Papa Murphy’s

I’ve lived by this location for a while now and never really knew what It was all about. Then a friend texted me on Saturday night raving about it and immediately I knew it was time to give it a shot.
I walked in, semi decided on a pizza (because I checked out the menu on their online app) and went up to order. I got a medium Chicken Garlic pizza. I wanted the pan crust, but alas, that only comes in a large. So I opted for the original crust. As I was checking out, Shelly (the sweetest cashier ever) asked if I wanted to add on Cheesy bread, and listed off some other items. I was obviously distracted by the words «cheesy» and «bread» so we all know what happened next, I ordered that as well. ha.
Shelly turned right around and picked out the cheesy bread and gave it to me, and told me that my pizza would be ready in a few short minutes. It was! I wasn’t even finished texting my friend about how I was able to use my student ID to get 15% off (military too!) when they said my pizza was ready.
«Oh wow, how was it ready so fast?» You ask. Well, the whole thing about this place (which was what had enticed me to go in the first place) was that they make the pizza there. and you bring it home and bake it! I love neat new things that I haven’t done before, so that’s why I was to excited to give this place a try. So, here I am with unbaked cheesy bread and an unbaked pizza in my car, ready to go on our 5 minute journey home. And thank god not a second longer because I was starved!
I get home and start taking off the plastic wrap and preheated the oven. Each item has its own specific baking instructions. Oh, and to make things easier. You do NOT need a pan. And YES keep the pizza on the paper tray thing it comes on. Its like its own baking dish. It took me 10 minutes to figure this out. Obvious rookie, huh? Anyway, the bread finished first. It came out simply PERFECT! The taste was great. Perfect mix of cheese and garlic. It also comes with marinara sauce. I usually despise marinara sauce, its just, ew! but this! This stuff was great! I couldn’t get enough! I think I might see if I can get extra next time I go. I digress. Because now, the pizza is ready.
The garlic chicken pizza with original crust was great! The ingredients are fresh and nothing was overwhelming. It was baked to perfection. I can always tell when pizza has been loaded up with salt and other yucky preservatives. This, was not.
I was very happy with my pizza and the entire experience. There’s no online ordering for this location, but really, you’re waiting less than 5 minutes, so its no big deal.
I will definitely come back one of these days to try the other pizzas and things this place has to offer. I’m just going to need a friend to help me crush a large! ha. And maybe then ill remember to take a picture! ;)

Love this place. Not only for the fact that they accept EBT but also because it’s good fresh pizza. They accept military discount (which is 15%). The pizza kit for kids is too cute. Love love!

Good fast service. Always call ahead and the food is ready in no time. And they have military discount!

I love gourmet vegetarian pizza and my husband loves his cowboy pizza. We don’t get delivery pizza anymore since Papa Murphy opened. I even introduced my co-​workers of this joint and they fell in love as well. Maybe consider opening another location in Norfolk or Chesapeake?

Great pizza at cheap prices! You won’t find a better tasting pizza and you’ll save money.$ ¹⁵⁄₃₀ vs $ ²⁰⁄₅₀. People complain that you have to put it in the oven for 15 minutes… which is ridiculous because you get bigger, better, cheaper pizza in exchange. Also, voted #2 fast food restaurant inbred country recently.

I have to say that when i baked my kids’ cheese pizza I was ready to write this place off and give them a 1 or 2 star review. It’s very similar to Little Caesars with a little different seasoning. It’s almost like a mix between Little Caesars and a frozen grocery store pizza. Very «meh».
Then I cooked the herb chicken Mediterranean pizza and saw the light. If the rest of their gourmet pizzas are this good, this place is a home run. All of the flavors are just right AND you get the benefit of cooking it yourself. So, that means you can actually keep an eye on it yourself and never have to wonder if the delivery driver is going to bring a burned pizza or an undercooked pizza. I followed the directions given on top of the pizza and took it off the provided baking sheet for an extra two minutes to crisp the edges. Perfection.
They were friendly and got the pizza together relatively quickly. They also pointed out the specials of the day which saved a decent amount of money off the menu price.
If you’re looking for straight up cheese or pepperoni you’re probably better of just going to Little Caesars and picking up one of theirs. But hit up their gourmet menu and you’ll love it. Can’t wait to go back and try another one.

My family have enjoyed Papa Murphy’s pizza since they opened, and have never been disappointed. We usually get a family size Gourmet Vegetable with red sauce, and a family size pepperoni for our children… their coupons are a great way to save money, too. Yesterday was the first time they made a mistake, by charging us $ 2.00 extra, and they also gave us a thin crust instead of the regular crust. Today, I took my receipt in, and the assistant manager smile, apologized, refunded our $ 2.00, and gave us another pizza, no questions asked. Do we recommend Papa Murphy’s and will we be back? What do you think?
Excellent pizza AND customer service!!!

