Flying Pie Pizzeria

i go here to get great pizza. way better than pizza hut.

Pros: good slices, wheat free available

Posted 10/28/09

Flying Pie. I was a bit hesitant to try this place since they had so many locations around and thought it would be "not so original chain pizza"... but decided to try it since they're one of the few places that offer gluten-free crust. Dude. I ordered a gluten-free pie and I was pleasantly surprised. Piled high with toppings! I mean it. Every time i go there it's the same... BAM! Like there was a mushroom, olive, mozzarella avalanche in the kitchen! The cheese they use is top quality and boy do they cover that pizza with it. I believe they use Nu-grain gluten-free crusts which are used in a few other pizza parlors around town. A good tasting, thin crust that somehow magically holds the toppings they dump on there. Their house dough/crust is good too. A little thicker than I like... but it tastes very good. They also sell pizza by the slice 11-4. Go check em out. The Academy Theatre next door sells Flying Pie by the slice too.

Pros: good crust, gluten-free crust available, cheese, toppings

Cons: tacky tip jar at pick up counter

Posted 07/19/09

relax place to eat...but the people that work at flying pie can not make pizza. i have been here 3 times and the pizza sucked each time. i can make better pizza at home.and im not even a cook or chef. wtf seriously.. OVER PRICED CRAPPY PIZZA....
go to Liberty Pizza or Roventes if u want good pizza.!)

Pros: chill place

Cons: not so good pizza

Posted 04/24/09

So delicious. They are really generous with the toppings, so you get a lot of food for a really reasonable price. Recommend to all. I love this pizza!!!

Pros: Amazing

Cons: Can't eat pizza all the time

Posted 01/30/09

The best pizza in Portland. Generous with the toppings. Handmade with love and tradition. Perfect in every way. Once you try it nothing else will compare!

Pros: Price, quality, choices

Cons: Not enough locations

Posted 01/24/09

I am a frequent customer of all locations- pizza is always great! Whole milk mozzarella and hand tossed crust makes all the difference. The small cheese will feed 2 and its only $10! It's so good, I won't go anywhere else and when I'm craving pizza- they are the only to satisfy.

Pros: whole milk mozzarella cheese- the REAL stuff!

Cons: service is sometimes slow

Posted 09/20/08

The crust is awful at this place, they pre roll them and then the dough dries out or something, all in all its a really bad crust. I have never ever ever had anything but borderline rude service here, and it shows, the restaurant is really dirty and there doesn't seem to be much pride from the employees. The prices are way too high for the product. I would look past the service and prices and come here more often if the pizza was better.

Posted 09/15/08

We used to order from this place 2-3 years ago. It was never spectacular, but it was good enough. I moved back into the neighborhood recently and called for a delivery. The guy I talked to was a class-A a**hole - the kind of situation where the customer can't win. You can be as nice as possible, but these jerks have an ax to grind and they'll get their knives in.

Posted 09/15/08

And let him / her know how bad of a job he / she is doing with this place. It has great potential, the location is great and who doesn't love pizza? I won t go in detail with how I was treated by the employees or how bad the food was... Let me just leave it to: This is one of the few places a man will remember their entire life and will deeply hate. If I ever see the owner of this place, I would RUN up to him and let them know what I think of his work. I hope this place SINKS and never open anywhere else. What a shack!

Posted 09/15/08

I agree with the other bad reviews. This place is dirty and the pizza tastes old and nasty. I recently walked across the street to order a pizza and have a beer while I waited because my friend just had a baby and was starving. As I had my first sip of beer I began watching and starting getting sick to my stomach. I witnessed 2 employees handling dirty dishes and then making salads. I left my beer and walked out without even remembering if I had paid. Well I didn't and it's a good thing. The only sad part is someone probably got my pizza and I'm sure it tasted bad because come to find out, the reason why half the time their pizza tastes old is because if they have screw ups they leave them in the oven and wait til someone else orders the same one.

Posted 09/15/08

Just in shock at all of the 5 star rating this place gets. I was a fan of the one in_____, but the one here in Portland is worst place I have ever eaten in my entire life! I was over charged for the most disgusting slice of pizza I have ever seen- that took 35 min to prepare! The employees were rude, slow and really really dirty looking - and I have to mention very bad at math. The whole place was as filthy as it gets. I'm stunned that that this place stays in business, but even more shocked that it has not been shut down for it's dirty condition. ****Can't stress enough that this place is a stomach infections' best friend. Just don't go.

