We have been getting pizza from this restaurant for a few years now. We've always come to pick it up or have ate in. We have also brought people from out of town to enjoy as well. Each time we've been happy with the food and service. However this evening we thought of getting a large pizza and garlic sticks for delivery. We live on the southeast side of CR however our address came up as being out of the delivery zone. So we tried my mother in law's address also on the southeast side and hers was in their delivery zone. Though we have a nice home and have been good customers in the past since we live in the Wellington Heights neighborhood this establishment will seemingly not deliver. We have chosen another local restaurant to order pizza from tonight. read more

Recently visited Need with some coworkers and we left with happy bellies. The crust is amazing, the ingredients were good, and the beer selection rocked. The decor was new and modern, the old refrigerators in the bar were super cool. However, you can tell this place is new and still getting the hang of things. I was impressed by the host who was dressed up and danced around a little, you could tell he loved his job. To my surprise it was his first night! He was kind, knowledgeable and fun. I will say the menu is a tad confusing (you basically have a list of ingredients and have to build your own pizza) but the staff and owners have great suggestions and a weekly pizza they feature which was yummy! Great job Need, I will be back! read more

Lots of good pizza and so many good beers on tap, I would stay here all night if I could, I can't even remember all the beers there but almost all I hadn't tried before, and the pizza was big but not too thick or filling, would easily go back here read more

Visited for the second time, this being a Sunday evening. The place was busy considering not much going on downtown on a Sunday night. Having been here before, we know that ordering personal pizzas is the way to go. I ordered a 2 topping personal, my mate ordered one topping. They have a good selection of toppings. Appetizers seem to be a bit expensive. And ordering larger pizzas with multiple toppings can really inflate the bill. It took about 15 minutes to get our pizzas hot out of the oven. Crust was perfectly done, and the toppings were very nice. Server was very friendly and courteous, just a tad bit slow on the drink refill. The back room has a ping pong table which could be troublesome if you are seated back there with some 'active' pre-teens playing. Not a fancy place, but not shabby by any means. A few TVs in the bar area, which is separated from the main ding area by a high divider. Seems like they had a very good to-go order business as well. read more

Traveling for work. Saw lots of good reviews for this place, and it was actually recommended to me by a coworker. I ordered it for pick up on a Wednesday evening. White sauce, chicken, and artichokes. Overall the main flavor was garlic. I would try this place again, but only for dine-in, because my pizza was cold. The staff was very kind and helpful. read more

It looks somewhat like a dive pizza place. Small and green walls. Not much artwork or any windows. There is a bar. Full bar I believe. The drink menu is larger than their food menu. They serve lots of ales. Now the food taste nothing like the place looks. It was phenomenal! The salads are delicious and taste so fresh. I tried all of them. The servings are really big. Enough to feed 3 people. The pizzas are delicious as well. Again.....huge serving. Everything was fresh and good. I recommend this place for the food. If you like ping pong they have that too. Enjoy. read more

I really liked this place, my husband thought it was okay, but ya gotta love thin crust pizza...the beer selection is awesome. Its about everything...food, drink, atmosphere and the staff...this place has it all for me. As a matter of fact, it was at the recommendation of the bartender that we actually extended our time in the City of Five Seasons and hit some of the local brewing companies. Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon... read more

Need Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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I am from Ohio and was visiting Iowa/Cedar Rapids for the first time. We wanted some pizza to bring to the hotel and I ordered from here based on the reviews I read: it turned out to be the best gluten-free pizza we ever ate, super recommend. read more

We just finished eating there and honestly was not impressed. Expected better. I have to say, the waitress, Angela (per what our bill says because she didn't introduce herself nor had a nametag), was terrible. She walks up to the booth & doesn't say "hello" or anything. Just "what do you want to drink". Found that more than off-putting, and just rude. Then when we were asking questions about the cheese for our pizzas she spoke to us like we were stupid and that we wouldn't know what we would want or like. On to the food. We thought we would try the beer cheese & warm bread appetizer since it got fairly good reviews. We did not like it. It tasted like all onion & pepper, no cheese. But the bread was good. When our waitress noticed we didn't eat the beer cheese she asked us if we liked it (we didn't offer up) and we said "no" and why. She said she would take it off the bill but when the bill came it was still on there (and we paid it). When the pizzas finally came out, they were decent but nothing that you would crave. Just ok average pizza. In the end, would we go back? We don't know but if we did, we surely would not sit in that waitresses section. read more

