I'm going to leave 4 stars, but only because I feel bad and want them to succeed. I've never seen a less efficiently operated business, food or otherwise. 9 people in the kitchen, none with any sort of clear direction, meaning nobody is in charge, so everyone is just running around trying to figure out what to do but not actually doing anything, at least not accomplishing anything, at all. It's what appears to what some call a sh*tshow as they can't seem to complete one order while customers are piled up in the waiting area waiting for their food without AC. It's 100' and at least 5 of us have been here for 30 minutes waiting for orders notified they'd be done that long ago. Get it together and put someone in charge to get things done. read more

The pizzas are always decent. We prefer the colorblind with added pepperoni. Our issue is that there is no order in the kitchen. No matter if you order online or if you call it in, it seems like it's wrong or it takes an hour. Tonight, it was both. I ordered online at 4:45 and the pizza and knots were ready at 5:35. The problem was that it had no pepperoni. They remade the pizza for me while I waited. The people are all cool people there, it just seems like they need a system or a leader to get the place organized. I don't like to crap on small business, but this has happened every time for at least the last 6 or 7 times we've ordered. They remade my pizza tonight and gave me the one that they originally made. I gave that one to my neighbors. For those that haven't been here- it's decent food, but the tables that they do have are usually filled up with empty pizza boxes so it's more of a take out type of place. read more

Blackstone Pizza - Colorblind Pizza with pepperoni - Pizza Near Me - San Marcos, California

I was super fortunate to live in San Marcos and stumbled upon probably the best pizza in North County. I love the OG spots, but this place is a must. I don't ever get five stars but this absolutely murders any specialty and or King author Special out there. Come get it Owners are amazing and the staff is killer. The game is on pizza is perfect and the beer is cold. I just wanted to make myself clear to repost. I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about OG's Pizza in North County. I was talking about the original good pizza in the North County... Leucadia, pizza port, and even now knock out. Don't miss blackstone if you're in SM CA. read more

Blackstone Pizza - Don't ever do a drive bye and not stop here! BLACKSTONE! - Pizza Near Me - San Marcos, California

Pizza is pretty damn good wish there was more sauce on the margarita pizza almost none and the wings I ask for extra crispy, they weren't crispy at all that's the only reason for my 4 star rating. $42 bucks for a medium pizza and wings read more

Blackstone Pizza - Margarita Pizza Buffalo wings - Pizza Near Me - San Marcos, California

We walked in at 5pm planning to order pizzas for the family. As we attempted to order, the guy working there pointed to two pre-made slices of pizza in the display case and said, "that's all I have." Pre-Covid this place was awesome. Now they don't seem to care. read more

The pizza was pretty good but we had a few issues that prevented it from being better. We ordered online and the user experience was fine. Not all customizations are possible online but they do provide a blank form where you can add comments. Anyway, ordering was easy enough. We ordered a pizza that was supposed to come with linguica and our pizza had none. We also ordered well done and that didn't happen either. I'm sure we'll try this place again but if the same issues persist we'll go elsewhere. read more

Ordered a supreme. Pizza was undercooked and the crust needs salt in the dough. Had much better. Sam Marcos continues to disappoint in the pizza category! read more

I'm so bummed. Our first time ordering here since we just moved 5min away. I showed early so I could wait for my food to make sure I got it hot. We got a 14" Margarita Pizza, 6pc wing, cheese sticks, & a Spicy Italian Sandwich. The margarita Pizza was cold, ricotta not cooked, basil brown and not because of the oven. The basil had no scent which tells me it was on its last leg. The cheese sticks were grabbed from their display case and was cold and felt like it was there all day. The sandwich didn't have much flavor. My husband had 4 bites and was done. I had one slice of my Margarita and was done. 3 bites of cheese stick and was done and the Hubby & I each had one wing and we were done. For how expensive it is, we thought it would be amazing. We paid 65 for the food & tip and we threw out 90% of it. Super sad and super hungry still We love food and this is the first time we have ever thrown out food. The girl on the phone that I placed the order with was super sweet and thorough. The kid at the counter was very sweet as well. Great personnel just disappointed in the food read more

Blackstone Pizza - Margarita Pizza - Pizza Near Me - San Marcos, California

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From the meat lovers to the wings (traditional buffalo) are always great. We even got some garlic knots and they were pretty solid. We've been to the restaurant a few times to eat but prefer to just have it delivered. Took a little longer than normal to deliver our latest pie. If short staffed, we'll never know, but it sure would be nice if the person on the phone taking our order would set that expectation up front rather than having us wait and wait for the pizza to arrive. read more

Great pizza! I like their $12.99 14' pizza special. They have multiple special pies that are unique!

