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This place is so loud, food was very mediocre and no service but expecting tips. The waitress chatted with coworker all the time instead of providing services. Never come here again.
Oh my goodness this carne frita was sooooo good and the pizza... chefs kiss. This place was 9/10, 9 only because I sat at a table with the sun on my back because all the tables with shade were taken lol.
Horrible experience here! Terrible customer service. We waited in line to be seated for over 45 minutes. As we waited the server came and took people from behind us and seated them. People were walking in front of us and being seated. When we asked to be seated we were told to wait. When we were seated we saw the party leave. The table wasn't even cleaned off. The plate and cups removed but that's it. The table wasn't dirty from food and sticky from drinks. We continued to try and get anyone's attention to clean the table. We were literally ignored. I asked for a cloth to clean the table and was given a few napkins. Wow. I went to rest room to get something clean with. The bathroom was gross and smelled like old dirty mop water. It was hot and dirty in the entire restaurant. This is a popular spot. It's on the strip by the beach. This is how y'all operate???? We never got water. We kept asking for it. We never got an opportunity to place an order. We were seated an hour when I said let's go.. let's go walk the strip and see what else is open. That's how we ended up at the Japanese restaurant. This place would get no stars if I could review it that way. None of the staff would help us. We were all continually ignored. We weren't rude, if anything we were overly polite as we're someplace new and wanted to be respectful. Never again
Showed up for a late breakfast and waited twenty minutes for anyone to acknowledge our presence, even though the place was empty. Breakfast options were limited and basic but decent. Eggs bacon ham , cheese. Lots of noise and activity from the main road.
Came here after a night out (not drunk, but buzzed). It's definitely one of those places you would come to after drinking as many of patrons at the time were doing. Even being buzzed, the food was horrible. Laughable, really. Pizza was soggy and oily as hell and the bolitas yuca con queso were undercooked and hard at the same time. Service was non-existent and it took forever to sit down, get the food AND then pay for it. We honestly should have stopped by a petrol station and ate snacks from there. Cannot recommend this place and would not recommend.
Pizza City is a BIG GUNS blazin' beach town spot. Rolled into San Juan for a 5 night stay at the Aire de O:Live last night late. By the time me and Cary got out to scope out the scene, it was 1 AM. First thing you have to know is the beach resort area -at least in Isla Verde West - in San Juan is pumping all night long. I had never visited, so O was relieved to see people walking around the streets with drinks... mixed.... Bottles... no matter ...so that told be this was a fun party town. So then we step into Pizza City. Nice waitress, super cheesy 'three cheese pizza' -they serve it with a large container of grated Parmesan, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper on the side. We ordered a couple of piña coladas ... Now look, this isn't Italy here, right? And I'm from East Boston, where you used to trip over pizza shops... so I love pizza ...all pizza. But the thing about Pizza City is that it's a fun scene. Tons of local young people, music pumping (like everywhere else). But a good old school beach town vibe. There were young couples out on double dates, a We liked our piñas, so after walking down to the gas station market to buy a few provisions, we stopped back in as we headed back to the hotel and ordered another -this time at the bar. We like our piña coladas with dark rum -and they had Brugal (a dark rum from neighboring Dominican Republic). When we ordered the drinks an exuberant man fist pumped me and exclaimed "Brrugaaal" and asked in Spanish if we were from Dominican Republic. He insisted that we sit and have a shot of Brugal with him. We spoke in broken Spanglish for a few minutes. The guy's name was Wilfredo. Turns out he was the owner of Pizza City, Los Pinôs in Old San Juan ...and another place whose name I can't remember. Wilfredo has owned the business for 11 years. The rest of Pizza City's ratings say it's a 3 point something. I gave it a four, because man... I appreciate a lively, fun neighborhood-style joint with fun characters any day BTW coming to San Juan (and Puerto Rico) for the first time my research tells me that I need to try Mofongo -a fried mashed plantain dish stuffed with various fillings. I was able to ask Wilfredo about his Mofongo, and he jumped up, and blew an Italian style finger kiss into the air LOL. I'd seen a table of 4 boisterous twenty-something's -one of which had what appeared to be Mofongo with shrimp while we were there for pizza earlier. It looked like a legit late-night fried masterpiece -if you like a good deep fried feed when you're out partying... I guess that's the point here Pizza City is a great going to the dance clubs, getting into town late, beach food joint with a youthful, well-worn, open to the street irreverence that I loved. -tons of young people filtering in and out at all hours... a fun scene to take in ...shows a lot about how San Juan 'hangs'.
