I'm a lover of pizza, period. I love all types of pizza and I do enjoy Skip's every once in a while. I've been here a handful of times but finally am reviewing it. B R I E F S U M M A R Y -- Parking can be rough, park in the garage -- Outdoor seating is awesome for summer -- TV's show current sports (Go Bay Area sports) -- Service is awesome -- Pizza has good thick crust -- Red sauce is very flavorful & robust -- Pesto sauce is subtle but very good -- They pile on the toppings -- Medium can feed 2 - 4 people easy My GF and I came here for a sort of late dinner on Friday night. I think it ended up being around 8pm and there was no wait, but it did take a second to find the hostess. We were sat down in the area that is elevated (near the bathrooms). First impression: there was a lot of hustle and bustle. I love to see a "pep" in the step of the staff and there were a lot of servers running around carefully giving great customer service. With that said, our server was great. She was young, like much of the waitstaff and was very attentive. I asked for a few things and she took care of everything no problem. She even brought me a pitcher of water after noticing how thirsty I was! It was a super hot day in Concord so I was parched. I love when places have great staff, which is one reason why I'll be back. We ended up ordering a medium pizza with 1/2 red sauce and 1/2 pesto. We just couldn't decide. I realized how much I love their red sauce and will no longer be ordering the pesto, which is not a knock on the pesto at all. I love that they load up the toppings on top but wish there was a bit more sauce to help with all the toppings. We ended up ordering chicken, bacon, spinach and garlic. It was quite the combination with their house ranch. I was really impressed overall with the service and food. I used to work nearby and usually just got the lunch special which is totally a great deal and a lot of food. I'll have to come back here again soon when the hankering for some pizza hits. read more

Walked to Skipolini's Pizza from the BART to pick up my car rental where I discovered this delightful restaurant. Loved the patio by the water fountain. Came at lunchtime and enjoyed the lunch special for $8.75. Very good price for my big slice of pizza, Caesar salad, bread, and cookie. Thanks for the great food Skipolini's read more

What a fabulous location for a very good pizza parlor. There are so many positivo components to this historic location, and what they've done, I think every resident of Concord should give this place a chance. Parents and families should be specially pleased. This used to be a local restaurant and bar (sniff sniff) that had a special spot for many. TR's was its name, I believe. The antique classic bar is gone, and the purveyors have tried to play up the historical relevance of this place - which was originally the National Bank of Concord - built in 1911. When you step inside, there is a proclamation letter from 1911, as well as a bank leger, both from 1911. There are also two large pictures from its early days high on one wall. In addition, this place offers an almost one-of-a-kind outdoor eating area. The previous patio has been doubled in size, and partially "hugs" a large fountain. (Children were playing around it when I made my visit.) There is a nice awning, and this place should be a primo location on those hot Concord days. Food? Yes, the Prego pizza - which had garlic, onions, pepperoni, and MORE, was very good. The large Prego was $23.99, and smaller pizzas were $12-14. They also offer multiple sandwich choices for approximately $8.50. Beer and sangria is also available. Service was attentive. Parking - A - a free garage next door Location - A - downtown, & across from a huge movie theatre! (Brendan) Kid Friendly - A - includes a bookshelf of kids games & etch-a-sketch Historical relevance - A+ Pizza - B+/A- - I'd need to try more items If I had one wish, I'd hope that the owners add MORE of the black-and-white photos from its early years. Add in one from the TR days. And why not a binder somewhere, with more Concord black-and-white photos of "how things used to be"? In our mini mall, throw-away society, its neat to have a building with some sense of history & presence. read more

Wow! Pizza is delicious here. My brother suggested we go here and I was pleasantly surprised by the A-mazing pizza we had. We ordered the family size half pesto primavera and half hawaiian (pineapple & ham). I know, sounds strange to have a half pesto sauce & half tomato sauce pizza, but it worked out! My favvv..was the pest primavera. MMM...Pesto Sauce, Zucchini, Artichoke Hearts, Fresh Tomatoes, Oregano, and Parmesan. I've had pesto pizza before, but this place is a hit! The veggies were FRESH! I could just taste the freshness and a lot of cheeeeze! (i liked it) Pizza crust was baked perfectly. Portions are HUGE! We ordered the family size for 5 adults. One slice can fill you up. We only had one slice a piece. And so, we had half the pizza left to take home. We sat outside because it was such a nice day outside. Wait staff was friendly and very attentive. I definitely would go back here again. It is in the burbs, but don't hate on the burbs..ppl were very friendly. Kid friendly place. My niece is having her third birthday party here. Update (August 2009): Went here today for lunch. Still as good as the first time I went. MMMM..the palermo w/ white sauce pizza is the best I've ever had. Seriously, this is some yummy yummy pizza! And prices are reasonable. A medium pizza for 4 hungry adults is all it took for us. Oh, btw...do not get their chicken wings though...so not worth it. Let's just say we ordered wings, but instead were given a leaves of lettuce w/ 7 tiny buffalo wings. Can I get some buffalo wings with that lettuce?! Overall, I still give this place 5 stars. Great service and great pizza :) read more

