Providence Pizza Company

We order for our clinic at least once a week from PVD Pizza. The owner delivers the pizza and it’s delicious. It arrives hot, it’s not soggy, and the ingredients are real — as in real cheese, real broccoli, real tomatoes (this is one reason we don’t order from elsewhere else). He’s incredibly friendly (don’t believe the reviews that say that he is not) and it is no small feat to have survived the recession that we just went through. So for all you whiny Unilocalers out there, we have VAST amounts of experience with PVD Pizza, and — this NON chain, neighborhood pizza place really delivers.

Rude delivery guy & rude staff. Will never order from them again.
I would rather starve!
The delivery guy demanded a tip & would not give me my food. This business charges for delivery so why should I have to pay twice? I called the business directly to complain & the man on the phone didn’t even let me finish with what I was saying when he then proceeded to tell me how I was wrong for my complaint. They didn’t even make my food right. NEVER AGAIN!!!

The Pizza was good, no complaints about the quality. Here’s my problem. I needed a delivery to feed a bunch of people. They have several menus online. The one I used listed 18″ Giant pizzas as an option. I ordered an 18″ Cheese pizza, listed as $ 12.75, and a small Round House, listed on this site as $ 9.99. What a bargain! The guy on the phone scoffed when I asked him what the total was. He couldn’t tell me. When I received it, the Cheese pizza was 16″, not 18″ (which is a big difference when it comes to pizza). I received the receipt via email: 16″ Cheese, $ 13.99, 12″ Round House, $ 10.75: a $ 2.00 difference from the online price. After the fact, I found their website (doesn’t pop right up with a Google search, I had to go through Unilocal). There, they describe their Giant pizzas as being 18″, but in the individual descriptions they say 16″. They list the Giant Cheese as $ 12.99 and the Round House as $ 10.25, a $ 1.50 difference from the charged price. So, decent pizza, but they need to get their info straightened out. And they should really be able to tell you how much it is over the phone.

Waiting over an hour and order wasn’t right. Pizza didnt taste good at all. First and last time.

This pizza is fantastic! ordered it twice in one week. The sauce is not overly sweet like some places and the crust is made just right, not too thin and not too thick. Extremely satisfied and will continue to order for years to come!
Side note:
Was pretty awesome to hear when the delivery was here, «Hey dude, pizza is here»

I’ve never written a review in my life but thought the guy behind the counter was so rude that I actually took the few minutes to register an account on here in the hopes that at least 1 person might read this and save themselves the aggravation of going here. The pizza shop is across from a high school with pizzas sitting out waiting to sell old slices to kids leaving school. With all the options available in the area, do yourself a favor and go someplace else if you want good, fresh pizza.

Good pizza and prices

Worse pizza in Prov, even worse than Domino. toppings are sliced super thin and pizza is bland. Terrible how could they sell pizza like that! Don’t waste your $$ here!!!

Went in in a pleasant mood to get a bite to eat at the intermission of a student performance at Classical. Wow, the owner was exceptionally rude from entrance to payment. Salad was good. It was. But no way will I go back. Ever.

Visited for my first time earlier and was very disappointed. The man behind the reg was an ass to say the least. Being as I did come in as a potential new customer you’d think someone would be more welcoming, right. As I told him I did come with RI Food Fight passports I was given a very dirty look and ridiculous attitude as if I was robbing this man, which he did say to me in different words. I was offered a drink and as I politely declined, I recieved an «of course not.» The pizza was gross. Thin cardboard like crust and the cheese was cold. I don’t recommend this place whatsoever. Change your attitude & close up shop guy, you suck.

