Checkmate Cafe

902 South St, Roslindale
(617) 323-9994

Recent Reviews

Alex Diaz

Although the place isn't super nice on the inside it's not bad. Customer service is excellent and the food is even better, delivery is pretty quick and the prices are very fair. Parking can be a problem if you're going to sit down to eat. It's very kid friendly and there's a park right across the

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lisa Perry

We Ordered $40.00 Worth of Food and Asked to Use A Coupon from there Menu Brochure and We Got Denied Using the Coupon All Because We Paid by Debit and Not Cash!On There Coupon It Did Not State Anything About Using Debit Or Cash For The Coupon to be Valid!Terrible and The Coupon stated If you order $30.00 or more get A Free Order Of Chicken Tenders….

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Mary Butler

I have been ordering from Checkmate for 20 years. I love this place! Their pizza is the best!!..I also love their fried shrimp di ner best I've ever had..The man who takes the telephone orders is very efficient and pleasant..The driver who delivers my food is very friendly...I love this place and highly recommend!!

Gabriel Bobar

We just ordered a large pizza that was delivered just shy of raw, crust sodough-y we couldn't eat it and when we called them back to ask them to please send us another one they have us excuse after excuse as to why it's fine and refused to send another. Do yourself a favor and get your pizza ANYWHERE

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

R Curt

Delicious and affordable. Their specialty pizzas are out of this world (ALL OF THEM). Very unique flavors and always cooked to perfection. I also recommend trying of of their gyros. The pita is always fresh and they pack the meat in!Kid-friendliness: Chicken fingers and French fries, what more could a child want?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Lovers, Fries

Britton Nicolson

This place rules. Get the Greco fries and you’ll thank yourself. The staff is really nice too, good neighborhood vibe.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Vlasi Kala

Interesting place with great pizza. I haven’t tried anything else yet but a pizza place you can walk to is always 5 stars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ben Horton

Chicken Parm Calzone was great, the best I've had in years.Italian Sub is hard to get wrong (lots of places still do ?) but they get it right.Pizza was better than other places I've had in the area but was still mid in my opinion.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lakia C.

Buyer beware: Bad customer service and really subpar pizza! Tonight we order two small pizza and wings through the slice app. One of the pizza was "the pepperoni and a pepsi" special. On both the restaurant website and the slice app, you can choose a second topping at no cost -- we added mushroom. The order came on time but we received a mushroom pizza and no pepsi. The food was also cold for the restaurant to be just 10 mins away. I called the restaurant directly about the missing pepsi before actually checking the pizzas. When I called back and explained that the pizza was wrong, the person on the line responded that the pizza order was for a mushroom pizza. ...Who wants a mushroom pizza when the order called for PEPPERONI?!?!... The kicker: They included a HANDWRITTEN order slip - "sm RONI - pepsi" and the slice receipt is very clear -- see photos. The conclusion: Slice won't provide a refund because the restaurant refused to authorize it. Safe to say I won't be using slice or recommending this place to anyone.

Dylan Brady

Not too shabby! Solid food and service! Typical townie pizza and sub shop!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Degen Beezy

Another great pizza shop been coming here for over a decade great staff

Danielle T.

I love Checkmates and supporting local but if the charge is $2.25 PER topping, then I expect slightly better coverage and quality re: toppings. Second time I'm disappointed; 1-2 pepperoni per pizza slice and mushrooms and onions are barely present and burnt/dried out.

Michael ..

Tried this place for the first time recently , I got a large cheese pizza and it was by far one of the worst pizzas I have ever had! Two other ppl with me agreed none of us even finished a slice it was that bad and ended up getting thrown in the trash , what a waste of money , if you cannot make decent pizza then it should not be on your menu! Oh and I also got a steak and cheese sub which was also terrible if you want good pizza or a good sub don't waste your time and money coming to this place baddddd pizza .

Peyote Cody

Been going here for over 10 years now and it's never changed. Always great, fresh food at a good price and friendly faces behind the counter. Also a good selection of drinks if needed. Forever my go-to.Wheelchair accessibility: Yes, there are no stairs leading to main entrance.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Curly Fries, Grilled Chicken Salad, Buffalo Chicken, Grilled Chicken, Chicken Tenders, Steak

Paradise ForEver

Good ziti, good pizza, good steak and cheese sub. All at a good price.

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