Penny’s Pizza

I wanted to try this place for a while and see how it compares to the other local pizza shops. Called in an order for a large pie, told it would take 40 – 45 mins. That seemed a bit long, but it’s a Friday evening so I understood. Came in to pick up my order an hour later and was told it would be another 15 – 20 mins. That’s well over an hour for one pizza, just say on the phone that your backed up that bad. Decided to take my business back to Vinnie’s, they had my pie ready in 22 mins. This palce needs to get their act together. Leaving 1 star for service, didn’t actually get to try their pizza… maybe I’ll bump this up if I do.

Waited an hour for a calzone and 2 slices of plain pizza. Missed two movie times as a result. To top it off, they never put our order in so we were sitting there for no reason. Never again.

I’ve been eating Penny’s Pizza for the past 40 years, even went to high school with one of the original owners. The Limerick location has gone through some rough patches over the last couple of years, but have been putting out pretty good pizza lately. It’s an acquired taste with the cornmeal crunch and the sweet sauce on top. It was a long drive so we usually only get it about every 2 months. We were thrilled with the closer location and tried it tonight. We got our usual large with half pepperoni. The crust was a little thicker than usual, seemed to need a little more time in a hotter oven and lacked the classic cornmeal crunch. Service was polite, but seemed inexperienced and disorganized. Hopefully with time they will improve. The dining room is bland and uninviting. The pizza for slices under the heat lamp looked pretty gross. There are thousands of people that grew up with this pizza and crave it. If they can make it the right way consistently, they will be sitting on a gold mine. BTW, the strombolis were always funky and nasty. Whatever cheese is used needs to be changed.

Solid sauce (a little sweeter, like LaRosas in Cincinnati), I order extra cheese because I like my pie a little cheesier, sausage taste is interesting (good, not bland) and service is quick. We will try the other items in the future. Good alternative to typical Italian joints in the area.

**UPDATE** The ownership is excellent! She called and apologized and we gave them another shot. We ordered the lasagne and chicken fingers this time. All items were great! I highly recommend the lasagne! We will order from here again soon. Thanks for making it right!
ORIGINAL POST: Super disappointed. We had such high hopes for this place. Expensive soggy, uncooked pizza with cold shredded cheese still in it. The pizza was cold when we got it and the cheese fries were burned to the container and stale tasting. Luckily I had cash because the delivery guy charged me $ 3 for the extra cheese too after the fact. We will not order from here again unfortunately.

I would give it a 4.5 but it won’t let me. The only bad thing about this pizza place is that they only make a certain amount of pizza and you often have to wait. This pizza is way better than Elios or HS cafeteria pizza. While it is a little on the saucy side, the sauce is great and the blend actual works well. They usually put their meats under the cheese and sauce which is nice. They’re are friendly people too and prices are good (like $ 3.18 for 2 slices of cheese and only a little more for pepperoni). They have some deals too ($ 10 large cheese pizza on Tuesday for example). Overall, I eat here once a week since its close to my work and cheap. I recommend to at least trying the pizza.

When i saw what passes for pizza I knew I should cut my losses, throw it away and find something else. Managed to eat one and one third of a slice before I gave up. This is really bad. Look at the picture. Looks like bad HS cafeteria pizza. Elios frozen pizza from the grocery store is better than this. The fact that I got it to go and it was completely cold 10 minutes later certainly didn’t help. This is honestly the worst «pizza» I’ve ever had.
;tldr To quote zoidberg «you pizza is bad and you should feel bad»

fantastic pizza and a welcome addition to an area where all the pizza is almost identical. sweet sauce and lots of it. delicious. will absolutely go back.

3^rd time getting pizza from penny’s in oaks. The pizza is terrific and the calzones are great. The service needs some work, but it’s not terrible. Give yourself some time on a busy day. Highly recommended.

Best pizza in town! Sometimes the wait is a little long but I think it’s totally worth it! The staff is also extremely friendly and you can see how hard they are working, which makes the wait much more bearable. The place is also extremely clean! I’m very happy that there’s a Pennys in oaks now because limerick is a little far! I highly suggest penny’s and would recommend it to anybody!

Penny’s is starting off with 3 stars after my first visit. This is the old «Puttin on the dog» location in the Marketplace at Oaks. The interior has been redesigned with a bigger kitchen area and a smaller dining area. Penny’s is a simple pizza shop with a few items on the menu. Pizza, Stromboli, Calzone, Lasagna, and Tomato Pie. They also have some sides like Mozzarella sticks, fries, chicken fingers, garlic sticks… And if you want to eat it later you can do «take and bake» and heat it up at home… Beverages are all bottled in the cooler and they have hot slices ready to go.
Service is great and very friendly, almost everyone working there smiled or said hi. They are still new in town and working hard to impress folks, good work at the front counter!
The pizzas looked good sitting in their little heated cabinet on the counter (these pies are for slices), but I was curious about the stromboli and gave it a shot. Got the Ham and Cheese and was utterly unimpressed. If I had to guess (which I do because I didn’t ask) I would say it was filled with american cheese rather than the mozzarella mix that I’m used to. It also didn’t have any sauce in it, which I’m used to getting in my stromboli. The crust was very crisp, which actually made it hard to eat with a knife and fork as the melted cheese and ham just kept falling out of the crust I cut off before I could get it off the plate and into my mouth. It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting so was a bit let down, but your mileage may vary.
Note: they use Cornmeal in their dough, and it’s quite prominent given their website name:
. I’m not familiar with this, but from a little reading see it really crisps the crust. Some feel negatively about it on their pizza, others rave about it. Check it out and see what you think.
They are open Thurs-​Sun.