I love pizza. I especially love good pizza. Providence Pizza is awesome.
I’ve read through a lot of the reviews on this page and the conclusion I’ve come to is that a) some people are really high maintenance; b) people seem to expect hugs and snuggles with their pizza; c) no one has any patience when things don’t go exactly their way.
Let me break it down for you:
1. You’re ordering PREPARED food to be DELIVERED to your house. The only thing that could make this more of a first world problem, is if you were asking someone to feed it to you as well. Yes, I understand that you paid for it and spending money equates to getting what you asked for. But just remember, if you’re ordering pizza and tapping your foot as you wait for it to arrive… the struggle ain’t real.
2. One review wrote a very theatrical account of their bad experience. With dialogue, too! Calm down, Hemingway. You had a rough go of it with your
GC, but if the owner of a company needs a print out, they just do. Some free advice: When I use Groupon or
, I call the restaurant first. I’ve had bad experiences with THOSE companies not explaining the necessary instructions. When Cuban Revolution poofed into the ether, I lost $ 100.
was like, *shrug*. So maybe the issue is there, you know?
3. If you’ve ever been into Providence Pizza Company, you might notice that it’s usually one dude running the show. If he’s late delivering your pizza and you’re freaking out, do the following: See #1 of this list & give people a break. You have an oven that you’re clearly not using because you ordered a pizza. Turn it to 425 degrees, toast that shizz, and be on with your night.
In conclusion, this review is a review of reviews (heh). I only really need to say that PPC has good food, the owner is a nice guy who doesn’t give out free hugs. If you even did a teeny, tiny bit of research, you’d find that he is actually a great dude who supports his neighborhood and after school youth programming too. But that’s probably not in your wheelhouse. It’s all good. Just take life in stride and chill. If it’s really that important to you, order from somewhere else and torture them for getting to you in 61 minutes instead of 60.
But for real… Life is not that hard. Okay? Cool.

I’ve been here a few times, usually later in the evening when Subway closes 30 minutes before their posted hours. The pizza’s not bad, I typically get a few cheese slices. They’re nice and crunchy and the sauce stays in place (I hate it when sauce spills all over the place and burns your hands). If I was still in college or walked around a lot I’d probably go here much more often.

Sad. I felt sad after receiving the pizza I had delivered from here. Pizza shouldn’t ever make anyone sad. And yet, it did. Those feeling were based off of a few things.
1) cold pizza. Not even warm or room
Temperature. But chilly.
2) lifeless crust. Reminded me of the crust you get from a frozen Red Barron, (with the exception that those pizza are normally both hot and crisp). This crust was not very different from toasted white bread.
3) mushy limp crust.
4) that ‘cooked 90 minutes ago’ matte lifeless ‘the grease had been absorbed’ look of pizza toppings.
5) flavorless, textureless, bland
Now that I’ve written this I’m not positive it wasn’t a frozen pizza they served me.

Well… I wish I could say that I sampled their food but it was not to be.
I walked in to an unimpressive room with a few tables that begged to ignored. I figured I’d try this place using my
certificate but when I took it out, the less-​than-​friendly man behind the desk did his best Rhode Island impression «we don’t take those no more».
I walked out, and will certainly not walk back in. I wish it had gone differently, some of the reviews look decent.

I see a lot of complaints below about surly service at the counter. I’ve never been inside the place, so I can’t say. I can say that rude service isn’t a sly anti-​establishment pose; it’s just a way to get people to hate your business.
However! I’ve only ever fuxedwit Providence Pizza Company in a delivery capacity, and I’ve been very happy with them. This is the best pizza that will be delivered to my neighborhood, and it’s a little on the pricey side, but I’ve I’m gonna spend $ 18 on a large pizza, I’m going all out and getting one with roasted red peppers, ricotta, and pepperoni. The crust is crisp, but tender, the sauce flavorful, and the cheese is a cut above the usual waxy mozzarella used by the Greek pizza joints, The broccoli, chicken and garlic sauce option? Excellent. This is pizza that even tastes good cold the next day.
Everything else on their menu? Bad, to worse. Frozen appetizers, wilted looking salads, and less than palatable sandwiches. So do yourself a favor, and don’t stray off the pizza path.