Going to break this down very simply. My friend and I spent a good amount of time at Pizza City when we were in PR in January 2020. We recently visited again but stayed a bit of a ways away. However, we made sure to take a trip to Pizza City on our first night back in town. You can't beat a 24/7 food and drink place like this! Pros: - 24/7 - Strong and affordable drinks - Tons of food options (and the pizza is actually good) - Very friendly staff - Easy location to find - very brightly lit Cons: - Everything is fried. This is not somewhere you come to eat healthy - Bathrooms can be questionable but they have them A fantastic spot if you are in Carolina and are a hungry tourist. They'll treat you nicely!
We wanted to get one more meal before we headed to the airport and I would always see this place packed at night so I figured we'd try it out. The ambiance was only nice because it was on a Main Street and you got to people watch and it's in great walking distance to the beach. We walked over from the hotel and as many employees around NOONE was there to greet us. Things to note are: 1. They don't speak much English but again I know we were in PR so that didn't bother me :) 2. The menu is pretty much all fried! This was so shocking to me. I was for sure there were tropical fruit and foods here in PR. Not once did I have a mango, a banana, nothing! everything contained deep fried pork or some sort of hard fried foods. We finally sat down and got a menu.. they took a pretty long time to bring the food back. Like we were coming up against time for our transportation to get us back to the airport. The food was very basic. Disappointing. Maybe they are packed for drinks. Which by the way weren't good and kinda expensive. I left it there. This would not be a place I'd visit again.
1 year ago
Easy & quick pizza place! Came in on a Friday evening befofe the crowds. It worked out great! They had Presidente Bottles for $4 and a Double Butter Whiskey on the rocks was $7.50. Not bad IMO. The pizza was pretty OK. It was definitely late-night cheesy gooey pizza but we were ok with that! A Large was huge - 12 pieces, could easily feed 3 / 4 people. Flavor was good and seating area was acceptable. (Less than $30 for a 2 topping combination large pizza) Overall- good experience for something casual on the Main Street in Isla Verde. Enjoy! read more
Your typically late night pizza place ! I grew up in the area and have never come to this establishment until now! Absolutely loved this after my brother wedding. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. You can also sit at the bar and order takeout, which is what I did! Staff were very welcoming and quick to take your orders. We ordered a pie at a reasonable price and it took the time that a pizza takes to cook ! We ordered a half cheese/half Hawaiian pizza. They had three size options small medium, and large. We ordered a medium for two people, and it was just enough with some slices left over for the next day! No pictures of the pizza because I was huuuungry read more
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9 months ago
This place is so loud, food was very mediocre and no service but expecting tips. The waitress chatted with coworker all the time instead of providing services. Never come here again. read more
5 months ago
Horrible experience here! Terrible customer service. We waited in line to be seated for over 45 minutes. As we waited the server came and took people from behind us and seated them. People were walking in front of us and being seated. When we asked to be seated we were told to wait. When we were seated we saw the party leave. The table wasn't even cleaned off. The plate and cups removed but that's it. The table wasn't dirty from food and sticky from drinks. We continued to try and get anyone's attention to clean the table. We were literally ignored. I asked for a cloth to clean the table and was given a few napkins. Wow. I went to rest room to get something clean with. The bathroom was gross and smelled like old dirty mop water. It was hot and dirty in the entire restaurant. This is a popular spot. It's on the strip by the beach. This is how y'all operate???? We never got water. We kept asking for it. We never got an opportunity to place an order. We were seated an hour when I said let's go.. let's go walk the strip and see what else is open. That's how we ended up at the Japanese restaurant. This place would get no stars if I could review it that way. None of the staff would help us. We were all continually ignored. We weren't rude, if anything we were overly polite as we're someplace new and wanted to be respectful. Never again read more
1 year ago
