If you're looking for a spot that NEVER misses, let me put you on to Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar We've been coming here for YEARS, and I can honestly say--not one bad experience. EVER. That alone says everything. The food? Every single time. Fresh, flavorful, and consistent in a way that's hard to find these days. Whether you're craving pizza, wine, or just a solid meal that hits the spot--this is it. But what really makes this place stand out is the people. The staff is always welcoming, attentive, and just genuinely good vibes. You can tell they care, and it shows in every part of the experience. It's one of those places you keep coming back to... not just because it's good--but because it's always good. 10/10. Every time. read more

This was my second visit here at the Upper Crust Pizza. We had reserved a table for what ended up being nine people. This second time here was different in a sense everyone here was related and everyone was looking forward to hearing stories of our family. First off I have to mention that since we were a large group we ordered based on how many pizzas to order, plus how many salads to provide for our group. When the pizzas came to our table, like many other pizza places they are placed on the rack to make enough room to eat and enjoy the pizzas. I must admit that I tried a piece of a couple of the pizzas and they were really good. The service was excellent and the restaurant is kept clean. Come on Tuesday's to take advantage of the discount prices. Upper Crust is located south of the 101 Freeway and Cave Creek Road. It's a very busy location and it doesn't matter what day of the week it is. I would recommend that you try your favorite kind of pizza but their sausage pizza is tasty and good. Don't know if and when I will return since this was a special time for all of us. read more

My family complains that I am boring since I usually order the same things at my favorite restaurants. I've always loved the consistency of the Upper Crust's pizza, and that is my usual choice. At a recent lunch with friends, I veered from my usual and ordered the boneless wings. I was grateful to be with friends--good company and conversation--because the "wings" were dry and overcooked, and the salad was just mediocre. I expected more from a $27 lunch at a place I previously loved. read more

The pizza is absolutely fantastic, perfectly thin, crispy crust with just the right amount of crunch in every bite. And the butter cake? Even better than mastros Steakhouse rich, indulgent, and unforgettable. Definitely a spot worth coming back to. read more

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We were in the neighborhood with an hour to spare wanting to watch the World Series so decided to stop in Upper crust pizza and wine. We sat in the 21 and older lounge area. It was cozy and dimly lit with plenty of TV's. We watched the game while having a glass of wine, Caprese salad, and build your own Calzone. The marinara sauce served on the side was good. My husband liked it too, but wished they used the marinara inside instead of as a dipping sauce. He also wished they used mozzarella instead of ricotta inside the Calzone. There's another side of the restaurant that's family friendly. We've eaten there before a year ago and tried the veggie pizza, which was great. Upper crust is a chill spot to grab a bite, enjoy some wine, and catch a game. It's got a very casual lounge vibe or the other side is also causal, family friendly. Our server was very attentive and friendly. read more

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​Rating: 1.5 / 5 Stars ​The hallmark of a reliable neighborhood haunt is consistency. It is the silent contract between the kitchen and the regular: we return for the flavors we know, and in exchange, the establishment maintains its standards. Having frequented Upper Crust for some time, I have long appreciated its place in our local rotation. However, during my visit today, that contract wasn't just breached--it was shredded. ​The meal began with a pair of personal pizzas that can only be described as arid. A pizza requires the trinity of crust, cheese, and sauce to work in harmony; here, the sauce was a ghost, leaving the palate wandering through a desert of dry dough and over-baked cheese. The wings followed suit, arriving with a technical flaw that even a novice line cook should catch. Rather than being properly tossed in a bowl to ensure an even, emulsified coating, they were served bone-dry, perched atop a reservoir of sauce at the bottom of the plate. It was a "deconstructed" presentation that I'm certain was unintentional and entirely unappetizing. ​However, a kitchen can have an off day. What a restaurant cannot afford is a failure in leadership. ​When I brought these concerns to the manager on duty--a woman who seemed more interested in protecting her ego than her patrons--the interaction shifted from a standard quality-control check to an exercise in hostility. Instead of the practiced grace one expects from management, I was met with a defensive, remarkably rude posture. In my two decades of reviewing, I've found that a restaurant is only as resilient as its floor leadership. Today, that leadership was brittle. ​Upper Crust has the bones of a good establishment, but today's experience suggests a troubling lapse in both culinary execution and basic hospitality. One hopes this was a momentary lapse and not a new standard, but for now, the "crust" isn't the only thing feeling a bit too dry. ​The Details ​The Dish: Two personal pizzas (sauce-deficient) and 2 lbs of "untossed" wings. ​The Service: Dismissive and combative management; a disappointing departure from previous visits. ​The Verdict: A neighborhood staple in desperate need of a refresher course in customer relations. read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