Each time we've been here, the pizza has been delicious!! They have so many specialty pizza options. We always order half and half so we can taste different flavors throughout the meal. Usually one half is the prego pizza because it's soooo daaang gooood!! The Clayton location is good as well. Some say they have an older brick oven so it tastes better, but I can't taste that so either location works for me. However, the Antioch location was just okay for me. Will always have this spot in mind when we want a sit-down pizza restaurant. read more

We have always loved Skip's but usually go to the Clayton store. We went downtown today with the office to celebrate a birthday. Big mistake! The six of us were seated and ordered a couple of Caesar salads with chicken. A couple bowls of minestrone, a wedding soup, a panini, and a house salad with a slice of pizza. The food came out after a long wait in dribs and drabs. The soups were nothing short of gross. They looked and tasted like someone added warm water to the soups to extend them. They were watery, lacked taste and the liquid was separating from whatever else was in there leaving a layer of clear liquid above the dismal excuse for minestrone soup. The wedding soup was cold. We told the waitress to take the soups we didn't want them. She said she would remove them from the bill. She didn't and I had to ask the manager to remove them. He did. He was at the cash register. While at the cash register waiting, this dirty, scroungy looking guy came up to the cash register. He had an apron on and I think he came out of the kitchen. Honestly, if I had seen him anywhere near the kitchen before we ate, I would have walked out. After about 15 minutes I finally got my cup of coffee, but was never asked if I wanted a refill. The service was horrible - horrible! Later in the day both my wife and I got gassy G.I. issues. I'm going to call the health department. I won't go back to Skips in this location. This place has gone horribly downhill and I wonder if the owners know. It was awful. read more

Okay, let's get one thing out of the way before I begin my review: I am not a fan of pizza. There are very, very few times that I enjoy a slice of pizza, let alone a slice and a half or (gasp) two slices. That said, Skipolini's makes some damn good pizza. Ordered the medium Pesto pizza to split with one hungry dude and one hungry kid. I ate two slices, so you know it was good! Picky kid ate two slices so you know it was really good. Dude's opinion is less meaningful because he will probably eat anything, but still. It was good pizza! Service is fast, prices are reasonable. Eating out on the patio in the sunshine is the only way to do it. Will be coming back again. read more

I had the best service ever! From a pretty young lady named Isa! She was so sweet and made sure I was satisfied with my order. The pizza was so good too! Thank you Isa for this amazing experience at Skipolinis! read more

This place is soo delicious! Like others we came here in search of the preggo pizza. It didn't work for me but that's okay because I would literally get that pizza again hands down even if I wasn't super pregnant. The ingredients were fresh, the dough was light and tasty and our server was extremely nice. We can't wait to come here again and try all they have to offer! read more

The pizza here is great! I enjoy bringing my boys (5 & 6 years old) here because they can make their own pizza. If you have young kids I highly recommend that you have them do it. Also, the last time we were here, our server "Max" was awesome. It was slow in the restaurant, so he took them and showed them how to toss dough in the air. The food is great, but the continued service like Max gave us is the reason we keep coming back! read more

It's very fresh, great quality, good service - but the taste is just okay. We ordered their signature "Bettega" and swapped the ham for chicken, as we're not huge on ham. It was fresh, crust is hand made...but again, flavors were so-so. We've done their famous "prego pizza" when I was a week away from delivering my son as advised by my John Muir OB, but not only didn't it work - it probably gave me indigestion because it's loaded with a ridiculous amount of meat, garlic, and onions. In terms of service, we came on a Sunday afternoon and service was slow. We weren't sure why, considering the place was practically empty. read more

Oh dear. I've been to the Skipolini's in Walnut Creek many times and loved it. This time WC was too far away so we decided to try the Concord location. The restaurant itself is visually very nice. It's an old bank and has lots of beautiful wood work remaining. That's about all I can say for my experience. First, and scariest, there was no soap in the ladies room at all. I checked the cleaning schedule noted on the wall. The bathroom hadn't been cleaned for three days. So, tell me, how long were they out of soap? How much food was handled without hands being washed? How many guests ate without washing? Very distressing. I ordered a mushroom, green pepper and olive calzone. My hubby ordered a peparoni pizza. Mine came to the table with a very hard, dry crust that was verging on burnt. I opened it up and found raw mushrooms and partially cooked green peppers. The red sauce was not good - it was sweet! I know there is sugar in red sauce but there shouldn't be SUGAR! I asked the waitress to remove it from my bill and take it away. I got stuck eating some of my husbands pizza, which was decent for what it was. I will not return. read more

