The pizza is good. The place is run by teenagers though, aka children. Sometimes you have to tell them how to do their job. This one time was funny because there were literally like 10 workers behind the counter and some of them were just standing around drinking soda.
Fred Rea
When I decided to review the restaurants or Mom & Pop eateries that I visit. I promised myself to be honest and fair in my reviews. So let me start by saying every restaurant can have an "off day", Well let me tell you about my experience at Wise Guys Pizzeria (Orange) when they were experiencing an "off day".Now this was my first dinning experience at Wise Guys, and I choose this pizzeria because a family member had gone to High School with the two owners and he had raved that it was a great pizza place.So last Friday night "me and mine" ordered up a medium pepperoni and black olives, a Mac n Chees dinner and an order of itialian wings (special house/Frank's wing sauce).Now I'm not quite sure what went wrong,Maybe it was the fact that the restaurant was completely packed, standing room only, with a 30 minute wait for a dinning table, maybe the kitchen staff was overwhelmed ? because it looked like it was utter chaos ? in the cooking area, maybe it was a combination of the two.Now I've owned a small Mom & Pop BBQ restaurant in Orange a few years back, so I know that being busy is a very good thing and it says good things about the food you offer, so congrats to Wise Guys on that score, but all the extra business isn't gunna do you any good if you cannot manage the crowd's orders. Just food for thought (no pun intended ?)Now back to my experience, I phone ordered, told to wait 50 minutes before pickup, kinda long of a wait ? but okay no worries.Arrive at the pizzeria 50 minutes later, paid for my order and that's when things started to go "South" my order was not together, pizza came first, box felt like it had been in the warmer for quite a while, server said she had to go find Mac n Cheese dinner, came back a few minutes later with order, then she says she has to go get the wings, she comes back 5-10 minutes later telling me my wing order got lost and I will have to wait 15-20 minutes for the wings to be cooked...They did provide a gift card for the cost of the wings and offered me a beverage while I waited.That was a nice customer service, gesture and I accepted both.However, the delay in getting my full order of food, and the time that my pizza and the mac n cheese were just sitting around getting cold did not enhance their flavor nor our dinning experience in a positive manner.By the time, I got home the pizza and the Mac n Cheese were both cold, OH and those itialian wings I ordered and had to wait an extended period of time to receive, We're NOT! the wings I ordered ? I ordered the special house Frank's wing sauce, what I got was some itialian herbs sauce on my wing order.As far as the quality of the food "Not Impressed" and somewhat really disappointed. ?The Mac n Cheese was unique, not quite what we expected but it was enjoyable ?The wings, Like I said the wings were someone else's order but were tender and flavorful, I'd like to try the again but with the flavor I ordered ?Now for the pizza, the pizza was Not Good! Simple as that I ordered the regular crust, it was so extremely dense and hard, it seems as if the proper dough recipe wasn't followed, not enough yeast or rise/proofing time.The dough was so dense and hard that my gumms and teeth ached from the chewingNow like I said at the beginning of this review, "every restaurant is entitled to a bad day" and that's what I'm chucking this one up toThese folks must be doing it right because they were so very busy on Friday night (oh by the way this is a great place to bring the entire family, very kid friendly. They have a great menu full of sandwiches and other items I want to try, even though my first meal was less than satisfactory, I was very impressed by their customer service gesture (when my order got delayed customer service is a lost art and quality in today's marketplace) I am gunna give Wise Guys another try maybe I'll go during the week for some lunch, I do have a gift card for some wings, after all and they al
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Martini Manic Mayhem
Great food. Great service. Good menu & bar. Decent prices. Great atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Italian Hoagie, Salads
Moustafa saper
We spent a fun time
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
rob serino
One name !! Taylor, she's so professional. I'd hire her at one of my two companies .
