Upper Crust Pizza
Pizza · Santa Cruz
About Upper Crust Pizza
En Upper Crust Pizza, en el corazón de Santa Cruz, te invitamos a disfrutar de la auténtica pizza siciliana de masa gruesa y nuestras deliciosas muffalettas rellenas. Con una cocina sencilla y sabrosa, te ofrecemos una experiencia gastronómica reconfortante que te hará sentir como en casa. Ven a des...
En Upper Crust Pizza, en el corazón de Santa Cruz, te invitamos a disfrutar de la auténtica pizza siciliana de masa gruesa y nuestras deliciosas muffalettas rellenas. Con una cocina sencilla y sabrosa, te ofrecemos una experiencia gastronómica reconfortante que te hará sentir como en casa. Ven a descubrir por qué nuestros clientes nos valoran con un 4.3/5: ¡te esperamos!
What Customers Say About Upper Crust Pizza
Upper Crust Pizza is a popular spot known for its square, thick-crust pizza and friendly service, especially from staff like Nick and Jenna. Customers rave about the meat lovers pizza and muffuletta appetizer. Some find the toppings sparse or the pizza bland.
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Tip: Try the lunch special for a good deal on slices and a drink, or go for the all-you-can-eat pizza night.
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Upper Crust Pizza Santa Cruz Reviews
Their half cheese and half veggie party size Pizza was piping hot and well done. Service was friendly and knowledgeable.
Amazing food and service!! And dog friendly on the patio! I tried the muffaletta (forgot to take a picture because I was too excited to start eating it), and the thin crust half veggie half Bee Sting pizza with Mike’s hot honey - to die for! As a bonus (if you’re a ranch on pizza lover) then you have to try their ranch. In my opinion it’s their secret weapon. The best homemade ranch I’ve ever had. 10/10 for their pizza 10/10 for the service 10/10 for sitting on the patio with my dog and an ice cold beer 20/10 for the ranch
Loved Upper Crust most of my life being a West Sider. They've done it again! I like the square thick crust it was soooo good! Service excellent.
I ordered a medium deep dish Meat Lovers pizza. It was bigger than I guessed as I only could eat two of six pieces. But that means I will have leftovers later tonight.
The meat lovers pizza was A1! Loved it, and the gentleman nick is super friendly and inviting. Awesome spot for pizza and a beer with great atmosphere!
Great Location. Community standard. Could leave slices in the oven longer but no reason to nitpick. Jenna is very helpful and gets my orders right both for personal food & my uber eats customers. Should have them train new people.
Great pizza with fast, friendly service! We started with the muffuletta appetizer and a Caesar salad, both of which were delicious. For the main course, we had the hot honey pizza and BBQ chicken pizza—both were packed with flavor, and you could really taste the freshness of the ingredients. The house-made ranch is absolutely mouthwatering! We loved the outdoor patio and the new mural painted by SC locals.
Amazing pizza! We ordered two personal pizzas which were delicious. Our son who is starting to eat more food got the kids spaghetti and we could tell he loved it also because he did not stop eating at all. Husband got an amber ale and said it was pretty good. I got the bottomless mimosas that were the most amazing ever. Would definitely go again plus the service was great.
What kind of person does not like pizza? A weirdough! 😂😂 I love a good square pizza and I found a restaurant that serves it next to the beach. I got the Original meat combo, which has Sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and bell peppers. The crust is thick, but not like Chicago deep dish, but still thick. For dessert, I got the Sicilian cannoli, which is a crisp pastry shell piped full of sweet creamy filling, topped with chocolate chips and dusted with powdered sugar. It was crunchy and sweet, the chocolate was bittersweet. I wish I would have went on a Tuesday for dinner because they have an all you can eat option from 5pm to 9pm. @uppercrustsantacruz 📍 Upper Crust - Mission St. , Santa Cruz, CA.
The folks who work here are pleasant, kind and efficient. Unfortunately, the pizza was less than amazing. Not bad, just not something I see myself wanting again. Of course, I didn't try all the options, so perhaps there's something that would hit it out if the park. My kids did not like how 'runny' the cheese was on their pizza. Also, being kids, they didn't like the thicker pizza crust and the fact that it's served cut in squares. But that's just kids for ya. Perfectly fine place for a quick slice of pizza that will fill you up, but if taste is what you're looking for, perhaps look a little more.
I gave a 4 star out of 5 because although their service and atmosphere was good, the pizza tasted quite bland. Got 2 pizzas. A pepperoni pizza and combination pizza. The pepperoni tasted just like school pizza and like other reviews the crust was really thick so most of what I was eating was just the crust and whatever was left. Their service is wonderful and it was packed when I arrive but the pizza just doesn’t hit the right checkboxes
I recently visited this restaurant and tried a few items from the menu. The Sicily’s Mt Etna pizza, with pepperoni, cheese, jalapeño, and garlic, had good flavors but felt sparse on toppings and had a slightly picklish taste. The Veggie Combo pizza, however, was quite bland and needed a generous amount of red pepper to make it more flavorful. On a brighter note, the muffuletta was delicious and definitely a highlight of the meal. The service was friendly, and the atmosphere was inviting and comfortable, adding to the overall experience. While some dishes could use improvement, the pleasant environment and attentive staff made it a decent visit.
A family-friendly pizza place with a nice comfortable atmosphere and warm/ friendly staff. A couple of screens for sports and a great playlist in the background ( incl Pink Floyd 😊) . They have a decent vegetarian section with thick & thin crust options. We got a thick crust , Impossible meat square pizza , rotini pasta with vegetarian homemade marinara ( garlic bread) and a Nutella pizza dessert . Unfortunately,the food was much too bland to our liking :( . The addition of chilli flakes didn’t do much …
The place is pretty and friendly. The service is also amazing. But if you have allergies this is not a place for you. I came here today to order some gluten and dairy free food, unfortunately all their sauces contain dairy, even the BBQ ones.
Despite all the great reviews, it was very disappointing to get a pizza with undone crust and lacking taste. Looks okay, vegetable toppings are okay (overloaded black olives) and they put different toppings from the order. There was hardly any taste, Sicilian crust was undone except for the edges. Gooey dough with melted cheese tasting yeast with hardly any sauce/taste. Overall it is a bad experience. Hope they pay attention and serve well done tasty pizza.
Got delivered. BFFR the amount of anything on this “pizza” is a JOKE! $30+ for 90% crust! How high are you right now????????? This is the EXACT same for 2 damn “pizzas”. You need to seriously go over your ingredients per “pizza”!! If not you need to adjust your price for 90% dough ( the cheapest thing I might add). If you can’t make a profit and pay employees crap wages while proving DECENT service you need to just shut your doors!!!! This needs AT LEAST enough sauce to get some in EVERY BITE AND A LEAST 3x the cheese! That said the delivery and time to deliver was outstanding. It was nice and hot apon delivery. The ingredients used are good they just need ALOT more of it to be worth the money.
Pizza was the furthest thing I’ve had from Sicilian in years. I could make this quality of pizza with minimal effort. We came in for a free Tuesday night all you can eat and frustrated to find out we could only select from the cold/old pizza at the front counter which was none of their specialties. No A/C, no baby changing facilities. Never again.
Food preparation is super super slow. We arrived at noon as the first group, and waited 40 minutes for the simple pepperoni pizza after placing our order. 18% gratuity enforced, so the waitress didn't even bother to provide any service beyond minimal. The waitress didn't get our water refilled for even once.
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