First of all, I’m a huge Papa Murphy’s fan. Always have been. To those who complain about it being like frozen pizza you take home, yeah… if you get a plain cheese or pepperoni, then maybe. But if you try one of their gourmet pizzas or other combinations, and cook it exactly how they say to, you’ll have a phenomenal pizza that’s a fraction of the calories of normal chain shops. The key is… tweak the pizza to exactly how you want it. When you get home, add some more toppings, drizzle some olive oil, add some crushed red peppers, etc. Whatever you want. Then you can cook it and it tastes phenomenal!
Now all that being said, I’m writing this review to complain about THIS Papa Murphy’s. For the past 4 years I’ve been going here and getting their pizzas. Over the last year, I have seen the staff and management turn to absolute crap. They used to have staff in there that knew the customers and would make the pizzas exactly as ordered, with style and skill that only a decently paid worker can do. I’m sure there were cost cutting measures put in place, because now you have a bunch of lazy teenagers, thugs, and a few workers who are more concerned with their cell phones and new finger nails than they ever will be about doing their job. I went there yesterday to pick up a pizza for the first time in several months after having nearly every order I placed made incorrectly. There was new staff members and the atmosphere looked to be improving… but there was one guy who was working the register who couldn’t find his own butt if you put a flashlight in it. He was completely clueless.
My word of advice to the management… hire people that are worth a damn. Promote the ones in there doing the job correctly and get rid of the idiots who aren’t. If one of your workers doesn’t know what’s on the menu, or can’t even hardly take a phone order because he’s too slow on the draw to write it down, get rid of him. Not all people are meant to be rocket scientists. Fortunately, this isn’t rocket science… its a pizza place. Hire people who can do the job, or watch your business fail. Your choice.
NOTE: My hats off to the two workers (guy and girl) who were doing the pizza making! They did an excellent job, even though they were having to make up for the stupidity of the register worker.

My boyfriend and I were traveling to va beach for the weekend and I found a groupon to Papa Murphy’s so I thought we would try it out. Called ahead and ordered for carry out. My groupon came with a free side and unfortunately they were out of everything except cookie dough. By the time we got home to cook the pizza we were both starving. It smelled so good! We were not disappointed with this find, pizza and cookies were great. It was a fun take on normal carry out pizza places. Would definitely go back again!

My boyfriend’s from Seattle & I’ve heard about Papa Murphy’s as this awesome take & bake pizza shop for years. We were both excited when I saw a fellow Unilocaler’s review pop up in my newsfeed. Neither of us knew that VB had one.
We were out in the area yesterday & decided to pick one up for dinner. It’s a small little place and only had one other person waiting when we walked in. We went with a back home favorite of his, «The Cowboy», & and an order of cheese bread. The guy behind the counter was super fast & we were out of there in about 5 minutes.
Once we were ready for it at dinner we pulled it out of the fridge, preheated the oven, & it was ready in about 12 minutes. It was delicious! The crust was soft & chewy, perfectly melted cheese, & fresh toppings.
Can’t wait to try another pizza from there!

You can customize a signature pizza, do half and half or build your own. And they usually have coupons.
This location is convenient right near the Farm Fresh and DMV and Target over at Princess Anne/​Independence Blvd.
What I like about this place is that you can pick your own ingredients and they put the pizza together right in front of you with very fresh ingredients like subway but for pizza. I’m not a huge fan of pizza because I’m a health nut but this makes it a little easier for me to take. They are very good, likely because they’re so fresh with lots of veggies, at least mine are, and it only takes about 20 minutes for them to bake when you get them home.
I’m a huge fan. Mmmm! I’ve tried the stuffed pizza, pepperoni, veggie, and meat lover type and I have thought they were all delicious.

I love me some Papa Murphy’s. We moved to Virginia Beach from Indianapolis, and we think good pizza (at least good non NY-​style pizza) is hard to find out here. I’m not usually big on the chains, but we were pretty happy to find the Papa Murphy’s out here.
The pizza, it’s all good. They’ve got a s’mores dessert pizza that is also hella good when I don’t mind getting fatter. They don’t do the Deep Dish Sicilian pizza that is sometimes on special in the Midwest, but I’ll forgive them for that. But if they WANT to bring those pizzas here, I sure would be pumped!
Anyway, give it a try if you haven’t. We love this place.

I love this place. I have a group of friends who regularly meet on Sundays, and we go through a lot of Papa Murphy’s pizza! The staff members are always friendly and seem quite happy to exchange a few words beyond the usual «how are you/​have a nice day.» The pizzas are also usually ready in the time it takes us to walk over to the grocery store across the parking lot, buy some drinks, and walk back, even if we’ve ordered 5 pizzas.
However, the nicest of workers wouldn’t get a 5-​star review out of me if the food wasn’t great. All of their ingredients are fresh and tasty, and they’re not stingy with the toppings. They’re happy to let you substitute things or change the sauce or crust on anything. They’ll even do one pizza with half tomato sauce and half white sauce. To my mind, they’re better than any delivery pizzas, and because you have to go and get it and cook it yourself, it’s a fair bit cheaper than any of the delivery chains.
The frequent coupons are nice, too. It makes it really easy to get a variety of things to meet all of the various dietary needs and preferences of a large group.

Friendly staff but took over an hour to make two pizzas.

Potential first time customer. Drove WAY out of our way to the Va Beach store just to give it a try based on a recommendation. Called ahead before we left and was told they were open until 8pm.
Got there at 6:30pm and store was closed with sign saying it ran out of food. What kind of business is this? I’ve never been to a «fast food» restaurant in my life that «ran out of food»?
I don’t think I’ll ever convince anyone in my family to give it a second try when there is no way to tell if they will be open when I get there. Why would I drive that far if I may or may not be able to get food?