Must be hard to compete for pizza place market share in a tiny town like Carpinteria but it's clear Dan's strategy is service. Pizza, salad and soda all great but Friday night's late Fall service deserves honorable mention and recognition. Firstly, my order was taken with accuracy and attention. Was already willing to throw a couple bucks tip but no digital option for that. Young man at the counter let me know he greatly appreciated the sentiment none the less. Impressive. After experiencing an epic journey across their vast landscape of salad bar spread, I was posted up at one of their 2 touch screen soda taps when I heard my name called letting me know my pizza was ready. I was still at the soda tap vacillating between another 6 ounces of Vanilla Cream or maybe Orange when the same young man working the register came all the way over to make sure I had heard my pizza was ready. That's when I started to realize I definitely made the right choice coming to Pizza Man Dan's tonight. As with any great story we experienced a great ending after my niece's greasy fingers and waxed cup turned into ice on the floor. When alerted, the same guy from behind the counter lept into action addressing the cleanliness and safety issues we had created and was very gracious about the whole thing. Top notch Dan! Well done cultivating a service culture that promotes in house family dining. I'll remember to bring cash for the jar next time read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Pizza Man Dan Fans - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Great service and great pizza. Went with a big group and met the owner and he took care of our group. 10/10!

One of the best deals out there. Did you see how many toppings they gave us??? I got my moneys worth (important in this economy), it was delicious, and the gentlemen working were fast and kind. Can't wait to come back! read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Fiesta Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

They have a $5 pizza burger. Yes. It's a pizza burger and it's only $5. That's all you need to know. But they also have a salad bar, decent pizza and sides. You can buy beer by the 6 pack. The staff is young and inexperienced but seem like they are trying. read more

Caesar and his staff went above and beyond on giving my special needs stepdaughter an exceptional birthday experience. Having a child with special needs, you don't always find a restaurant staff that understands and works with our needs. Thank you Caesar, Gabby, and the rest of the staff for being such a wonderful people. Our kids love the pizza, the dessert, the variety of drinks they could pick from, the TVs, and so much more! read more

We have been coming here for years and years. The quality does not seem to be the same as in the past. We saw many pizzas coming out burnt today. The calzone's were the best that you could buy and now they are just so so and very small in size. They have a fabulous salad bar, but the staff does not encourage you to get a new bowl when you go back for seconds for the all you can eat salad bar read more

Very yummy pizza. I always ask for extra sauce on my pizza it always hits the spot. Amazing costumer service! Very clean. I love how they always have sports and a kid movie playing. Highly recommend ! read more

Remember that pizza you'd get at the school cafeteria? I assume they got it from PizzaMan Dan. Enough said. One more thing, do you really need 13 TVs in a single small room? read more

This BBQ chicken pizza was the most delicious pizza ever tasted. This place does not skimp on the ingredients at all. Very impressive. The BBQ chicken was followed by "cashews" for a little bit of crunch texture which was good and interesting to say the least on a BBQ chicken. Didn't think of the combo. read more

Best pizza in town! Amazing staff. Cold beers, wine bar, salad bar. We watch sports/games here. My friend had her kids birthday party here last week. Why go anywhere else?!! read more

After a very negative experience at IHOP in the morning, this place saved the day and restored my faith in Carpinteria Customer service. We ordered 6 boxes of pizza, at the very last minute, trying to feed over 25 hungry athletes and the customer service was excellent and patient. Appreciate not only the good service but the pizza was delicious and we will absolutely be repeat customers in the future for this annual trip. read more

We stayed at Carpinteria State Beach and was able to order delicious pizza delivered right to our campsite. We ordered Pan pizza and the cookie dessert. read more

Their 10 dollar large pepperoni deal in the past was great. Comparable quality to the Rusty's thats also in town. The decorations and TVs are fun and always have something interesting playing. Service acceptable. Check their coupons page online before a beach day and if a deal catches your eye, can bring your food and eat on the sand. read more

Before today, I didn't even know there was a "PMDs" in Carpenteria! We were so HAPPY there was. The staff was fab & location is prime!. Brought the girls here for a quick bite. They had a blast! Even dances ‍. Goodtimes! We'll be back. THANKS! read more

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My family was camping in Carpenteria and decided to order pizza for the nighg. Be prepared to paying almost $100 for two large pizzas that are the size of mediums. The food is great, but we were shocked at the price. read more

After a night of bar hopping. Nothing beats a classic pepperoni pizza. We ordered delivery and it came in about 20 minutes for a saturday night. I love the thin crust on this pizza. The hot and steamy cheese pulls was definitely satisfying everyone's craving! I definitely recommend when you're staying in Carpinteria! read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Service and food was really good. The place is clean and the bathrooms as welll. It's a great location and I loved my experience! First time here read more

