HotBox Pizza
1 E Carmel Dr # 170, Carmel
(317) 571-9400
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Would recommend the heavy veggie pizza! Not super soggy with all the veggies. Breadsticks were also a hit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Breadstix
Quick and easy order placement and pickup. Pizzas made to perfection every time
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skinny
Went in on Saturday wanting to place a pizza to go. Was totally ignored by one lady whose name I still don’t know because she didn’t bother to reply when I talked to her. I thought she was just too focused for a second so I waited. Yet I waited for nothing. There was a gentleman around too and he didn’t check on us either. Ended up not placing the order, left and went some place else. I heard the pizza is good there, unfortunately I’ll never know.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Horrible Horrible experience! Went in for my usual order as I am a frequent customer here and service was a complete JOKE! The usual staff wasn't on shift today unfortunately so Elija took my order; with a very bland attitude i might add. (No biggie) I overlooked this because we all wish we were at home when at work sometimes right? I forgot to ask for my pizza to be thin(skinny) so upon requesting to have it adjusted prior to my pizza being anywhere near complete and apologizing for my mistake in ordering; an employee on the pizza line gets angry and violently slammed his hand on the dough station and yells. I overlooked this as well. Then the "manager" (Laura Lye) the biggest joke of the experience proceeded to play in her hair with both hands as if she was putting a ponytail in then walks over and digs her bare hands into the cheese and dumps it on my pizza. I stop her and explain how unsanitary that is and her reply is "oh its fine, I wash my hands more than anyone in here" I go on to explain that I myself am servsafe certified and I must have missed that portion on the test that stated washing your hands wasn't required PRIOR to preparing food. Especially after you've touched your face, hair, and or cell phone. Laura Lye threatened to kick me out and call her boss on me if I didn't stop talking to her and expressing my dissatisfaction in her food handling practices for this establishment. I then ask for a refund for the $40+ dollars I paid for my 2 orders and went to another pizza joint that has a better understanding of safe food handling and customer service. By far the WORST experience I've ever had at this pizza joint. If negative stars was a thing -5 stars would be my rating for today's experience. Laura Lye needs to be retrained in food safety compliance, customer service and management or removed for her position as manager of this establishment and only allowed to CLEAN UP!!.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Me and my boyfriend come to this HotBox pizza all the time NEVER had a problem. But these two employees was extremely RUDE. We ask if we can get our pizza a skinny, the employee with the Hat on Loudly Slam his hand on the counter. Me and my boyfriend just look like really? Then as we are watching them make our pizzas the employee with the blue jacket on and blonde hair has NO GLOVES on NO HAIR NET, she rub her hands through her hair and dug in the cheese to put it on our pizza. ? Ask the cashier for a manager on duty RIGHT AWAY .. And it’s her! So disgusting. She replied that she wash her hands more than any employees there?. Which is saying your team members are all dirty. As me and my boyfriend are managers we had to educate this so called “manager” on food sanitation. Which teaches you that when getting your food handlers certification. WE WILL NEVER COME TO THIS ONE AGAIN! YUCK ? We ask for a refund and she continues to get even more rude.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good pizza, people. Quick service. Will stay ordering from this spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Build Your Own Pizza, Breadstix
I'm a fairly critical reviewer because I expect quality and I expect to get what is advertised and what I ordered (I also work hard for my money!). Seems a bit too much these days. But, I'm a fair reviewer as well. We've been ordering at this Hotbox for the last three months and it has been amazing!!! The skinny crust is incredible. We do like it crunchy and have to put that in the special instructions. But wow, they nail it and they do not shirk on the toppings, and the ingredients are really fresh. The pizza is always hot and fresh when delivered. I have to say, it's one of the few places that gets our order right and doesn't "forget" anything, i.e. cheese sauce, etc. They also certainly have the best breadsticks and cheese sauce. I never thought that HotBox would become my go to here in Carmel for pizza as there is a lot of great competition. Keep it up and we'll keep ordering! Thank you!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Skinny, Build Your Own Pizza, Breadstix, Large Cheesestix
I recently ordered a pizza forThis establishment and had it delivered. Everything came in a timely manner my complaint comes with how horrible the pizza was. I’d have to say it’s one of the worst pizzas I’ve tasted. I’m very familiar with this place as I’ve dined there at least 6 years ago. I ordered in hopes things have changed nope worst pizza ever and the delivery driver who arrived with head phones in decided to take out his own tip before giving me back my change when handed a $20 he gave me back $5 dollars for a 10.28 order in which I didn’t notice until he has already left.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Always great pizza!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 2
We stopped in for a light and easy lunch. The cups, plates and napkins made us chuckle. We ordered a small aloha pizza and drinks, and it was the perfect amount of food for a light bite. There's a parking lot (off of north S Ridgeline) right beside the restaurant with access to a front and back entrance to Hot Box. There's a nice patio area, but we opted to enjoy the AC.
Kid-friendliness: Our 6-year-old enjoyed her meal. She loved reading the cups, plates and napkins and had fun adding parmesean sprinkles to her pizza. There are options for single pizza slices and basic pizzas and breadsticks, if needed.
Parking: There's a shared parking lot (off of north S Ridgeline) right beside the restaurant with access to a front and back entrance to Hot Box.
Wheelchair accessibility: Single level restaurant has wide aisles and spacious seating areas and bathrooms.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Absolute garbage! This is the worst pizza I have ever had! ? The delivery guy was super nice, but the $45 dollars that I spent was NOT worth it. Guess Indy should stick to cars because they don't know pizza!
Food: 1
Service: 4
Driver showed up well before the expected delivery time, which was great since it was originally quoted close to an hour. Driver ensured that our stix were made perfect even with special requests. Shortly after we sat down noticed that our sauces were missing. Not a huge deal. Moments later the driver showed back up, sauces in hand. Said he got back to the store and realized they were still in his car. Wish I had gotten his name but he definitely turned any potential negative experience around, without having to make any calls or anything. Will definitely continue ordering from this location in the future.
We came to Indianapolis for a little weekend fun with the kids. We arrived late to the hotel so we decided to just order pizza. Hotbox had decent reviews and was open late so we decided to give it a try. We ordered and the guy was easy and pleasant on the phone. He said about 50 minutes but it got to us in like 35 minutes. The food was wonderful the whole family ate and really liked it different from the normal domino's or pizza hut. Much better flavor.
Worst pizza ever had, don’t waste your money and time. Not well organized.
Hot Box Pizza is consistently wonderful! Never greasy, always cheesy, and crust is perfect... so yummy we always get breadsticks, they are the best ones in town!!!
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