This place has changed owners and workers multiples times. We've been in an out of here my ENTIRE LIFE. My dad and his best friends grew up going here from HS so it has a lot of memories. We went last Saturday and it wasn't too busy, the waitress was quick to help us. Got all the food to us in a Reasonable amount of time Recommend checking it out if you want a cozy old school pizza parlor! read more

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We stopped by today to check out the happy hour. Thursdays are the business. Tito's for $4! We also tried the garlic cheesy bread. It was delicious! Our server was super nice/prompt/friendly and we had a great time. We will be back! read more

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I'm obsessed with their salads, all of their food is great! The staff is awesome and they have a cute little bar in the back.

Oh what a night! This is not the Spud's you remember. I'm going to preface this first part by saying that I am a (barely) semi-ambulatory wheelchair user. So I went there last night for a friend's birthday party. They had booked it in the lounge, unaware of its location within the restaurant. But the lounge is a raised area only accessible by stairs. When I got there, I looked around for a ramp, you know, because it's 2025. The bald-headed douche nozzle behind the bar comes over, and I asked him where the ramp is, and his reply was "this place was built before any of that nonsense". Excuse me? Nonsense? Respectfully, go f*ck yourself. They will be reported for an ADA violation. I know my friends don't judge, but it's humiliating and indignifying to have to try and struggle my way up three steps while somebody carries my wheelchair. DO BETTER! Once I got there, we ordered food. And like I said to begin with, this is not the place you remember. We ordered two pizzas. One was burnt beyond recognition the other was literally dripping grease. We made the effort of putting the leftovers in a box, but threw them away once we get home. Our friends ordered the signature dish "Spudder chips" and spaghetti. What they got was marinara sauce on top of fettuccine noodles, and basic sliced potatoes that were barely cooked covered in gelatinous cheese. Of the various items people ordered, most of it was so low quality it's surprising that they can try and justify the prices that they're charging for it. Our waitress was the shining light, wonderful lady. Definitely overworked. Think she was the only one in the place on a Friday night. We barely saw her except every 20 minutes. But she was fantastic when she did show up. And this last part is not their fault at all. 100% not on them. But it was karaoke night, and it was pretty much the same 4 regular cycling through all the songs. And oh my God, these folks were ear piercing. Once again, not their fault, but just kind of added to the whole atmosphere of the night. Just kind of made the scene. If you've made it all the way to the end, I commend you. Thank you for reading my story. But here is the TL;DR of it all. This is not the restaurant you remember. The prices are high, the food sucks, the bartender can go f*ck himself, and if you are disabled, avoid this place like the f*cking plague. read more

RIP Spuds. You will be missed. You were the first pizza place I had ever been in, at the tender age of 12, accompanied by my family in 1966. In 1969 on a warm summer evening I sneaked out of the house and rode my motorbike there to enjoy your Formula Four pizza. In those days and through the 70s you were also a place where my former school teachers used to moonlight and I'd BS with them. You used to have racks of trophies where your baseball teams made up of employees won amateur tournaments. As time went on through the years even well into the 90s I'd drop in for pizza and suds, sometimes bringing a date . As the 2000s progressed I saw you decline both in quality of the food and appearance. Though I'd still stop by now and then, I knew the handwriting was on the wall. Finally I just discovered that you have closed for good. It was a sad ending, and a painful one, because you once served great pizzas, fun and a lot of good memories. read more

Let me start off by saying I've been going to Spuds since I was a toddler over 40 years ago. I love the salad, pizza & spudder chips. I live an hour away now & when I'm in town I like to stop in a grab a bite to eat. But the last 4× I've been in I've been told as soon as I walk in that there in an hour or 2 hour wait for food. With only 1 or 2 couples in the dining room! Now there may be more in the bar but when the waitress says that 1st thing it obviously turns away costumers. Last time the cook cut in & said the wait isn't that long but the waitress got snappy and said yes it was! So my advice is update the kitchen area for faster food service or talk to your wait staff to have them encourage customers to stay and dine. I wonder if I call my order in 45 min till arrival I will actually get to enjoy a meal there again? read more

A dive for sure. The food is trash and so is the customer service. Ultimately it is a hole and you probably should bring a gun if you are there past 5 in the evening. read more