We need food in a hurry. Dan's was close by. We love thin crust pizza. We went several more times before we left. We always took it with us. It was ready so fast we had to order in the restaurant so we didn't end up with cold pizza. read more

I don't recommend ordering online, ordered for my nephews birthday at 2 pm it's now 3:30 and i just received my order. I placed it online for a reason so i can just show up and pick it up. Please do better. read more

This place deserves 5 stars for sure! Wonderful, friendly service, a pretty decent salad bar, those awesome fountain drink machines, top notch pizza and open late! We were a party of two staying in Carpinteria for this Labor Day Weekend. Pizzaman Dan's was only a 3 min drive from our hotel. They have a large back patio for outdoor dining and with the cool Carp weather, it was the perfect place for dinner. The pizza was really hot. I felt the toppings were very generous. My 19 yr old son got the Meatsa pizza and I ordered the Hawaiian BBQ one. Oh man, never could I have imagined chorizo and BBQ chicken could pair so nicely with Ham and pineapple. It was amazing. Much more flavorful than the meatsa one (I had a slice of my son's) and honestly I just wanted more of the Hawaiian BBQ. My son thinks pineapple on pizza is a horrible concept but he tried it and he said it was good too! Highly recommend getting Pan style crust over the thin. We didn't get any thin but saw another table with thin and it just didn't look as good as ours did. This place reminds me of Pizza Factory only I think it's better. Seemed to be a local favorite and popular for families of all ages. read more

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As an out of towner used to pizza places being dine-in with servers, the "order at the counter" concept was new to me. The counter person was friendly and patient. The food was excellent. We had the Meatsa personal pizza and Buffalo wings to share; both were good. As an east coast chicken wing connoisseur, I was surprised by the quality of these wings on the west coast! Good experience. read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Personal Meatsa Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

A quick and easy spot to get pizza and salad. We have gathered there with a group a few times and it was good. Nothing fancy. The salad bar could use some sprucing up. Maybe some better lettuce but the salad bar is old school. Their BBQ chicken pizza is yummy. Good prices with the specials you have to mention. read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Large party area accommodating for gatherings. - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Don't ever buy the chicken strips. You could always open the package before you leave to make sure they don't give you one of these tiny pieces and call them out on this bull. I get home open up the bag and I see this again. It happens every third time I order these chicken strips. It's not a one-off. Poorly trained or cheap? $10 for chicken strips is too much, but it's convenient. It's not worth it however if you're being given these chicken mcnuggets. read more

PizzaMan Dan's - $10 for this is a rip off, and getting the chicken nugget sized piece happens too often. - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

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Really good pizza, love getting my grandkids their own pizza that comes in a really cool box that they can color and a hot wheels car... They love it and eat all the pizza always, one of our faves when we're down at the beach. read more

Ooooooof is the best way to describe this place lol We wanted wings with our pizza, pasta and salad from Nutbelly down the street. So we by mistake stopped here. We ordered boneless wings BBQ And once we got back to our hotel, we regretted it. Was just chicken tenders cut in half and friend with a side of BBQ. Was sad excuse for wings. Definitely know where to avoid up here now Also, what is this sorry excuse for celery??? Doesn't even look edible or looks like it was chewed on and then wrapped up read more

PizzaMan Dan's - "Fresh" celery - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

The worst pizza I've ever had in my entire life. I ordered a margherita pizza and it was drenched in marinara with 4 very small pieces of cheese and some basil. It was so disgusting I couldn't even finish 2 slices. read more

We ordered delivery from Pizza Man Dans to our hotel in Carpenteria. We ordered the Indy Margarita, med BBQ chicken pizza, chicken wings with Buffalo and ranch and a Cobb Salad. Food was very good and arrived sooner than expected. Only complaints are they did not bring paper plates, napkins or utensils. To be fair we forgot to request these items, but assumed they'd be included as they were delivering to a hotel. Also, the salad was very small- really only big enough for one person- should be called an Indy Salad. read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Pizza came in these cute boxes. - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

What a treat we had pizza delivered while camping! Now that's roughing it! I was surprised how good it was thanks guys pie was really tasty! read more

Love this place! Their individual pizzas (Pizza Man Dan special is my fav) are a perfect size and are so delicious! Thin crust all the way!!! Went in there last night for beer and pizza and had the best service! Guys their tall drafts are only 6 bucks! Come on!!! Best pizza and ice cold beer in town! read more

One job. Well done wings. They failed to simply do this one request. Go to Rusty's instead.