Whenever I crave pizza, I always turn to Blackstone pizza. I've been order here for the last year and I'd always have a great experience with the food and service. Sam and Audra were there to greet me as I order takeout. They're customer service is welcoming as they usually bring my order to my car and always greet me while a smile. read more

This is our local go-to. Pros: The employees are always chipper on the phone taking my order. The $9.99 carry-out is handy in a pinch and we like it. Love their antipasto salad. Cons: Passed off dry/burnt wings on a pick-up order. C'mon, either make us a new batch, remove them from our order or charge us less please. You knew they were burnt. First time ordering the chicken strips, Holy dry! We'll stick to Pizza and Salad. : ) We still Patron regularly. And we tip !! read more

Blackstone Pizza - Our receipt. Still charged full price for burnt wings. - Pizza Near Me - San Marcos, California

Really amazing great quality pizza always takes a million years if they tell you 30 minutes it mean an hour.

Great Omaha taco pizza! Friendly service and on time. The medium or 18 inch was huge! Could feed 4-6 people.

We LOVE the california club pizza here. If we want to spurge and have a "nicer pizza" then this is our go to place. The unfortunate side of things is that the last couple of times we've gone, the service has been slow and the staff doesn't seem to be paying attention... We had placed the order, waited 15min, drove to the restaurant (another 10min), and when we got there for take out, they hadn't started our order... on a weekday night where the restaurant wasn't busy. Pizza was still delicious though. read more

Ordered a meat lovers pizza and loved it. Delicious thin crust with tasty sauce and meat. I didn't have to wait very long either. I'd definitely come back again. read more

I lived in NYC for almost 20 years. Blackstone has the best pizza and wings in the San Marcos area. Cannot recommend them high enough! Get you some read more

The service was really good, he was pretty chill and our food arrived pretty quickly. My water cup tasted like soap though :((( and lowk it's a little ghetto in here but the pizza was fire read more

This place has to be good. I ordered through the Yelp app and showed up when my pizza was supposed to be ready, they were short staffed, nobody eating in the cute dining area but they were working like crazy to get all the to go orders done. I waited another 30 minutes to get my large Greek pizza. The staff was friendly in spirit of being slammed. The pizza was just okay. I will try them again. read more

Don't bother. Rude owner and workers. Burnt pizza. We've come here a few times but this is the last. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

Great thin crust pizza! Best in the area by far! Try the Margherita!! Great prices too!

Quiet place good service good sandwich and pizza. Good deals buy three beers get one for free.

Amazing pizza, my favorite local spot. I highly recommend this place. Great staff and family friendly atmosphere

I hadn't been to blackstones for a while because there's so many places to eat. I was really surprised everybody was friendly the food was prepared quickly. The service was great and they make really good french fries now I've never noticed in the past and I don't know what they did to them but they sure are good. read more

$8 dollars to use my credit card?!? No way. I have been going to Blackstone Pizza for the past 4 years. This was my last visit. I place an order for the carry out special. It's either a cheese or pepperoni for $9.99. It was $8.99 a for years but I guess they recently increased the price. I show up and they told me it was $10.74. Then the lady that seemed to be in charge told the new guy that was ringing me up that the special is cash only. I have been getting these pizzas for YEARS and I have never paid cash and have never had an issue. I don't carry cash (I'm married) so I said I don't have cash. She said we would have to up-charge you. I'm like okay, how much? She said it would be $18.54. First of all, a businesses cannot charge more for using a debit card in the United States. The Durbin Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibits surcharging for debit card transactions, including prepaid cards. This means that even if a debit card is processed as a credit transaction, a surcharge cannot be implemented. Second of all even if they charged me a surcharge for their cost, 2.5% would be $.27 cents. They wanted $8 dollars!!!! So I politely declined and left. I'm going to miss the pizza here but there are lots of other pizza places in San Marcos and Escondido that will gladly take my money; plastic or paper. read more

An updated review is in order for Blackstone Pizza. My usual go-to pizza joint closed due to COVID and I had to find a new regular place. I like Killer Pizza from Mars, but it's a tad expensive to become my regular pizza joint. Fast forward to a Friday night when this mom was bone tired of EVERYTHING (working, cooking, distance learning...all that!) and I remembered Blackstone Pizza. They aren't far from my house..so I decided to give it a go. Their take out special of one large cheese or pepperoni pizza (no limit!) for 7.99 has become our go-to order. I always get two, one cheese/one pepperoni. There's usually a few slices left over for the next day. The pizza is good enough for this self-proclaimed pizza snob. I've also tried their garlic knots. Those are really good! A few things to note- for this deal, it's advised you pay in cash otherwise there is a small service charge. I think they deliver through a third party app so I always pick up. Businesses are hurting....no need for them to lose even more money! Solid fan of this place! We'll be back! read more

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This place was my go to for quite sometime, little pricey but worth it for the selection of toppings BUT lately it's been slippin. Takes forever for food to come out and when it does it's cold AND missing toppings that I've paid for. read more

Great pizza, NY Style. Recommend trying shangrila,our favorite and 84 pizza 2nd favorite. The inside was recently renovated so you can dine inside. I usually take it to go, average wait time is 40 minutes on a busy day. read more