In a way , I've been a long time customer. I use to come here after tball practice with my dad, fill up on coke ( not Pepsi traci) and a large pepperoni and cheese pizza and geek out on the racing games. All the trophies and local lore throughout really brings a hometown feel to the place. Fast forward, under new ownership, the place has a youthful energy and experience however still mixed in is the old school flavor. The owner has gone above and beyond to bring the place to life i.e. karaoke , new delicious menu items ( hey the ricotta bites are amazing ) a huge variety of liquors and beers to really give way to cocktails almost all bars don't have ( yes I'm saying spuds exclusive ) and employees that really make you feel at home...granted the owner doesn't realize her liquor sales are through the roof because when she starts dancing, everyone needs to get a buzz going to figure out what she's doing ( I personally think it looks like shes waving in planes to the tarmac , no wonder spirit airlines went bankrupt ). The best pizza in my opinion is the hot oil pizza...your dad wants a slice , your sister does , and most importantly, I know your mom has keep up the good work spuds and stop with the bad dancing ... read more

Spud's Pizza Parlor - Pizza Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

Pizza was fantastic, we had two pizzas and both were very good. Literally some of the most perfect pizza I have had in Tacoma The fried pickles however were not so good, it tasted like sweet pickles which I was not into at all... they were also slightly burnt so I thought about sending them back but that is literally my worst nightmare so I didn't. Service was not great, the waitress was nice enough but seemed confused most of the time, and we had to flag her down to get drink refills and napkins. We sat with a view of our cars and while we were eating someone came up and started peering into my car's window, I didn't notice because I had gone to the bathroom, but my wife came in after going out and confronting the guy. Over all I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I will be back if I can't get a drink refill and have to worry about my car sitting two feet from me. read more

If you have never been to Spud's before, maybe you will like the pizza. I am not a fan. I have been eating this pizza for over 50 years, and it was my absolute favorite. This "tavern style" type of pizza was found nowhere around here. Recently, new owners have taken over and decided to change the 50+ year old pizza that was loved by the community. It's not a good pizza...and I eat a lot of pizza. In conclusion, if you want to go back to Spud's for that perfect Spud's pizza, don't waste your time. The good stuff no longer exists. read more

The pizza is a total greasy mess. The dough they use now is terrible and not cooked crispy at all. When the owner died awhile back they got a new cook to bake the pizzas and while the black lady is very nice shes just not cut out for making pizzas. Shes coming up with these whacky combinations to put on the menu instead of focusing on her craft. I cant believe they actually thought they could raise their price to $35 per pizza read more

The service was terrible. We didn't get napkins or condiments. The food we ordered was not complete with the side dishes that came with our orders. Our server walked past us several times without checking on us and was full of attitude. We will not be doing back. read more

I don't like all the new additions, I think Spuds is the kind of place you need to keep as traditional as possible. The CB Sandwich is not good anymore, Sub Sandwich is gone and my favorite Bullseye Pizza is also not on the menu which is a shame. Salad and Spudder chips are still good not sure if they are using smoke provolone or not but they taste good. I will continue going just because it really means something to me and hope things get better but come on with the prices, it's Pac Ave Tacoma and an old pizza joint at that. I do appreciate the people who are still keeping it alive it would be sad to see that sign come down one day. read more

The place is great , good people, good company , bartender Cassie is dismissive, told a customer you annoy me , everyone else is really great , but if it's her , she is the worst & extremely rude , read more

Clearly Google is reading my emails because I recently adopted (Indirectly paid a wildlife smuggler via Petco) a tortoise named "Spud", and I live nearby.... Hey Spud's.....do tortoise's named Spud eat free with a paying customer? read more

Spud's Pizza Parlor - Spud...think of a potato... - Pizza Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

The pepperoni lovers pizza was amazing. So much pepperoni of various types. It was super delicious

I have been sitting in the restaurant for 15 minutes after the waitress said that she would be with me. I got up and came to the bar and now minutes later I was approached for service.. Service - Slow and rude. Food - Average Beer - Cold Comedy night is a struggle, but slightly entertaining. read more

We met a Karen today. She was sooo amazing!! Smiling and great service. Happy hour was ridiculous. $5 for a huge tray of Jo's!! Also got a $10 pizza which was delicious and some wings!! The sauces were great and we will be back! My favorite part is the perfect 1970s original decor. Happy we saw you Spud's pizza parlor. Yay!!! read more

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Just a PSA Soooo Spuds on pac ave .... We made a call in order and it was wrong so my husband called them then went back to pick up the correct food. They took his food and kicked him out for complaining! Yes we had already paid. Marquis the bartender when I called was extremely disrespectful and said poor baby your little white face must be beat red over some food. Only dumb white people pay mortgages and lease cars and then whine when the cheap bar food isnt perfect. WE will never go back. They stole from us and they disrespected us and hung up on me! Plus the cook was not wearing a hair net and had a huge amount of hair. I have never given any establishment a bad review but this is beyond upsetting $60 worth of food because we wanted our order corrected. read more

