Cicis

This will be shorter then my usual food reviews since it’s a buffet. The first thing I’ll say is that it costs in the neighborhood of $ 6 (I don’t remember exactly) so that’s a great deal for this buffet. They have a stuffed crust pizza which was my personal favourite. The Buffalo chicken pizza was great as well. The other pizzas were ok too but none stood out as much as what I mentioned. The dessert was a lot better than you think for a pizza buffet. The brownie was rich and delicious and I enjoyed the cheesecake pizza thing too. This is the perfect place to bring your kids to if you don’t have a ton of money and want to fill everybody’s bellies. No complaints.

I’ve eaten at this CiCi’s many times over the years since they opened. I’ve always enjoyed it for what it is: an inexpensive, low-​key buffet with average tasting pizza that we can take the kids and not worry. However the last 2 – 3 times we’ve been (over the past, say, 6 months) we’ve noticed the variety of pizzas is diminished. No more chicken mushroom. No more spinach. No more bacon alfredo. No more bbq chicken. No more taco salad. Just pie after pie of sausage/​pepperoni variations. Bleh. Yeah you can have them make you up a specialty pizza, but I want to see a variety on the buffet. Plus, the last time we were there, every single pizza was undercooked, resulting in a soggy/​greasy mess. Will be awhile before we return.

Best Cici’s in the Greater Cincinnati Area! Food tasting great and always a selection marked with tags of type of product. Best for your dollar.

Suzanne H. Nailed it with her review: It’s cheap, it’s clean, it’s all you can eat. The workers are very friendly (Joked with me and changed the tv to football when I asked!), they’ll whip you up a custom pizza of whatever you desire and get it out to your table with the quickness. But, it’s still really pretty crappy pizza all in all… I mean don’t get me wrong, even the worst pizza is pretty good, but if you crave anything more than just cardboard and watery tomato sauce you’re going to want to shell out for something a little more legit.
All that being said, they actually have a really good soup and salad bar. Lots of fresh veggies, including lentils, some good dressing options, and the soup (while obviously not anything special) actually has some real pieces of chicken in it from time to time. I live pretty far away and went with some friends to just meet up and be gluttonous for a day, but if I lived within 15 minutes I’d make this a regular stop for the $ 5 it costs to fill up…
Oh they also have some damn good dessert pizzas. But you don’t want to get into all you can eat desserts, that’s a much bigger problem than you’re looking for!
If I had kids I wouldn’t waste money taking them to anywhere more fancy than this for pizza, because they can more than fill up for a few bucks here and be just as happy as if they went anywhere else. For adults? Eh, you can do much better

Not great pizza. But it’s cheap. It’s clean. It’s all you can eat. The kid loves it. So we come here. A lot. The workers are great. Very friendly. Wish there were more cicis around.

Best Cici’s around.
Clean, high energy, fresh food being put out constantly. Even the cleaning crew were friendly.
High marks for all.

My wife and I quite enjoy Cici’s. The best time to go is around lunch time. That’s when it’s busy enough that fresh pizza is put out often, but it doesn’t get too loud.
But this particular location suffers from some poor staffing. The custodial crew isn’t very considerate as they clean tables – including reaching across your food to refill napkins that you don’t need to have refilled yet. It’s as if the person knows they have a job to do and they won’t let any customer stand in their way.
So my wife and I have decided to continue enjoying Cici’s, but just a different location.

im writing an updated 1 star for the absolutely awful «Cici’s Pizza» to reply to the response from the guy who works at Cicis who added a comment to my review. Of course im not going to spend my money eating there anymore. However, this location is in between a «Half Price Books» and a «Game Stop» so I do walk by and it is only filled with children.
Its a child’s restaurant for children. The commercials show a business man in a restaurant filled with adults. Thats not an accurate depiction of «Cici’s Pizza». «Cici’s Pizza» is like «Chuck E Cheese» with no games and worse pizza.
I will say this though; One time walking by, i did get a chuckle seeing one fat kid walking in. He had a strut walking in like he was going to his home. «Cici’s» was his «Cheers» and he was Norm. I’ve never seen such a confident swagger on a fat kid in my life than seeing one walk into a «Cici’s Pizza».

No one goes to Ci Ci’s for great pizza! But it is great for a quick, fast and in a hurry lunch spot! Thanks to Patrick and his crew!

Agreed on everyone comments a one star. I ate there once, oh boy do you get what you pay for. The pizza taste like Cardboard. No toppings on it. A little cheese, and there salad bar is to bit to desire. Would not recommend this all you can eat pizza, unless you were stranded on an island to survive… argggg

I don’t care what the past reviews said, i still came here and actually enjoyed it. Friendly staff and yea the pizza isn’t high quality but for $ 5 you’re not gonna get a chicago style pizzeria. But kids behaved and big selection of pizzas! I would def. Go back!

Cici’s isn’t great pizza, but who can expect great pizza for the ridiculously low price which Cici’s offers. It’s like $ 5.00 for all you can eat pizza, pasta, salad, bread sticks, and desert. You couldn’t get any cheaper than that.
Though they don’t offer a wide variety of toppings, it’s pretty hard to screw up a salad, and pasta, and pizza for that matter. They have any type of pizza you can think of, but if you want something different, you can just let them know and they’ll make one however you want it and bring it out to you.
The only big complaint, and big reason why I rarely go… is that it kills my acid reflux. I can’t really hold that against them though because everyone else that I’ve ever gone with that doesn’t have acid reflux is completely fine after eating. I know I’m not really supposed to eat pizza anyways but I can handle pizza from anywhere else but there. So maybe if you have acid reflux I wouldn’t recommend it, if you don’t though and you feel like being cheap… it’s not THAT bad, it’s just not that good either. :)

Ah, Cici’s. Quite possibly the guiltiest pleasure in all of pizzadom.
Yes, I will be the social pariah whose review gives Cici’s two stars instead of just one. I have granted them an extra star for one reason only: A meal at Cici’s costs $ 5, tops. For that price, I’m not expecting Maisonette 2.0.
Plus, the food really isn’t THAT awful. My Cici’s rule of thumb: If it looks revolting (i.e. Macaroni and Cheese Pizza), stay away. Otherwise, their pepperoni pizza, pasta, salads and garlic bread are perfectly adequate for the price. I’d rather eat at Cici’s than at 95% of fast food restaurants. A salad and drink at McDonald’s will cost nearly as much as Cici’s entire buffet.
Also, their not-​quite-​entirely-​baked brownies are pretty fantastic. Eat one and try not to go back for a second. I dare you.
Sure, Cici’s are overloaded with emotionally detached parents shoveling food into their faces while their hyperactive children toss breadsticks at each other. And, yeah, the pizza isn’t all that wonderful. So what? It’s $ 5. Where else can you get dinner and a depressing show for such a low price?