Food was 100/100 and I couldn't have been happier to eat tonight from Ben Yehuda Pizza. This is a shop located in the Kemp Mill neighborhood. It has plenty of parking and they serve kosher vegetarian and vegan food. All pizza cheese can be substituted with vegan cheese. I just wish they also offered gluten free options but I can't complain much given how delicious their food was. I had a bad day at work but their cheesy gooey delicious pizza and cheese sticks totally made my day. I'm looking forward to returning in the future to try their other menu items. read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Breadsticks - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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This place has been around since 2000 and very popular in this largely Kosher neighborhood. The pizza is New York style big slices and thin dough with savory pizza sauce. They are known for their unorthodox cheese options like cheddar, Munster, mozzarella, feta to name a few. It is a small place that is more popular for carry-out over eat-in. The service is neither good nor bad. They offer both Vegan and Vegetarian pizzas and everything is Kosher. The prices can be high IMO $25 for a plain XL and with just 3 toppings it was $32 plus $10 for 6 mozzarella sticks. Along with 2 drinks came to approximately $56. Which is why I come here one or twice a year. The downsides are mainly the wait time 30-60 minutes minimum. This visit the mozzarella sticks were overly breaded and cooked too long, which is largely why they lost a star. The plates are very cheap paper, so in-dining is not recommended. read more

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The owners seem like great people, providing pizzas to those affected by the government shutdown however every time I have had their pizza I was not impressed at all. read more

Probably one of the worst kosher pizzas I've ever had. Depending on who is behind the counter, their service can go from very good to very rude and condescending. Pizza is bad b/c a) it is extremely thin. b) they are super cheap on cheese and toppings on slices/pizza. c) for the quality and skimpyness of their slices and pies, they are very expensive. read more

The pizza is amazing. The issue is if you try to have your pizza delivered. The pizza sat at the store for an hour while the door dash status showed the driver was waiting for the pizza to be ready. I hate to ding BY on the review for the failure of an add on service. However, BY let the pizza sit without noticing that the driver never showed. Will never use door dash again. getting a person to speak to is a maddening experience. read more

I love this place. The food is excellent (highly recommend the calzones), staff is very friendly & helpful and it's a clean, comfortable setting to eat in. The owner is an incredible guy who is heavily involved in helping others and it always feels good to support a great, family-run business. read more

Pepperoni pizza was amazing. Staff was really friendly! Would def recommend! Love supporting a small business.

This place is SOLID. Friendly service, tasty pizzas that you won't feel guilty about after and a neat neighborhood ambience makes this a go to spot for pizza. read more

Service was slow. Pizza is raw on the inside. Tried to like this place but it's lacking:( I will just buy vegetarian from someplace else. A waste of time and money, ambiance is okay for a view of the parking lot. read more

I drove 45 minutes, on purpose , to have a slice of pizza at this restaurant. I placed my order, gave my name, and was told that the pizza would take just a little bit because the last two slices in the hotbox had already been sold. I sat. Then I waited for the next 25 minutes while other people's orders came out and were delivered to them at their tables. Four families came in after me, and were served within 5 minutes of arrival. One couple had the exact same order as I did. A grandmother came in and was served a slice of pizza and a slushy immediately and then when her grandson finished, she went back up for a second slice of pizza and a second slushy. While I sat and waited. I had to walk up to the counter and request my food. Never. Again. UPDATE: The owner reached out to me directly, and I am satisfied with his response to the situation. read more

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If you're not a vegetarian, and you're not kosher, this probably isn't going to be your favorite pie. That said, if you are, it's absolutely quality ingredients. They're good folks and they serve the community, and they make a very decent cheese pizza. Cozy little spot. read more

Let me start by saying that I do not keep kosher. But I heard that the pizza from Ben Yehuda was so great that I decided to try it yesterday. I was not disappointed. I ordered a 9" half supreme/half Greek pizza. The supreme has green peppers, mushrooms, veg sausage and pepperoni. The Greek half had kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese. Crust was crisp and tomato sauce rich and appropriately sweet. Cheese is high quality and toppings generously apportioned. If you do not finish the whole pizza, it reheats wonderfully in the toaster oven. read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - 9-inch pizza - half supreme, half Greek - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Cheese Pizza Slice Still loving Ben Yehuda Pizza Great place for family lunch and dinner. Pizza always delicious and the service is great too. Been here a long time and it's only gotten better. read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

