After raving recommendations from my co-workers, I thought I'd go out of my way after work to get this "awesome" pizza at Mellow Mushroom. Initial thought as I picked up my pizza at the counter. I can imagine a hipster in super-flared bell-bottoms walking in bare-footed with hairy armpits, stoned, hallucinating at the thoughts of flower-power, peace-signs, and magic mushrooms. Ok...well...that doesn't fit my self-description. Har har. I really wanted to love the pizza, but I was sorely disappointed. I didn't see what was so special between Mellow's vs. other pizza joints (unless you spiked it with some magic mushrooms maybe). If I went to Papa Johns, Donatos, Pizza Hut...I could get boxes and more boxes of pizzas for $30. Nothing to rave about, just a mediocre pizza with no pizzazz. Credits to the ultra-fresh ingredients, but the pizza dough was just too chewy for my liking and it reheated to a soggy-mess in the oven. Perhaps if I ate in next time, I'd be able to enjoy it fresh in this cool-vibed atmosphere. read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - House special + pineapples - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I came into the Mellow Mushroom with high hopes, since I've grown accustomed to some great craft pizza joints here in the northern Indy suburbs of Carmel and Westfield. Despite all the funky decor and theming, I was a little disappointed at the quality of the pizza. Certainly not bad, but nothing stood out. Unfortunately, I just don't think it can compete with the likes of Crust, Pizzology and the other top-tier boutique pizza restaurants. Maybe they're not trying to be top-tier, which I can understand. Service was poor, however. We were in a party of 6, and everyone's drinks ran dry multiple times. Our server disappeared for 10-15 minutes at a time, which is never good. I'll probably give them another try, but so far there isn't much positive to say. read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - House special - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I am so disappointed! We came to this location a few years ago and it was great! Today was like an entirely different universe. The food was okay but the service was absolutely the worst I have had anywhere! Our waitress may have spoken a total of 10 words to us then entire time. We had to get up and find her to get drink refills, when she finally brought them she just plunked them down on the table and walked away. Never asked if we needed anything, how everything was, anything. Save your time and money and go elsewhere! read more

Mellow mushroom, nothing mellow about it. Their specialty pizzas, daily specials and big flavors, keep me coming back. I honestly love their dough almost more than anything. There are only a few spots that I can think of where the dough is what is so memorable. Even more so than the pizza or toppings as a whole. Mellow mushroom is one of 3 or 4 go to lunch spots for me and I'm glad I found it a few years back. Fun employees with a great atmosphere and product keep me coming back again and again. Check ot out, you won't be disappointed... read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Great little bar area and an open kitchen. Great family spot or for a night out trying one of their 20ish taps. - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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Love the pizzas and the service here! It gets loud inside, but it has a fun vibe and some cool decor. They have a patio and you can sit outside. They also let us bring our small dog, but we had to stay at a few certain tables. We always ask first. We were going to get a pizza to go, but no one was really sitting outside since it had been a rainy day so it was nice for us to be able to sit there and get our dog used to being out. The pizza are great and they let you have you make your pizza half and half which is always nice so we can both get what we want. The appetizers are great, we love the bruschetta and I am a huge fan of the calzones! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Greek Salad - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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That holy shiitake pizza...my mouth is watering just typing it's name. I am not a pizza person by any means but this place has me hooked. I'm the oddball who doesn't like red sauce or pepperonis on pizza so the exquisite menu here is perfect for me. My family likes getting their normal options (typically a cheese pizza, yawn) but they say it's the best they've had. Staff is kind here, the place is clean, and although the pizzas are made to order (and you can do half and half, score!), the food comes quickly. Be sure to also try those pretzels (swoon). read more

Mellow mushroom was just meh for me. The sauce didn't have any spice to it and resembled tomato paste. There was nothing wrong with the cheese pizza or veggie pizza, but nothing special either I expected not to like the pretzel bites because they just seemed like little breadsticks, but they turned out to be the best thing we ordered. read more

The first Mellow Mushroom my family stumbled upon was in Asheville, NC.... and well instantly fell in love. It was a few years later when I realized it was a franchise, and I was ecstatic to know there was one in Carmel. This location is very clean and friendly. Love trying the different unusual pizzas and the crust is as good as it gets! My personal favorite is the Barbecue chicken, delightful! The only downside is sometimes found in the ambience. They have a bar area but I feel as though it's hard to separate the family-friendly area. read more

My family used to LOVE this location. However recently, our orders have been incorrect the last 3 times. It's frustrating because it continuously happens and then we have to wait another 20 minutes for it to be remedied. That being said, I'm not surprised as every teenager working has AirPods in. Hopeful that this location will improve! Still giving three stars because of all of the dairy free options they have. read more