Showed up for a late breakfast and waited twenty minutes for anyone to acknowledge our presence, even though the place was empty. Breakfast options were limited and basic but decent. Eggs bacon ham , cheese. Lots of noise and activity from the main road. read more
2 years ago
Came here after a night out (not drunk, but buzzed). It's definitely one of those places you would come to after drinking as many of patrons at the time were doing. Even being buzzed, the food was horrible. Laughable, really. Pizza was soggy and oily as hell and the bolitas yuca con queso were undercooked and hard at the same time. Service was non-existent and it took forever to sit down, get the food AND then pay for it. We honestly should have stopped by a petrol station and ate snacks from there. Cannot recommend this place and would not recommend. read more
8 months ago
2 years ago
Pizza City is a BIG GUNS blazin' beach town spot. Rolled into San Juan for a 5 night stay at the Aire de O:Live last night late. By the time me and Cary got out to scope out the scene, it was 1 AM. First thing you have to know is the beach resort area -at least in Isla Verde West - in San Juan is pumping all night long. I had never visited, so O was relieved to see people walking around the streets with drinks... mixed.... Bottles... no matter ...so that told be this was a fun party town. So then we step into Pizza City. Nice waitress, super cheesy 'three cheese pizza' -they serve it with a large container of grated Parmesan, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper on the side. We ordered a couple of piña coladas ... Now look, this isn't Italy here, right? And I'm from East Boston, where you used to trip over pizza shops... so I love pizza ...all pizza. But the thing about Pizza City is that it's a fun scene. Tons of local young people, music pumping (like everywhere else). But a good old school beach town vibe. There were young couples out on double dates, a We liked our piñas, so after walking down to the gas station market to buy a few provisions, we stopped back in as we headed back to the hotel and ordered another -this time at the bar. We like our piña coladas with dark rum -and they had Brugal (a dark rum from neighboring Dominican Republic). When we ordered the drinks an exuberant man fist pumped me and exclaimed "Brrugaaal" and asked in Spanish if we were from Dominican Republic. He insisted that we sit and have a shot of Brugal with him. We spoke in broken Spanglish for a few minutes. The guy's name was Wilfredo. Turns out he was the owner of Pizza City, Los Pinôs in Old San Juan ...and another place whose name I can't remember. Wilfredo has owned the business for 11 years. The rest of Pizza City's ratings say it's a 3 point something. I gave it a four, because man... I appreciate a lively, fun neighborhood-style joint with fun characters any day BTW coming to San Juan (and Puerto Rico) for the first time my research tells me that I need to try Mofongo -a fried mashed plantain dish stuffed with various fillings. I was able to ask Wilfredo about his Mofongo, and he jumped up, and blew an Italian style finger kiss into the air LOL. I'd seen a table of 4 boisterous twenty-something's -one of which had what appeared to be Mofongo with shrimp while we were there for pizza earlier. It looked like a legit late-night fried masterpiece -if you like a good deep fried feed when you're out partying... I guess that's the point here Pizza City is a great going to the dance clubs, getting into town late, beach food joint with a youthful, well-worn, open to the street irreverence that I loved. -tons of young people filtering in and out at all hours... a fun scene to take in ...shows a lot about how San Juan 'hangs'. read more
9 months ago
4 months ago
Going to break this down very simply. My friend and I spent a good amount of time at Pizza City when we were in PR in January 2020. We recently visited again but stayed a bit of a ways away. However, we made sure to take a trip to Pizza City on our first night back in town. You can't beat a 24/7 food and drink place like this! Pros: - 24/7 - Strong and affordable drinks - Tons of food options (and the pizza is actually good) - Very friendly staff - Easy location to find - very brightly lit Cons: - Everything is fried. This is not somewhere you come to eat healthy - Bathrooms can be questionable but they have them A fantastic spot if you are in Carolina and are a hungry tourist. They'll treat you nicely! read more
3 years ago