This place is perfect for a large group. I had a girls night here with a reservation for 12 and they had our table all prepared for us when we arrived. We were in a back room all to ourselves. It was cozy and private and our service was stellar. Nico was the name of our server. He was efficient and friendly. He was willing to split our checks in whatever way we wanted. There was no large group fee. He gave us the space we needed to visit but took great care of us at the same time. We were a little disappointed that we couldn't order off the happy hour menu but it was understandable that they only offer it on the patio and in the lounge. My daughter and I shared a half pound of wings, a create your own calzone, and tiramisu. The tiramisu was to die for! The calzone was huge and filled with ricotta cheese. The wings were crunchy and delicious. Our friends had a wide different items ie. a margarita pizza, meatballs, salad, etc. I had two pear martinis that were very tasty and my daughter had the upper crust mule, which was basically a Moscow mule. Overall our night was delightful and we would definitely go back to this place for happy hour, girls night, or just a night with the family read more

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I have had a crazy busy day. I wanted something good to eat so I decided to try Upper Crust Pizza. I had it delivered this pizza hits the spot! It is so good and they gave me peppers and parmesan. I love both on my pizza. Thanks for satisfying my craving! I hope to come and check this place out in person soon. read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Upper Trio - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

They took care of us for my daughter birthday in July with a huge order, great communication with the owners. They deliver or do pick ups. We decided to pick it up. We order pretty much everything on the menu and they had it ready for us at the time noted. All the food was good and the party really enjoyed. read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

My favorite pizza!!! Large Trio add pesto and ricotta and extra done. Add jalapeños for extra spice and flavor! Yeah. It just might be your favorite as well! Great food and great people too! read more

Been going here a while now. The food is good and service is rather good too. It's not like a normal sit down where a waiter comes and takes your order unless you go in the lounge which is 21+ only. If you choose normal seating you have to order at the counter. The food has been consistently good. I love the stuffed mushrooms so much. Maybe because I like mushrooms a lot. The only thing is the mushrooms are 15$! You get maybe 8 mushrooms filled with cheese and some sausage but 15 dollars is very excessive. I see this more as a 10$ dish than anything. Maybe 12 if you want to increase profit. My family ordered a large pizza with black olives and pepperoni and half with mushrooms. It was 35$ for that pizza. The prices at this place is the only thing I can't understand quite well. They didn't use to be this expensive. But on a more positive note the butter cake is the most delicious thing ever. It's 16 but used to be less. Better to share it. But the butter cake is delicious and warm. Just perfect really. read more

We've visited this place a few times now, and I have to say, the pizza and wings are fantastic! This last time, we ordered half pepperoni and half with jalapenos and pineapple--so delicious! Plus, the customer service is always top-notch. I honestly think this spot beats Gramaldie's pizza any day! read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Been coming here for years. absolutely obsessed with their wings especially honey hot, highly recommend. their cauliflower crust pizza is sooo yummy too. Im usually served by Madi who always takes care of whatever i need even my annoying dietary restrictions she always makes sure everything is cooked properly and put in properly and is always so kind. Definitely recommend coming here read more

Food isn't even bad honestly but because of the service you couldn't pay me to come back here. Ordered a salad over the phone, checked in and paid once I got there. $31 because of a mandatory 18% tip even with a pickup order and proceeded to wait for my salad. After waiting and seeing people come in, sit down, order a salad which came before mine, finished it and got their pizza delivered as I still waited for my pickup order of ... A SALAD. Wow step it up. read more

The hostess here is great! Very friendly and helpful. Also great with communicating! The pizza is pretty decent as well. I chose take-away, but the pizza was still good. I glanced over to the restaurant side and it seemed like there were lots of tables, and some TV's. If you are in the area, Upper Crust is worth a try! read more

Pizza that even Italy would be proud of. Great flavor & loads of toppings. The density of each slice reminded me of some pizza I had in Barcelona. You can fold it or eat it with a knife & fork. Just like the Italians do. Service was great & the Italian decor sets a great vibe for a pizza joint hang out with friends! Highly recommend! read more

Hostess was nice but we had to leave as the restaurant smelled strongly of sewer. Not sure what was going on, but we couldn't eat with that smell. read more

I love that this neighborhood favorite still has a great vibe. The wine list isn't as extensive as it once was, but still some nice selections. Happy hour includes several food options. On this visit, we ordered the stuffed mushrooms and the extra crispy honey hot wings. This is kind of our standard order and then sometimes we also order the meatballs trio to share if we're still feeling a little peckish. Great lighting, friendly staff, consistently generous portions for the price. read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Stuffed mushrooms & extra crispy honey hot Wings - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Plate sized pizza was free with coupon. This was a good version of pizza with a nice chewy crust. Lunch crowd was small, but lively. read more

