B S.

We went on a busy night, Saturday Night Jams was there and we listened to music and had food. Appetizer started strong with the caprese- it was light, fresh, and the cracked pepper and salt with balsamic was wonderful. We also got Mac and cheese balls and fries (both items not pictured). I got the caprino pasta (shrimp, spinach, goat cheese, tomato's in an olive oil sauce). My friend got the gardener's pie.

Chris T.

Went to Pump Pizza to see Mike Crissan perform and got their New York Margarita pizza which was great. The real stand out were their meatballs. They were excellent! You gotta try them. Friendly service and they support local music!

Food was great, the wings were huge and cooked perfectly. The calzone was amazing, and beers ICE cold. They have deep dish and NY style pizza! Awesome place.

Cody P.

There aren't a ton of deep dish pizzas in Syracuse. You'll see it on some pizzeria menus, but most of them don't mean it. You're way more likely to find Detroit Style mascaraing as deep dish, and outside of Uno's, the only real alternatives I know about are only a few years old. I can be a pizza snob if I push myself and put my mind to it, but if we're being honest, I have no skin in the game when it comes to Chicago Deep Dish. It's a fun change of pace, but eating it makes me feel like I'm cheating on pizza. With all that said, Pump Pizza brings one very important thing to the table that allows me to throw all this aside: Seafood Scampi Deep Dish. I have a collector's mentality when it comes to ordering food, and I mostly only order things I haven't tried yet. It should speak volumes that we've ordered the seafood scampi pizza maybe a dozen times since this place opened. The crab and shrimp meat itself is small and inconsequential, but the taste is exactly as good as you want it to be. The full creamy, garlicky, buttery scampi experience in the form of a well-made, dense Chicago style pizza. It's a 12" pizza, but it feels like you're carrying out two large NY pies. We liken this to comfort and we order it every time we need a sure thing. The cup and char pizza was good, but not worth passing up on the scampi or getting a good NY style pizza somewhere else. I will say though, not a lot of places around here pull it off this well, with the emphasis on both the cup and the char. We thought it was cool they have duck wings. The flavor was awesome, but it all kind of fell short. 4 wings for 12 dollars and they weren't as satisfying as regular chicken wings. The chicken riggies were kind of a let down. Not very spicy, creamy or flavorful. When we ordered these, I was still trying to sell my girlfriend on riggies and these set me back a bit. These are just rigatoni with chicken and marinara. Not necessarily bad, but it hurts to order riggies from a place that you know puts out quality food and you get this instead. My second favorite thing after the scampi pizza is the Goomba Panini. Breaded cutlets, Utica greens, cherry peppers. The first two times we tried to order this they were out of something or unable to make it. It was definitely worth the wait though. Their Utica Greens are great, and solely responsible for this being the best sandwich on the menu. Get the Goomba. Still a lot I haven't tried, but the next time I come here I'll probably still get the Scampi pizza. I have a small list of comfort items around the city that I re-order routinely, and I treasure it greatly. I wasn't a fan of everything I got from here, but it's still an easy five stars between the atmosphere and the stuff they do well.

Alicia C.

Still a great spot! I held my third event here, this time with a bit over 20ppl for dinner. They can certainly cater to a large group! The food lends itself well to family style. Their bar has just underwent a facelift too! Despite the odd location, the interior is really nicely renovated and cozy.

Jay D.

Monday night football! Time for pizza and wings! Wife had a craving for cupping pepperoni, so Pump Pizza it is! Our meal started with a Caesar salad. Crisp romaine, plenty of dressing, and fresh grated parm. We then had a few of the "secret sauce" wings. Large crispy wings, covered in what I assume is a combination of hot and other house sauces. They were very good. Lastly, was the 16" pizza pie. Cooked well with cupping pepperoni, fresh mushrooms, and 1/2 sausage (for me lol ). I enjoy a crumbled sausage topping, and it was tasty. I know my top 5 pizza place (Paladinos), is right across the street. But Pump makes a great pizza as well. Staff is super friendly. Dinners I've had here are outstanding too. The chef/owner also takes the time to see if all is well at your table. A place you must Check Out!!

Dimetrius W.

So being from Chicago born and raised. I'm a deep dish pizza snob. Gino's East, Lou Malnati's, and Giordanos IYKYK!!! I have only been in Syracuse a few years and some spots have tried to perpetrate as deep dish and failed nothing with trying. I literally just tried it today 05/03/2024. My only real complaint about the pizza is that the toppings is on the top of the pizza. The dough, sauce, toppings, and cheese was on point. Definitely going back more often than a little. Now I have to explore the menu to see what else they offer.

Thomas C.

Owner Anthony Manicone, who took over the former Woody's Jerkwater Pub from previous owner Tommy Tanner in 2017, is doing more than changing the name. The whole concept is different, as Woodys was a more a neighborhood pub, while Pump Pizza will be focused on being a family friendly gastropub with pizza. The menu includes both New York-style and Chicago-style deep dish pizzas (something CNY is suddenly getting an influx of), plus specialty sandwiches, burgers, pastas, and entrees like Chicken or Veal Marsala or Francaise, Lasagna and Eggplant Parmesan. It features "cup and char" pepperoni and also offers "pub nubs," bits of dried dough with dessert toppings. After trying another local restaurant who are building their names on Chicago style pizza, I decided to give Pump a try after reading about them. We ordered a Carnivore deep dish pizza, 10 wings hot,, and I tried an ordered of their hand breaded chicken tenders. I placed my order at 3:45 PM and asked for a 5:15 pickup, on a Friday, and was told no problem. I walked in at exactly 5:15, and wasn't really sure where to go. There are basically two big rooms, the one you walk into, which also has the kitchen you can see into and some tables for seating, then another room with the bar and more seating. Nobody greeted me as I walked in and looked confusingly for where to go. I eventually just walked up to the bar and spoke to the woman behind the bar, who was the only person working other than the cooks. She asked my name and went back to ask the cooks if my food was ready. It wasn't. Though I called in my order an hour and a half before pick up, I watched as the bartender asked about my order several more times before I finally got my food, 45 minutes after I arrived. There were a couple tables sat, and the phone rang 2 or 3 times in the 45 minutes I was there, so they were not exactly busy. When the bartender came back after asking about my food the very first time, she asked me "do you remember exactly what you ordered?" I told her, and she ran to the back again. Pretty sure the kitchen simply lost my order and that's why I waited nearly another hour. After getting it home, the wife and I got right into it. For us, everything was just okay. The food wasn't bad at all, just felt it was a tad bland. I loved the little cup pepperoni, but the sauce was a little bland and scarce, and the crust didn't have much flavor. The wings I have no complaints about, they were decent. The chicken tenders were alright as well, but were breaded in simple bread crumbs, no home made secret recipe breading or anything. The tenders were large, but even with as big as they were, 3 for $9 felt a tad steep. Most of their prices are decent and comparable to other similar restaurants and dishes. Employees were nice to me while I was there. The place isn't huge, but it is nicely and modernly decorated. They definitely have some things to figure out. With the food being in the bland side and after the ridiculously long wait time and honestly feeling like my order was just forgotten about, I don't see us going back again.