We ordered takeout pizza from them last week and went back to pick up a second one this week. It is delish! I have never had a samosa I didn't like, but theirs are really the best, especially with their accompanying dipping sauces. Definitely going back! (16 Ave & 12 Street location). They are under new management and new staff as of November 2025) read more

Expensive low quality, very few toppings. Get frozen for a lot cheaper with the same taste

Its my favorite pizza and its cheap and close by. I've seen mice running in and out and its routinely dirty and full of unsavory characters. Cheap, delicious, dirty pizza with lots of toppings. read more

Great Canadian Pizza - 18" of delicious - Pizza Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

This review is based on the pizza only and the workers friendliness. We went in at almost 1am and hoping to get some decent food in the area when nothing was open. It is a dingy small place. The slices looked ok if a bit old like the samosa looked. They serve a full menu late late. For $17 we were very very happy with our 5 topping 14" pizza, it had 8 slices and each slice alone sells there for $4. read more

I was sent a small pizza and a can of sprite. I ordered a 14" deluxe pizza, 12 wings and an order of chee bread. so I got $15???? worth of items for the $44 I spent read more

Good value food. Very decent and varied menu. Fast and fair. Accessible business hours. Their platter with rice is great! 7th Avenue location. read more

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Talk about hole in the wall! I have been to this location twice and both times, I have darted in and out, trying to reduce my time spent inside this establishment to a minimum! The location and customers are a bit unnerving to me. So why do I go there? Holy cow, have you HAD their biryani?!? For just 6 bucks, you get a nice little box of amazing chicken biryani. Ridiculously good deal!! Not gourmet by any means.. its greasy, but HECK is it tasty! I usually try not to finish the entire box by myself, but who are we kidding? I've done it. It's a good thing this place is not too close to my house because I'd be buying from there everyday! Review #13 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012 read more

I really, REALLY love this place... It's located just across the street of caesars steak house on 4th ave SW. I'm not going to lie, i usually drop into this place because it's very close to where i live! The shawarmas and donairs keep me coming!!! great hummus and the garlic paste is MMMmm Mmmmm Good! The pizza is of descent quality, but you can NOT beat the price... they offer unlimited toppings on any sized pizza and adding shawarma chicken to the pie just gives it a nice kick due to the seasoning they use on the chicken.. They offer a vast variety of indian platters as well, but i have yet to try any besides the tandori chicken and rice platter... It was very good and the portion was fairly big... Safe to say i didn't finish it off but later that night deboned it, tossed it in a pan and used my leftovers for a quick stir fry! The service is very friendly and i've noticed cab drivers often eat here, so if you need a lift somewhere afterwards... hey, chances are you'll have a chauffeur waiting near by! Last time i got a baklawa pastry it was dry and lacked flavour, BUT I eat them all the time here and that was the ONLY time i didn't appreciate them... Hey... sometimes you win some, sometimes you lose some.. Overall.... LOVE this place and the service, i have become a regular and they always greet me with a smile and a sincere joy of seeing me!!! read more

The name isn't exactly inspiring, and the place may not look like much, but once you've actually eaten there, that kind of becomes part of the appeal. It gives a more down to earth, local, almost diner-esque feel to the experience. I haven't tried the chicken or shwarmas but the pizza is absolutely awesome, especially for the price. Great quality ingredients, made fast, and for an awesome price. I live just around the corner, so I generally call in my orders for pickup and they're almost always ready to go within 10 minutes, and you can pick up a 16 inch, which is bigger than most pizza places even make, for about 13 bucks. Furthermore, they don't charge by the topping like a lot of places, so you can really pile them on. As for the other items, while I haven't tried them myself, I've never heard a negative word out of those who have, so they must be pretty good as well. The staff are also very friendly and provide great service (I've been greeted by a big smile every time). The only reason this place loses a star is the look, which lends to serious misleadings about the establishment. I avoided this location for several months based on the visuals which, while not dirty or unsanitary in any way, aren't exactly eye catching or welcoming either. This is the main reason that, despite having tables for in-house dining, I've never cared to try. All I can say is, don't judge this book by it's cover. The friendly people and the great food (at great prices) will not disappoint. 21/30 read more

This place went from being a total hole in the wall, to being bright, spacious and welcoming. Recently renovated, this location of Great Canadian Pizza is now bumpin' and bustlin'. The service is great, the atmosphere is now welcoming, and the food is CHEAP! While this place used to be dead and disgusting, it is now always packed over lunch hour. A little bit of renovating can go a long way! read more

