crusts, doesn’t that sound interesting? Let’s give ‘em a try!»
Can you spot the mistakes?
Well, first off, it turns out Howie’s was only a «local pizza place» in the fact that their building was in our town. They’re a chain, & they have locations in at least ten states. I didn’t know this, I had never heard of them until their ad ended up in my mailbox. Maybe I should’ve Googled them first, but I didn’t think about it. I wanted pizza, & I was lured in by their «flavored crusts.» They looked good in the pictures, I swear!
Speaking of the flavored crusts, we got our pizza with half butter, half garlic herb. Maybe we should have tried something that could have potentially had a stronger flavor? The butter tasted like flavorless pizza crust. The garlic herb fared slightly better, at least I could see the herbs… oh yes! There’s that faint trickle of garlic flavor. Oh, no wait, it’s gone now.
Beyond the crust, the pizza was pretty average, bordering on disappointing. It was kinda bland & felt like the type of pizza that would be served in bulk, perhaps in a cafeteria or sitting under a heat lamp for a few hours in a lunch buffet somewhere.
We also ordered some «Howie Bread.» I think «Howie» must mean «rock hard & devoid of any interesting flavor» because that’s what our bread was. Maybe it was sitting out for a while, maybe it was overcooked, who knows. I don’t think I want to know.
We placed our order online. We got a phone call about twenty minutes after placing the order, because apparently their website SUCKS & sent them multiple copies of our order (while on our end, telling us our order had not been sent, & to try again or call them to place it). They called to let us know, & to make sure we didn’t really want three identical pizzas/​orders of bread. That was nice of them. Of course, something else had to go wrong, right? Well, Mr. Delivery Guy did sort of get lost on the way to our apartment. We got our food about an hour after they called us. :(But for what it’s worth, as far as service went, the person on the phone & the delivery guy were both friendly. It’s just the wait time, the online ordering system, & the food that sucked.
So yeah. One star because it was pretty bad overall.
One additional star because they were nice, & somehow, it still doesn’t feel like the worst pizza I’ve ever had. Also, I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt on their other «flavored crusts» & hoping I just tried them on a really, really *deep breath* REALLY bad night.
(Oh, & in case you didn’t figure it out — the second mistake was the «Let’s give ‘em a try!»)

Good pizza fair value. Loaded pizza had a lot of toppings and a nice bottom thin crust with a chewy surround. This location has 3 tables, but you should plan to carry out. The TV was so loud you didn’t want to linger. The provided flimsy paper plate and mini plastic fork were really cheesy. Pardon the pun. This suggested our dining in surprised them. Not a lot of pizza options in this part of Marana, but this one should satisfy your take out pizza itch if you live that way. Better than Boston’s and way cheaper. We had the garlic herb crust which was pretty salty. I’d try the original unless you are a big salt fan.

Copious amounts of beer and other libations always proceed me making the less than though tout decision to eat from Hungry Howie’s
This trip was not exception we were even making beer! It was not but 400 feet from my friends house so I gave in and decided to give it a try.
One large pizza with feta and a order or cheesy bread was $ 20, long gone are the days of the $ 4 pick up deal. The pizza is now gourmet as they put stuff on the crust, we tried sesame seeds. The pizza overall is too fast and bread like and the sauce lacks flavor. The cheesy bread was good but greasy. for $ 20 I was disappointed.
If you are in this area and too far gone to drive then stager in for a pizza otherwise go somewhere good.