Love Tortugas Pizza! Carried several friends in last week for their first visit
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Fred Maddox
Great pizza! Ordered the Carne deep dish and substituted the bacon for mushrooms...fantastic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Jennifer Williams
We have been eating here and getting takeout here for years. We have never had a bad meal. Our favorite is the Chicago style deep dish. It’s still delicious reheated a couple days later. In fact, I’ve frozen a few slices, then thawed and reheated them…and it’s still delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dennis Currin
I used to love Tortugas deep dish pizza back when the original owner/founders ran it. I went there Saturday 9/27/25 expecting the same great pizza that I used to love. I was very disappointed in what the new generation has let the quality of the food sink to. The sauce and toppings were still delicious but the crust was the worst crust I’ve ever had on any pizza even Little Caesars crust is better than that. Tortugas used to have a great soft thick crust. Now it’s thin and taste like a cracker it was so hard I couldn’t bight into it. To me the crust is the most important part of a good pizza and I normally don’t leave any bones, I eat all of the crust.Tortugas failed big time. I took most of it home in a box, I think I’ll scrape the sauce and toppings off of it and put it on some pasta and throw the crust away.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Josiah Smith
Best pizza you'll ever have!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Craig Myers
Had to try this place after seeing it had been voted best pizza in Alabama by Food Network. We had a small stuffed pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and garlic. If you are ordering the stuffed pizza, it takes an hour to cook so keep that in mind. Food Network got it right. This was a delicious deep dish pizza. The small is about 3 pieces per person but they are large thick pieces and very filling. We could only eat two pieces each and had to save the other two. I ordered to go but went inside to pick up. It was a small but quaint venue with Chicago style decor. The staff was attentive and friendly. The price of the pizza is definitely on the higher side at $37.51 for the small. This will definitely be a return place for me when I’m the area and in the mood for some great deep dish.
Food: 5
Service: 4
Mark Herring
Went to Tortugas because of the Chicago style pizza and atmosphere for lunch. We all ordered 4 single stuffed pizza slices at 1:20pm. Menu states no single slices after 2pm. Waitress cokes back and says the kitchen only has 2 slices left and won’t make more because “it’s too close to 2pm”. Strike 1.
So we order 2 slices and a small stuffed pizza. The pizza comes out and when we cut into it water or some liquid literally poured out of it. Which made the pizza so soggy. Strike 2
Then the bill comes and the waitress said she took some off the bill because of the kitchen being jerks. Only to have them run my card and add back the discount she gave us. Strike 3.
Then to add insult to injury, this Chicago themed restaurant had a Green Bay Packer jersey hung amongst all the Cubs, Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawk memorabilia. Anyone from Chicago knows that the Packers are our biggest rivals.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Marteus Miller
Service was good the food was not great. Unfortunately the pizza did not have the flavor that i thought it would have.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicago Stuffed Pizza
Lawrence E
Great stuffed pizza and i love that they serve their beer in frozen glasses. Will definitely go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lea Sylvester
I visited today for lunch, specifically for the Chicago style pizza pie. I had the Carne special. It was fresh out of the oven,was so delish! The restaurant is a sports pizzeria atmosphere with televisions and sports memorabilia on the walls. The service was excellent and I very much enjoyed it.
The pizza was good, and we will definitely be going back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Melissa R
Tortugas has always been great, but under the new owners it is absolutely fantastic. The manzella pizza is my favorite, but everything on the menu is great. The staff is very friendly and attentive as well which makes Tortugas a great place to dine-in or carry out for pizza.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Roger Harper
Awesome pizza, the best! Highly recommend this place, service is outstanding and very friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rick Boucher
Insanely expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Thomas McCain
One downside to marrying a Chicago native is being spoiled when it comes to pizza. Imagine my shock at finding an authentic Chicago style pizza joint in Hoover Alabama. The pizza is awesome, the service was great and the place is filed with great Chicago sports memorabilia.
Love Tortugas Pizza! Carried several friends in last week for their first visit
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great pizza! Ordered the Carne deep dish and substituted the bacon for mushrooms...fantastic.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
We have been eating here and getting takeout here for years. We have never had a bad meal. Our favorite is the Chicago style deep dish. It’s still delicious reheated a couple days later. In fact, I’ve frozen a few slices, then thawed and reheated them…and it’s still delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I used to love Tortugas deep dish pizza back when the original owner/founders ran it. I went there Saturday 9/27/25 expecting the
same great pizza that I used to love.
I was very disappointed in what the new generation has let the quality of the food sink to. The sauce and toppings were still delicious but the crust was the worst crust I’ve ever had on any pizza even Little Caesars crust is better than that. Tortugas used to have a great soft thick crust. Now it’s thin and taste like a cracker it was so hard I couldn’t bight into it. To me the crust is the most important part of a good pizza and I normally don’t leave any bones, I eat all of the crust.Tortugas failed big time. I took most of it home in a box, I think I’ll scrape the sauce and toppings off of it and put it on some pasta and throw the crust away.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Best pizza you'll ever have!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had to try this place after seeing it had been voted best pizza in Alabama by Food Network. We had a small stuffed pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and garlic. If you are ordering the stuffed pizza, it takes an hour to cook so keep that in mind. Food Network got it right. This was a delicious deep dish pizza. The small is about 3 pieces per person but they are large thick pieces and very filling. We could only eat two pieces each and had to save the other two. I ordered to go but went inside to pick up. It was a small but quaint venue with Chicago style decor. The staff was attentive and friendly. The price of the pizza is definitely on the higher side at $37.51 for the small. This will definitely be a return place for me when I’m the area and in the mood for some great deep dish.
Food: 5
Service: 4
Went to Tortugas because of the Chicago style pizza and atmosphere for lunch. We all ordered 4 single stuffed pizza slices at 1:20pm. Menu states no single slices after 2pm. Waitress cokes back and says the kitchen only has 2 slices left and won’t make more because “it’s too close to 2pm”. Strike 1.
So we order 2 slices and a small stuffed pizza. The pizza comes out and when we cut into it water or some liquid literally poured out of it. Which made the pizza so soggy. Strike 2
Then the bill comes and the waitress said she took some off the bill because of the kitchen being jerks. Only to have them run my card and add back the discount she gave us. Strike 3.
Then to add insult to injury, this Chicago themed restaurant had a Green Bay Packer jersey hung amongst all the Cubs, Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawk memorabilia. Anyone from Chicago knows that the Packers are our biggest rivals.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Service was good the food was not great. Unfortunately the pizza did not have the flavor that i thought it would have.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicago Stuffed Pizza
Great stuffed pizza and i love that they serve their beer in frozen glasses. Will definitely go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I visited today for lunch, specifically for the Chicago style pizza pie. I had the Carne special. It was fresh out of the oven,was so delish! The restaurant is a sports pizzeria atmosphere with televisions and sports memorabilia on the walls. The service was excellent and I very much enjoyed it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The pizza was good, and we will definitely be going back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Tortugas has always been great, but under the new owners it is absolutely fantastic. The manzella pizza is my favorite, but everything on the menu is great. The staff is very friendly and attentive as well which makes Tortugas a great place to dine-in or carry out for pizza.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome pizza, the best! Highly recommend this place, service is outstanding and very friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Insanely expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
One downside to marrying a Chicago native is being spoiled when it comes to pizza. Imagine my shock at finding an authentic Chicago style pizza joint in Hoover Alabama. The pizza is awesome, the service was great and the place is filed with great Chicago sports memorabilia.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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