Hotbox Pizza has always been a solid local pizza chain, in my opinion. I particularly like this location because service is efficient, friendly, and orders are always accurate! Not to mention the quality of the pizzas and Stix themselves. You can tell that the staff cares about making a delicious pizza. Everything we ordered was hot, fresh, and high quality (e.g. evenly distributed toppings, even sauce coverage, nice bake on the pizza, and uniformly rolled breadsticks) Recently we ordered "The Deal" which includes one large one topping pizza, Stix, and two drinks. We elected to pay a little extra for an additional topping and ordered bacon and mushroom, as well as some extra sauces on the side. The original crust pizza is crispy outside and fluffy inside and cornmeal dusted. The flavor isn't particularly distinct but that makes it a nice blank canvas for the sauce, cheese, and toppings. If you're lucky you'll get a piece with a nice big crusty bubble. The breadsticks at Hotbox are some of my all time favorite! They're fluffy inside and have a crisp crust of tiny bread bubbles outside. They're not greasy or buttery, instead they are brushed with delightful little salt crystals which only make your marinara or cheese dipping sauce taste that much better. Pro tip: Stash those iconic reusable plastic cups because they're not only useful but the ever changing designs and colors are addictive to collect. read more

HotBox Pizza - Original crust bacon and mushroom pizza, breadsticks, marinara & cheese sauces and a fountain drink. - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Pizza actually tasted good, service took a while for it to be brought to the table even though they told us 10 minutes. Pizza was not cut appropriately nor do they provide appropriate utensils. It would be nice for them to provide it when they serve the pizza versus us having to go look for it read more

Happy with my service here! Walked in with no order ahead, only waited 15 minutes- probably less- for my pizza. Tasted great and was cheap. Nice little store if you choose to eat in but seems like more of a carry out place. Staff was friendly enough and seemed to be taking things seriously behind the counter. Good stop for pizza! read more

HotBox Pizza - Pepperoni pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Ordered a pizza for delivery this past weekend and went with HotBox because it's close to my place. I will say, the website is pretty snazzy and easy to navigate which is nice. However, I was surprised when I nonchalantly typed in "hotbox" .com and shockingly found out that I was on the wrong website -- NOTE make sure you type in hotboxpizza.com or you too, will be surprised. Anyhow, we ordered a large pizza (half dixie chicken and half chicken ranch), breadsticks with cheese, and two drinks. The total with tip came out to $35, probably a little over priced, but if I wanted to save money I could have picked it up myself. The pizza itself was pretty disappointing. Bland in flavor, and the crust was overly salty for some reason. The breadsticks were alright. And for the drinks, well we got soda so that's hard to mess up -- and the cups are nice to re-use and dishwasher safe. On the plus side, it was delivered at the exact time they said it would be, so two stars for efficiency. Overall in Yelp terms -- mehh, I've had better. read more

HotBox Pizza - a pizza in a box with a side of fries - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I'd say a solid 3.5 stars for Hot Box I typically only order from Hot Box for the pie of the week specials. The pizza is a good quality and the flavors are good, but for the price point it is about like any other delivery pizza chain. It is good value when you get the pie of the week, my favorite is the Porky the Pie, the Cheese-sticks and the Party Fowl. My last visit, I took in the Girl Next Door. The GND was tasty. It had spicy pepperoni, pineapple and hot honey on a red sauce base. I was good, but could have used more hot honey. Now on to the negatives that exist now, that didn't when (Pizza Express) now Hot Box first came to Indy a long while ago and when I worked at the Broad Ripple store. The breadsticks used to be so much better than they currently are. The stick are not tender anymore and feel like they are always over cooked or cooked at too high a temperature. They used to be as good as a local chain that has the name of a big Midwest city on a lake to the north of us, but now are no where near as good. read more

HotBox Pizza - The Girl Next Door - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

In to get me hot box pizza. Double spicy pepperoni and banana peppers. What!!!!!! The lady helping me order was super helpful and courteous. Guided me through the menu. I thoroughly enjoyed my pizza. read more