The caesar salad was good, not great. The garlic cheesy bread was out of the world. The Bettega pizza has EV.ERY.THING that we love in a pizza and it's reallllllly good. I've had the Preggo Pizza before at the Walnut Creek location and remember it being good, but I'm looking forward to eating it again as my due date gets closer so that I can say "Yeah, the preggo pizza put me into labor after i ate it". Really good location. Next to parking garage and across the street from the movie theatre. I don't think it's such a good thing that we live close by now because I'm gonna want to eat here all the time. side note - i saw that they have a dinner and movie deal. I don' remember the details but it seemed good but it was only valid Sunday thru Thurs (i think?). read more

I was 9 months pregnant and ready to pop out my bun in the oven when I first ate here back in December 2010. My husband came home from work telling me about how his co-worker had told him to have us eat there for dinner to order the Preggo Pizza. I was all for it yet really nervous to try the specialty pizza to induce my labor. We went there that same night and ordered the Preggo Pizza and I believe it only comes in one size - medium?. I have to tell you, the first bite was really making me nervous but of course I went ahead and ate it. This pizza is 4 pounds of 13 different toppings with extra garlic and 6 different types of meats. I usually don't like ALOT of meat on my pizza thinking it will be too salty BUT this pizza was not salty at all. It was delicious! The slices are pretty hefty sizes especially with all the different toppings so I was only able to eat 2 slices. The place was busy but our wait was not long. The look of it was like an old bank way back when. It was interesting. The service and the staff were all nice and accommodating. Parking is on the streets but around the corner is a free parking garage. We've gone back several times and we will definitely be going back again! read more

We came here last Saturday for my kid's BD. Main peeve: They will not bring the birthday girl even a crappy dish of ice cream with a candle. They don't "do that". We offered to pay for this..nope. No desserts. So don't have a birthday party here! Chicken wings - soggy. We ordered family size Preggo pizza. The bottom crust was soggy. Everything was underdone and the place wasn't busy at 5:00 p.m. read more

A bit of a bait and switch.... My husband and I wandered sbout Downtown Concord for a bit one afternoon when we noticed Skipolini's sandwich board and popped in for the lunch special. It was approximately 1:40 in the afternoon and the sandwich board advertised the special was available until 2:00. We attempted to order and were informed it ended at 1:30, but the sign outside said 2:00. It was 1:40. After shrugging it off, we order the House Salad and The Olgiaska, both were yummy but a lil too much food. Service was attentive. My only issue was the bait and switch. Never, ever advertise false information, right outside your door. read more

Went here for Friday Family night. Also my sister wanted the Prego Pizza. (She needs it) We sat outside and our waiter was Judas. One of the best customer experiences I have encounter while dining out. We had a party of 10, 4 were children, 1 Prego and 1 stoned pothead. It was the pot head that needed the most assistance, munchies were peaking. Judas always mad sure he was fed and well hydrated. Lol. thank you Judas! read more

First time coming. Pizza is a pizza. Crust was the best thing. Tried The Prego. It was good, but way over priced. Could have used more cheese. Go to Costco, get the combo pizza and save some money. read more

When we arrived it was a very hot day out. There was a sign on the door saying no bathrooms. We were placed in a very empty room. We sat there. About five minutes later we were asked what to drink. As our table was saying our orders, our waitress just left the table. She came back three minutes later and didn't even apologized for leaving. In the end the service was horrible! But the food was good. Lastly the waitress was hitting on my boyfriend, not appreciated. read more