Posted 09/15/08

The pizza is consistently good. The staff are quick, the decor is unique. However, last night, I was disappointed when one of the staff sat down with his friend, and she began bellowing vulgarity as if it were a private residence. Seated next to them were a mom and her young son trying to enjoy a meal. After several trumpets of the f word and other unacceptable verbage, folks from surrounding tables got uncomfortable and left. I was disappointed the nearby staff seemed to shrug it off as nothing, and essentiallly condoned it. I felt uncomfortable for the mom. To be sure, I am not a moral model of any sort, but try using a little discretion with such language and keep it private, or at least quiet. If I were to begin such a dialogue in a public place, I'd expect to be asked to leave, period. Great food, but leave the family at home.

Posted 09/15/08

This pizza is simply boring. It kind of ruined a night. After working hard all week long it was time to go out for some good cheap eats... pizza, But this pizza was not pleasing at all. Texture was poor(very soggy). The toppings were not so fresh. The sauce was very unevenly spread. I can't believe this joint has any recognition in anyone's book.

Posted 09/08/08

Wow - I am absolutely dumbfounded as to how this pizza could have rated #2 in the readers choice vote. Is the competition really that scarce? Both my wife and I thought it was terrible.... and I mean really - how hard is it to make a decent pizza? You know they say pizza is like making love - even when it's bad it's good. Not in this case. The cheese was not fully melted, it was WAY to salty, the dough was over kneaded and thus tough and chewy, there was no unique flavor - I really cant come up with any redeeming qualities about this pie. Oh also there was a strange smell to the pizza that I can't put my finger on... but it wasn't pleasant. Avoid.

Posted 09/08/08

Another overrated pizza joint resting on its laurels. Whoever owns this place needs to come in and clean house, starting with the management. From the second we walked in the door the lines and poor service began. Half pizzas no problem the sign said, wrong. They screwed up our entire order and then acted as if it was our fault. Maybe we'll try another Flying Pie sometime, but I'm not in a hurry to do it.

Posted 09/06/08

Overrated and they don't seem to know it. Whatever once worked with this place it is not working anymore. An overhaul of the decor, the pizza, and the staff are seriously needed. I'd rather pick up a Papa Murphy's than go back here.

Posted 09/06/08

With the insane amount of negative comments on this place I can't imagine how it can still show as 5 stars. The pizza is okay, the setting is okay, but the service is terrible. I won't subject my family to this place again.

Pros: It's dry inside if it is raining outside

Cons: Salty pizza, chewy dough, and stuck up artsy wannabe help

Posted 09/05/08

I absolutely can not recommend this place. As a lover of pizza I've tried them all and this was just average. The service on the other hand was utterly hopeless. Long wait to order a pizza that we had to get up and serve to ourselves anyway. Pizza just thrown together. No love for this joint.

Pros: The movie theatre next door

Cons: The pizza, the clowns behind the counters

Posted 09/04/08

My wife and I met two friends we hadn't seen in months for dinner on a Tuesday night. We were catching up and having a nice time. Then the pizza boy called us up to the order window by whispering our name into the microphone. He told us he couldn't hear their phone ringing and we needed to keep it down. Seriously? This is a pizza joint where you serve yourselves, not a haute French five star. We got a good laugh at that, so they followed that up by making our pizza incorrect and then telling us we couldn't have another beer. Apparently two beers a night is the limit here. If we hadn't have had to pay for our meal up front at the do-it yourself counter we would have walked out. And if we hadn't been running late for a movie next door we would have told them to remake the pie. Anyway, mediocre pizzas, and ridiculously bad service. Too bad, because this place could have been good.

Pros: Table top Pac-Man machine

Cons: Pathetic Service from pizza boys who can't fill an order correctly, mediocre 'za

Posted 09/04/08

Had one close to our home but gave up on it. Long lines, High prices plus it always seemed very salty. Unfriendly employees butI am sure they use quality ingredients

Posted 09/03/08

Like others have said the staff here are totally rude. It was like being served be junior high school kids.