HotBox Pizza - a hot box pizza sign - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Once in a while, I get a craving for Hot Box Pizza. I received a post card in the mail for a free pizza because they "missed me" since I had not ordered a pizza from them in a while. I redeemed it one night to bring to a gathering to share with friends and everyone enjoyed it. I have enjoyed Hot Box Pizza for quite a while and always enjoyed their specialty pizzas. The meal deal is a great deal . You get a large pizza with breadsticks and two beverages. They provide Tootsie Rolls as a treat with every pizza, which makes them stand out among the competition. The pizza tastes terrific and is more unique among the other pizzas I have had with other restaurants. Hotbox PIzza has a great crust and they provide different spices and even a little garlic on their pizza. They produce a high quality product with every delivery or carry out order. The breadsticks are phenomenal and taste superb! Their nacho sauce and ranch sauce are excellent as well. The staff is excellent and gives professional customer service. The fact that they surprise their long commitment customers with a post card for a free pizza or free side demonstrates their ability to keep their customers happy and make good relationships with people for the long term. Hotbox pizza is awesome and will continue to order pizza from them for quite a while. They are terrific to a whole new level! read more

HotBox Pizza - Pizza and breadsticks - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

After a long hot run this morning I didn't have the energy to make or even go pickup food, so I decided to order pizza. I hadn't had HotBox in a long time and it sounded good and it had a reasonable delivery fee. I ordered one of the deals that included a large pizza, breadsticks, and two fountain drinks. I got a text message that my order had been delivered. I opened my door and did not find anything. Within a few minutes a neighbor called me and told me my pizza had been delivered to her house. This is not uncommon. I live on a street and she lives on an avenue of the same name. I called to restaurant to inform them of this delivery mistake and no credit for the delivery fee or tip or anything else to make this right was offered. For the food. The pizza was as I remembered it's solid pizza, yet not outstanding. I was disappointed with the ricotta cheese. I didn't appreciate any ricotta cheese. I was expecting a large amount. Maybe it was blended in or maybe it was just left off, I can't tell, but wouldn't pay extra for this topping again. The sticks were good and I like the nacho cheese. I also like the to-go cups that you can collect and use again. I have been trying to give grace to the service industry lately, but I have had a string of bad luck with high prices and poor food quality or service. For this experience the food was fine, but the delivery issue and lack of willingness to correct the mistake will dampen my enthusiasm for ordering from here again in the near future. read more

HotBox Pizza - Sausage, mushroom, and ricotta pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Pizza is good, love the breadsticks and the price of The Pie of the Week is great. Staff friendly.

Check in on the Yelp app and you can get free breadsticks?! Oh yeah!! We called in two large pizzas and the breadsticks, and they were ready within fifteen minutes. The staff were nice and efficient and the food was piping hot. They have a small inside seating area with TVs and also a front patio that looks out on Rangeline Road. There's usually pretty quick service and the best part? Pizzas come with Tootsie Rolls in them - hah! read more

Free breadsticks today - National Breadsticks day! Great midday appetizer for free 3 free & choice of sauce - read more

HotBox Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

Came in after a long day, placed my order...the process was a bit confusing. I ordered a salad, 3 drinks and cheese bread....I can't for the life of me understand why it took 38+ minutes and when I asked about it no one knew where it was. Finally someone said it just went in the oven...38 minutes after I placed the eat - in order. At this point I'm highly agitated and just want to leave...I keep seeing folks pick up their orders, come inside place orders and get them but my little salad and small cheese bread is taking so much time. I'm so confused. So instead of enjoying my food I had to take it with me. The lack of communication was disappointing. read more

Usually Hot Box hits the spot. Tonight's order was very disappointing. We ordered a small order of bread sticks and they were stale and very "airy". We picked them up in a timely fashion so I am not sure what happened to the quality tonight. read more