After reading many amazing reviews, it was time to give this place a try. Figured first time visiting lets keep it simple and go with a large cheese. The pizza was huge but very very thin, between two hungry people it is not hard to finish on your own. The pizza looked great but the taste was ok, I was expecting phenomenal by the way the reviews were. It was very bland, not much flavor to the sauce or the cheese. Not sure id go back for pizza again, maybe one with toppings or something else on the menu. read more

Need pizza is everything that Cedar Rapids needed, especially down town. The food is phenomenal, they have the best beer selection in town, their staff is amazing, and the owners are the hardest working people I've met! They serve food late which is perfect for the late night bar dwellers, and the interior is awesome. Great art, pinball, and activities to keep your rugrats busy:) make sure to stop, you won't be disappointed! read more

Need Pizza - Bianca pizza with meatball, pepperoni, onion and jalapeños! - Pizza Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

The pizza is always so good! Good beer selection, however, .50 for a sample is wild to me. My only dislike of this place is the service. The last time I was in the bartender seemed irritated/ wasn't very friendly, and our server rarely came to our table. The service is usually not that great here. Great pizza, though! read more

While I was really looking forward to trying Need, it turned out to be entirely disappointing-and the main reason for that was the service. From the moment I walked in to the moment I left it took 2.5 hours. 2.5 hours! There is absolutely no excuse for that, especially considering the fact that it was just my boyfriend and I and all we ordered was a medium cheese pizza. The restaurant was packed with it being a Friday night but the wait staff seemed incompetent. Pizza was average. Nothing exceptional, although kudos to Cedar Rapids for bringing a new restaurant downtown. Will not be returning however. Worth a try if you're curious, but be prepared to spend a good chunk of your night at this restaurant.... read more

I had been trying to find time to get to Need Pizza for a while. I had read the rave reviews and really wanted to try it. Finally found time and the husband and I ventured in. The interior is very minimal in the decoration. The one thing I was very pleased to see was signage telling you to wait for the host to seat you. Too often in more casual places there is a distinct lack of direction, which can lead you to stand around looking lost. The majority of the crowd seemed to be the tragically young and hip. In fact one such table had a very loud and vocal member, leading the manager to finally go over after the F-bomb rattled the place. Others dining on that night were a few families and some younger couples. The menu allows for a variety of options with sauce/cheese, size and of course, toppings. We ordered a medium red sauce pizza with Canadian bacon and mushrooms. I was surprised that there were no "specialty pizzas other than one of the day (BLT when we were there). When you add up the cost of all of the extra ingredients that would normally be on a veggie pizza or supreme, the cost would be close to $20-25 for a medium. Only one crust option, thin. Great, cause I love a thin, cracker like crust. Husband likes it a little thicker, but still he said it was good. Beer selection. There were lots, but seriously? Hipsters, quick drinking beer with crazy amounts of hops. This made up the biggest section of beers. I don't mind a little, but it now seems to be a contest for who has the most hops. Over all, I enjoyed Need Pizza. I would go back, but I don't know if I would want to take the kids cause they would cost me an arm and leg. read more

Cool place but the pizza is just average.. after being there a couple times I can't say that I've ever craved it. It's a cool concept but the flavors aren't all there and I've given it multiple try's! It's better than take out but there's other locally owned pizza places that I prefer! read more

Excellent pizza, questionable service. Top-notch ingredients (plus some oddball ones), amazing hand-stretched crust, overall delicious pies. Normally I'd be a lot harder on the service, but they've only been open for a couple of weeks. That said, watch the wait-staff carefully to make sure they don't lose your order or forget you. read more

This was our second experience @ this establishment. On both occasions the staff has been friendly, helpful & attentive. The beer selection is typically excellent and the pizza comes out hot & tastes great (kind of a Connecticut style toasted crust thin pizza feel - delicious!) Unfortunately on this second visit we experienced what was hopefully idiosyncratic to a particular classless staff person as opposed to a representation of the establishments values/character. After waiting in excess of 30 minutes for a desert cookie order (the waitress apologized for the inordinate wait about 15 minutes in) we decided to cancel the order - we have young children, including one with special needs, and sitting/waiting around 30+ minutes in the booth for desert as untenable as it is unnecessary (a chocolate chip cookie w ice cream on top does not require 30 mins baking time....unless Zoe's routinely performs black magic). Upon hearing that we were cancelling a kitchen staff person - resembling an annoyed Bob Ross attempting to affect a carefully refined "unkempt roadie at a Widespread panic show in Topeka" vibe - broke into mocking slow clap and leveled a scowl at our family succinctly expressing his outrage at the gal of having paying customers expect a reasonable standard of service from his august personage. Admittedly...who are we to assume a spectacular culinary achievement of baked cookie dough w ice cream should arrive within 30 minutes of ordering during a slow period on a Sunday afternoon?- apparently we didn't give enough attention to Bourdain's recent glowing review of this "Trey Anastasio of the pizza kitchen's" artistic process. This place has good food, good beer, and normally good service...but if this douchebag's classless aggression towards reasonable customer service expectations is at all indicative of the broader establishment's values I'd advise care when considering patronage- it may be that the underlying MO is an attitude of such consummate arrogance that any mistake on the part of the establishment will be automatically framed as lack of due reverence upon the part of the (paying) patrons. read more