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Great food and great service. Emma was phenomenal! Great personality and offering great suggestions. Had the Honey Hot wings which were fabulous! Only complaint is they don't offer wet naps. They weren't out, they simply don't offer them and never have as I have been here a few times That's like serving a steak with a butter knife. I wasted more napkins than the cost of a wet nap and still have sticky fingers. Come on management, get with the program. Again great service and great food, just bring you on wet naps! read more

Got pizza and wings for takeout during the ASU game. Go Devils! Maybe the domination made the pizza taste better, but who knows. Pepperoni, sausage and meatball pizza was quite good. Crust was flavorful and crunchy. Wings were meaty. Everything would be ordered again. read more

Super excellent lunch specials!' Their plate size pizza is amazing and the mini salad is delish!! Super nice employees & delicious food!! Sorry, I didn't take a pic. Nice ambiance with tv's on every wall! read more

My favorite pizza place in Phoenix. The service is sigma, the ambiance is sigma, and the pizza is sigma I forgot to take a picture before I ate the pizza so I took one after I finished lol read more

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Aloha Hawaiians, I just wanted to tell you about this new place that I hit up on happy hour. The server Kari was super friendly, and the prices were awesome, and the portions were out of this world. I ordered a pound of hot wings and bruschetta with focaccia. Since I was driving, I was not able to imbibe in any alcoholic drinks. But you bet you're sweet bippy that I'm gonna be catching a Lyft and enjoy one of their signature cocktails. I'd say maybe a Purple float or a Cadillac margarita. As you know, I look for the best bang for your buck and believe you me you're gonna have a great time here at happy hour. P.S. they have happy hour every day including Saturday and Sunday so scoot your self on down because they have so many screens that you can watch your favorite sports on and delicious food to help you fill your belly and shake off your week. So if you're in the area check it out. read more

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I love this place! It's Wheelchair accessible, service, dog friendly and the pizza taste great! Great places for what you get! Wine is very good too! They are always very accommodating of my disability when I come. read more

Stopped in for happy hour. Our server; Eve is a rock star. Always there for us. Great prices. The food was excellent. Nice decor with lots of TV's. Highly recommend. read more

We had the zest orange bone-in wings, a meat lovers and pepperoni pizza. Although my husband usually doesn't like thin crust pizza, he really liked this one. The pizza sauce got ready for reviews from all three of us. We will be back! read more

Genuinely underrated, one of the few places that makes great dough. An evening meal here is awesome

We really enjoyed the happy hour! The smoked wings and stuffed mushrooms were very good! The service was great! We were a group of 15 and everyone was satisfied with the food and the service! Didn't love the "happy hour" wine choices so I tried the sangria and was not disappointed! read more

Upper Crust Pizza Patio & Wine Bar - Pizza Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Our first time at Upper Crust, a Brooklyn-style Pizzeria with a separate bar and patio. We stopped for lunch, and my first impression was that they were understaffed they had one poor waitress doing everything from answering the phone, taking orders, and cleaning her own tables. It's semi self serve she hands you menus, and you decide what you want, then you go to the counter and order get you plates, silverware, and cups to get your own beverages and then she brings you the food. They do have a nice selection of pizza pasta and salads and reasonably priced lunch specials, but overall, the regular menu prices seemed a little high. We ordered a Margherita Pizza $27.50 and two side houses salads $5.25 not listed on the menu, but I asked if they had one, and she said they did. The pizza was very good and we enjoyed it very much. They have Happy Hour from 4-7 weekdays, available in the bar and patio only. read more

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A cozy spot for one of the best happy hours in the area. The food is delicious and it's a great place to catch up on college football on the weekends! read more

Haven't been here in years. Stopped in for a drink an appetizer the other night. Check out that cheese pull! The meatballs with cheese are a great app to have during happy hour. Service was good and quick. Everything coming out of the kitchen smelled great. read more

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I went in to place a to go order but apparently they don't care about taking orders anymore. Three people came out from the back and no one even acknowledged I was there. Young man comes out on his phone and walks past me without a glance. A lady came out with a glass rack and looked at me but said nothing. Then worst of all a young woman came out to the counter where I was standing three feet away - also on her phone - and started folding napkins. She didn't look at me, didn't say anything, just stared at her phone. I don't mind waiting if staff are busy. But to go into a restaurant which was nearly empty and have multiple employees completely ignore me is totally unacceptable. It's also a terrible way to do business read more