HORRIBLE fried chicken. It was disgusting even with one bite. And I'm not even a picky eater . Soggy, stale and somehow still raw-tasting. DON'T waste your money on the fried chicken. read more

Lunch means an angry stomach that needs to be tamed like a beast born from hunger... or something. So my co-worker and I quickly darted across the street to Great Canadian Pizza & Fried Chicken to give their Beef Donair a shot. Staff is friendly here, ordered and served almost immediately. I got a medium sized Beef Donair cause my co-worker got the large and he usually eats more than me. Thankfully I made the right choice cause when all the preparation was complete and he gave me my medium size I was already afraid of contracting the "itis". The medium Beef Donair was $6.99 perfect size for me, just grab a bottle of water from where ever and you're pretty much good to go. I was really looking they had some Beef Samosa's but they didn't oh well hopefully I'll have a chance to have it another time. Another good quick lunch spot to hit up when I'm hungry. read more

This was another great canadian pizza that i tried in downtown. The service was pretty good and friendly guy outta there. It is open till late nights. The pizza slice that we get here are very tasty. I especially liked the veg-pizza slice here. And ofcourse the chicken leg pieces. They were not great but not bad at the same time. The sitting place was pretty better than the one on 4th avenue . Chicken biryani was not bad too but never to try it with a chicken curry on. They also serve rice with different choices of curries. The price is pretty reasonable and worth it. And samosas here were like ok ok. Overall not a bad place to try if you are hungry :) . The best i liked here : Veg-pizza slice. Yelp's 30 day challenge - 4/30. read more

For someone from Utah this is not the typical pizza joint. In fact I did not get pizza at all- I ordered the butter chicken and rice. It was delicious. The server gave me extra which made me happy. As for the pizza I cannot vouch for yet. Next time I come to Calgary I will though. Two thumbs up for a quick cheap meal. read more

Great Canadian Pizza - the front of the restaurant - Pizza Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

What an awful experience. I ordered a medium pizza with tandoori chicken, green olives and Jalapeños. They delivered a shawarma chicken with onions and jalapeños buried in cheese. Pizza 101 is that cheese goes under the toppings. Upon delivery, I could only see cheese on top and slight jalapeños. Awful service. I tried calling back a few times to let them know, he kept cancelling my call. Pizza has an awful after taste otherwise I would've eaten it. There goes my $30 bucks. read more

Don't bother getting the goat curry. For $9.40, you'll get about a pound of rice and two tiny pieces of goat (maybe 3oz). My goat was about 50% pure fat and 25% bone. Ultimately I ended up with less than 1oz of meat and just ate rice for dinner. I will absolutely never return here. read more

My family and I are visiting the city as part of a family trip. It was dinner time and we all wanted to find a pizza joint. A quick search brought this place up. The previous reviews encouraged me to try it and so we walked down the street to this place. Look and cleanliness could have been way better, but the pizza we ordered was awesome. Not overly greasy, excellent cheese, and just enough toppings. Dont let the look fool you. The pizza is world-class. read more

I absolutely love this place! Every time I am near this location, I stop in for a slice of Hawaiian pizza. The slices are huge for only $3.00 and tasty. The bathrooms are always in horrendous condition with graffiti and such but what can you expect from such a central location and a popular spot. This place can get crowded quickly around peak times such as lunch hours and mid-day, but after 6pm the place mellows down and it is a great spot for good conversation and great food. Food is well-prepared and very inexpensive. As well the staff are very friendly and always remember my order when I come in. A great place to go when you need a quick bite to satisfy a greasy hunger. All in all, this is definitely my favourite pizza spot in all of Calgary. read more

THE WORST, BAD, DIRTY RESTAURANT EVER, and I say this as a seasoned customer there. Every time I go there, I would always order their Chicken Briyani" and every time I ate it, my stomach would hurt. The other day, I order rice and goat, and to my horror, the rice was rotten. I assume they cooked it the night before, and as it sat out the next day, it went bad. I got sick once more, thanks to their food. Appearance of the restaurant is very poor. Their is an abundance is garbage all over the floor. The tables are always dirty, and if you chose to sit and eat your food in the restaurant, you would have to clean the table and chair yourself. The guys there are really nice, but when you have a complaint to make to them about the food or service, they become really defensive, in denial and almost combative. Good prices too, BUT THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! I would recommend should one really have to eat there, to ensure your order is fresh, etc. read more

I recommend this place. I was visiting Calgary and stayed across the street from this place for three days. I had shawarma, salad, pizza, and curries and it was all good. The highest price was 6 bucks. This place is a bargain.Why cook if you lived near by. I think it is open late too so after the club this is a good place to scoff down some food. My only complaint was they never had tabbouleh. read more