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zane Darwich
This place is not as good as Zitos! It is expensive, dirty and corrupt! Worst management you could imagine, manipulators.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Thomas Stees
Pretty good place to grab a bite to eat after writing Santiago oaks, Irvine regional or Peters canyon.Parking: A lot in the center that is shared for the entire park. It can get kind of busy but just go around you'll find spots
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots
Sean Garcia
Wise Guys y'all know how to make a pie delicious! I love stopping by this place after hitting up the local trail system for a mountain bike ride. You can imagine I am Hungry!They have a huge selection of pizzas to order from, pasta, calzones, salads and many more. Let's get to what I order today. I couldn't decide on the margherita pizza or a Mediterranean pizza. And after comparing how many toppings I'd get I went with the Mediterranean pizza and added mushrooms. I'm glad I did because this hits you with flavors from the cheeses mixed with sun dried tomatoes and my favorite of all the kalamata olives drizzled with balsamic. I definitely went into Homer Simpson mode after my first bite. Uuggghh! I did order a garden salad to add some more veggies and the balsamic dressing was as the kids say these days "Bussin!"I can't wait for my next ride out that way to have a reason to stop by and visit the kind folks here. Just a heads up the pizza is definitely worth the wait y'all!Get out and eat some!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Torres
Some of the best pizza I ever had want to thank my buddy JR for turning me on to your ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pepperoni and Pineapple Pizza, Salads
Tom Kost
Really good pizza, and the gluten free pizza was the best my girlfriend has had in OC.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free is available.
First-time customer there. My whole family used to go to a place at Costa Mesa, but sadly, that place closed after many years of business. We were looking for a new one and someone told us about Wise Guys. We decided to give it a try, and we are happy now that we found it. We tried pizza, which was great, and we are expecting to come back and taste some other meals from the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots
apurva ayyangar
Pizza was just average..definitely not worth the price. Like every other review the Spicy Mariana Goat Cheese with Pesto twits is why I’m giving 3 stars.
Food: 3
Recommended dishes: Goat Cheese Marinara
Team Cech
Our favorite Italian restaurant! You have to try their meatballs,, frosted sugar knots are the bomb!
The pizza is good. The place is run by teenagers though, aka children. Sometimes you have to tell them how to do their job. This one time was funny because there were literally like 10 workers behind the counter and some of them were just standing around drinking soda.
When I decided to review the restaurants or Mom & Pop eateries that I visit. I promised myself to be honest and fair in my reviews. So let me start by saying every restaurant can have an "off day", Well let me tell you about my experience at Wise Guys Pizzeria (Orange) when they were experiencing an "off day".Now this was my first dinning experience at Wise Guys, and I choose this pizzeria because a family member had gone to High School with the two owners and he had raved that it was a great pizza place.So last Friday night "me and mine" ordered up a medium pepperoni and black olives, a Mac n Chees dinner and an order of itialian wings (special house/Frank's wing sauce).Now I'm not quite sure what went wrong,Maybe it was the fact that the restaurant was completely packed, standing room only, with a 30 minute wait for a dinning table, maybe the kitchen staff was overwhelmed ? because it looked like it was utter chaos ? in the cooking area, maybe it was a combination of the two.Now I've owned a small Mom & Pop BBQ restaurant in Orange a few years back, so I know that being busy is a very good thing and it says good things about the food you offer, so congrats to Wise Guys on that score, but all the extra business isn't gunna do you any good if you cannot manage the crowd's orders. Just food for thought (no pun intended ?)Now back to my experience, I phone ordered, told to wait 50 minutes before pickup, kinda long of a wait ? but okay no worries.Arrive at the pizzeria 50 minutes later, paid for my order and that's when things started to go "South" my order was not together, pizza came first, box felt like it had been in the warmer for quite a while, server said she had to go find Mac n Cheese dinner, came back a few minutes later with order, then she says she has to go get the wings, she comes back 5-10 minutes later telling me my wing order got lost and I will have to wait 15-20 minutes for the wings to be cooked...They did provide a gift card for the cost of the wings and offered me a beverage while I waited.That was a nice customer service, gesture and I accepted both.However, the