The pizza at Ben Yehuda is fine if you are in a bind - for instance before or after visiting the nearby MVA or CVS in the shopping center. However, I would not necessarily go out of my way to have pizza here. Perhaps, folks have better experiences when ordering an entire pizza pie instead of a pizza slice. During my second visit, I stopped by for a quick slice of pizza. *Note, I wasn't impressed during my first visit, but I like to give places another chance because everyone has an off-day or two.* Unfortunately, the restaurant only had cheese pizza available. Ok, so I was not expecting a slew of pizza varieties, but I was hoping for an option with a topping or two. The display had one slice of pizza remaining, and I asked the young lady behind the counter if that was all. To which she replied, yes. I have to say that I was quite annoyed that within two minutes of eating my slice of pizza, they put a brand new pizza pie in the display case. Thinking to myself, I was like why didn't she say something like: if you don't mind waiting a few minutes, another cheese pizza will be ready. Looking back, I guess I could have asked her when would a fresh pizza pie be available. The slice itself tasted like cardboard with no flavor, which could have been due to it sitting in the display for God knows how long. read more

over 30 minutes wait on fries.... no concern whatsoever no apology and it wasn't even full it had one other customer in there that had already ate. never dining here again i'm beyond annoyed. read more

Great customer service and very tasty pizza! I'm happy to have this place close by. The only critique is that it is a bit on the expensive side but it iss tasty!! read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Build your own white pizza with onions - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Been eating here since I was 9, still my favorite pizza place. The pizza recipe is phenomenal, and always ready very quick. They open an hour after shabbos which is great. Employees are always nice and keep the place clean. There is a hand washing area outside of the bathrooms which is lovely. Could not recommend enough! Even my non-kosher friends love it. read more

Ben Yehuda Cafe & Pizzeria is a Kosher pizzeria located off of Lamberton. They also have subs, salads, soups, fries, sides (such as baked potatoes, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, etc.), and desserts. I tried their Lunch Special, which comes with a two slices of pizza and a fountain drink. Instead of getting both slices of cheese, I got one cheese and one of their 'specialty' slices, a veggie. The cheese slice was pretty delicious - thin, super cheesy, and the tomato sauce was the perfect amount of sweetness. The veggie one was forgettable, as it didn't really have much flavor, considering it had a generous amount of veggie toppings. Even though it was a lunch special, the price was a little steep ($8 for the combo, $9 with tip). I'd probably just stick with their cheese pizzas the next time! Plenty of parking in the shared lot. +Kosher pizzas! +cheese pizzas +little steep in prices +ample amount of parking in shared plaza lot read more

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I love the cheese and sauce so much that whenever I take a bite I smile. I also like the the look of the restaurant and the fact you can get premade pizza straight from the warmer and not have to wait for it to cook. read more

We were hosting a craft day with our teen/tween neighbors this summer. We were doing a social distancing event outdoors, with masks, etc., and needed an easy lunch. Ben Yehuda is so close to us. I've seen some of the negative reviews and understand. It's now on I think the third owner so maybe things change. But with 5 teen/tweens and 3 adults, plus a working from home neighbor to surprise with a slice, Ben Yehuda was the perfect choice. Some of the teens weren't Ben Yehuda fans so I didn't tell them where the pizza was from. But they all loved it. Minus half a point because the "Greek" salad was missing the Romaine lettuce and instead replaced with ice berg. The substitute was a little soggy. But as our Washington Post reviewer says, give restaurants a break as we try to all adjust. For all we fed that afternoon, and with lunch the next day I did not think the cost was bad at all. read more