Pizza is good if it's fresh. Samosas are really good! Butter Chicken was the worst I've ever had, and it's been about 2 months and my intense love of Indian Food has been on hold ever since. The butter chicken was greasy, a weird grease, it tasted off. The rice was dry. There were maybe 5 little chunks of chicken, and for 9$ that was a riiiiiip. I've seen people order all kinds of things there and it all looks pretty great though- it's such a convenience here, I'm not done trying out their menu. If you're near and want pizza- go for it. read more

This place is trying to be too many things to too many people. (Is it a pizza place? Is it an indian place, is it a kabab house, is it a shawarma shop? or a donair place???? I have NO IDEA) They have updated the decor inside, which helps a LOT. (Before it looked like a cafeteria at a druggie drop-in/hostel), but at the end of the day it's still basically a small mom&pop type business doing the best they can with what they've got. I'm sure renting space from the Boardwalk people doesn't help either. Their pizza is always doughy. (We've ordered at least 3 times, and been disappointed as many) The sauce lacks flavour. I'm pretty sure the only reason it is pizza sauce is because it's "red". Their chicken is delicious, if not SUPER greasy. Their potato wedges are also SUPER greasy but tasty. I have yet to try the indian dishes here. (biryani, butter chicken and others) I just have issues with ordering curries that sit in chaffing dishes that aren't steaming hot! (Can you say food poisoning?) I regularly stop in for a chicken or beef shawarma. Easily the BEST shawarma I have tried in Calgary. They will try to put hot spicy Chinese sauce on it, but I guess someone must like it? I always pass. HOWEVER- consistency is a MAJOR issue with this place. Because I live close by and have eaten here enough times, if I'm in the mood for donair or shawarma and the right person isn't working behind the counter, I keep walking. Dinginess and lack of consistency make my review go way down, BUT the fact that usually the shawarma is phenomenal brings it back up. Honestly it's more like a 2.5-2.8 type restaurant...but since I can't give it that, It'll have to be just 2 stars. read more

Shwarma, donair, butter chicken, fried chicken, potato wedges, and oh, yes - pizza. I went with a couple of friends, we tried out all the different types of food on the menu. Shwarma - money!!!! Wow, very well done. Polished this one off quickly between the three of us. Fried chicken and potato wedges, 3 pieces w/ can of pop = $6!! Not only unbelievable deal, but the chicken was tasty, not too greasy. Same with the potato wedges, little bit of corn starch and seasoning. Very good and tasty. Butter chicken - very good as well, we also tried the spicy chick pea item (sorry, forgot the name). Very good and basmati rice well cooked. Pizza - just couldn't do it. It looked good and it flew off the pizza-holder, but we were beyond full. Service - you line up, get the food and pay. Then you sit down in the well-lit clean and cafeteria style room. The guys and one woman were all very friendly and efficient. Excellent overall experience. I will be back. read more

Good place for some cheap pizza. I wouldn't recommend going there at night though as it tends to get a bit "rowdy" in that area. The restaurant is also pretty grimy. read more

Okay, so I admit I avoided this place due to the look of the outside signage and location thinking it was a stinky hole in the wall. Two YEARS later I decide to try it. WOW! I ordered 4 different items on the menu so I could take bites from each and put the rest in the fridge for midnight snack and lunch the next day because you know I will get hungry again eventually and i am avoiding the hungryman dinner in the freezer. Great Prices, Big portions, and the food is DELICIOUS!!! Item #1- BUTTER CHICKEN on rice....MMMMM! The chicken is good and the sauce is fooking good!!! SERIOUSLY! Item #2- BIRYANI- excellent #3-BEEF DONAIR- HUGE and full of the softest beef drizzling with sauce...It even has these pink things in it which are either peppers or pickles....(If your an alberta alpha male you can take them out and give them to your pretty girlfriend...OR if your an alpha male who likes other alpha males you can stick them behind your ear and crank up the disco music baby!) #4- Vegetable Samosa- Pretty damn good. The guys in there are really nice and make really good food. Soooo...if you're like me and have seen this place but never been, GO! read more

Shawerma is absolutely gorgeous! They put a special far-eastern bread inside another type of bread which makes it unique and delicious! Biryani is, like many others have said, the staple of this place :) read more

Cheap, fresh and yummy! Staff is always friendly. Unfortunately, the location can draw some sketchy characters so I avoid going too late into the night. read more