Pizza Pit Extreme

Really good pizza. We had the deep dish and the cheese was very creamy. Staff was very friendly.

We ordered 4 foid itens. Mozzarella cheese sticks, Garlic Bread, Potato Wedges and Veg Pizza. All were above average, nothing extraordinary. That is fine with us. Food was good.

This place deserves some love. Their vegetarian taco pizza is the best meatless pizza in Madison in my opinion. The flavor profiles of everything put together is amazing and I’m impressed everytime. Factor in fair prices for appetizers and the pizza itself and low delivery fees and you have a real winner here.

The macaroni and cheese pizza is out of this world. I ate half the pizza by myself. The crust was good, not too thin or thick and still a little chewy. Exactly how I like it. Would revisit in a heart beat, especially since it’s near my house.
The place was clean, and completely empty when we went, which did make us nervous. But the food proved there was no reason to be.

This is probably an odd review, since it’s not this location’s food we’ve had (have had it and enjoyed it from another store, like 5 years now), but I wanted to just mention that we had a bump with our location, and the Odana Rd folks got involved and did everything they could to try and straighten it out. From the driver, to the woman who took my call, to a gent earlier on who took the original order, and as of today, from one of the owners of the company itself, all very helpful, and all very much appreciated.
We enjoy Pizza Pit quite a bit and have been longtime customers; just feel it’s important to lend praise where it’s due, and it’s due here. Thanks very much, guys.

Um what can I say, I love Pizza Pit. I’ve been eating it since I was five and I always get the same thing: pepperoni and fresh mushroom. I love the sauce because it has a zing to it. I would eat this pizza everyday of the week and the small pizza is remarkably well done. I always get delivery so I am not sure what it’s like in person. All I know is I get my Babe to call in the order (Happily Married Man Alert) and the pizza shows up, the only caveat is that she won’t let me eat a whole large pizza by myself anymore. She says once you turn 40, you’ve got to grow up. Bah Humbug I say.

Always fresh… salads are amazing and great value for your money… customer service is always friendly especially CJ… def try the home made house dressing… its like authentic Italian dressing

I write this review out of sadness, not anger.
When I was a lad growing up in Madison, Pizza Pit was THE delivery pizza. Birthdays, sleepovers, all-​night board-​game sessions, we always ordered Pit. They had the best TV ads too, classics like the VW bug in the snow, and «pizza my heart» and the riff on Deck the Halls, including the line, «the corrugated box prevents heat-​lossage». Funny stuff I remember to this day. In college I ate at their campus location every other day, a slice and a drink, and loved it.
I left town in the early 90s, and later heard the company had major problems and basically fell apart. I returned early 00’s to find they only had a few locations, and everyone I asked said DO NOT EAT THERE. Made me sad to think how far they had fallen.
I finally worked up the courage to try them again a few weeks ago. Since they don’t sell slices anymore, I ordered a sandwich. Nothing complicated — just a turkey-​cheese melt. Well, the store was filthy for a start, not a good sign. The kitchen was moderately busy with phone calls and walk-​ins, but nothing crazy. But it took them nearly 40 minutes to make my sandwich while I waited.
During that time, I had a front row seat to why they were so busy: it seems like ²⁄₃ of their transactions were either dealing with someone complaining about an order taking too long to arrive, or being totally screwed up and having to be corrected, or back-​kitchen bitching about who was gonna deal with some customer they didn’t want to talk to. Yes, all in full voice so I could not avoid hearing the gory details. At one point, one of the workers came out with a big black garbage bag full of god-​knows-​what, plopped it on the booth next to mine, and left it there for the rest of my dinner.
When my sandwich finally came out, it was basically a small handful of rubbery-​looking deli turkey slices and a couple of slices of swiss half-​melted onto the deadest, mushiest «italian» roll you have ever seen. Came with a drink and a bag of chips — OH, and a couple of packs of mayonnaise to tear-​n-​squeeze onto the sandwich, you know, like in a shitty cafeteria. All for nearly $ 10. What a waste of time.
I can’t say I’ve tried their pizza, but according to a FB message board about old-​time Madison, people are saying they tried to copy Domino’s sauce in the 90s because they thought people preferred bland, flavorless pizzas. I remember their sauce being a little spicy and pretty good. «Devilishly Hot» was the slogan. If that’s the case, I think I will save myself the effort and skip them altogether.
Too bad; I have good memories of their old pizza and would love to taste it again. As for the modern incarnation of Pizza Pit — it’s the very epitome of the worst kind of shitty restaurant, obviously run by managers who don’t give a good goddamn about the facility, the food, their reputation, or really anything other than dodging customers and picking up their paychecks, and staffed by employees who are the kind of stoner/​loser/​jail-​bird types seen in depressing indie-​movies about waste-​oids trapped in small towns.
GOD what a depressing experience.

This place is awesome! yummy food and happy people! The mac and cheese pizza is really good and meatballs as a topping is great!

Pizza Extreme has the best Hawaiian pizza I have ever had. Their sauce is wonderfully flavorful and is the key to making their pizzas great. Their deep dish pizzas are also very tasty.

I haven’t had the pizza, but this place has good Gyros.
Tip: Ask for lettuce and put it in the gyro. It makes all gyros taste better with a little lettuce.

The folks behind the counter were pleasant, and the «greek salad» to go was arranged nicely. I say «greek salad» because it was basically a normal salad with olives, feta, and banana peppers. I see what you did there with those pizza toppings.
I’ve had better frozen pizza, though we did grab whatever slices had been sitting under the heat lamp. Their soda machine was either out of syrup or not working that day, and we had to inform them about it since they weren’t aware. They offered us a can instead, which was technically a downgrade from a ~16oz cup to 12 oz.
I think this is more of a to-​go place, since their phones were inexplicably ringing off the hook.