If you're looking for a tasty slice of pizza with a side of fries...come here! The crust is thin yet thick enough to support toppings. The cheese is INCREDIBLE and the tangy fries are extra crisp. Just remember that this isn't a fancy pizzeria and you'll be fine. If you're on a health kick they have tasty salads to choose from. Nothing fancy, but the ingredients are very fresh and portion sizes are generous. Side Note: The falafel isn't all that great. Yes, I know it's a Jewish place but it really could've used something extra. I'm used to Amsterdam falafel and their array of toppings. This also seems to be a popular spot for small children. Not sure how everyone feels about that. Would I go again? Absolutely. Would I take a chance on buying their pasta dishes? Probably not. read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Salad with tangy fries and a side of ranch - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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For full disclosure, I know one of the owners of Ben Yehuda Cafe & Pizzeria. The owners are good, decent, honest people doing what they can to make a living by serving an under served pizza eating population -the Kosher Pizza Eaters of Montgomery County Maryland. The above said, my review is honest. No matter the reason, if I don't write fair and unbiased reviews, my impact and value as a trusted review is nil. My commitment to myself is to be honest with all my reviews. As always, my review is based on my experience (Wednesday April 13, 2017 at around 7:15 PM) and based on the what I had to eat (two slices of cheese pizza). I want to break this review into several categories: Location Environment Cleanliness Staff Menu Food To fully understand how I landed on my rating I think it's only fair (since I know one of the owners) that I fully disclose how I reached my overall rating. Location - the location is outstanding for a Kosher Pizzeria. The Jewish population in the area is large, the need obvious. They did a wonderful job of finding a location in an area of need. The shopping center that Ben Yehuda is in has other shops that serve the community, yet also offers a lovely park area and is welcoming to everyone passing by regardless of faith. Environment - I didn't know what to expect. The sign has one look and feel while the actual establishment has an old NY pizzeria feel; I'd guess about 14 tables, each with 4 - 8 chairs (I think that is about right, I didn't count). Like old style pizzerias the menu is over the counter. You order at the counter, sit and wait while the pizza (and other items) are made fresh. They do offer single slice servings that are kept warm in a pizza warmer, not unlike what you would see any place that sells single slices. When I was there they had only cheese pizza slices at the ready. All in all I liked the look and feel, very understated, minimal decorations (I don't recall any), red and white colors. Simple, tasteful. Cleanliness - I am a clean freak, Dirty places or places look dirty or feel dirty or give off an air of "not clean enough" drives me nuts. It's my belief that if you serve people, serve food, you have an obligation to keep every table, every chair, every counter spic and span. There is NO EXCUSE EVER for not keeping your place clean (napkin holders full, chairs pushed in, table tops and counter tops clean, floors swept.) As important, bathrooms MUST Be spot less. People are dirty and hygiene seems to optional for too many. I don't want to touch other people's goo, ever. (Being a single dad, I really hated cold and flu season, runny noses ... EWWW.) The eating area was clean, enough, not to give me the Willies. The bathroom, well, I had issues. Simple things - co-ed bathrooms, great concept but that also means locks that have to be touched, doors handles that have to be touched and, with no urinals, the opportunity for misses and messes is just WAY to high. As the bathrooms are one seaters, there is no getting around the fact the bathrooms are just not going to feel clean. I would have avoided going, but you do what you gotta do where you gotta do it when you gotta do it. They need to get auto facets, auto toilets, push doors and hand towels (air dyers don't work), seat liners would also be of value. They should also consider a different trash can as I don't feel the one used in the bathroom I was in is practical (very big, poor location). Would I nix going here because of the bathroom? No, but I would bring my own hand sanitizer and perhaps a few paper towel (or at least grab a few napkins from the table) Staff - As many of you that have read other reviews, I have an extensive background in customer service and hospitality. (My company, Verho Communications, gave out it's first service award for outstanding service in 2017). I am all about service. The young woman at the counter was very friendly, nice smile, positive greeting. The listening skills were a bit lacking, but in the end, it was a very pleasant interaction. Menu - they have a large menu that includes items of the non-pizza variety. I didn't spend a lot of time looking at it, but as long as you are not searching for meat (meatballs are made of soy) I think you will find an item or 5 that you will enjoy. Prices - Gotta say that I do know that Kosher is going to add a bit of a cost. I don't know how much, but I am assuming at least 2%. Also, since they are a rare pizzeria with a defined customer base (Although VERY WELCOMING TO ALL) they do have the opportunity to increase their prices, perhaps another 3-5%. I though the prices for their pizza (personal on up) seemed fair. $7 for two slices of cheese pizza was a bit much; when I can get whole pizzas at 7-11 and Little Ceasars for $5, comparison does them no favors. Is $7 out of line? No, just pushing the high end of a slice of pizza. Food - (running out of space) the food was fine, perhaps not fresh as I had pre made. read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I have twice (the last time was April 6) ordered and paid for food online and when I arrived during the hours the restaurant stated it was open for order pickups, the restaurant WAS CLOSED! read more

As soon as I walked in I smelled something good JACKPOT!!!! The perfect amount of cheese!!! Ordinary restaurants have too much sauce and not enough cheese but Ben Yehuda pizza tastes amazing. I have found a hidden treasure tucked away in Kemp mill shopping center I have never had kosher pizza before They deliver to silver spring so I will be ordering more pizza in the future read more

Ben Yehuda Pizza - Custom Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Good food, good service, nice location. Price is a little expensive, but it is kosher, so that goes with territory.