My go to pizza place whenever the need arises!!! Their basic pizzas are delicious and their specialty pizzas are fun and creative. I mean Mac and cheese on a pizza? That's hard to say no to. Their BREADSTICKS are absolutely addicting and I will admit that I have ordered pizza to justify buying the stix hahaha. And don't discount the salad! They've only got one but it's soooo good - with pepperoni and banana peppers and cheese. Get it with ranch and it's to die for - and I'm not even really a salad person. Their ranch is also literally the best ranch I've ever had. No lie. It's soooo good. LOVE you, HotBox! read more

Have ordered some over 10 times from here and the pizza is perfect every time , you can't go wrong with hot box , ever since I dropped papa johns and came here I haven't been disappointed read more

Burnt my pizza. I'll call corporate tomorrow because this wasn't even edible. Got the weekly special but next time I'll just take $13 and flush it down the toilet. Come on guys you can't server burnt over cooked food read more

Nice really thin crust. Quality ingredients was ready when I arrived for pickup New Years Eve

Usually this is my go to pizza place on nights where i just want something simple and fast, i've never had any issues with their pizza. It isn't amazing but it isn't bad either. Their breadsticks are way to salty and get hard and cold fast so i never order those. But tonight i went to pick up a pizza and found long hairs in it. 3 of them. After looking at the other reviews, 2 other people had the same issue aswell. I'm definitely done with hotbox and not going back. read more

The name "HotBox" turned me off initially -- it conjured visions of pot smokers eating cold pizza in a messy living room, or under-the-blankets farters (or both). But I had a coupon for a free pizza with the purchase of breadsticks, and I'm not dumb enough to turn down free food, so HotBox Pizza it was. First the good: 1) My order was ready super fast. 2) The people who work here know what they're doing and take their job seriously, but are friendly and really nice. Now for the mediocre: 1) The breadsticks were just alright. I ate one in the car on the way home from picking up my pizza, and it was good because I was really hungry and pretty much anything tastes good when you're really hungry, but once I got home and the breadsticks had time to cool down, they tasted bland and got hard quickly. 2) The pizza tasted like Little Caesars or some of those other cheap pizzas. It was like, "Yes, this is pizza because it is bready and has sauce and cheese on it, but it's not good pizza and I don't really like eating it, but I will because it's here and I'm hungry." Kind of a let-down. I don't think I'll be getting pizza from here again, or HotBox in general. It's just not my kind of pizza. I can see how others would like it, though -- it's cheap and fast and acceptable. read more

I totally understand the lack of help these days in the service industry. Not sure what all these non working people are doing, but anyways, we put in an order for breadsticks and cheese sticks the other night. Once an hour rolled around, I mentioned the fact that our order had yet to be delivered. When we called, the woman who answered the phone had informed us that they were short staffed with one delivery driver. The driver was out delivering orders, our order was at HotBox and once the driver returned, they would get our order to us. We waited. Then it became 45 minutes since the last call, so now an hour and forty five minutes. This was when I said, "well our order has been sitting at the place for about an hour and a half, so I guarantee it will arrive like it's been sitting for that time". Once the two hour mark rolled around, which was 10:00pm by now, our order arrived. It was exactly how i thought it would be, breadsticks cold, cheese sticks cold and dried out. Needless to say, I was not happy at all! Like I said, I totally understand the shortage of help, but this was unacceptable!! At some point, maybe instead of expecting the one driver to kill themselves trying to deliver each and every order around town, someone from the shop could jump in and at least help get some out in a timely manner. Another real bother to me, is there was no "we are so sorry your order arrived 2 hours late" or "let me take some off your order, etc" by the woman on the phone or the delivery driver. Again I understand the shortage, but that can not be used 24/7, as an excuse for shotty service!!! read more

I ordered breadsticks and it literally took 54 minutes for them to get them ready. This is ridiculous, there are plenty of other pizza places in town with just as good pizza and price with way better service. Hotbox had convenience going for them, but apparently not any more. read more

