Mountain Mike's Pizza

I ordered a cheese pizza for delivery on Uber eats 11/9/25 just before 9pm. It was so bad I didn't even finish a whole slice.

There was almost no discernable sauce making it so dry, and more than 2 pieces had no cheese at all. On a cheese pizza.

Idk what happened to the quality. I'm so sad I love Mountain Mike's :(

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Mountain Mike’s – Menlo Park’s Certified Slice of Nostalgia

Welcome back to another episode of Local Eats For People Who Know Better, and today’s star is none other than Mountain Mike’s in Menlo Park. A Bay Area staple. The kind of spot that doesn’t need to reinvent itself every three years. No sourdough crust, no “Neapolitan-style artisan fire-kissed flatbread.” Just heat, cheese, carbs, and memories from a simpler, pre-smartphone era.

Before you even walk inside, the aroma creeping across that Main Street intersection hits you with the force of a Chuck E. Cheese pizza siren. A primal call. A scent that grabs your childhood by the collar and drags it out of hiding. By the time you pull the door open, you’re already halfway transported to 1998, seatbelt optional.

Inside, nothing tries to impress you—and that’s exactly why it slaps. No animatronic rodents. No LED menus. No QR-code ordering labyrinth with a “20 percent tip for literally handing you a cup” prompt. This place is a preserved time capsule: warm, chaotic, stubborn, and beautifully unfancy.

We pulled up on a Thursday and ordered a large cheese pizza with jalapeños to split like joint custody. Bless the pizza gods, because it just so happened to be half-off large pizza night. Destiny. Fate. Providence. Whatever it was, we didn’t question it.

We wandered into the arcade corner to kill some time, and the lineup is exactly what you’d expect from a place running on pure tradition. A graveyard of mostly fighting games, modded cabinets held together by prayer, controllers drifting harder than a 1994 Civic on bald tires. Street Fighter Turbo, MK1/Trilogy, NFL Blitz, Golden Tee, X-Men 4-player, Deer Hunt. Free play, baby. Calibrate your expectations… because the joysticks definitely aren’t calibrated.

Slightly charred bottom, yeast-forward crust, cheese melted into a perfect golden blanket, jalapeños sprinkled with the kind of confidence only a seasoned pizza vet possesses. Whoever was working back-of-house that Thursday deserves a medal. The pizza did what pizza is supposed to do: slap.

The front-of-house team held it down too. Two cashiers greeting customers with actual warmth instead of that dead-behind-the-eyes “I hate my job and everyone in this building” retail energy we’ve all survived. Hospitality wasn’t forced. Smiles weren’t fake. Management clearly runs a disciplined ship, and everyone—from the register to the oven—pulled their weight.

Overall? I’d take a fresh, steamy slice from Mike’s over Round Table next door any day of the week. Between the nostalgia, the customer service, the arcade lineup held together with duct tape, and the old-school Menlo Park charm, this spot still honors tradition in all the right ways.

There’s nothing more American than inhaling a cheese or pepperoni slice while chugging a Mountain Dew, wondering where your life went wrong and also feeling comforted at the same time.

It is your constitutional right to bear pizza.

And Mountain Mike’s Menlo Park is still out here defending that right with pride.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Pizza is good. But whoever the guy working the cash register on Nov 5 12:00pm is very rude. Was on his phone the whole time, did not properly attend the request. I asked if more of the pepperoni pizza was coming and instead of checking, he said “he thinks more is coming” and went back to being on his phone.

I didn’t want to risk waiting for pizza that may or may not be coming so I had to ask again if more of the pepperoni pizza and he said “if there isn’t any coming, then we will make more” with attitude. I understand that but the purpose of me asking is so I’m not waiting unnecessarily wasting my time for pizza I properly requested and paid for.

I simple “no problem, let me check and make sure” would have been good. Instead of guessing, ignoring and being rude with attitude

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Mushroom pizza was good, gaming plaza is amazing

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Was eating lunch when i noticed cockroaches crawling in the wall. Couple minutes later i noticed a second cockroach. The food was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The cashiers are stealing money from CC users. Tuesday and thursday is two for one. Yet one ends up being charged over $60 for 2 pizzas when on the phone your told you will be charged@$40. I noticed issues with the reader with clients in front of me. By the way the pizza is no longer applewood quality for sure. What is happening to down town menlo park?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great service, their specials help out alot for me to get housekeeping pizza.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We love this location! The pizza is delicious and there’s a bunch of, “free play” arcade games too. Definitely will be back. Large Pizzas are half off Tuesday and Thursdays :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good food but so expensive

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

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We were seeing a show at the guild threatre. Needed a quick bite. Ordered on the trip down from SF. they had it ready when we walked in. Ate it in line, made friends sharing with the door crew @ the guild. Was surprised at how good the pizza was. I wouldn't call it cheap, but nothing is these days. Med 2 topping a little over$30. Was worth it. Logistics were good. We were hungry. Right across the street from the show.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Worst mountain mikes ever I ordered a customised pizza but thet didn’t add anything after that they blaming me that you order this not this

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kids love it especially the free video games. Pizza is pretty good, I had the boneless chicken wings which actually were great. Lots of meat.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 3

Excellent attention from the staff and very delicious food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I really liked the place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Been going for 50 years!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5