Posted 09/03/08

WORST PIZZA EVER!!! This pizza is bad even for Portland. They advertise as authentic New York pizza which is a crock. They obviously haven't been anywhere near New York because the crust no good and the sauce tasts like ragu. As for the toppings...the sausages are literally like boulders, the pepperonis had no flavor and the vegetables were thick cut. They should be jailed for false advertising. No self respecting New Yorker would ever be caught buying a slice from these guys.

Posted 09/03/08

this is the place for you. We ordered it with three toppings and the pizza literally weighed around 5 lbs. Some of you may like that, and that's fine, but if you do you had better also like your toppings uncooked and your crust soggy. They put so many toppings on that it's just annoying to eat and, like I said, they don't get cooked through. The pizza was completely inedible and we chucked it and ate something else.

Posted 09/03/08

Looking at the 94 reviews before me, most of them said this place had great pizza and slow service. It was not the service that was slow. They quoted me 30 minutes to make my medium pizza on a Friday night at 8:30pm. They were not backed up, not really crowded. It was just their standard time to make a pizza. The pizza came out in about 25 minutes, they were right. The pizza was ok, the crust was too crisp. The dough was nothing special. In my opinion, Chicago style pizza means great dough. Their dough was just so, so. Would I go back? No. I can have okay pizza 10 minutes away from my house, not the 20 minutes to get there, plus the 30 minutes for my food.

Posted 09/03/08

I will never go back the Pizza is over hyped and and not worth the wait, or attitude from the staff

Posted 09/02/08

The service here has to be experienced t be believed. I would recommend skipping the experience. Avoid

Posted 09/02/08

The pizza is tasty but the staff makes the place unbearable. If you must have flying pie order to go. Better yet get yourself pie from somewhere else.

Posted 09/02/08

With all the haute pizzas to be found in Portlandia (chi chi with exotic ingredients), I must confess to being a good ole Americana pizza lover. I mean pies stacked to the ceiling with ample toppings atop a blissful sour dough crust. But for me, what makes or breaks a pie is the sauce. I am addicted to the sauce. And the Flying Pie delivers in all these areas. I LOVE this place. While a bit on the spendy side, and jam-packed with kiddies running amok, the pizza here is one of the best I have ever had. Be sure to order the Italian seasonings on the top. Mmmmm, it is artery-hardening goodness.

Pros: The pizza is fantastic

Cons: The dining room can get a bit messy with the crowds and the kids

Posted 07/28/08

We waited an hour until our pizza came. I think it was only after I bugged them that they realized my order even existed and they had to do it really quick. We were sitting in the dining room, and the guy handed us the pizza in a to go box. How rude is that?

Pros: good pizza

Cons: terrible service

Posted 07/12/08

Nobody has mentioned the calzones they are huge and under $6.00 I almost forgot they tast like heaven yummy. I am so excited they just opened another location in Milwaukie....

Pros: New location in Milwaukie

Cons: I will need to go to the gym

Posted 04/24/08

This was the first pizza place I found in Portland that actually hits you with the fantastic garlic, bready, spicy aromas you should smell in a pizzeria! From the moment you walk in, you know it's going to be good.

And it is good! And it is HEAVY. We love this pizza, but it is very loaded with cheese and all the great toppings. Be careful of your arteries and balance it salad.

There is a large downstairs room that is good for larger groups. Probably a good idea to call ahead for reservations for groups over 6 -10.

Very casual atmosphere. Good for kids because there's lots of noise already.... but it's all fun noise.

Pros: Wonderful pizza, casual atmosphere

Cons: Save up your calories for a meal at this place!

Posted 04/19/08

Flying Pie Pizzaria is a little gem just a wee bit further out of the inner SE that i happily stumbled upon one day. The place has a very old school feeling about it.. and all the guys that work there are really friendly and upbeat. There are pizza crusts to choose from from new york to chicago style... and yes there is an abundance of toppings........... but i am a vegetarian and this couldnt have worked out better... vegetables are good for you.... and if you love the meat... you will get plenty.... and if you think there are too much of the toppings.. i guess just ask for less next time. as far as pizza goes...... i love pizza... cardboard style.. deep dish style. pizza is yummy in all its different forms and this place has a great variety and has just a nice feel to it.

