Mountain Mike's Pizza

3089 Clairemont Dr suite e, San Diego
(619) 275-6453

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Cruz Carbonell

Made me sick for days

L S

Didn’t like dough of the pizza. Costco pizza is 100% better.

Savannah Bristow

Wanted to support a local neighborhood pizza place and was utterly disappointed in the pizza. Mostly dough, that felt almost stale and very little sauce. Ordered a medium half and half pizza for $28 which was absolutely ridiculous for the size and quality. Very unfortunate.

John K (Del Mar Man)

Outstanding pizza! Everyone in the family loved it and it's our new go to pizza!

Thomas Macander

I've never left dissatisfied

Eric Ramirez

Went and got a few pizzas and 2 of them were not fully cooked. Dough was still raw. They didn't want to refund our money. Never eating here again.

Ricardo Ramirez

We ordered pizza from this place and the dough was raw. They sent their delivery driver to pick them up and they still argued that the dough was fully cooked.

Alex Molina

We'll be back for sure

Ruben Padilla

The ingredients aren't bad quality. Sure. But the pizza has more dough than pizza and cheese. And the amount of dance on the pizza was insulting. You bite into this pizza it's just cheese and bread. Barely any sauce horrible. On top of that they are horribly overpriced. 90 dollars for 24 small wings and 2 pizzas 1 large 1 medium. Horrible pizza chain overpriced worthless. Do not eat here save your money and dissapointment

N Aguirre

Great salad bar and Pizza. Perfect place for families and after sporting events

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris V

It is really sad to go to a business anticipating something, only to hear the owner talking about ending the reason for the visit.

Since childhood, the ultimate pleasurable experience for me has been pizza. From American types (New York style, Chicago style, Detroit style, Minneapolis style, California style and Ohio style), to pizza I enjoyed in Italy, they are all good in different ways. Pizza and salad buffet was the ultimate celebration/broken heart/meaningful talk with friends and family experience. Unfortunately, Mountain Mike's did not offer a good pizza and salad buffet offering.

Because of, among other things, COVID, the number of buffet-style restaurant offering any type of cuisine has significantly decreased. Mountain Mike's is one of the few available restaurants offering a pizza and salad buffet. With service running from 11 AM-2 PM, I like to arrive for a new buffet about 12:30. Usually, this allows for the first batch of pizza put up to have been consumed and replaced by the second batch. Most pizza buffets will allow a 'request' for a specific set of toppings for this second batch. The salad bar may or may not have been replenished, but I am in it for the pizza, so salad usually includes tomato, onion, broccoli, raisins and italian dressing. It sits on the table, offering a reset of the tongue between different types of topping on slices.

On entering, I observed 1 table with a customer and 2 tables that folks had eaten and departed, waiting to be cleared. Under the heat lamp, half of a pepperoni pizza and 1/4 of a chicken pizza next to 1/4 of a hawaiian pizza were sitting there. The pepperoni 'cups' on the pizza looked to be a little dry around the edges, and the red grease from cheese and sauce sitting together was becoming obvious. The chicken pizza had white and yellow cheese, and chicken in strings, as if it had been pulled severely. The pineapple on the hawaiian pizza was looking a little dry, but the canadian bacon was still flat.

I paid the $16.95 price for buffet and water, and asked if more pizza was in the oven. The owner replied that, at that moment, he was hoping I would eat some of what was there before he put new pizzas in the oven. He then said it was very expensive to run the buffet, and as I could see, there was only 1 other person in the restaurant. I received the plate and took a slice of each type. The thin crust under the pepperoni was a bit dry, and the red grease was becoming very prominent with each bite. The chicken pizza was better crust-wise, but with so little chicken on it, it was more like a cheeze pizza. The Hawaiian was ok. The canadian bacon was flavorful, but the burst of juice from a fresher piece of pineapple was missing.

After effectively reducing the pizza on the buffet by over 1/3, I again asked about fresh pizza. The owner sighed, then asked me if I would like a personal pizza, with any toppings I liked. I told him that the reason for coming to a pizza buffet was to be able to try pizza of numerous topping choices (6 is the minimum I have experienced with other buffets) of pizza. He again sighed, and renewed the offer of a personal pizza. I ordered one with sausage and mushroom, and after about 10 minutes, the 10-inch pizza arrived. It was hot and fresh, the mushrooms available in significant quantity and the sausage playing hide and seek underneath.

While the personal pizza was an offer to placate, I would have preferred an actual buffet. That was the first negative mark. The second, on reflection, was how this business owner was not confident behind his offering. Telling me, his customer, how expensive it was and how he dreaded opening each day showed. The third, and in my opinion, final negative mark? As I was leaving, I saw the 2 tables that were dirty when I came in were now 3, as the other customer had finished and left.

All I can say to the owner is if you do not believe in your product, the product

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Julie Matulevicz

I've given them enough tries, I'm DONE!! $30 for a large pizza that keeps shrinking. Asked for extra sauce on pizza, didn't get it and some pieces have no sausage. Very little cheese . Do better, there's way to many choices out there👎👎👎

Food: 2

Daniel Pedroza Hoffman

It’s a clean, nice establishment. I’ve been here 4 times in the last year and customer service has always been very professional and courteous. If you’d like to try their pizzas come between 11a - 2p Monday thru Friday. I came today Saturday and missed their buffet lunch special! lol I ended having a cliff hanger. So let’s see how this tastes!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Bar, McKinney Pizza, Pizza and Wings

Sharon Maccagnano

Great pizza, great service and super cool beach vibes! Super cheap too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer Shook

I ordered a pizza for pick up. Arrived at exactly the time I was told my pizza would be ready. No one was at the front area to ring me out. There was a lady in the back that said someone would be up to help in a bit. 10 minutes later someone finally came up to ring me up. I don’t know if they were in the bathroom ? or what but you knew what time you told your customers to be there to pick their pizza up so arriving at that time was a known. By the time they showed up to ring me out, there was 3 customers waiting for pick up. The whole thing made me realize Mike’s pizza is not that great. Hard pass on this for the future.

Food: 4

Service: 1

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