We stopped in for a drink and stayed for huge servings of delicious food, great conversations with regulars, bingo (it was Wednesday), stiff drinks. It was a packed house and service was still speedy. Staff were funny, kind, and efficient. We will be back! read more

Always like to give a place a honest try. The ambiance in here is sad, dark and a little depressing. There is no one else in the resteraunt, and our pizza is taking way too long. Update: the pizza was over cooked and the lady in charge was awful. The waitress and cook were being nice enough, but whoever is over them is pretty terrible. She was mean the the workers and rude to me. We had decided to go ahead and take the burnt pizza and she was mad because she had already taken it off the bill. We paid for the spuds, which were good. I'm disappointed that we didn't get to try the pizza, as that will be the last time we go to Spuds. read more

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We ordered the chicken buffalo pizza, SUPER yummy! Their dirty Shirley's are top notch, and the atmosphere is fun. Lots of older folks, didn't mind us young people hanging out. read more

I've been coming to Spuds for over 35 years. I know they are under newer management, but hopefully with all the recent negative reviews seeming to be very similar, the new owners will take some of these with grace. Tonight my family went in after a very long day of softball. We drove from Kent to Tacoma, just to have Spuds. Order taking and all that was just fine, drinks came out fine- but we were given the wrong pizza and half of it was burnt. We were given the cheeseburger pizza minus the sauce and not the taco pizza. There was literally nothing taco about it. I heard the manager from the back ask the cook if he used the seasoned beef, he seemed a little surprised (I guess he was covering for the normal cook that was out) the sauce was suppose to be a salsa sauce, it wasn't - it was just a normal pizza sauce, there was no creamy salsa topping or sour cream topping and when I asked for that, I was handed a container filled with sour cream to dip my pizza in (insert the image of me trying to dip pizza in cold hard sour cream instead of a drizzled sauce. The pizza was just not good at all, half of it was so burnt that it wasn't edible either. My husband and I both had one slice and the entire $27.00 pizza sat there. They knew we were upset. The host mocked me several times. When we told her what was wrong she said "sorry bout that" and walked away. She then had another waitress ask us if we wanted a box. When I said no, she stood right in front of us basically telling the manager or cook(I couldn't see because of the wall) and mocking me saying that "she said no to a box" while laughing . The original waitress then came over and handed us our bill, with the pizza still on it. I asked if she was going to remove the pizza, since 1st- it wasn't even what we ordered, 2nd-half of it was burnt & 3rd it was missing the drizzles regardless of the pizza it was, as both had sauce toppings. She said "ohh the manager was gonna come talk to you" she then went back, and yea they did remove it- however- the manager didn't ONE time come to address us or talk to us. Being a customer service manager and in training for over 15 years combined between two companies. I was actually incredibly shocked that a leader would not come and address the restaurants issue and offer up a solution vs charging a guest for an almost $30 pizza without even a blink of accountability. The mocking was just the cherry on top. It's super sad. The reminder of our meal was great, my grandma had her normal spaghetti and my husband and I had a side salad and a beer. My kiddo got her normal 5/6 rubber ducks from the duck machine. If this was just my review, I'd consider it a bad day and go back- but after reading all these here, google and Facebook, I'm really saddened that I won't be coming back. It takes one thing to ruin it for lifetime guests. We had 3 generations of people with us today, and that's 100's of visits combined. Just knowing that guests are treated that way and not even remotely trying to hide it. Gosh. It was extremely embarrassed sitting in front of multiple other guests as they mocked our family and me personally, with one other guest being completely shocked and also and witnessing the issues. They also had a burnt pizza I might add. I'd say go at your own risk. 2 salads, a pitcher of beer and spaghetti, still cost us $57.00. Definitely not worth the money quality wise, but it was always worth the money memory wise. read more

This place was great.... and then it sold. I have given it many tries and it just keeps getting worse. You won't get service. You have stand at the bar and hope they will stop talking long enough to help you. They are out of what you order. We waited 40 minutes for our food to be told they were out of both things we ordered. They offered nothing for the trouble. Really.... 40 minutes...Just a train wreck... done hoping this place will get better. read more

Spuds is a Tacoma tradition that you need to visit. Old time pizza parlor that serves a very good pizza and reasonable drinks. Fun dive bar attitude and decor. read more

Waited over an hour for what was a burnt pizza. There were very few customers in the building. Same thing happened at my last visit 3 weeks ago. Thought that was an exception. Guess not... read more

went there for lunch with a friend, service good, food mediocre at best, prices were comparable to other food vendors probably won't go back. read more

Great place great service great food Cameron was a wonderful server we loved the salad and the fountain drinks here are awesome.