I’ve always been happy with Pizza Pit Delivery, so why not pop in and eat there? Well, don’t do it if you’re in a hurry.
I was going to a 7pm movie at Market Square, already had tickets and thought I’d grab a sandwich at Pizza Pit. It’s about 100 yards from the movie theater.
6:25pm
Entered the place and ordering food wasn’t a terrible experience, except that the person who took my order had a very difficult time understanding that they actually served sandwiches (it was right on the menu board behind me). Finally the order for a sandwich and soda got placed.
My order slip was taken into the kitchen area and the person taking my order decided not to return. It took about 5 minutes before I could flag someone down to get a cup for the fountain soda I ordered.
6:35pm
Cup in hand, off to the soda fountain — pretty standard fare. Except no ice. To be sure, I held down the lever for about a minute and listened to the grinding noise.
A few minutes to get someone’s attention who worked there.
6:40pm
Reported the broken ice dispenser. Employee acknowledged that it had been broken for awhile. Apparently nobody bothers to hang a sign, or tell the customers. A nice woman walks in and waits to order food. And waits. And waits. Nobody is at the front of the store. She asks me if anyone is working. I yell into the kitchen to let them know someone was waiting.
6:45pm
Finally get someone’s attention. Woman cautiously gives them her order. I ask about the status of mine. Employee turns towards the kitchen, scratches his head and then after about a minute of utter confusion, looks back at me, shrugs and walks away.
6:50pm
Getting quite nervous (and more and more hungry). I yell back into the kitchen. Someone finally come to the counter and I explain that my movie starts in 10 minutes and that I’d like to cancel my order. I’m asked my phone number. I explain that I didn’t call. I walked up, ordered and nobody asked me for my number. I explain my order. The employee looks confused. Calls into kitchen for help.
6:55pm
After several minutes of searching through order slips, mine is found in the garbage… Really? My order is cancelled (but I’m not charged for the room-​temperature soda I drank). I dash back to the movie theater, grab a popcorn and soda there (They have ice) and only miss about a minute of the movie.
Pizza Pit — delivery okay. dine-​in: fail.

I was looking for something quick for lunch as its my day off and I had errands to run. I was in the Odana Road area and seen this gem. I thought they HAVE to have lunch specials. Today (Wednesday) they had spaghetti and meatballs which I didn’t have as I wasn’t digging pasta. Instead I had to slices of pizza.
The special was a soda and 2 slices of pizza for $ 5.99. I thought that’s pretty fair. I had one piece of cheese and once piece of sausage/​bacon. It was good although I could tell it had been out for a little bit. I didn’t expect the quality to be of Ian’s Pizza.
I would definitely go back to try one of there sandwiches. It appears they have lunch specials Monday-​Friday for $ 5.99.

Pizza extreme is decent for pizza and best for deep dish which is best eaten late night after a few beers or as an alternative to pizza hut. Sits between the cheap/​fast pizza places and the gourmet/​authentic type.
Overall it’s not bad pizza but nothing really special either. Heavily saucy deep dish is the best they have.

I’ve lived very near this west location of Pizza Extreme for seven months, and have been very leery of seeing what’s behind the dark storefront in its strip mall location. Well, tonight I ventured in and was very pleasantly surprised. This is an interesting combination of a dine/​take-​out/​delivery pizza joint, a coffee shop, and an ice cream shop.
The dark, cluttered storefront masks to a very cozy dining area. There are lots of big booths to sit in, it is well lit, and very well decorated with a cheery color scheme and art deco posters. There was one couple dining while we were in there around 7pm. There is free wifi so I think it will be a great place to hang for a while.
The staff was VERY friendly – I would give them six stars if I could. We had called our order in ahead of time, and after we told the guy on the phone we lived close, he said they would just deliver it and save us some trouble. We said no, we’d like to stop in and check the place out. Once we got there the guy introduced himself and said he’d be happy to help us however he could. He said whenever he works he could customize our pizza for us any way we wanted. Also, we had forgotten to specify we wanted a thin crust, and the lady at the counter said it was too late to make it thinner but she could still make it crispier. All in all, very friendly, helpful, but not overbearing service.
The pizza itself was very good. We had half spinach pesto/​half garden vegetable. Each had a very distinct flavor, and we thought the tomato sauce was very flavorful and well seasoned. The crust was pretty thin (even though we hadn’t specified «extra thin») and crispy. Not too flavorful, but I liked that there weren’t huge crusty ends – just enough to grip a slice. The cheese was a little to think and chewy for my liking, but it still made for an overall solid slice. This location also serves Ancora coffee in the mornings and ice cream from the Chocolate Shoppe, and beer! We’ll definitely be back for more…

This location also has Pizza Pit pizza and ice cream. They seem to make Pizza Pit pizza if it’s a thin-​crust order or Pizza Extreme if it’s a stuffed-​pizza order. Pizza Pit were a big deal in Madison pizza around 15 years ago. Then it almost completely disappeared around 1999−2000… when Pizza Extreme and Papa John’s came to town. Pizza Pit has a tasty sauce and distinctive crust. The toppings and cheese are pretty decent quality. Pizza Extreme’s stuffed pizza is pretty good too. And it’s nice to get them by the slice. I haven’t tried the ice cream or the sandwiches, but it’s nice to have that… it sort of rounds out that shopping center. Chinese food, pizza, sandwiches, and ice cream.