We were in Carmel area and doing some shoppin*; our family happened see this pizza place. We are happy we came to this place. The pizza was very good- they put a lot of " fillings " on pizza and not just the sauce..... we ordered the ultimate pizza and this was very filling! I would recommend pizza lovers come here and try this place . We d definitely come back again ! read more

My family and I have been here at least 5 times if not more and we love it! The pretzels are very freakin good, we get the Garlic Butter & Parmesan pretzels before our pizza. The staff is always nice here and I love that they play my favorite genre of music, Reggae! The pizza is very tasty, I believe that they put Garlic Butter & Parmesan on the pizza crust, might be wrong but whatever it is, it's tasty! I only have one downfall about this place, is that it's a bit pricey. Maybe that's why it's in Carmel, IN. and not somewhere else?! If you are in the area and looking for a good pizza place to eat at give this one a try, I'm very sure you'll like it! read more

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VerdicTL;DR: Kid-friendly pizza that is also adult- approved. Who says that there's nothing good about the South? Mellow Mushroom is a fast-growing franchise out of Atlanta GA. It occupies a middle ground between pure pizza chains (e.g. Domino's, Little Caesars) and gourmet pizza pubs (e.g. BoomBozz, Pies & Pints). Sure it's got a bar, but the selection is limited and certainly not the focus of the place. Sure it's got some wacky pizzas, but those aren't the focus either. The pizza is some of the most competent chain-style pizza you'll ever find. The crust is probably the most distinctive element -- whole wheat flavors predominate, with delicate molasses, dark sugar, and bready notes. It's crisp ('baked on the stone', as they proudly advertise) yet gives way to a pillowy, delightful interior. You could put anything on that crust and it would taste good. We usually order the basic cheese pizza; when put to a vote, this is the pizza that my family prefers almost to the exclusion of all others. The sauce is tangy, bright, and full of fresh tomato flavors. The cheese is non-overwhelming in quantity and quite decent in quality. We've tried out many of the speciality pies, and the real standout there is the Holy Shiitake: a white pizza packed with a mushroomy umami punch. The thing is, though -- like Pies & Pints, the crust really is so good that you don't want to obscure it too much with other flavors. I'm told there are some secret menu items that they'll make for you if they have the ingredients on hand. I don't know about any others, but the caprese salad is one such secret menu item that is well worth having. The decor is intentionally hippie -- I find it disingenuous but my kids love it (so I'm not going to fault it; after all, the name of the place itself is a reference to that unfortunately drug-addled era so they're just playing the decor true to form). Service has always been great. Oh yeah -- for weekday lunches (11-1, M-F) they'll do individual slices. During weekends it's whole pies only. Highly recommended, for the whole family! read more

We take the gluten-free vegan crowd here. It's pizza, it's family friendly, and it's reasonably priced. read more

We were waiting for a carryout order and saw a female employee blow her nose and then take a customers bill and payment to the register without washing her hands. A second female employee came in to work, clocked in and immediately began putting away silverware without washing her hands. read more

Somehow I can't shake the image that this is a place where stoner's with munchies take their kids for dinner... It just has the feel of a very mellow magic mushroom kinda thing... Love the murals on the walls. One includes local celebs such as Letterman, the other some hardcore rockers like Ozzy, Led Zeppelin and so on... how many can you find. Being that it was my first time there, I was a bit confused upon entering the building. There was a long counter where apparently the entire staff stood lined up. So I thought it was counter service. Alas I was wrong and was guided to a table. Service was ok. The 'mellow' really comes through there. Please don't be in a hurry when you come here... it's quite relaxed and time no longer matters... I thought I was going to starve, first waiting on the appetizer, then waiting on the pizza... Anyways, that being said... the food is phenomenal. The bruschetta to die for, light crisp flavorful... I would go as far as saying the best I ever had. Pizzas are great, very tasty and occasionally strange combinations, but all yummy. I can't give my opinion on any of the other food items since I didn't consume any. But I had a red potato pizza, just had to try it and was quite pleasantly surprised. Yummy is all I can say. I also had a bite of various others, something like Cosmic Karma, Shitake Mushrooms, House Special and Maui Wowie? I'm at a loss with the names of these combinations, but every one of them very palate pleasing. Basically deducting one star for the extra long wait every step of the way. read more

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A huge disappointment and not at all representative of the typical MM. Service: Incredibly slow for a 1/2 half-full restaurant on a Thursday night. We skipped the appetizers and it still took over an hr for our meal. Heck, it took 10 minutes just to get a server. Drinks: They had none of the wines listed on the menu. The manager gave us the old "These menus are from corporate and the franchises can carry what they like." Here's a tip: your menu should ONLY carry items you actually serve. Anyway...we ended up getting some alcoholic ginger beer. It was so-so and light on the ginger. Food: Their version of the Kosmic Karma was a 3 at best, lacking the distinctive flavor it's known for. It also seemed a bit undercooked in the center. Somehow this place didn't have the Philosophers Pie on their menu, but I recreated it thanks to Google. That was a strong 4 to 4.5. This was our 2nd time here, but I don't think we'll be back. read more