Pros: delicioso

Cons: people that think there are too many toppings that don't just ask for less toppings

Posted 04/10/08

There are many good places for pizza. This one is among the best, especially for NY style. It is in my rotation of favorite pizza spots.

Posted 04/08/08

It's really too bad that Portlanders have no clue what outstanding pizza is. Yeah there's a handful of decent pizza places, but NOTHING to brag about. I agree with with everyone who complained about the ridiculously long wait, and the overabundance of toppings at Flying Pie. Don't give me any garbage about getting your money's worth by getting flooded with a half-pound of pepperoni. Have you ever watched the Food Network's specials on pizza places? You sure don't see toppings dominating the pie. It's all about the freshness and quality of the dough, sauce, cheese and toppings. AND being cooked in a wood-fired or coal oven, not on a conveyor belt contraption!!! I come from Phoenix, where for years it was a problem getting great pizza. But the East Coast and midwest transplants finally established numerous outstanding pizza restaurants there. Hopefully this can happen here too....before I get too old that is.

Pros: atmosphere was ok

Cons: ridiculous wait, ridiculous amount of toppings

Posted 02/07/08

I have never had a better pizza than the ones at Flying Pie. I live in Bend 150 miles away. My friends and I will often ride our motorcycles to Portland for the day just to get a combo MEAT!! pizza.
There is NONE BETTER!! It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Flying Pie, Here I come!!
AT the age of 61 I have tried a lot of different pizza and know what is the BEST!!

Pros: The Best!!

Cons: I Live too far away

Posted 01/03/08

To only a few of the knuckle-heads who say it's the worst..Too many toppings? Go elsewhere and NOT get what you paid for. You bet that if I buy a $30 pie, it had better have some substance. Had to use a knife and fork..boo-hoo. To anyone complaining about having to provide a receipt..bummer. How would you like it if some person came up and claimed your food? You'd most likely be more frustrated with that. To the person who said there is only one restroom with a burnt out light..there are in fact four restrooms, and always light for me. As for the grease..well I cannot entirely disagree, but I do see them flipping over the pies to fight that. To the person who said it takes 5 minutes for them to throw a skin, bluntly, you are full of it or you don't know how to read a clock and in either case, your statement is false. Also, I have had to wait a while for my food when the house is not packed, but guess what, they take orders over the phone too as well as catering orders and make pies for the theater. I can only guess this has an effect on the wait. I think the staff there is rather patient, considering some of the people who had all that time in line to decide what they wanted go up unprepared. Maybe y'all should step to the back of the line and get it together so I can get in and out sooner. I'd never say don't go there, but if you can't handle old-school parlor appeal with all the kids having the best night ever there, perhaps this isn't the place for you. I know this place has become tradition for many, I have heard of kids growing up to take their kids there..that's good, tried and true. I won't claim it is the best overall, I haven't eaten at every pizza place to truly say that, but I will claim it is the best I have ever eaten.Don't get me wrong, I can see that some folks have well founded complaints, but overall, it is a good product, and the overwhelming positive reviews prove that.

Pros: good food

Cons: can be chaotic, but worth it

Posted 12/08/07

11/29/07. Ordering was relatively quick. Guy taking out order was nice, easy going. We liked the staff and the atmosphere. We ordered a half and half pizza. The wait was less than stated and when we got our pizza we were looking forward to a nice hardy meal.

I had pepperoni on my half. WAY overloaded. The crust (thin) couldn't handle it. It was soggy. The only crisp part of the crust was the very outside edge. My wife had Ms. Piggy on her half. 3 times the meat as the pepperoni, so it just looked like a heap on the dish. The crust was literally soaked through. Just not good at all. Sloppy. Soggy. Just a mess. It's hard to remember a bigger let down.

Posted 11/28/07

This pizza is simply boring. It kind of ruined a night. After working hard all week long it was time to go out for some good cheap eats... pizza, But this pizza was not pleasing at all. Texture was poor(very soggy). The toppings were not so fresh. The sauce was very unevenly spread. I can't believe this joint has any recognition in anyone's book.

