What is your pizza chain of choice?

Pizza Hut - Probably my favorite in terms of franchises since I like their salad bar and where I live I’d say their prices are more reasonable

Domino’s - ehh I’ve only had them twice in my entire life and I think the price is a bit much for what you get, there are some cracking deals though that top Pizza Hut

Papa John’s - So I hear from lads and ladies that this one more “cheaper” than the first two but I really can’t say as we don’t have any Papa John’s in our city except for 1 small one along a small street.

Local Takeaway - Probably a 2nd close favourite since the takeaway I use always deliver fresh pizzas with a decent amount of toppings, not every takeaway shop who do pizzas are gonna be the same A+ quality though…

So my fellow pizza enjoyers, what’s YOUR choice or listing?

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Over time I found local delivery restaurants. I rarely ever order food from any of the common franchises around here. The local stores are just so much better!

    • bruhbeans@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      This. You can get chain pizza here, but why. I can throw a rock and hit better pizza than PapaJiminosHut. Hell, there’s local frozen pizza vendors here better than any of em (Doreen’s!)

    • Tekkip20@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      5 months ago

      You’re right I did, I completely forgot about them and it’s down to the fact that I’ve not seen a single LC in my city, I should mention the city isn’t like London or Manchester in terms of size.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      5 months ago

      Taste wise I’ll pick a local place 100% of the time but when I’m lazy or had a few drinks, I’ll order Dominos since they’re dirt cheap with their constant specials and coupons and they bring it to me.

  • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    5 months ago

    I used to actually love Domino’s but then the pizza got a little worse, then a little smaller, then smaller again, then more expensive, then quite a lot more expensive, then the voucher system that was keeping prices under control was trashed and then the pizzas got way smaller again.

    This was a blessing in disguise though really. I tended not to explore the local options before this because they were only occasionally good in one’s area if you were lucky and always much pricier. Since Domino’s pricing stopped being cheap it made it worth searching for cheesier pastures and there’s a local joint near me that does NY style and it’s really good. That was really just luck though, honestly there’s a lot of really crappy neighbourhood pizza joints that people assume will be better because they’re not a chain when they’re really no better I’m glad I seemed to have landed next to the cream of the crop.

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Sam’s club. It’s the same quality as the rest of the corpos but it’s the only one that’s affordable.

  • EvilBit@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    If there isn’t a good local joint, I like Marco’s. They tend to be a lot better at cooking and topping. When they’re on their game, their pizzas taste like 80’s pizza commercials looked and it’s amazing.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    5 months ago

    Local place is the best here. I’m not sure why a chain would try in NJ with our amazing totally better than NYC pizza.

    Sometimes I get coupons for domino’s so I’ll get them, but honestly the local place is the best. The very best local place closed during covid, so the other local place is one now (there are three other local places for pizza, but they pretty blah). I miss your, pizza place that was probably a front, you had the best Greek pizza ever.

  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Wife makes kick ass Naan bread pizza.

    If we order it’s usually Parry’s, Mici, or Jets.

    If we want cheap it’s Little Caesar’s as we all like it better than Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, or Dominos.

  • Zahille7@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    There was a fantastic local place where I used to live in Imperial Beach, but sadly I don’t live there anymore so I can’t get it unless it’s the very rare occasion that I’m back in the area.

    Otherwise I’ll go with Domino’s, their 2 for $6.99 isn’t too bad to beat, and they usually stick to what I ask for.

  • 0ops@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    5 months ago

    There is no good local takeaway in my current area. I briefly lived in an area that had a decent place (not even great, just a notch above the chains) and it ruined crappy pizzas for me enough to take up pizza making. I mean don’t get me wrong I’ll still do little Caesars from time to time if I need cheap calories, but if I want real pizza I’ll make it myself.

  • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    I like my local pizza place, but it’s a fairly large brand now. They have 99 locations, so idk if it is even considered local anymore.