I've never been to such a disappointing pizza restaurant. First off, let me say this: I understand that every restaurant/ delivery/ take out place, ETC- I understand how they all do things a little bit differently. With that being said, I'm no fan of how HotBox Pizza runs things so I thought I should make my voice clear. Let me also clarify: I've had HotBox Pizza a lot of times. If there's anyone experienced in giving this establishment a review, it's me. Let's all be honest, Most adults praise Pizza Hut and crap on Papa John's.... But anytime pizza restaurants are the center of the attention, you don't hear HotBox Pizza being mentioned whatsoever. I think that's a good thing, I don't think HotBox Pizza is in my top 100 fav pizza places. The crust is typically always old and trashy. While the toppings aren't the problem, the dough has got to go! Personally Papa John's will always be my fav pizza restaurant unless that changes which I doubt it. read more

As an IU graduate, Hot Box (or Pizza Express) is a favorite--especially their famous breadstix. Finally, a location in Carmel! This is probably the nicest Hot Box location and it offers beer, several big screen TVs, and free Wi-Fi. The breadstix were awesome as usual (we of course got the trifecta of sauces: cheese, marinara, and ranch). The pizza was better than usual--maybe its the new ovens? The downside is the 'deal' has continued to go up in price (not at $16) and an order of breadstix has been reduced from 8 to 6. I see there is a location in Texas. Keeping my fingers crossed that one will open up in the Chicago area. read more

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Love this pizza! Their ranch is like liquid gold and they are speedy when you are ready for some grub. The franchise is great in general but this location is closest to my home so I appreciate how fast they are to pump out some great pizza and breadsticks! read more

Oh if only this was the HotBox on campus! But alas... Every time I order at the Carmel location, I've been disappointed. The breadsticks are crispy and stale, pizza mediocre (which is funny considering they're trying to fight pizza mediocrity) and service less than friendly. While I love their unique combinations for pizza toppings and I could take an IV of their ranch every day, this just won't cut it. Sorry HotBox. Looks like I have to move back to West Lafayette to enjoy you. I ordered the summer pie on thin crust because it was pie of the week. It's their version of a Margherita pizza, and usually I love it. But today, I got home, opened the box and was severely disappointed. Y'all. It was like leftover pizza from the day before. I had to MICROWAVE it to get it to a chewing-friendly consistency. So mad. Wtf Carmel HotBox. This isn't the first time this HotBox has let me down. If you're looking for tasty pizza in Carmel, try someplace else. read more

No complaints here. It's your basic pizza place although they do have some fun specialty combinations. Tonight we tried the winter pie with Mac & cheese on it and it was good. Highly recommend the "Deal" - pizza, stix and drinks for one price. read more

Had pizza from here very recently and was so happy and pleased with the entire process. Do not eat much pizza. It is rare pleasure for us. We try to avoid the calories. Even the delivery went well and was on time. They were nice on the phone also, since we are not that familiar with their choices. Just a really good experience. Good Pizza! read more

Went at lunch time no pizzas where ready. Had to wait for pizzas to cook. People are on a limited time schedule when you go for lunch. I would expect to have it quicker than 30 minutes since you are only cooking 3 different styles of toppings. Pizza was hot and good just extremely slow on service. read more

Terrible follow up I received an email after contacting their website and writing my last review on 5/1/16. They apologized and said they were going to send me a certificate in hopes I would give them another try. Which I was willing to do since the response was fast and appropriate. But alas the follow through was terrible. It is now 7/29/2016 and I never received a certificate or anything past the email. Needless to say I will not be doing business with HotBox and considering my kids have a Ninja Turtle Appetite for pizza, that is a loss * I will also add that I double checked the email that they had the right street address and yes it was correct. read more

A happy pizza lover. Ordered a large sausage and pepperoni pizza and a large chicken alfredo. The chicken alfredo was the pie of the week. It was not something I would normally order. We were pleasantly surprised at the taste of this pizza. The only want would be for more chicken on top. Their breadsticks are always a hit and did not disappoint. Ordered online and the process was very simple. Just ran in and out with dinner. We will be back!! read more