We missed out on the Prego Pizza (that's the claim to fame for Skipolini's, so much that's its marketing is pitched all over the pizza box) by a day because we were early by 1 day and I had promised I would take wifey to a foot massage and indulge in a fat pizza from Skip's if we were late. Wanted to get something to celebrate a healthy birth with my baby momma. So the wifey asked for the Creamy Pesto, "the one with pesto and bacon". I ordered the large family size which is equal to an XL from Papa John's diameter wise, but it was $41 delivered. I swallowed that one because that's up there with Zachary's Deep Dish Chicago Style pan, which is arguably double the pizza for the same price. Deduct one star for value. The food: I'm much more Italian thin crisp crust style and don't like doughy white bread style crust and this definitely was the pillowy kind. But that's very subjective so it's a neutral rating. The pesto sauce was too frugal, so much that if you pulled away the lukewarm cheese topping, you would not find any pesto green color anywhere. I never thought I'd say that a pizza was "underseasoned" or "underwhelming" but it was. Not salty enough, an atrocity when it comes to super rich sodium pizza type food. Deduct 1 star. But as a pro, add 1 star for the generous portions of artichoke hearts and zucchini slices. However, with the onions, mushrooms, and zucchini veggies, the pizza was soggy, wet and tasted undercooked. Deduct 1 star! Bummer. If I had paid under $30 for the pizza delivered, I would've enjoyed the purchase more but for $41 delivered, it was too little value and most importantly, the pizza experience was a disappointment. At one point on the second slice, she and I looked at each other and unanimously said, "5 out of 10" on the pizza rating. Further, case in point: Half the pizza is STILL uneaten in the refrigerator and it's almost dinner time, so it's lasted beyond breakfast and lunch the next day. Unheard of for a pizza to survive past midnight in my household. Not going to patronize Skipolini's unless a miracle happens - there is far too much competition in the Concord area for the survival of an overpriced pizza that underwhelmes the taste buds. Tip to Skipolini's. Fine, charge $40 for a pizza but make sure it knocks it out of the park with a homerun of flavor, caramelize and season the veggies, make sure that cheese is butter brown crispy, crusty, and a mix of textures for the mouth. And size it so the customer feels the pizza is worth at least 4 super burrito's worth of quality wholesome energy. There were 10 slices, so each slice was $4 for a home experience. For the price, we could have gone out for super rolls of sushi in restaurant. read more

Long overdue review as my son is now 2.5 years old. We came in at lunch time for the prego pizza when I was 37 weeks pregnant and had a good experience. The food was good and the service was decent. I am sure it is concidental, but I went into labor at 7 pm that same night. Will return in several months when I hit the 37 week mark with my second pregnancy. read more

Excellent service, funny and friendly, nice outdoor seating area,, nice clean and crunchy crust!.prego pizza is pretty good. I'm waiting for for my 1ST Grandson to be born, hope this pizza males it happen! read more

Skipolini's Pizza - Prego Pizza! Waiting for my 1ST Grandson to come! - Food Delivery Services Near Me - Concord, California

I had the the famous pizza they have for mommies to induce my labor , I'm 37 weeks with my second baby but I'm still pregnant lol hopefully it works tonight. it's very tasty thou ! read more

The Good: Awesome '80's music playing Less than $40 for 3 of us to eat Create your own toppings always a + The Mediocre: Even though we were seated quickly, the service was a little slow We were sat between several large, loud parties All in all, I'll definitely be back, especially to try the lunch special. read more

I admit that being from New York I'm a bit of a pizza snob. But Skipolini's offered some very tasty flavor combinations. We started with Skip's dip which was fresh baked bread and a tasty dipping sauce. Then we got 2 individual pizzas to share: barbecue chicken and the Martinelli. The pizzas were fresh and delicious with ingredients that really complimented each other. Can't wait to try more! read more

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My first time to eat there was pretty great. We ordered our standard pizza (sausage/pepperoni/mushroom) and it was delicious! You could tell they use good ingredients. The staff was so friendly that they made us feel really comfortable even while there was a large party going on next to us. They made sure we had everything we needed and never forgot about us. Definitely recommend and will go again =) read more

Our party of 5 decided to enjoy the sun, so we ate outside. We came here during lunch time just to have our "girls day".. 2 of us ordered a salad, with a $1 extra, they will split the salad for you.. (SERIOUS!) We ended up splitting it ourselves.. Started off with some wings with ranch and blue cheese. It was over a bed of lettuce.. Amongst 5 girls, we ordered 2medium pizzas 1) all meat & 2) pesto 1) all meat - it was seriously ALL MEAT!! Various types of meat!! (it was a bit TOO MUCH for us, but we were happy) 2) Pesto - delish!! it was pretty yummy! On a hot day, we constantly requested for more water. Mind you we were given a pitcher of water, ice melted real quick so we requested a pitcher of ice. Service was not that great. The restaurant was not busy at all, but I guess the waitress was a little disoriented. We constantly reminded her of our drink orders and sauce requests but she never followed through.. We ended up asking the bus-boy.. tsktsk.. read more

Bad place to go to I Oder a calzone And it was nasty it had more cheese then anything like I ask for pepperoni and other things and got nothing but cheese never Going there again read more