Posted 10/12/07

After reading such great reviews, had to try it! We love pizza. My personal fave is a traditional NY pie...thin crispy crust with a topping or two. I really would have better enjoyed a frozen pizza from the grocery store than the one we got here. We ordered a thin crust with pepperoni. The crust wasn't that thin, there was goops of sauce and the flavor was kind of funky in a not so fresh sort of way. I really don't understand the rave reviews because this place is very average. The service is weird too. How in the world someone would rate this higher than Kens or Scholls is beyond me.

Pros: old school video game

Cons: pizza isn't what it's hyped up to be

Posted 10/06/07

Wow - I am absolutely dumbfounded as to how this pizza could have rated #2 in the readers choice vote. Is the competition really that scarce? Both my wife and I thought it was terrible.... and I mean really - how hard is it to make a decent pizza? You know they say pizza is like making love - even when it's bad it's good. Not in this case. The cheese was not fully melted, it was WAY to salty, the dough was over kneaded and thus tough and chewy, there was no unique flavor - I really cant come up with any redeeming qualities about this pie. Oh also there was a strange smell to the pizza that I can't put my finger on... but it wasn't pleasant. Avoid.

Posted 10/05/07

My husband and I go out all the time.... almost every night. We eat pizza alot too. The pizza hear was just not good to us. But the worst was how we were treated.

My husband went to pick up our pizza and they guy wouldn't give it to him because he didn't have his receipt with him. The place wasn't busy at all... so it's not like a huge amount people were there and they couldn't tell we had ordered a pizza just a few minute's earlier at the beginning of the line. They guy told my husband... We don't give the pizza to just anyone...

Very rude service.

Never will go back.

Posted 09/26/07

I have been gettin pizza here for years at the Stark Street store. Never had a bad pizza. Perfer to order ahead and get it to go cuz this pizza does not come quick. The Stromboli is the BEST pizza I have ever had. don't even try to argue with me. It is the best. anywhere. if you go there and then order, it will take awhile. I think kids mite not like this kind of pie. It's not like a pizza hut pie. This is amazing. And they have Drop Top on tap while you wait..and you will wait. But once you taste it you will see that I am right. mmmmm. :)
Jim

Pros: the pizza..

Cons: the time it takes to get it..but if you order ahead, it's no big deal.

Posted 09/06/07

So I'd have to say I'm a bit of a pizza snob. I've worked in pizza as a youth for years and have come to respect the art and business of pizza making. I feel as if I'm on and never ending quest to seek out the best pizza in Portland. There is a fierce competition in Portland for the best pie and I believe that Flying Pie is the best I have had in town. Now I'm not saying it's the best pizza I have ever had, I'm just saying its currently the best in town. I feel the best way to judge a pie is by getting one with half cheese and half pepperoni. Thats it!, no other fancy toppings to cover up the flavor of the sauce and bread. The fancy toppings come later only after the pie passes the test. And holy moly does FP stack that pie sky high! One or two slices and you will be feeling stuffed with goodness. I generally rate pizza from 1 -10 and since Citysearch only goes to 5 thats what I'll have to give FP. But I really want to give a 9 for overall satisfaction.

Posted 08/27/07

I used to love flying pie, went there for years. The last few times I went I noticed a drop-off in quality and service, so I gave it a 6 month wait or so.

Well after dining last night, never again! First the minor:

My order was completely botched. OK, and frankly it wasn't really that crowded but the crust was wrong as were two toppings. Hey I can live with that as long as the pizza was good.

Well the pizza was no good! It didn't sit right from the beginning, but really waking up with violent GI distress )at 4 AM was the clincher!

You could not pay me any sum of money to eat this garbage again. And please if you have kids (or small animals) please do not subject them to this as their constitution's may not be as strong as ours.

Pros: Ummm....

Cons: Horrible food service has gone way downhill

Posted 07/28/07

Some of the best pizza I've ever had. Obviously the guy who wrote the last review sounds as if he should probably start going to anger management classes. How long did he expect the pizza to take to bake? 5, 10 minutes? Sounds like someone has had too much Dominos. Or maybe he should have had a beer instead of soda to mellow him out a bit. Their prices are good and the staff is very friendly. Flying Pie and Apizza Scholls are the two best places for pizza in Portland. No doubt!

Posted 06/24/07