Pizza was good, selection of beers is awesome...just lacking some West Coast IPAs. Service was great and everyone was friendly and the girls serving are fantastic. Big portions, so I wish that they had smaller portion options to go with an individual pizza. I chose the naked pizza with no cheese & 3 toppings for $8, side salad was also $8...but could be shared for two on both items. They have a very retro feel with their drafts installed in old school 1950s era refrigerators and lights hanging from the ceiling. read more

Need is some of the most unique and tastiest pizza in all of Cedar Rapids. The wide variety of customization that they offer everyone means that you can get a pizza for the pickiest of eaters. The crust is great and they are always coming up with unique new pizza specials to offer throughout the week. You can get a wonderful slice of breakfast pizza outside of the restaurant if you attend the farmers market. In addition to the great pizza selection they have a terrific beer menu as well, with constantly changing taps. The only downside is that everyone else seems to agree and it can be crowded if there is an event downtown. They do offer carry out if you aren't looking for a sit down meal. read more

Need Pizza is amazing. They have the best vegan and gluten free pizza I have ever had. I used to work nearby and would pick up a pizza as a treat once in awhile for lunch. I worked with some people who were pretty vocal about not being into vegan food. Except whenever I got this everyone wanted a piece and nobody believed it was vegan or gluten free. Need Pizza has polite and friendly employees too. They've always been accurate and timely with my order. Best pizza in Cedar Rapids by far. read more

Expensive! $64 for two small pizzas and three drinks!!! $2.00 for a small saucer of ranch! Would have been fine if it was good but it was cheap ingredients and tasteless pizza. Do not go! read more

If you love pizza you gotta try this place! Nothing like it anywhere else in C.R. Truly a step above the rest.

Great atmosphere, good service. Stopped in on a Saturday around noon and service was fast. Pizza was good. Will return again soon.

My happy place in Cedar Rapids. Tasty pizza, top-notch local craft beers, and joyful owner Bob make this family-friendly pizza joint our go-to when hungry, grumpy, or just in the mood for the best thin crust pizza pie in CR. We cannot stop ordering sausage with goat cheese and giardinara, but sometimes we venture away and have enjoyed both a Greek pizza with kalamata olives, basil, feta with white sauce and a bbq chicken pizza with bacon and mashed potatoes....yea I said mash potatoes! Order a small to share with two people. A medium for four people and a large for 5 or more. Individual pizzas are great for lunch or if you and your dining partner cannot agree on toppings. I cannot recommend anything other than the pizza, as I found the salads and dessert cookie underwhelming. But doesn't matter. . . Just go for the 5 star pizza and experience. read more

Excellent pizza, service, and beer menu. Love the flexibility in choosing your own pizza items, and they also have some great default options. Highly recommended. read more

Need has so much to offer that I feel that anyone could eat here and be happy. My first experience with Need had me in the throws of a diet that did not allow me to have pizza. (wow that was a tough night!) I ended up with the most delicious kale power salad with goat cheese and a plethora of other goodies tossed in. Total winner when it comes to salads. Since then, I have been back on multiple occasions and I have enjoyed all of the pizza that I've tried. They have basic to daring and everything in between. I have also burnt my mouth a time or two on the chocolate chip skillet cookie that I usually share with my best friend. I have to tell you though, the walk up pizza window and lunch special are what make this place special. After a few drinks, it is SO fun to order a slice and eat it on the street (or in a booth inside if its cold). My office friends and I also enjoy bopping downtown for a personal size pizza that we eat at the bar before running back to work, full and happy. I like this place. Its a gem downtown and I hope it's here to stay. read more

Went here for a coworkers birthday lunch. The personal pan pizza was the perfect size and a great price. I will definitely be trying this place again. read more

Love this place! Friendly people, warm atmosphere, and outstanding food! We will definitely be back!

