Southpaws Perfect Pizza and Sports Bar

I tried this place for the first time tonight and I was super impressed! Very good crust and great JoJo's as well. They make a homemade ranch with a slight dill taste, also very good. Best pizza in Albany, hands down. Glad I checked it out!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love this place. They have the best gluten-free and cauliflower pizza, such reasonable prices and great quality.❤️ I am gluten-free and my boyfriend is not And it’s also his favorite place! The margarita pizza is to die for their vegetables and all the ingredients are so fresh and my boyfriend loves his pepperoni, pineapple and jalapeño pizza❤️ They also have amazing salad and appetizers. I wish I can eat the rest of their food.😎 Also, their staff have always been so helpful and amazing. They’re always so positive and I love their vibes.! Today I made a an order over the phone and JoJo helped me and he was the sweetest and most helpful person ever!!! Thank you everyone that works there and the owners. I love your place.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome place, great food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very fun group experience. Everette helped us out and met every need we hade. Will be back soon.

Always great service and of course amazing pizza!!

Decent salad bar (soup included) for a good price

Took 2 hours to get food and it was cold. Service was terrible for drinks order took an hour to get 10/10 would not recommend.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

We celebrated our daughter's 13th birthday at Southpaws last Saturday night and had the best time. The food was amazing, as usual, and service was great. We had a variety of pizzas and our favorites are the BBQ chicken, Bulldog and Redhawk. The salad bar was loaded up delicious. Ashley, our server, was very attentive and sweet. We had around 40 people in our group and reserved the back room for the party. We had plenty of room and were able to come early and decorate. We love celebrating birthdays here, getting delivery or take out and just enjoying family dinner while watching a game on the big screen.

While we were enjoying our food and birthday party, the owner, Chris Reese, stopped in to wish our daughter a happy birthday. I can't say enough about how thoughtful Chris is. He is a servant to the core and has done (and is still doing) so much for our community through his coaching, volunteering, leadership at the YMCA and service as a US Army Veteran. I know he has a hand in so many other organizations. He is also very generous donating food from Southpaws and Shortstops (which is also great and has amazing shakes and burgers!) to schools and youth groups, for example. A few years ago, I witnessed him quietly drop off at my school cleats to a student who needed them, using his own money, just to help out a student in need. His mentorship to so many kids, including my own son, has been instrumental in building their personal growth.

I just wanted to take a minute and share a little appreciation for a great restaurant in Southpaws and its owner, Chris Reese (and family).

If you are able, you should stop by and eat or call in for delivery!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Worst experience ever.

Firstly, never go on a tuesday because you’ll be ignored without a reservation for trivia.
Secondly, they made us sit outside even though there were open tables inside. Some of the heaters were broken. We also saw 2 mice running around.
After getting our drink order our server ignored or forgot about us for nearly 30 mins.
Our pizzas took FOREVER- one server told us it was because of trivia and another told us because of a long take out order. Then our dessert came out before our food?? We have a kid who wouldnt eat her pizza after seeing the cookie. The blonde server told us she could make us a new one and bring it after our food, which we agreed. Then the other server comes out and says they’re all out of that dessert and gave ours away. WHAT. we wouldve just kept it if we had been told that was the last one??
then finally, finally, our pizzas come out and i ordered no jalpenos. well theres some jalpenos and many many MANY jalpeno seeds all over my pizza like they put it on and half assed took it off. I cannot tolerate any spice and wouldve asked for a new pizza but didn’t want to risk the 30+ min wait.

As full time workers and new parents we rarely get to eat out, this was our one date night this month and it was ruined by the terrible experience. shitty service and shitty communication. I’ve been here before and never had problems but this ruined our nights and is so disappointing it leaves me doubting if we will ever return.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Been to Southpaws two times now recently. The first time I had an all you can eat salad, which was good. My husband ordered a ceasar salad and asked for warm chicken with it. What he got was cold chicken and a horrible dressing, not the right type for that type of salad. Two weeks later, I stop by there to get a chicken salad for a friend. I asked for romaine lettuce but what I got was spring mix lettuce. I am not a happy camper. I do not recommend this place. Across the street and go to the Barn, way more choices.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Best pizza and tots in town. And the main bartender Travis is amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If you want variety, this is the spot!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Usually love this place. Went early this afternoon and our waiter was horrible. Not friendly at all, never checked on us (it wasn’t busy), rude while taking our order. Cooks messed up one of the personal pizzas and it was so gross, our large pizza we got was cold and cheese wasn’t melted all the way. After this experience I hardly want to go back and this was our favorite pizza place :(

Food: 2

Service: 1

This was my second dining experience here, The food is amazing, I would recommend calling ahead for pick up. The hostess was not over exited to be at work, the wait staff took close to 10 minutes before even thinking of saying hello although we were seated right next to their back station.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Great food, thumbs up!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5