Pizza Artista

420A West Prien Lake Road, Lake Charles
(337) 602-6224

Recent Reviews

brad r

The food is great and customizable, which I always enjoy, but the manager Anthony really makes the place shine. He is really nice and helpful, and the pizzas he make are hands down the best. I also love the new gelato, green apple being my favorite. Would absolutely recommend this place and I eat here often.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rich Panowitz

First time here. I did a Google question about the place before coming asking about allergies and the peanuts that they offer. The owner was quick to reply and answered my question. The first gentleman I spoke with was very polite and helpful. He asked if this was my first time here and walked me through the process. All the pizzas are one size. You then go down the line and pick your toppings (think Subway). I choose the 8 topping special. I ordered it as a take out. The toppings we're ok as was the crust but the sauce lacked flavor. Overall it made me think "mall pizza". Oddly enough, this location is connected to a mall. I will more than likely look somewhere else next time.

Food: 3

Service: 3

Beth Emerson

Great pizza. My stepdaughter is dairy allergic and they have options for her too. Their family day had face painting for kids which the granddaughter and her friend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Create Your Own, Boudin, Meats Pizza

Bianca Bradbury

Wonderful experience! Pizza was fabulous and staff was extremely friendly and welcoming! Will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ren W.

The pizza I ordered, the Artista, looked good. However, the taste and flavor was lacking and the pizza as a whole was very bland.

Michelle M.

I did an online order for pickup on a Saturday night. My boyfriend picked it up for us. I wasn't that hungry so I thought I ordered Bisque and Cheesy Bread. However, come to find out, the Bisque was actually a 10" Corn N Crab Bisque Pizza. It was the grossest pizza I've ever eaten. It was so off putting to me, I only took a couple of bites and threw it in the trash. The Cheesy Bread was the thinnest Cheesy Bread I've ever had served to me ever from any restaurant anywhere, much less a pizza place. I recommend a new recipe be followed moving forward which requires the use of thick crust instead of the thinnest crust. My boyfriend's pizza was delicious, but was too light on sauce. We both regretted not ordering some dipping sauce that we could have used to try to compensate, but neither of us usually want dipping sauce. I have ordered a custom 10" pizza from there many times and been blown away by how delicious it is and the quality of ingredients used so I know there is potential here if the right thing is ordered, but now I see some room for improvement in the area of the Cheesy Bread and the online ordering. As you can see in the attached image, there is not a photo or a description included with the Bisque menu item and since it seems different than the pizzas listed above, I thought it was not in fact a pizza, especially since I was tired and hungry while placing the order. lol

Dawn T.

The place was empty when we arrived. It was 10:40am on a Holiday, Monday. The person who was helping us was courteous and professional. The pizza tasted really good. It was cooked perfectly. I had the cauliflower crust which was a little brown but it was great crispy. My husband had the Cajun one and he was happy with it. I just had two problems with this establishment. The tables and chairs were fairly clean, the order area was not clean. On the backs of the registers. The handwashing area looked gross as well it has a bunch of hard water stains and possibly soap scum. The biggest thing I did not like was that the sauces are not refrigerated by the order area. I'm not sure how long they are out like that but it was worrisome to me. Luckily we got there right after they opened. The toppings looked like they were treated alright and kept cool. The person used gloves when he made our pizzas and I was thankful for that. The finishers also looked a little unkempt. I posted pictures of both things.

Colette

UPDATE 3 days later: I just noticed someone left a positive review the same day I left my review and the owner responded the same day to that person as well as responding the same day to previous ones before that but didn't respond to mine lol. I guess from the reviews I read, the owners only respond to positive reviews and a few of negative ones where they blame the customer, take no accountability, and have sarcastic comments for their valued customer like Cindy, who complained she got sick from the seafood. Never once did Cindy say it was food poisoning and never once did owner apologize for her experience. Being that I actually work at an urgent care, I know there are plenty of reasons why Cindy could have been given an injection related to nausea and pain NOT allergies. So before you copy and paste a Google definition of food allergy or food poisoning, do some extensive research on the topic at hand or just apologize for the experience and keep it moving. I just love supporting small businesses for years like Pizza Artista, where i tip EVERYTIME, just to be intentionally ignored by the owner, the one time I ACTUALLY report a negative experience i had. NEVER AGAIN!!!! NO PHONY RESPONSE NEEDED! LESSON LEARNED! Be careful and mindful of what small businesses you support!ORIGINAL MESSAGENormally I have nothing but good things to say about this place but unfortunately I didn't have a good experience Friday. I ordered the swamp daddy pizza (shrimp, crab, crawfish, tasso, and sausage) which is my favorite. I've been ordering since it was originally priced at $14.99 and have continued to order it even as it's price has increased because it's usually worth it. When I got my pizza there were literally 7 crawfish total on the entire pizza, one crawfish per slice and one slice was lucky to get 2 crawfish as if they were strategically placed that way. I usually order in person and from watching how they measure topping with measuring cup, I could tell this wasn't the case. It looked like the person who made the pizza personally counted each crawfish that was on the pizza. Considering the fact that this particular pizza has gone up in price a couple of times, at the very least I expect to get what I paid for. There was barely any sauce on the pizza which made it very dry. There was absolutely nothing flavorful about the pizza except for the balsamic drizzle that I added. Pizza tasted like the cardboard box it came in. I couldn't believe how bland and dry the pizza was. I forced myself to eat two slices because I was hungry at work and couldn't leave to bring it back. The swamp daddy pizza is my favorite because it usually has a seafood boil taste. I'm not a pizza person but this is the only place I will order pizza from due to thier varieties. Not sure what happened this time but I was very disappointed. :(

Food: 1

Service: 1

Polk - E - Dot

The food was great and the service was

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robert Woodard

The service is great, and once again I can get anchovies on a

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Create Your Own Pizza

Cindy Bertrand

I was not prepared for what this pizza done to me. The seafood tasted off. The urgent clinic and one injection and two pills to get over that pizza. Never again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Swamp Daddy

B. ..

Pizza Artista has good pizza for the most part. It's a replication of Pieology; if your familiar with ieology then Pizza artista is using the same concept and style which is probably why people think Pizza artista is a large chain because Pieology is. My rating is for the ordering and staff experience, you definitely get the vibe that they want every penny on everything; I placed my order over the phone to find out it's less money ordering the same thing online. And thats fine but hard to be excited to come back when feeling like I got ripped off.

Julie Horne

Store was empty when we got there menu is way up high and hard to read. But the guy working was very nice and helped a lot. Pizza was done pretty quick and was very good. We didn't get anything special just reg pizza pepperoni and sausage but it was still very good .

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Create Your Own Pizza

Kat W

Terrible customer service at our last visit. We won't be returning. The person at checkout gave us a lot of attitude and lied to us. The pizza, which had previously been very good, also had an off taste like the cheese was going bad.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Cheryl Winey

Great location. My pizzas are always consistent with taste. I would def recommend. Oh! Really can’t beat the prices!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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