We wanted to get one more meal before we headed to the airport and I would always see this place packed at night so I figured we'd try it out. The ambiance was only nice because it was on a Main Street and you got to people watch and it's in great walking distance to the beach. We walked over from the hotel and as many employees around NOONE was there to greet us. Things to note are: 1. They don't speak much English but again I know we were in PR so that didn't bother me :) 2. The menu is pretty much all fried! This was so shocking to me. I was for sure there were tropical fruit and foods here in PR. Not once did I have a mango, a banana, nothing! everything contained deep fried pork or some sort of hard fried foods. We finally sat down and got a menu.. they took a pretty long time to bring the food back. Like we were coming up against time for our transportation to get us back to the airport. The food was very basic. Disappointing. Maybe they are packed for drinks. Which by the way weren't good and kinda expensive. I left it there. This would not be a place I'd visit again. read more
2 years ago
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9 months ago
Stopped by Pizza City with family. We were seated immediately and our drink orders were taken. The service was a tad slow, but not too bad. This is, after all, located in a highly touristy area and is open to the street. As you walk by, you can scope out how busy they are. On this visit, we requested some appetizers and pizza. Despite having "pizza" in their name, they offer a full Puerto Rican menu, including steaks and mofongo. And their non-pizza offerings are high quality and tasty. So don't be afraid to veer away from pizza here. The chicken mofongo was pretty good, if not a bit salty. The pizza was very good, but they were out of basil. So our margherita pizza wasn't a true margherita, however, it was tasty nonetheless. The locals love this place, which is surprising because you'd think they'd avoid the tourist traps. We'll be back. read more
1 year ago
Service was decent. The vibe is chill. The drinks were delish. My sandwiches were great but took a long time because they're always so busy. I didn't mind though as I had some mojitos while waiting. Next time will try Pizza but I'm from NY so was skeptical. Definitely paper thin crust though from what I saw. read more
They are open 24hrs a day, but I am not sure how they are in business at all! Meat pizza was absolutely disgusting. Cheese not meted, almost cold in the center. This place is not worth visiting no matter how much you have had to drink. read more
2 years ago
2 years ago
I'm not sure what the issue with most folks are but the food was good, the drinks were strong, the service was tad bit slow but you are on vacation so what's the rush. The red snapper had the most flavor on the entire damn island. Also had a combination pizza which was also fresh, hot, huge, and more than enough for one slice. I'd def give it a 5. Only thing is it's outside and I was bitten 5 times lol by a mosquito but it's Puerto Rico so not surprised with all the rain and humidity. Again the food was great and the drink was on point. read more
4 years ago
Este lugar era el último en mi lista por los malos comentarios que tenía. Sin embargo mi esposo y yo decidimos ir la última noche que teníamos en isla verde. Este lugar nos encantó por qué el ambiente fue muy lindo y la comida estuvo bien. Ordenamos una pizza grande no pudimos terminarla. Es un lugar donde la música está un poco alta pero si te gusta la música esto no va a ser un problema. Mi única recomendación sería que contraten más meseros para la noche por qué se pone bien lleno el sitio. read more
2 years ago
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4 years ago
Let's face it: the truth is... you are in an island where the authentic food is Latin, yet there is a pizzeria. And it is amazing for Ricans! It is "hand tossed" and honestly; it has to be the in the water itself by the Atlantic Ocean because the bread is up there with Staten Island, New York! We got the plain cheese pizza 8' $16 and it was what we needed and filling! I will be back! This place is clean, as clean as any Orlando/ATL bar is that is open until 2 am! If you are looking for a super clean spot, and awesome "stand by your side" table service, stop!. You are going to get islanders that are pleased to assist but are similar to you and I.. life. Give my people a break, especially when there is a language barrier on BOTH ends. read more
4 years ago
Horrible service, horrible food. We waited over an hour for our pizza. The mofongo tasted like soap. The waiter just took her tip. Didn't offer any change. read more
5 years ago
1 year ago
Pizza city is a hole in the wall, let's face it but the food is good! This place was located super close to the airbnb where I stayed. I went twice and tried both their pizza and their churrasco meal. The food here is actually really good and the mojitos are strong but good as well! Pizza City is a staple spot in Isla Verde worth stopping at if you need a quick meal. read more
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Av. Isla Verde 5950
Carolina, Puerto Rico 00913
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