Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream - Rock Island

$40 plus tip for a medium 1 topping pizza and soggy wings.

Didn’t buy anything after I saw the price for a pizza $33 for a large pizza with extra cheese. I’m sorry but it’s not worth that unfortunately. Nothing against the rock island location this review is for happy joes in general.

So… I grew up on Happy Joe’s Pizza. As a kid I used to climb the stairs to the viewing window and watch the employees make the pies. Then I even worked for the company in my late teens and early twenties for 5 years. Loved that stuff. I eventually became one of the people that started early and made fresh dough every day. I never got tired of it! Fast forward to the 2010s-2020s and I became very disappointed with the quality of Happy Joe’s Pizza to the point that I wouldn’t buy it anymore. And yes it is expensive. The majority of the ingredients are the same as they were 30 years ago or more but the crust was like cardboard. Yuk! Every once in a while I think “what if they went back to freshly made dough every day? Then they could charge a lot because you know you are getting the quality again.” Well today I decided I was craving a Combo Pizza (formerly garden) from Happy Joe’s. I grabbed one on my way home at lunch. At the drive up window I asked the manager if they ever considered making dough from scratch again instead of frozen. She then told me something that blew my mind… they are making the dough from scratch again! Since restructuring things after recent world events (the disease that shall remain nameless) they started making dough daily again in Milan and it is shipped to Rock Island and a couple other stores. She said "it’s as close to the old recipe as they can get." On my drive home I scarfed down the pizza and was surprised to discover it was super good! I even ate the “pizza bones”! I looked down at the small pizza box… No survivors… So excited that Rock Island Happy Joe’s is back to kicking butt again! Next time: Taco Supreme…

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Taco Pizza

Monday any large/ anyway you want and 2 ltr.pop about 22-23.00. I get taco w/ beansauce & extra sausage sour cream on side?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Taco Pizza

best pizza in quad

Food: 5

Always

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great pizza, good coupons.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Taco Pizza

Delivery parsta Great

Wheelchair accessibility: Diliiver nerver had but I'm sure great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They told me 15 min I waited an hour then called them and they acted confused like the order wasn’t even placed yet and told me the delivery person was out the door now which I know was a lie because I still waited for a long time y’all need to do something!!.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Nachos

Good delivery was not on time. Me calling to speak to someone I got hung up twice. Very rude employees.

Amazin piez, horrible pricez

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

First time I've ordered from this location in years. Just ordered one of the BBQ specials for 19.99. Pizza barely had any chicken and they were very skimpy on the cheese. Tasted like I was eating crust with BBQ sauce or like eating a cheap fozen pizza from the store. Very disappointed. Probably won't go back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Pizza was good expensive but good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious pizza

Kid-friendliness: Always a great place to celebrate a kid's birthday.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love D it

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5