The cheese was very cheesy, and the pizza was fresh and ready. Fun games to keep the little ones distracted, and overall recommended for adults and kids! The service was quick and didn't take too long considering the restaurant was full of people. The ambience was calming and seemed very approachable from the inside. read more

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everything is good here it's been here 40 years I've been eating here since high school staff is amazing

We don't get down to Tacoma very often anymore, but Spuds is a local favorite. We always love the Mini Super Salad and share some breadsticks with it. read more

New owner, new staff, new attitude! Spuds is bringjng it with the same amaIng food we love and a new personality and hospitality thats hard to beat!!! Thank you guys! Keep it going!! Dont hesitate if its been awhile!!! read more

I was so excited to go back to Spud's to have pizza. We visited the establisment on Sunday May 28, 2023 and were greeted by the nicest waitress. I always remember the family atmosphere that they had from years ago that's why I wanted to go back. During our dinner around 4:30pm the two young kids that were working were absolutly phenomenal! They turned on their music (rap) which I'm not fond of but that's what the kids listen to these days. I would have asked them to turn it down if I did'nt like it. Apparently the bartender did not like it and came out and said the "N" word to the two employees, the F bomb was used at least twice! (The server was of color) UNACCEPTABLE behavior! If I was her boss I would have FIRED! her on the spot. It's because of people like her, saying those things, that there are racial issues still around today! I was MORTIFIED beyond belief! They are kids being themselves! I don't care what color you are! We are all human beings and deserve to be treated as such! I don't care if she was upset about them playing that music (she tried to appologize but APPOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED!) that was simply dimining and cruel! I will never return as long as she is working there! I will call to see if she is still working there soon! read more

Amazing food and great workers! A girl named Cameron was my server and she was welcoming and we received amazing service. I haven't visited spuds in some time but it was just like I remembered. read more

We went today to one of my favorite restaurants that I have been going to for 50 years, Spud's Pizza Parlor . The past few years although were not the same as before. They had gone downhill so much that I had to be talked into going again. After reading a few yelp reviews, I was willing to give it one more chance. I'm glad I did! It was wonderful! We ordered one of my favorite's, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms and olives. I was not disappointed! We also had spudder chips and they we done to perfection! We tried the cheese bread and it was fresh and delicious. I started out with a salad that was made just like the old ones with a ton of cheese and olives atop shredded lettuce. I was glad my family convinced me to go! I will be back! read more

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It is an old hole in the wall type place and they have AMAZING food!!!! I've been going to spuds for over 20 years and it's a favorite in my family!!! Definitely try some pizza and a spuds salad read more

Where do I start..... Not greeted when I came in. Stood at the counter, being ignored waiting to place my order. Place needs deep deep cleaned. Asked for ice water, and if I could have the game switched over, was stared at with a blank face. Ice water with something floating in it was brought out, along with "here is the remote, I don't know how to". All this before my food has even arrived. Food finally arrived. My Canadian Bacon sandwich was luke warm. The spudder chips were decent. This place has lost its way. Customer service is non existent, cleanliness " what is that"? If you are going to let it fall apart, just close the business. read more

Spud's Pizza Parlor - Pizza Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

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My family has gone to Spud's since I can remember, because it's a favorite of my dad and his friends. He has passed along his love of this place to me. Don't read the other reviews listed here. Bottom line: do you want to have great pizza, a delicious salad, one-of-a-kind house chips (a MUST GET), and a laid-back dive bar atmosphere? Then come to Spud's. You walk in, go straight to the counter and order at the register. The prices are low, portions are plentiful. Be sure to try the side salads -- helloooo, delicious cheese!!! Check out my pics, hehe. I am a fan of cheese.. yeah. The spud chips are the other thing you gotta try -- they are just absolutely delicious and come on a HUGE plate. They're a mix between chips and fries -- soft like fries, salted and shaped like chips. Mmmm. The pizza is square-cut and easy to share. Spud's is that friend from home that will always be there when you need it. And I like that. read more

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Great places to eat pizza and the salads are AMAZING!! They also have karaoke every Saturday night at 8pm, so much fun read more

Spud's Pizza Parlor - Karaoke Friends - Pizza Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

The only reason I gave one star is because I HAD to in order to leave a comment. This is the BIGEST waste of money!!! We originally ordered 3 Large pizzas until the person working there said $90.00. Instead and paid $39.33 for 3 Small (pan size) pizzas. read more

Spud's Pizza Parlor - Worst looking pizza I have ever seen! - Pizza Near Me - Tacoma, Washington

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