I'll be honest, I am addicted to Hot Box Stix! I can't deny it any longer. Their pizza I can do without, I don't find it any better than the average chain-type pizza. Oh, but those breadstix!! I always get them with ranch and cheese sauce. Dip the stix in cheese 1st, then into the ranch. Wonderful. I typically head there for the "Box Lunch" which is a choice of 2 of 3 items: a slice, a salad and stix. As you might have guessed, I skip the slice for the salad and stix. It's a great deal. I haven't had any of their specialty pies yet, but I can't really see them being any better than their regular pizzas. read more

Hot box is our go to fast, delicious, delivery pizza! We love to order The Deal... Which is a large one topping pizza with an order of breadsticks and two drinks (with the famous reusable cups!). It is so much food for a very affordable price! Also, I am a huge fan of their ranch! It is delicious! The people who take our order are always super friendly and the delivery boy is always prompt and very friendly! One delivery guy made an extra stop to get us a bag of ice. He said it was his first time for that request, but he was more than willing to stop for us! Needless to say we tipped him very well! Hot box will always be a go to when we don't feel like cooking or can't decide on where to eat! read more

Had pizza delivered. The pizza was "ok". The breadsticks were pertty good. It's just middle of the road pizza. The whole wheat crust on one pizza was not that good. The dough was underdone and chewy. Not that pleasing. read more

Usually this is our go to place for pizza, but tonight we found a giant long hair cooked into our pizza which ruined our meal. Very disappointed!!! read more

They have never screwed up my order, they have never not found my apartment and they're always on time. If you love hot box like I do, you will not be disappointed. Always great and everyone is always awesome! read more

I love this HotBox! It is in a great location, close to downtown Carmel and it's usually easy to get in and out of the lot! The staff works quickly! Get the breadsticks with all of the sauces besides marinara lol. No hate on the marinara, I just really like the other sauces. Especially the ranch. HotBox ranch is life!! read more

Pulled over to stop at another restaurant and ended up detouring to blaze. Wasn't sure what to expect but was overly pleased on the whole experience! I was immediately greeted by Paige who was friendly and, thank goodness, genuine. Who got me all set up and passed to Megan who guided me to build one of the best pizzas I had cause it was my own creation. Finally Jai finished the payment, which at under 10 bucks is a steal! The rest of the staff, Jonathan and Eric (and more I'm sure I'm spacing), was relaxed, positive, and most importantly seemed to really enjoy their jobs! Definitely Blaze is a new destination for some excellent pizza and service. read more

HotBox Pizza - The pieces left after the carnage. Good stuff! - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I like Hotbox pizza alright. It's a step up from your regular chains; however, there are gourmet pizza joints that still blow it out of the water. The spicy pepperoni is good. actually, I like "The Hotbox." It's spicy pepperoni and banana pepper. They have items like fontina, ricotta, and Wisconsin cheddar cheese. It's much like a mix between Dominoe's and a gourmet joint that can put fancy stuff on your pizza; however, they charge you the high specialty prices. I ordered mine deliver, but just a forewarning, the parking lot is a pain in the ass, and it's pretty impossible to get in and out of, depending on which way your going (most ways). read more

Whenever I'm in town for business I make it a point to stop in here...I don't know why exactly as it isn't the best pizza but I do. Every time. =P Their dough is pretty good but the sausage is the little shredded kind that is normally on cheap frozen pizzas. Not saying that is bad, just not my preference. Perhaps I'll try something different next time but I can never make up my mind so I always get the supreme. What I do really enjoy here is their breadsticks and liquid cheese. LIQUID CHEESE SO GOOD! If you're around I recommend at least trying it. Service has always been fine when I go there. I've ordered a few times from the hotel and they always forget my drink which is kind of annoying. read more

Literally worst pizza I've ever had and I was starving. I got the Eves garden and it didn't come with broccoli or garlic and had no flavor. I would not buy from here again. Tasted like burnt cheese on cardboard. Even the cookie was so artificially made I had to spit it out read more