I love the veggie pizza with marsh room, bell peppers and the pepperoni slice was excellent in my opinion over all 10 out of 10 will come back read more

Do not recommend delivery. Placed order at 12:10pm, and it said it would be 30 minutes. At 1:00pm tried to call and no one answered. My card was charged at 12:10 though. Called again at 1:45pm to see if someone would answer and was told I would get pizza by 2:10pm, TWO HOURS LATER. I brought that up and that the website had said 30 min and the woman I spoke with said that just happens sometimes. When I want pizza delivered, there are so many options that are timely. I won't be ordering here again. Online tracking system was not accurate. I'm hangry and so are my kids! read more

I order a med pizza and a giant fries and when I got my order it was the wrong size and the medium pizza raw from the center and when I told them about they gave me bad a attitude and refused to help me. read more

I liked their cheese a lot actually. I am not Jewish and so not being able to get pepperoni on my pizza is always a shame. Although I can get beef pepperoni at Halal places... My calzone was good but they really skimped on the meatballs!!! Like another reviewer I was annoyed that my tiny cup of marinara sauce was cold cold cold!!! The staff was friendly and I did not have to wait for long. The stuff is a little pricy, but I would rather support local business any day. read more

Delicious pizza and very fairly priced. Pizza has the perfect crust:cheese ratio and my four year old now asks for "Ben and Huda" pizza all the time. We placed two large orders (10+ pizzas each) and Zach was so helpful and responsive during the ordering process. Very easy process and our campers LOVED the pizzas, as do we. So glad we "rediscovered" Ben Yehuda 18 years after moving out of the neighborhood! :) read more

Great pizza. Great people. Thank you for being in our community :) I love the fact that they hire the teens of our community. Give them a safe place to work near home. read more

The ordering process for carryout over the phone had already made me want to dive head first into an Olympic size swimming pool... with no water. But the real "magic" began when we got to the restaurant... "The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend" : Carryout Order: Me: "Hey there, can I get one tuna wrap, one side of fries, a spinach Knish-" Restaurant "We're out of knish" Me: "All four types of them? Potato, mushroom, spina-" Restaurant: "Yeah" Me: Ok.. quick question- what is the difference between a Calzone and a Stromboli?" Restaurant: "Yeah, wait one sec" Restaurant: "pauses for a minute" Restaurant: "Yeah, so I got a tuna wrap- you want anything else?" Me: *Sighs... *Deep Breath "Yes, can I have one stromboli, an order of- " Restaurant: "The stromboli just has cheese in it, you want something else?" Me: "Yes... can I add Spinach" Restaurant: *Yells back to kitchen "We got spinach?! Ok, spinach." Me: "And meatballs" Restaurant: *Yells back to kitchen "We got meatballs?! Ok, meatballs" Me: "And one order of mozzarella sticks" Restaurant: "Ok, so I got one tuna wrap, one side of fries, one calzone with meatballs and spinach, one stromboli-" Me: "no no no no no no no" Restaurant: So we get to the restaurant, and a lady is putting together our order from the hot case and the fridge and what not. Checks the fridge and says, "Sorry, we're out of Tuna Wraps" Give me another swimming pool... So, my friend who ordered the tuna wrap grabs a slice of pizza from their rotating oven box thing (as we don't have time for them to put something else together) and we go back to his place. Thinking to myself, there could be a saving grace to this awful experience. Maybe the food is like REALLY good, like fresh, and hot, and spectacular. The stromboli was made of thin gummy dough, full of a blend of flavorless cheese, and the meatballs that were crushed inside were dry shavings of what almost appeared to be fake meat product. Dry meat accompanied by flavorless spinach in a dough pocket of little depth was an orchestra of a hundred tubas; bland. Mozzarella sticks, though seemingly made in house, were a gritty flavorless somewhat burnt texture. Some had leaked a fair amount of cheese out to somewhere not here. And my friend, who was sad faced by the tuna sandwich debacle, let me try a bit of his piece which I felt was mediocre at best. Needless to say, I won't be back. I don't keep Kosher, and it's a shame that since this restaurant, that seems to have cornered the market in the area, is doing such a poor job in both customer service and execution of product. read more

