Original Italian Pizza

I think to understand the great reviews of this place, you first have to consider that this town — this region — has very limited alternatives and that the fresh food movement has passed the area by without stopping. We had a combined lunch and dinner after a long day of competition. My son had a sandwich, I had pizza and we had a couple of appetizers. The food was OK, not great, not «I’ve got to come back to this place!», but OK. Really the best I can say is that I was very grateful to them to be open on Sunday, have plenty of seating and a clean place to eat so I could avoid the drive through’s and other mediocre chains.

This OIP is fantastic. Always great food, great service, and very reasonable prices. I’m a huge fan of their cheese steaks, pizzas, strombolis, and salads. Their bread is top notch and ensures every sandwich you get will be fantastic. Their portions are plenty and their prices modest. I highly recommend OIP to anyone looking for great food in the Lock Haven area.

Taking a reviewer’s suggestion, we went for sandwiches. The bread was very good, though not exactly what I’d consider Italian. I had the chicken parm, my mom had grilled chicken, and my daughters split the turkey and cheese. Everything was really good and it came out quickly. Not a bad price for everything either, especially since we had leftovers!

Great place, great food and service. We had the Strombolis and mozzarella sticks, everything was very good!

This is the best pizza in Lock Haven. They do a great job of offering a large variety of food and are good at it all. All of their hot sandwiches are on a great unique bread. And they have some of the best strombolis i’ve had.

Absolutely delicious sandwiches! My whole family was pleased with our respective choices. I got the eggplant parmesan; hubby got the sicilian sandwich. We all tried bites of each other’s. The bread, as other reviewers have mentioned, is a unique shape and is the perfect chewy/​fluffy ratio that you want when you order a fresh sandwich. I went to college at Lock Haven years ago, and I’m so pleased that everything is as delicious as ever! I almost wish I lived closer so I could eat here regularly again!

An absolute DISGRACE! I and my family love OIP places, we’ve been to probably a dozen or so of them, so when traveling we stopped at this one thinking it was a sure bet. How wrong we were!
We ordered, 2 cheeseburgers, baked ziti, 2 pepperoni slices, an order of fries, a slice of hawaiian, an order of bread, and a shrimp basket. The burgers had grilled tops that were both burnt, the ziti, hawaiian, shrimp basket, and (both orders of) bread were cold. Our drinks were not refilled including an 8oz coffee. We sent both burgers back and were hungry enough that we just shoveled down the rest. We had to waive our waitress down twice to get refills to wash it down. While we did complain numerous times we were never offered to see a manager, never offered to take anything off the bill (when i went to pay my bill they said «how was everything» «you don’t really want to know that» the guy laughed and said a dismissive «sorry»).
Now I can almost hear the collective «Oh hey everyone gets busy» out there. I know there was at least 3 waitresses and (I’m counting from memory about 22 hours away but) roughly 9 tables taken. I also saw a family leave after sitting down for about 10 minutes and not even being looked at. It should also be noted there’s a chinese place RIGHT NEXT DOOR that my daughter begged me to eat at instead… I probably should have listened but we had 4 other people to consider.

I love this place! My grandmother always took me here when I was in PA! It is a small place but don’t let that fool you! The service has always been good for me! Unless it has changed in the last few years there were two sides, one was for dining and the other was kinda like a serve yourself… that was always pretty cool! I’ve had the pizza and Stromboli and it’s absolutely delicious!!!

Seeing as I went to school with Josh F. below, I concur that this is the place to go to see people you know. It goes like this: Pizza King for the best pepperoni pizza, OIP for the best meatball parmesan, and The Texas for chili dogs and milkshakes.
OIP has the best bread anywhere, which makes fantastic subs (or hoagies as we like to call them in the haven). I defy you to find a better meatball parmesan anywhere. The Italians are stellar and they surprisingly make really good salads. Great place for an inexpensive, delicious meal.

The OIP on Main St will always be my favorite restaurant. They have the best pizza and cheesesteaks on the planet!
Every small town has a place where if you walk in, you will see a lot of people you know. I grew up in Lock Haven and the OIP is that place. It is the spot where everyone went on Friday night’s before the High School football games. It is where you took your first date to eat before you walked down the street to watch a movie at the Roxy. It was even the restaurant some High School students went to before the prom!
At Lock Haven High School (R.I.P.), it was common to hear, «Meet me at OIP after school» daily while walking down the halls between classes. If you lived in Clinton County, you knew where the OIP in Lock Haven was.
A few years ago, I was watching tv at my place and saw that an OIP was coming into my current town. I was so excited and ate their the day it opened. I was expecting the same food that I got in Lock Haven but it wasn’t even close. That OIP went out of business in a year.
If you are ever near Lock Haven, do yourself a favor and eat at the OIP. You won’t regret it.

Best Pizza I have ever eaten!
Delightful surprise.
I was on the road to Illinois from NJ and stopped by with my family for some pizza. this place is right on the way near the major highway so if you are passing by, I really encourage you to try this place.
This place is not only cheap but also surprisingly good. I think it was better than the ones served in NYC. I think I ordered margarita pizza which had a great taste to it. It had very fresh mozzarella cheese that I have never tasted before. It just tasted awesome with the unbelievably fresh cheese. If I could go here again, I would visit in a heartbeat and order the same pizza I am still craving even after a year. Please if you are in the area, TRY THIS PLACE OUT! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

This is a great standby in the area for a quick sandwich or pizza. The food is pretty good, the prices fair, the wait staff friendly and just all-​around a simple place to eat. Like most «italian» restaurants I’ve been too that serve italian cuisine and pizza to go — the emphasis here is more on the pizza/​subs than italian entrees and the atmosphere is more of a pizza joint that on fine italian dining. The fresh-​baked bread is delicious! Very popular lunch and dinner establishment for the area. The best OIP in the area IMO.

Okay, I’m a fan. Serious good.
I’ve repeatedly stopped here. Just order anything.
Ya it’s that good. My favorite are the cheese steak sandwiches that I order with both mayo and olive oil. (Drooling while writing)
I highly recommend

I moved to Washington about a year ago and miss this restaurant there is also an OIP in Mill HAll, PA both have a Sim. Menu although the Mill Hall OIP does not have alcohol at all. Very CLean restaurants and great food. I have friends who live in San Franciso, CA and each time she comes back to PA she eats here as well. The breads are baked fesh at the restaurants and are served hot. The subs are great as well as the strombolis and pizza. The Lock Haven site has a room for more formal and a room for more casual. although dress is casual and parking is street. Mill Hall has a parking lot.

My hometown will probably call me a snob, but I’ll take that chance.
There is so little good food in the area I grew up in! It never fails to amaze me every time I visit. But, there are a few blasts from the past I still dig. O.I.P. is one of them.
Gotta have the subs. The bread is great, and is shaped like no other sub I’ve ever had. The meatball parm. is saucy and gooey with mozz cheese and the Provelone Cheese sub rocks with italian dressing, fresh tomatoes and red onions.
Not many small restaurants like this will serve up alchohol in PA, but you can get a beer (so cheap compared to LA!) a sub and some mozzarella sticks and be in hog heaven!