Fabulous pizza. crazy fun environment. I wouldn't waste my time on the pretzels...they're just basic breadsticks folded into the pretzel shape. We took 2 small children and had a great time--not too fancy, family friendly. Pizza was a tad on the expessive side, but well worth it! They have an impressive "on tap" list, including daily specials. We'll definitely go back! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Awesome red potato pizza. Sour cream, bacon, fresh chives and buffalo ranch. Oh baby. - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I've been a huge fan of Mellow Mushroom since living in South Carolina so I was PUMPED to hear after moving to Carmel, that one is here!! I promptly got my parmesan pretzel knots with ranch and they were absolutely perfect. The staff who took my order and who helped me when I came to get my food, was so pleasant and helpful. I'll be back :) Keep it awesome, MM! read more

Ordered for pickup. Went to get pizza and said website was incorrect and running an hour behind. Got pizza home and the wrong crust. Salad was awful. read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Salad - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I've had tons of friends love this pizza place, so we finally got around to trying it on Saturday night. We started with the half order of Parmesan pretzels and splurged on the beer cheese (up charge). The pretzels themselves weren't anything spectacular, but I could've lived off the beer cheese for days-FOR DAYS! It made an impression on me to say the least. My boyfriend and I split a medium-half Red Skin Potato Pie for me and House Special on his half. Both of us could only eat one slice before giving up and asking for to go boxes (ate it all the next day). There really is a lot of food! It's a bit pricier, but they had a lot of different toppings and unique specialty pizzas so it was worth it to me. Our server was laid back and was pretty funny too. We'll definitely be coming back in the future! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Medium-half Red Skin Potato Pie, half House Special - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

I'm a pineapple on my pizza kind of person. There I said it. But if you are going to offer it, please slice it instead of just dropping five chunks the size of golf balls on top. read more

hair in food, rude people, an hour wait to get our food. charged extra food. do not come here unless u want hair in ur food.

TERRIBLE SERVICE. we waited an hour for our food, with no refills. the food was also gross. there was hair in one of the drinks, and a burger. our waitress was also extremely rude and hardly talked. 10/10... DONT RECOMMEND! read more

My favorite pizza place by a long shot! The pretzels are the best and I could make a meal of just those! Thankful it's on the northside because of it was closer I would eat there all the time and that wouldn't be good for the waistline lol We enjoy every trip to the Mellow Mushroom. The staff are always friendly, we don't wait long to be seated, and it is always clean as well as the bathrooms! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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Yum! My friend and I were fairly hangry and MM was the closest place and neither of us had ever been. Very chill pizza place - was nice that there's an adult area [bar] and a family area. There were a fair # of kids there but we didn't hear it thanks to the separation. It was fairly dead and a non-busy time for food, so we go our food fairly quickly. Pretzel sticks + beer cheese AND marinara = uhhh-mazing. The beer cheese alone was tasty! Both of us got calzones which appeared very huge- we thought we'd be able to conquer them entirely, but that wasn't the case. Don't let your eyes fool you. My leftovers made for a great lunch. Overall - great place, now I know what the Lafayette people clamour for. The girl did mix up our bills & charge my friend's amount on my credit card and vice versa but it didn't really matter since we both spent the same amt roughly. read more

I really like their pretzel crust and the pizzas are always delicious. Good draft beer selection and some good specials

always delicious, but somehow it tastes better when you're saving a little money getting the lunch special. slice of the day, salad & diet coke all for $6.50 um yes please! crust was nice & crunchy. service was great. fun atmosphere. its my first time here, but i WILL be back for more. read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - lunch special, last page of menu - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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This is some good pizza fo sho! My friend told me there must be something in the crust, and I agree; it's addicting! Not literally, of course. Hehe. I tried the Funky Q Chicken pizza and LOVED it. They got the Magical Mystery Tour and Hawaiian and were equally pleased with their picks. If you're with the kids, then you can take them over to watch their pizza being made. You can watch them toss the dough and everything. Wicked cool, man! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Bathroom signs - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