The customer service and ambiance were great! But the food (pizza) was the prize, best pizza in North Phoenix. I will definately come back, and encourage you to try this pizza joint. read more

I want to start by saying the food was great. This rating is purely based on the service. We came in for the free pizza with purchase of salad promotion. We came with another party who also had the same coupon. Brought it up to our server to see if we could use both at the same table as long as we had separate checks. To which she said yes, as long as you don't combine with any happy hour food. When our bill came out it was given to us by the manager. Who before saying anything else to us mentions to us that only one coupon was usable per table. That is fair, if we had not asked ahead of time and been told it was okay. We got twice the salad and pizza based off our servers response. The manager spent the next 5 minutes arguing with us saying she could not accept doing both coupons and saying our server was saying that we never asked about using the 2 coupons on separate checks. Which was not true and if it was true our own server who was still there would have walked up, saw us try to pay with both coupons and brought up the misunderstanding then. In reality she clearly told the manager about the situation because they knew they made a mistake and the manager came up to us directly to turn the misunderstanding on us. When we mentioned we would have probably just shared one salad and pizza if our server told us the correct information, the manager mentioned there was still nothing we could do and we had to pay full price for one of the pizzas. We asked if there was anyway to ring us up under a different table to fix the issue instead of paying $30 more for miscommunication. At this point she became very rude and said that's not possible and anything like that would be coming directly out of her check. My wife has worked as a chef and managing restaurants for over 10 years, never has she seen someone unable to make an edit on a bill like this, no one is believing that she is paying $30 out of her own pay because of a miscommunication by her server. We told her that we were not going to pay for the extra pizza (in reality if both of us just sat at a different table or came in at different times they would make the exact same money). She then angrily started reaching across us to clear our table and took our bill with the one coupon. She returned with our bill and card then said she would cover our other parties bill out of her own pocket and angrily stormed off. Of course they left cash making up the total of the salad and some for a tip as it was never our intention to get one over on Upper Crust Pizza. As we left we heard her yelling into the kitchen and bad mouthing us as we left. We have never experienced worse customer service in any food establishment. We have gotten pizza from upper crust for a number of years and they have lost customers today who all in all had a great time other than the awful attitude by the manager. I sincerely hope the owners have the heart to reimburse the manager by however much she paid "out of her own paycheck". read more

Been here before multiple times. Always sit in the bar area as there is separate areas for restaurant and a door to walk through for bar area. Always love this place. Ordered a plate sized pizza with sausage and a side of smoked wings w/ranch. It's usually really good, but this last time the wings must've been smoked a little too long because they tasted a little burnt. I've ordered these dozens of times in past and I know this isn't normal so I won't take out any stars for this one visit out of many. The pizza was absolutely GREAT as always. The service was also very friendly. It always is! I will be back! read more

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Food was great. We split the Mediterranean salad and each had a plate size calzone. We could have split a calzone. But who knew. Lunch tomorrow. Woohoo. The red sangria is excellent. Lots of tv's to watch. Good mix of music. Service was excellent. read more

Average taste, good sauce and crust, pickup service fast, nice atmosphere. . ...................................................... read more

Definitely recommend this place it was my first time there and the service was amazing. Came in for happy hour and to enjoy the perfect weather. Sat outside at their frog friendly patio and I was handed a green beer which I thought it was funny I ordered a pound of wings with honey hot sauce and ranch and a spinach dip that was recommended by our server Carrie. The wings were saucy and big which I love! The spinach dip was delicious and had a creamy consistency along with their crunchy bread. Can't wait to come back for their 1/2 price bottles of wine on Wednesdays! Overall I had a blast. read more

Steve S. I have been coming to Upper Crust for decades. I have seen your restaurant. Go from 5 stars and today I give it a 2. The service in the bar area is terrible. I have been here several times now and sat in a booth and waited 10 to 15 minutes for a server to come. Steve, you've got to change the way the tables are served in the bar area. The bar tender should only serve the patrons sitting at the bar. All of the booths and all of the tables in the bar area should be split between the actual servers, not including the bartender. I've been in here on nights where the bar is getting slammed. And the single bartender cannot service the four booths at the north end of the bar area. It is particularly ridiculous when the booths and the tables are not busy at all, and there are 2 servers working. But they do not service the 4 booths at the north end. This has happened to me several times now. And it's getting me quite annoying, especially when all I want is a glass of house red. The pizza is still outstanding here, but the pasta has gone downhill. Truthfully, Moses Jung read more