The pizza’s not my speed, but I’m coming back anyway. Reason: the Salty Pizza Guy’s (SPG) extremely dry Yankee humor and the reaction of people on the receiving end of it. I won’t get into too much detail, just read some of the 1– and 2– star Unilocal reviews that have absolutely nothing to do with the pizza or swing by for some live witness action to get a sense of the treasure in store.
Some observational commentary, in no particular order:
1. Whether or not you look underage, if you are already loud or obnoxious when you show up at 6:30 pm and decide to break out some worse version of Milwaukee’s Best Ice and are then impelled to ask «Are you open?» don’t be surprised if the response is «Not if you’re drinking.»
2. Don’t be an asshole. He’s serving pizza, he doesn’t owe you small talk, a smile or otherwise and he probably doesn’t give a shit if you care either way. Besides, it’s the personality predisposition that underlies Yankee humor. Don’t take it personally. p. s. If you want to pay a ton of money for someone to fake kiss your ass to be underfed, go to Gracie’s or if you want pretentious assholery, Al Forno’s a good bet.
3. If you’re abusing Groupon, Unilocal
Living Social or any other such deals, it makes Mr. SPG grumpier. Come on Cheapskates, it’s not fair to try to game a small business. Again, don’t be an asshole.
4. You’ll appreciate the Yankee humor more if you have a somewhat sick sense of humor. I am one such person with appreciation.
So if you come here and get a little of the snippy snippy, try not to get mad and instead just grab a slice and nod slowly like a carb eating cow and merely appreciate SPG and his ingrained cultural humor backstory. At the end of the day carbs – even served by crabby people – make your brain happy. Chew up, cheer up.

I enjoyed this place.
i went with my friend and we got a pepperoni pizza and mozzarella sticks.
we got alot of mozzarella sticks, usually at places you get like 5 or 6, there was like a good 12. and the pizza had that homemade taste to it. no complaints here
I would definitely go back and try a calzone.

I wish I could rate the food, but alas, I cannot. I bought a voucher I purchased through Unilocal deals for Providence Pizza Company which I had been looking forward to using. After a fun Unilocal Elite event two nights ago, I was not in the mood for cooking, hence I brought myself, my voucher and my date to the establishment. I showed the man behind the counter the voucher on my phone and he said it «must be printed» in order to use it. I asked if I could write down the code. He informed me «no.» He was very unpleasant and appeared uninterested in helping us (despite being the ONLY customers in the place). Even if they do make great pizza, I have no intention to return. There are too many wonderful pizza places in Providence where customer service is also important to have to deal with ‘tude. BTW –there was no «rule» on the voucher stating it had to be printed and the lovely folks at Unilocal were happy to refund me the purchase price.

I wish I could tell you how the pizza here tastes, but my wife and I were immediately turned off by the incredibly rude person behind the counter. (I think it was the owner) We didn’t last long enough to actually place our order.
Like other Unilocalers, we tried to use a voucher; a
gift certificate. We bought it today and were excited to try the pizza which we’ve heard so many good things about. We walked into the place at 7:00pm and I was a little surprised, it had more of a dive feel than I expected, kind of that run of the mill pizza joint feel. Nothing alarming, just not what I expected. The fact that it was dinner time and the place was utterly deserted didn’t help.
We continued inside towards the counter behind which a large, oafish man appeared from around a corner. He asked us what we wanted. I took my iPhone out explaining that we had a
gift certificate.
«You have to print it out» he glibly remarked.
I started to tell him that the iPhone app said I could redeem the certificate without printing, but was cut off mid-​sentence as he rudely barked, «I don’t care what it says! I’m telling you what I need!»
Needless to say, any chance this guy had of parting me from my money quickly vanished and I told him as much. My wife and I walked out vowing to never return. It’s clear this dope doesn’t know the first thing about customer service. He also would be well served by reading the terms of all the marketing services he’s engaged.
If you’ve longed for an opportunity to tell off a rude, clueless blockhead, by all means buy yourself a voucher of some sort and attempt to redeem it at Providence Pizza Company; however, if you’re looking for a good place to eat, try somewhere else – there are plenty of better alternatives.

I finally got to try Providence Pizza Company today and I am so glad I was able to! I ordered a spinach, feta and italian sausage pizza. The crust was delish and doughy (which I like). The prices are really good here… Under $ 16 for a three topping large pizza is an awesome deal! I met the owner, Joe, who was really nice. I love meeting nice people!
Good pizza, good people… highly recommend! I don’t live in the immediate area but I will be back for sure!