The pizza arrived piping hot ( a plus ) I ordered a thin crust Italian sausage and onion. Not skimpy on ingredients at all. Plenty of sausage and onion. The crust was perfect and really liked the pizza sauce they use. I added an antipasto salad it was very good and the small salad fed 2 of us and the large pizza perfect for 2 of us. Positive experience and will be ordering again soon. read more

We ordered the pan pizza that had chorizo on it, very delicious! Tons of toppings. Relatively clean place. I love that they had a bunch of tvs so no matter where you sat, you had a good view. If you don't want to look at the tv , they have other areas completely apart from there that you can enjoy their pizza and beers. read more

Service was good salad bar typical salad bar just veggies and dressing no pastas I had the calzone I wouldn't eat it again, but I would probably come back and try something else. in a pinch since it by the beach Looks like your average pizza joint. They also serve Beers and wine seems good for a big group or a family. read more

PizzaMan Dan's - chipotle, chicken calzone very watery no chicken only ham... don't mind the ranch. I spilled it. - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

Great pizza place. We always come here before and after the beach. Great pizza and chicken tenders. Great staff and customer service. We'll be back. read more

This place was surprisingly pretty empty on a Sunday afternoon, and had outdoor seating available for all 11 of us who were starving after our drive from camping all weekend. How can you go wrong with pizza? Well... I'll tell you- the thin veggie crust was slightly burnt and unless you like that extra crispy crust, then go for the regular crust. Our friends ordered a pan crust pepperoni and it looked delicious but I didn't try it. The cheese bread looked great and the wings were standard but definitely not spicy as we requested. The picture of the Philly cheesesteak on the menu is totally deceiving. The sandwich didn't look like the picture and it was lacking in flavor and filling. I'd stick with the pan pizza if I ever return. The male cashier was clueless when I asked him for ranch and bbq on the side. While he looked around confused, he said "um I don't know, well yeah, but it costs extra". Free refills on the soda Large area outside with seating Food is ready quickly read more

PizzaMan Dan's - Menu - Pizza Near Me - Carpinteria, California

First time customer, ordered a half tomato and mushroom pizza and the veggie calzone, both, very good. Ordered online for delivery, easy and quick!! Loved the pizza box it came in...cute idea. read more

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Mary, you're the BEST!!!!!!! My dogs THANK you for the water! :) And thank you PizzaMan Dan's for your coupon & carryout specials!!! read more

Yes, this place offers GF options This place is great! We were "roughing it" at the campgrounds at Carpinteria SB, and the first time we went, we noticed that there were pizzas being delivered everyday that we were there. So we promised ourselves the next time we would camp, we would order pizza, so that's what we did! When it was dinner time, we called the 800 number and a gentleman picked up and grabbed our order. We were having issues with the communication since even though cell service with AT&T is at 3 bars, I guess I was still breaking up at some points. But anyway, told them I was at the State Beach and told them our campground space. Sure enough, in about 20 minutes, the pizza man was here. Pizza and wings were piping hot (Pizzaman Dan's is literally 5m away from the SB). Great pizza. We got the pan pizza. Topping were a bit sparse (nothing out of the ordinary compared to Pizza Hut or Domino's), but the cheese was very cheesy. Good food, and they also provided plates, napkins, small packets of parmesan cheese, and chili. The GF pizza was thin and crispy. My wife loved it. We highly recommend this place! read more

Delicious Pizza Man! Couldn't get a pic cuz we killed it quick! Just order it you won't regret it!

Checked that this place is open till midnight and wanted to try this place for dinner. The place looked pretty clean inside and outside. Lots of seating. So many televisions playing different sports like a sports bar. One of the very few places that are open till midnight in the area. The front desk girl is very helpful in explaining the menu and patiently took the order. It took a while to get the food may be because there were many to-go orders ahead of us. The size of the personal pizza is really small and I honestly don't see the price value for the food. Nevertheless, the pizza with hot with generous amount of cheese. I ordered the BBQ chicken pizza and I did't realize it would also have pepperoni. I had to take them out before I eat as I don't eat red meat. Along with that, I ordered the boneless wings which they said would come out wet tossed with the mango habanero sauce which i asked for, however they brought the chicken and sauce separately. Like someone else has said in a different review, asking for extra money for a side of ranch is unfair for the price of food these guys sell. Something that the owner should seriously consider changing. Like giving chicken wings without a dip is just unacceptable. Overall, if you are around the area and hungry and it is late in the night, you could try this place. read more

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