Last night I stopped in to get a slice on my way home......7:50 PM to be exact. I walked in and there about 25 guys sitting around listening to a speaker. I asked the young lady behind the counter for a slice.......She said "we don't have any.....we close at 8" It wasn't 8:00 as yet. Imagine going into a legitimate food establishment, say Nut House Pizza (which I haven't been at in 17 years) , I doubt that would have been their reply. My Buddies have always told me Nut House had much better pizza than Ben Yehuda.........I liked Ben Yehuda better, until last night! I'm in retail and understand providing exemplary service, which is something I continuously do my best to provide...................however Ben Yehuda's management is unaware of just how to do this. Nut House..........I'm a new customer. read more

Dont care for their pizza at all. No flavor, dirty inside.. not my place for a quick meal:(

Looks like a nice place, the cashier was helpful, but 10.50 plus tax for a calzone with three toppings seems over priced. I just left. The pizza looked like it had been sitting there for awhile and 2.75 for plain cheese or 3.50 for veggie seems ridiculous. Call me cheap, but it just didn't work for me. read more

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I'm sorry Ben's...I really am! I hate to do this to you, but you messed up one too many times now. We are pretty frequent visitors to this place, since it's close and a cheap dinner. Recently though, the service has just been terrible. We called a placed a carryout order about 2 weeks ago and were told the normal 20 minute wait. My hubby waited the 20 minutes and jotted down the street (mind you, it's about a 2 minute car ride from our house to the shopping center). It took him an additional 45 minutes to come home! He said that the place was complete chaos and that no one knew what they were doing and couldn't get ahold of a manager. Fast forward to this week, we ordered again, our usual order. The medium pizza now seems to be cut into 6 slices instead of the usual 8. The cheese on the cheese fries is ridiculously skimpy AND they messed up my french onion soup. How does one mess up soup you ask? Well, when I placed the order on the phone I asked for french onion soup with cheese and croutons. The guy even confirmed what I said. My husband picks up the order and notices that there is a soup cup, but no cup for cheese and croutons in the bag, so they "fix" this. I open up the soup at home and discover it's vegetable soup with cheese and croutons!! Who in the world eats vegetable soup with cheese and croutons? Eww! I'm not sure where the lack of communication is with this place, but they need to get their act together! We are giving them some time off and will take our pizza cravings elsewhere for now. I hope this isn't good bye, rather see you later! read more

So, this is my third visit to this place and I've tried so hard to like it. But... This place lacks in every way. They are completely coasting on the sheer lack of kosher food options and in no way care about the consumer. Today was the worst of the experiences. They don't offer single serve pizza outside of their cheese or pre made pizzas. We buy a 9 dollar small pizza to split for 2 and it's so incredibly small, it's better to just get individual slices. I saw a man pull a pizza box out of the trash then bring it back to the kitchen! No doubt to reuse. We buy 2 drinks at almost 4 dollars and the soda machine produced no ice and flat soda. The pizza is average at best. AVOID. read more

I'm not Jewish nor vegetarian, but the KOSHER VEGETARIAN food here at this mom/pop pizzeria is really good! The first time I ordered, I didn't realize it was a vegetarian place and ordered the "meatballs" on the pizza (along with the wheat dough for a little extra)... realized that it was a "veggie meatball" but it was yummy! fresh pizza without a lot of grease... In this day and age of chains and poor customer service, Ben Yehuda is a welcome reminder of small family business and "help-take-your-pizza-out-to-your-car" friendliness. read more

It is too bad that it's vegetarian, but the pizza is really good. I really liked the falafel and tomato pizza we got. Very good crust, no grease, good flavor. Try it ! read more

This is a great place! They are very welcoming especially to small kids, I love going there at least once a week sometimes even more. They have now a new pizza available "Sicilian" that is very thick and yummy! You need to be sure to order an hour in advance (because it takes a long time to make it rise). The service is always with a smile and relatively fast. The place seems to be clean but sometimes the bathrooms are kids of messy. Over all, I love taking my girls there! read more