No. Just, no. I don't know what has happened recently but my last two orders from Blackstone have been atrocious. I thought perhaps since I've had such good food from them for so long my lousy-assed pizza a month ago was just a fluke. I was wrong; it's a trend. This evening I ordered a cheese pizza, wings, and garlic knots. I live very close, and always pick up my order, so I was quoted a time of 25 minutes. I arrived exactly 25 minutes after hanging up the phone, and told it would be a few more minutes on my order. 20 minutes more waiting (so 45 minutes total time), and I'm out the door. Once home I realized my pizza is cold: Thus it must have been sitting on the counter waiting for the rest of my order to be done. For the record I'm a chef, and have been cooking professionally for 30 years, so I know when and how and why things go wrong in a kitchen. Adding to this sadness, the wings are bone dry-I'm talking over cooked and ZERO SAUCE-and the garlic knots are bone white, doughy, and inedible. Seriously, I would not feed any of this "food-in-name-only" to my worst enemy's dog! Everything went in the trash and I'm so sad I wasted nearly $30 on a dinner that was not fit to eat. I will not be returning. read more

I've ordered from this place a few times through DoorDash, and unfortunately, the experience has been consistently slow. It seems like they're often understaffed, which leads to long wait times for processing and delivery. Friends of mine have had similar experiences, so it doesn't seem like a one-off issue. When I've called to check in, the responses usually involve staffing challenges or inexperience, which is understandable, but it makes it hard to rely on them for timely service. When I called the lady seemed like she didn't care and was extremely rude read more

Hey Blackstone! Love your food, even your staff has an edgy hospitality vibe that comes off as "we gotchu". Only downfall of your business is your front of house. You had 2-3 pieces of old equipment (ice machine bin, perhaps an old undercount refrigeration unit) just sitting scattered through your dining room. There was a late night football game on, none of your TVs were on. Would've enjoyed watching the game and having a beer while I waited for food. Another odd thing was a curtain separating the restroom area to assuming a back of house area? Perhaps you are wanting to focus only on delivery and pick up at your establishment, but see a lot of potential if you cleaned up your FOH. Also - odd that one of your workers was folding boxes in the FOH? And storage of those take out boxes were scattered all over? As mentioned your food is delicious! So won't stop coming, but would love to bring my family or friends just to enjoy a nice night out. read more

Good classic pizza, could use some organization inside. salad & pepperoni pizza are a good combo.

I had the meat lovers pizza and it was delicious. I prefer my crust to be better done, but that is minor and I will remember on the next order. They use a lot of oil and I had to mop it up with a napkin. The prices appear reasonable based on the current inflation. They only have bottled beer, but decent ones. I ate at the restaurant, but it didn't appear very clean. Mainly just not the look I prefer. I didn't see any critters. Several people were ordering so I guess regulars like the place. I heard a delivery order was taking 1.5 hours. Again, a good sign of regulars. I will try again (I see they sell by the slice). I will also keep searching for other pizza places with tap beer and nicer interior. read more

Ordered 2 pizzas, one veggie (with jalapeños) and one Margherita. Both came out great. Will definitely order from them more often!

Pizza was good the antipasto very good, sorry to say the chicken strip and wings were small and way over cooked. I will go back for the pizza and salad but not the wings or strip they are not worth the money read more

Our kiddos love eating pizza from Blackstone! They have the friendliest staff and the pizza is always ready to go when we get there!!! Loyal customers for sure!! read more

Fast, hot, and tasty. We ordered for pick up and it was just coming out of the oven at pickup time. Plenty of toppings but not overloaded. Crust was just right and we loved the unique variety of topping combos. We will definitely be ordering again! read more

Man, you should try Blackstones Pizza if you have never been. I ordered the Blackstones Chicken Pizza. It is incredibly delicious and mouth watering. I wanna try the Mexican Street Taco Pizza next time. Nice place, with a nice family vibe here. Plenty of toppings on the pizzas here. Its just the best. read more

The food is great and had a great experience with takeout. We decided to dine-in this time and ordered pizza, cheese sticks, and wings. Pizza and cheese sticks came out, and they told me the wings were in the fryer now. I see a couple that arrived after us getting wings but didn't think much about it. After we eat the pizza and cheese sticks, I'm wondering where our wings are, so I ask one of the workers about it and he says it's in the fryer now. After about 10 minutes, I asked for our wings to be packed up to go, and they told me the wings were in the fryer now and would be right up. After another 10 minutes, I see the neighboring table get wings so I tell the kitchen staff I've been waiting for an hour and the first response I got was "What are you waiting for??" I was pissed and didn't want to make a scene so I walked out with my daughter. My wife was dealing with our son so she was a minute or two behind me. By some miracle they gave her our wings. There was no apology, no offer to make things right. tldr: Food Good; Service Awful. read more

I was looking forward to getting pizza here, the last time I got it was my first and it was so delicious even though they made my pizza incorrectly but I felt obligated to take the pizza. This time I called in my order and they said it would be ready for pickup in 30 mins. I arrived in 25 mins and my pizza was ready done and waiting for me. They handed me my pizza and it was already cold as if it was sitting out for a long time. My family was starving so I took the pizza.& brought it home. We were not impressed by the pizza this time around the cold pizza was not appetizing. We will skip this pizza joint the next time we order pizza. read more