The main thing wrong with this small chain, for me, is the over-the-top hippie decor. There's a tie-dyed VW bus in the dining room, a ceiling-high mushroom just inside the door, and goofy cartoony pizza-re-themed paintings. I think kids enjoy it though, and it emphasizes the casual vibe in there. They have a really nice selection of draft beer (8?), most of it from craft breweries. In Indy the local feature is Upland but different areas will have different selections. When we were there they had Guinness, Sam Adams, Upland Wheat, 2 different Bell's, Magic Hat #9, maybe Blue Moon, and at least one other. Our server was nice, friendly, and quick. We had the meatball app to start. A slice of fresh mozzarella was the "cream filling" between each half of 3 good-sized meatballs, which were served lollipop style on a bed of tasty marinara, topped with fresh Parmesan curls and shreds of fresh basil. Yum! I would've preferred the meatballs slightly hotter-I think the cheese cooled them down some. We decided to go with the 10" Hot Potato Pie for $10.99. My partner usually doesn't want to try "weirdly sauced" pizza-any sauce that isn't tomato doesn't belong in his opinion, so it took some convincing. The pizza was fantastic! Mellow Mushroom uses a slightly sweet whole wheat dough-it walks the line between soft and chewy very well. Hot Potato Pie is garlic & olive oil, sliced potatoes, bacon, 2 kinds of cheese, onions, a little zesty ranch, a bit of sour cream on each slice, and a sprinkle of chives. You can watch the cooks hand-stretch the dough and actually see into most of the kitchen. The pizza was delicious and the toppings were applied with care evenly over the pie and none of his onions strayed over onto my half. I recommend this place, either for families or adults dining without kids. If you don't want to sit around the noise of children, there is a well-separated bar area. read more

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Just FYI - this place is PACKED on a Saturday night. And not with adults - there was a child's birthday party going on. Talk about LOUDDDD. As soon as the children left around 8:30pm, the noise level dropped to normal levels. Before that, we were yelling to hear the person across from us, let alone anyone else at our table. The food - always good pizza here. We got that Mighty Meaty pizza. Lots of toppings, good amount of cheese and sauce, buttery crisp crust that is soft to bite into. Very happy with the food! read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - Mighty Meaty Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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The place was cute. The food was TOP NOTCH. If you like toppings and thick flavored, yeasty crust? This place is for you. The prices are really fair. (PS. Make sure you check in on yelp when you get there...). The -for lack of a better term- "hippie" vibe was a bit overwhelming for me, but I'm imagining the target audience for this place being families with children who love the bright colors and atmosphere. If you love pizza with a ton of toppings and great battered crust? Go there. Get the pretzel bites. read more

Pizza crust is super thick and good Pretzel bites are definitely enough for four people The burger was awesome and came with little potatoes Oh and the paper straws were awesome!!! read more

Usually love mellow mushroom and we are frequent customers. Very unhappy with the service we received. We were charged for mustard which is ridiculous and were overcharged on pretzels when we ordered different flavors. The menu clearly said one price for six pretzels. To top it off we had a coupon for a free small pizza, and after being told we could apply it to a large, we're told we couldn't when we got the bill. I will not be going back to this location. read more

Pizza and salads were delicious and generous portions. Calzones were very little filling and a lot of dough.

Yummy food and good service I love that they offer gluten free pizza and it actually tastes good. We've been back several times and will be more! read more

We enjoyed the family friendly atmosphere and fresh from the oven pretzels appetizer. We mistakenly thought they were pretzel bites so we ordered the full size order of 7 pieces. Wow, no the 7 piece appetizer was 7 full size pretzels! There is a great variety of toppings to choose from and they also offer dairy free cheese which is a great option for lactose intolerant kids. On the downside the toppings were a bit on the skimpy side and the pizza was just okay. Not amazing, but all around a solid option for a casual family friendly pizza place. read more

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I had my son's fourth birthday party here this weekend and it was fantastic! The owner was responsive to my emails and set us up (8 adults and 3 kids) in a nice booth/table space in the back. The staff offered to take my cake to the fridge until we needed it, which I thought was great customer service. We used the free pretzel bites yelp offer and got some pizzas (kids loved the cheese and adults got veggie, pepperoni and BBQ) and salads. Beer selection was fantastic, as was our server, Shannon. We never felt rushed and always had full glasses. Staff attended to our needs before we even asked. A great experience all around! read more

Solid pizza with a neat atmosphere! The couple of times I have been here, we had good service. The pies were well above average with a good variety of choices. Didn't try the calzones but dang they look good! Also a pretty good craft brew selection to pick from as well. My son really digs the neat cartoony artwork. read more

Lots of vegetarian options. A favorite when we come to Indianapolis area. I had the Tempeh Hoagie. Hubby had a pizza. 1/2 Kozmic Karma & 1/2 Philosopher's Pie. It was all very good. read more

Mellow Mushroom Carmel - 1/2 Kosmic Karma and 1/2 Philosopher's Pie. Tasty!! - Pizza Near Me - Carmel, Indiana

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We love their pizza. We have not tried anything else yet. Kosmic Karma is one of my favorites, but I keep trying others.