Took the family out to Howie & Son's Pizza Parlor in Visalia and, as always, it did not disappoint. We ordered the Big Howie Special, which comes with a massive Howie sized pizza, perfectly crispy mojos, and believe it or not, some of the best fried chicken in town. I know, you don't usually expect top tier fried chicken from a pizza spot... but try it and tell me I'm wrong. As a craft beer enthusiast, I was seriously impressed by their tap selection. For a pizza joint to have what seemed like over 20 beers on tap, that's next level. You can grab a great brew to pair with your slice, and that just elevates the whole experience. On top of all that, the customer service is always outstanding. They've consistently treated me and my family with kindness and care, which goes a long way in my book. I'll absolutely continue supporting this fantastic, family owned gem. Do yourself a favor and check it out, you might just find your new go to spot. read more

Horrible quality. I ordered a Large (not their largest size) pizza and an order of fried mushrooms. The total was $42! I picked it up and got it home to find out the pizza was undercooked and the mushrooms were salty AF, moist and shriveled up! I immediately called the restaurant and the manager WAS HORRID. He had a nasty attitude and said he could offer me 10% off my next order! Like me for real. I told him I would not be returning and yelled don't ever call here again then! I've gone here for years, I don't know why it's completely gone down the drain the past few years but this will most definitely be my last time. Consider yourselves warned! read more

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I ordered this fried chicken and Mojos and it was ready when I got to the restaurant. They are very nice on the phone. Everyone here is always very nice. They are never stingy with any of the side condiments. Barbecue sauce, ranch dressing, ketchup, hot sauce, jalapeños. read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Me sitting in front of two orders of fresh hot from the oven fried chicken and Mojo's. - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

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My husband and I went in for the lunch buffet and the place was dark, cold and there was no lunch buffet. No greeting and an outdated menu was all there was... Sad, we used to love this place. read more

I used to eat there a lot before COVID hit. But haven't been there since then. Was great... especially the Mojos read more

This breaks my heart to make this review I've been coming to howies since I was a kid I'm 38 years old now in all my years I've never seen a worse pizza my expectations have always been high for howies pizza because it was always made perfectly never had a complaint but after tonight I will never order from this failing business again..... I ordered the special 12 dollar pizza they advertise on Wednesday I've been ordering this pizza for 15 years or longer not once have Ive been told or seen any differences in the quality of the Wednesday large compared to getting a pizza on any other day but when I got home and opened my box it looked like a completely different pizza barely any cheese paper thin crust and just not close to the quality I expect from howies I thought maybe a new person who wasn't trained correctly might have made it so I called howies and told them this doesn't seem like the same pizza if I took it back could they take a look and possibly replace it with the delicious pizza I've come to expect from them the girl on the phone said sure so my wife drives it back and shows some very incompetent rude manager this disgusting pizza and he takes a look and said this how we make these Wednesday pizza since when!!! Then proceeds to say how they are barely keeping the lights on what does that have to do with these horrible pizza you made i hope they go out of business because it would be a deservice to sell pizza like this using howies name I know if he was alive still he would never let his product he put his name on fall so far below standards I will never return do this failing business the pictures below show how far they have fallen in quality how sad read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - The pizza that I've been getting for the last 15 years - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

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We come here often and have never had a bad experience. Pleasant servers And The atmosphere is great for the family. The food is amazing. If you have never been here, go now!! read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Big Howie pizza - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

Doesn't look like much from the outside, but wow this pizza is amazing! This hidden gem in Visalia has some of the best pizza in town, my family truly enjoyed this food and will be back again! Thanks again for all that you do, keep up the amazing work! Roldán Family read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Amazing pizza, worth the drive! - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

My review is based primarily upon the degree to which the website is not current. I went with my family for the pizza buffet, which is advertised on the website as being available from 11:00 .m. to 2:00 p.m. every day. They no longer offer a pizza buffet. Additionally, the website offers a Wednesday night special for a one-topping large pizza for $10. The price as painted on their window is $12.99. The pizza may be very good -- I really don't know -- but the website is inadequate. read more