I came here with my wife and nephew and we enjoyed our meal, waitress, and experience very much. The pizza was hand stretched with not too little sauce and not too much. The waitress was prompt and courteous (she even showed us the "secret" toy stash in the back when our 2 year old nephew started getting rowdy) and the vegan cheese (at no extra cost) was abundant as the pictures will show. The crust was unflavored which I thought was strange at first but then remembered it too was vegan (the crust) so that may have played into that and with the pizza they bring you a shaker of Italian seasonings (basil, oregano, onion, etc.), red pepper flakes, and Italian cheese blend so you can pretty much make all the "classic" pizza flavors you would like. It took about 50 from order to table, little long in my opinion since there were only 2 tables total in the place but it was a REALLY big pizza so I can understand a long cooking time. The pizza itself was excellent, the cheese was vegan but still gooey and tasty, the sauce was there but not overbearing, the crust was light and airy, not too thick and not too thin and the experience all and all was great. Pros: HUGE pizza, hand stretched (no pre-made factory "yuck" crust), vegan "cheeze" at no extra cost, friendly staff, abundant condiments provided, toys for kids to take to the table, fairly priced. It ended up being $25.xx, not including tip, for a large cheese pizza, 1 adult soda, and 1 kids lemonade; which is what we usually expect to spend when we go out with our nephew (we figure $10 per adult including drink and $5 for him including drink) Cons: Dirt under the booth and in the crevasses (found this out the hard way when my nephew dropped a toy). No complaints however about the pizza we had. The toppings looked over priced at $1.50/$1.00 per topping no matter what the size pizza (minus the personal). Most places start to break the price as you order more toppings but they seemed not to. We stuck with cheese for that reason. If we added 5 toppings at $1.50 per were spending almost half the cost of the pizza on toppings and that did not make enough sense to us to justify the cost. "Change the price per topping to a lower cost as you add more to the pie" is the only recommendation for change that I would make to the owners or kitchen manager if they ever asked or read this review. Neutral: 50 minute wait time with only one other table in the place. This is neutral because it was a big pie and we were not in a rush. I do wish it had been cooked a little longer because I like a crispier crust, but my wife likes a softer crust so it was a neutral experience. The crust was thin but was also hand stretched so that may be why. If I ordered a personal pizza (ranging from $5.75 - $9.95 depending on the number of toppings) I would get it "well done," I also saw a personal pizza at another table and it looked much thicker. Would I recommend this place to a stranger or take out of town family there: Yes! :) read more

Need Pizza - Large pizza, with red sauce and vegan cheese (Daiya brand we were told). It looks great and tasted great. $17.99 I think. - Pizza Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Third time here and I love this place! The bartender, Tracy , was awesome!! Very friendly and offered up a nice sample of a local brew . I travel here on business and will continue to come back to this wonderful local business. Oh yea, the pizza rocks, but you can tell that by the picture!' read more

Need Pizza - Hawaiian Pizza, the bomb! - Pizza Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Best pizza in town and I'm from Chicago so that says a lot! Lol. Also love the meatballs and the beer cheese appetizer as well

Awesome pizza and some beers from craft breweries you won't find at other places. Owners are good stuff and seem to be visible a lot. The large fish tank keeps my 3 year old entertained. read more

I love NEEDS!!!!! I am not a beer drinker but I will drink the beer at needs.....food is amazing and love the giant cookie dessert. Also love how the decorations are from recycling waaaaaay cool!!!! read more

This is probably my favorite pizza place here. The pizza is delish. Not much else to say. I have never been disappointed and I always get exactly what I expect. read more

Good pizza but service is terrible. I've been here 1/2 dozen times and service is terrible and they mess up the order. Good food, good beer. Long waits and terrible service. read more

Went their for lunch today where doing a robotic competition at the Cellular center. Went with the husband he had a craft beer he said it was very good. We split a medium pizza of Canadian bacon and Kraut and we could not finish it all had to get a take home box. The waitress said the large is bigger if we come back to Cedar Rapids for a robotic competition. We will come back to these place again read more

Need Pizza - These is the yummy pizza I had these is a medium pizza. The flavors where Kraut and Canadian bacon and it was very tasty - Pizza Near Me - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

The pizza at Need is definitely east coast and delicious. I have been in Iowa for 20 years and hoping a place like this would open. Bravo! Found my new favorite pizza place in Iowa. The beer selection is also excellent. I must warn you though. Our waiter Mike was awesome or a jerk or both :) read more

Great quality, price and experience. Fun pizza shop here in Cedar Rapids. Late night slices are a great touch.

Pizza is always amazing and HUGE for the price. gets pretty busy late night so be aware of that . excellent down town spot though. Beer selection is awesome too. been there about 4 times and every time has been great and servers are nice too. read more

Pizza has been really good the times we have been there. I really like the superfood salad but seems like it comes out of a bag you can get at Costco. Not that I mind too much as I am a fan of Need!! read more