delay in getting my full order of food, and the time that my pizza and the mac n cheese were just sitting around getting cold did not enhance their flavor nor our dinning experience in a positive manner.By the time, I got home the pizza and the Mac n Cheese were both cold, OH and those itialian wings I ordered and had to wait an extended period of time to receive, We're NOT! the wings I ordered ? I ordered the special house Frank's wing sauce, what I got was some itialian herbs sauce on my wing order.As far as the quality of the food "Not Impressed" and somewhat really disappointed. ?The Mac n Cheese was unique, not quite what we expected but it was enjoyable ?The wings, Like I said the wings were someone else's order but were tender and flavorful, I'd like to try the again but with the flavor I ordered ?Now for the pizza, the pizza was Not Good! Simple as that I ordered the regular crust, it was so extremely dense and hard, it seems as if the proper dough recipe wasn't followed, not enough yeast or rise/proofing time.The dough was so dense and hard that my gumms and teeth ached from the chewingNow like I said at the beginning of this review, "every restaurant is entitled to a bad day" and that's what I'm chucking this one up toThese folks must be doing it right because they were so very busy on Friday night (oh by the way this is a great place to bring the entire family, very kid friendly. They have a great menu full of sandwiches and other items I want to try, even though my first meal was less than satisfactory, I was very impressed by their customer service gesture (when my order got delayed customer service is a lost art and quality in today's marketplace) I am gunna give Wise Guys another try maybe I'll go during the week for some lunch, I do have a gift card for some wings, after all and they al
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Great food. Great service. Good menu & bar. Decent prices. Great atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Italian Hoagie, Salads
We spent a fun time
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
One name !! Taylor, she's so professional. I'd hire her at one of my two companies .
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is not as good as Zitos! It is expensive, dirty and corrupt! Worst management you could imagine, manipulators.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Pretty good place to grab a bite to eat after writing Santiago oaks, Irvine regional or Peters canyon.Parking: A lot in the center that is shared for the entire park. It can get kind of busy but just go around you'll find spots
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots
Wise Guys y'all know how to make a pie delicious! I love stopping by this place after hitting up the local trail system for a mountain bike ride. You can imagine I am Hungry!They have a huge selection of pizzas to order from, pasta, calzones, salads and many more. Let's get to what I order today. I couldn't decide on the margherita pizza or a Mediterranean pizza. And after comparing how many toppings I'd get I went with the Mediterranean pizza and added mushrooms. I'm glad I did because this hits you with flavors from the cheeses mixed with sun dried tomatoes and my favorite of all the kalamata olives drizzled with balsamic. I definitely went into Homer Simpson mode after my first bite. Uuggghh! I did order a garden salad to add some more veggies and the balsamic dressing was as the kids say these days "Bussin!"I can't wait for my next ride out that way to have a reason to stop by and visit the kind folks here. Just a heads up the pizza is definitely worth the wait y'all!Get out and eat some!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Some of the best pizza I ever had want to thank my buddy JR for turning me on to your ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pepperoni and Pineapple Pizza, Salads
Really good pizza, and the gluten free pizza was the best my girlfriend has had in OC.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free is available.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
First-time customer there. My whole family used to go to a place at Costa Mesa, but sadly, that place closed after many years of business. We were looking for a new one and someone told us about Wise Guys. We decided to give it a try, and we are happy now that we found it. We tried pizza, which was great, and we are expecting to come back and taste some other meals from the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots
Pizza was just average..definitely not worth the price. Like every other review the Spicy Mariana Goat Cheese with Pesto twits is why I’m giving 3 stars.
Food: 3
Recommended dishes: Goat Cheese Marinara
Our favorite Italian restaurant! You have to try their meatballs,, frosted sugar knots are the bomb!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Garlic Knots
Their food is always so good!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
My new go to place when I need
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5