Dined in at this establishment w/family in November, food was great. Few days later, on credit card account, noticed a higher charge than the price of the meal from this establishment. Establishments system automatically includes a gratuity. Unknown to this automatic gratuity charge, a cash gratuity was also left. Reached out to the establishment about the situation and was told by the manager that the automatic would be reimbursed. Nearly 1 month later no reimbursement has been initiated. Please be aware of the system generated gratuity. For the record, I fully support gratuity but please let me be the one to determine when/how much I give from my hard-earned money. read more

We love this place! The pizza is amazing. The sauce is so good with a hint of sweetness. The chicken wings are SO good and crispy with the sauce on the side. The potato's, also, delicious. Don't sleep on this place! read more

Howie and Sons is one of the best pizza places in Visalia. It's homie and accommodating and the food is delicious! Might be a little "echo-y" but there are some arcade games to keep the kids entertained. read more

Best pizza in Visalia! Great service and prices. Their fried chicken and potatoes are amazing too. Great place to have parties or to watch a game while enjoying some fantastic food! read more

Always Bowie and sons. Great pizza and chicken. Decent prices and quality of food is always outstanding.

We wanted to have some pizza and beer while watching the game on Saturday. We walked in at approximately 1:00 pm. The cashier looked pretty filthy as his clothes appeared to be very soiled and covered in flower and other food. He was the cashier, cook, bartender and bus boy. I couldn't eat after seeing this and just boxed our food up and took it home. This used to be a really nice place to go on the weekends but it looks like management has cut its staff so far back that it makes it gross to look at. read more

Unfortunately gotta give this place a bad review. Our pizza dough was raw, hardly any cheese. The wings were good but the potatoes were also a miss for me. I definitely remember this place having some bomb food!but it just wasn't there :/ read more

Pizza was good only had to wait till the owners party got their food. We waited 55 minutes for mojos. Pizza took 1 1/2 hrs. Wasn't that busy either. Our order was in way befor the owners. Also all the games where off so the kids birthday party couldn't play the games. Food was good but the service was not very good. read more

Fried chicken and Mojo's are the bomb usually the chicken is supreme has a great fry on it as well as the mojo and the mushrooms and the zucchinis read more

I walked in there the other day to "try" this place. Obviously and old Shakey's, but it looks like no one has touched anything since. Very dingy and uninviting. Obviously no one gives a crap either, I waited around for 5 minutes, no one came out to take my order, so I left. read more

Awesome food especially the chicken!!! Great beer. Loud, noisy, fun time!!!! Highly recommended!!! read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Hazy day 9% - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

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Tonight me and my husband stopped by Howie and Sons pizza for the first time. Here's how our experience went . So I'll start off with the food . We ordered the largest pizza you can get, The Big Howie pepperoni pizza, an order of hot wings, 8 piece potatoes, and an order of fried mushrooms. The girl who took our order was pretty nice and friendly. We also asked for ranch and jalapeños on the side which she informed us were free. We thought that was pretty cool because usually every pizza place you go to you have to pay extra for ranch and jalapeños. So we get our cups for drinks and go sit down. Within 10 to 15 minutes we received all of our appetizers. The potatoes were very delicious! We ate those pretty quickly, Then I tried the mushrooms, and those were also very tasty ! Probably the best fried mushrooms I've ever had from a restaurant. The hot wings were delicious too! They weren't the saucy kind of hot wings that normally pizza parlors have, they were more like deep fried with a crust and hot sauce was in the batter. Which I prefer that type of hot wing so that was great, they were very flavorful and the chicken was good quality ! Me and my husband were very pleased with our appetizers , so we were very excited to get our pizza. Now, let me just say that it's a Friday so they were a bit busy. Not extremely packed, but they had a good amount of people in there. We sat and waited for our pizza for a very long time.. we ended up getting full from our appetizers from waiting so long. Finally an hour went by and still no pizza and me and my husband we're getting extremely impatient. My husband went up and told the woman who took our order if she could just get our pizza to go since we were already full from our appetizers and we had been there for so long. She apologized and said yeah. So we waited for some more time and still no pizza. Probably another 10 to 15 minutes goes by and by then my husband was very irritated. He walked up to her to see how much longer it would be and her attitude had just completely changed. She made a face and was a bit rude and said our pizza was ready for a while and waiting for us up there at the counter. I don't understand why she didn't inform us that our pizza was ready when she knew we were waiting this whole time. She said she was waiting for us to go up there to get it but how would we even though it was ready if she didn't inform us ? Usually the workers are supposed to let you know when your food is ready. And it was kind of funny how her attitude went from being friendly to being rude, and although we were very irritated from waiting, we were still very friendly to her, but she seemed to be annoyed by us . We found that pretty funny, considering we even left her a tip, even though she didn't wait on us. Overall, the food was pretty delicious and the restaurant itself is pretty cool. There are arcade games for the kids and plenty of space. Very dim chill lighting, and a bar area . We do plan on coming back just maybe on a night that isn't so busy. Next time we will be prepared to wait longer. But waiting an hour and a half for one pizza is kind of ridiculous. I understand It was busy, but it wasn't that busy. There wasn't a line of people or anything like that. And I understand workers can get irritated too but instead of taking it out on the customer, maybe just communicate better. Communication goes a long way. No need to be rude or get smart because I'm sure anybody would be a little irritated after waiting over an hour for one pizza and then finding out the pizza was ready and just sitting there and they never told you :) read more