The pregnancy pizza did not work for me. Don't believe the hype! However, i thought it was really tasty. I now have 20 lbs to lose post-baby. Damn cravings! I'd eat the pizza even if I wasn't pregnant. Try it out! read more

Been here a couple times the Pizzas are great! Some of the salads are over priced to me considering it's mostly just a huge bowl of lettuce. The ranch is really good! read more

Skipolini's Pizza - Half Palermo, no tomatoes or onions, and half pepperoni mushroom and olive. - Food Delivery Services Near Me - Concord, California

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first let me say my girlfriend and i are on the search for the best pizza in the bay area so if you have any recommendations, please let me know. this is my lady's favorite local place to go for pizza. i had never been before (take it easy, i've only lived here for 2 years). i was excited to go and it didn't disappoint. it wasn't too busy when we came in. pizza came out decently fast. tip: we wanted a creamy pesto sauce pizza with pepperoni. what we didn't know was that there's a speciality pizza called "creamy pesto pizza." so our server (no fault of her own) heard us order the specialty pizza with pepperoni added. they should really change this on the menu for such an occasion as this. they ended up giving us that pizza for free as they put in the correct order so props to them for that! here's what i/we are grading our pizza places on. this is our criteria. if you don't like it, get your own thing. but hopefully this is helpful to weird picky yelpers looking for a very particular pizza place: water - 2/5 water taste was not great. my lady has a keen taste for water so i'm leaning on her expertise here. definitely add a lemon if this is an issue for you. dough/crust - 5/5 really soft and great flavor on the crust. i think this is a huge strength of skip's. if you're a dough person, this is a great place to go. i hear they have a secret recipe that only the owner knows or something. i respect that. cheesiness - 4/5 really cheesy, good cheese lines as you pull a slice from the pie. you'll probably need some fingers or a friend to help pull all the cheese onto the plate. sauce/toppings - 5/5 the sauce and pepperoni had really great flavor. pepperoni wasn't too salty like i've had at other places. again we ordered the creamy pesto sauce. i'd really like to try the red sauce next time. customer service was great. our server was super awesome and apologetic for the mistake that wasn't her fault and she made sure we got our real pizza as quickly as possible. all in all, great place to go for pizza. if you're wanting a good quality, consistently good tasting pizza, this is the place to go. read more

Pizza was pretty good, sauce seemed a little salty for my taste, good crust, good beer. Younger staff, needs a bit refining on attentiveness but not a bad experience overall. read more

Came here with my pregnant wife. Half of the restaurant was open. For party of two, the manager said it was 25 min wait. The person after us checked in for 10 people and she was told 10 min wait. Forget that the restaurant was only at 50% occupancy, the attitude of the manager was totally not called for. Will never go here because apparently they are doing us a favor! read more

The black and white is great for those who don't want a tomato sauce. Skip dip excellent! read more

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This place is not bad. They surely have a lot of choices. I love how there is a water fountain to view at from the tables inside/outside. This place does get crowded during the sport seasons which is everyday. read more

It's been several years since I've been here, and had dinner last week here with my brother. We ordered the all-meat pizza (added olives and mushrooms), and also got garlic cheesy bread. To be honest, I thought the garlic cheesy bread was better than the pizza! Yikes!! But, the pizza wasn't terrible. I'm just not that big of a fan of linguica or ground beef on pizza (but my brother is), so I can't fault them for that. The dough came out perfect, and the pizza was packed with flavor. read more

While I have been enjoying Skipolinis for years, tonight was the first time we tried the Prego, no we aren't expecting. The pizza was fantastic, all of the different toppings went so well together. We were unsure if the sangria would go well with the pie, but it was very refreshing and a nice compliment to the tasty sauce read more

Pizza is delicious and not over priced. Staff is very friendly and attentive! This place is great for lunch, especially if your close by, the wait is not long. I highly recommend it. read more

Went here on Memorial Day, service was horrible. Server forgot the cheese bread and had to come back to check our pizza order (20 minutes after we ordered). Manager also ignored us on the way out the door when we tried to complain. Pizza was good but service was awful. Won't be back read more

Had their combo pizza delivered at work. And wow it honestly was the worst pizza I've had in years. Nothing was redeemable about it Crust: my main factor in rating pizza. Thick crust type but it didn't do the pizza any good. It was bland and had a slight burnt taste. The bottom was tough and that's all I can say about the texture. Pizza crust should never feel like you're gnawing at it like a dog. Toppings- standard pepperoni, olives, mushrooms, peppers, onions, sausage. Nothing made it extraordinary. Cheese- also nothing to talk about. Not much depth of flavor it just got the job done. So I'm sorry to say I wouldn't order skipolinis unless it was free. read more