The food was super good got the fired chicken, potato's slices, and a half and half pizza best fired chicken I have had. Service was also super good. The atmosphere was also like a 90's theme which I like. read more

Pizza prize went up pepporoni went down . Ordered a pizza took it home and noticed they hardly put pepperoni on pizza cheese and dough! Will not go back Ridiculous! They have done it twice gave they a second chance! read more

What happened to this place. The pizza was dry and flavorless. They have no bottled beers and their tap beer is flat. The bathrooms are disgusting and overall appearance is poor. read more

All the years of living in Visalia and I've only had positive reviews for this establishment, until last night. I sincerely hope it was an off night, but it was disappointing. The pizza was not the same, the crust wasn't cooked through, the crust wasn't made/shaped like before, I usually like the "sweetness" of the crust but it was over powering and the rest of the pie had no flavor. The crust edge was usually my favorite being thick to finish off a slice, but was just soggy from being doused in sauce. We had chicken and mojos also, and all were way overcooked and very salty. Service was also slower than in our past visits but we were told beforehand and were "ok" with that under the expectations we'd be getting our favorite pizza, chicken, and mojos. The service was Ok, last night, though maybe was understaffed or not ready for the larger crowd there. What's sad is we will be moving out of Visalia soon for a job relocation and this was likely our last visit. Not how I wanted to remember Howie and Son's. I'm rating a 3 star based on my past experiences. read more

If I haven't said it before I'll say it now and forever. Howie and Son's is one of my top 5 pizzerias in the Valley. It stands out against competitors because of their consistency. Every time I've come here it has the same great taste. The pizza is off the chain. It's different but so tasty. The crust is soft and chewy. The sauce is sweet and the pepperoni is the right amount of crispy and salty. The chicken. Whew it reminds me of the chicken at Roscoes Chicken and Waffles. It's perfectly crunchy on the outside, but plump and juicy on the inside. Mix up some of their hot sauce and ranch and watch your taste buds explode into a waterfall of satisfaction. Yum. The mojos and also crispy and are well seasoned. Those are also scrumptious dipped into the hot sauce ranch blend. The salad bar is okay. I've only had it once or twice when I was too hungry to wait for my pizza. They also have a buffet which I'm pretty sure my stretchy pants and I have enjoyed a time or two. Service is decent most of the time and they have a great beer selection. Games are on most of the time so if you're sensitive to sound, better take it to go. read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Incredible pizza - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

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For me there are only two places in the valley that make a pizza so tasty that it will literally drive a craving so deep in me it pains me like a bad tooth!!! Howies and son is one the other is in Clovis (review to follow) The pizza is a cheesy toasty delite... sauce is sweet but not sugary more like a honey tone marinated in some how idk. Crust is buttery and crisp not crunchy.... toppings are as good as any..... but the combination of them all make such palatable flavor it becomes quite a unique pizza experience (at least I have not had anything like it) I really love this place not only for the food before the ambience it really feels like it's a mans domain but at the same time a charming Divey local hang out spot. It's a great place for the family. So other than the pizza: They make Amazing fried chicken, great medallion shaped Mojoes if you are a fan of either yet have not tried The fried chicken alone is worth a drive.there are a few other appetizers all good. There's always a deal or coupon so for those who love deal take advantage. Yelp offers a free appetizer with check in! Video games for the kids plenty of craft beers for the bros. yeah so do yourself a favor and eat here! read more

We have always Love this place. We have been coming here since the 90s. We still love the food, but the service is lacking. We shouldn't have to wait an hour and a half for chicken and Mojoes when people that walked in after us have gotten their food, Eaten their food, and left. read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Been waiting an hour and 15 minutes for chicken and mojos . Good beer though. - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

Took more than an hour to receive my to go order and staff did not care I don't recommend service not good.

We come all the way from Tulare for this pizza, definable cures the pizza edge! The staff is always helpful, and bar is on point with there microbrews! They even carry bud light! The specials are great too with the chicken and mojos, a must. read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - The man, the myth, the legend! - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

The best selections of micro brews in town. The owner is an absolute expert, feel free to ask him he will love to enlighten you about what on tap. And, And he even brew some of the concoctions himself. LOVE! Pairs great with whatevers cooking in the open kitchen. The salad bar is delicious too read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Enjoying some taters and some Rager 5. Bitter sweet coming in to learn of the old mans passing, we will drink a pint for him at his table. - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

It's a good pizza place but I would not go there again . It was cool that they served fried gizzards though. The salad was fresh, that was good. All in all.......I would not go there again read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Gizzards - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

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Amazing customer service over the phone, Ordered a family meal and it was perfect for my little family of 3 Food was amazing. Went to pick up my order and inside they have a full bar. Definitely liked the family vibes. Will return to dine in next time read more

Went to Howie and Sons today and had a horrible experience. I have to say that we used to love this place. I've noticed that over time, the restaurant has become dirty and the employees seem overwhelmed. During our visit today we found that almost every table in the restaurant was dirty. The tables were covered in food and trash from the previous customers. I had to clean my own table. While looking for napkins to wipe down the table, I found that all the napkin holders were empty. When I went to fill my cup with soda I found the soda machine to be dirty and the area around the soda machine to be covered in old syrup. We had been waiting for close to an hour for our order when I went to ask for a refund. While the manager agreed to refund our money, he seemed upset that I wouldn't wait around until they finished our meal. If I can say anything to the management and owners of this place it's the following: the public is now very informed about how restaurants should be run. With shows like Restaurant Impossible and Bar Rescue on television, we are now aware of what is not acceptable. Your place of business needs to be cleaned up, your employees trained, and get your menu streamlined. read more

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My entire family loves this pizza, fried chicken, and mojos. Sooo good. Prices are awesome too.

Every worker here looks like a hot mess they don't wear masks or gloves when preparing the food. Also the food is not good will not be returning read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Bar - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

Great pizza and fresh salad bar!! Lot's of tvs to watch the game on. Friendly staff and their chicken wings are delicious. My only gripe is a little dark inside. read more

Howie and Sons Pizza - Were goin to Howie and sons tonite and were taking the pizza queen - Pizza Near Me - Visalia, California

First time here was invited by my mother in law pizza was good, famous potatoes are good "remind me of a place we have back home that sell them as potato logs" fried chicken is okay taste like homemade but with a little less flavor really had no complaints read more

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Carried out a large pepperoni, half black olive a few nights ago and was completely impressed! Staff was super friendly and efficient. The pizza itself was amazing! One of the best in town I'd say. Will definitely return. read more

Delicious dough and the sauce, great quality every time I've been here. Awsome craft beer selections. Be sure to try a kaweah beer, you'll love it. read more